a decent experience

today is a decent one year i officially became a bartender. so i decided to treated myself a not so decent meal. i have chosen a takeaway fine dining lunch set from an intriguring dining restaurant(?) in Hanoi. 

and this is what i got.

a 10 for the packaging, so uniform and green (substainable for the enviroment), they did it with cares. 

and a note attached with it (which i dont know what to say about the content, so funny, try it yourself). 

about the food, it's really funny when eating at this dining.

the chips were outstanding, crispy and flavorful. i have eaten chips for my whole life, homemade to restautants. but this time, they made me felt happy and my friends there happy when eat the chips. i must emphasize the word flavorful, because every bites is imprinted with their seasoning, i dont know what they have done, maybe deep seasoning, a day time seasoning or sous vide (i dont know much about kitchen techniques), but the salty and the spices went deep in the chips. if they told me they did nothing special about it, i would be amazed.

but it left me with a question of the existence of the ketchup. it did not catch-up with the meal. one bite of chips with ketchup made me feel like the agent ketchup has killed my beloved chips.

the fish (lmao, i did not know barramundi is a fish name, i just ordered it because of the "grilled" and the vegetables and herbs they used with it) was kind of a meh, it doesnt bring much joy, but it was good. i like it when there is random bite somewhere in the meal i feel the spicy and that hint made me feel great. but overall, it was just nice, not really brought me something to think of.

when i eat the fish, i dont know why but it reminded me of the yellowtail catfish, which i have issues with that fish since primary school where i felt scared of the way they seasoning the fish, but this time, i felt nice.

i like the combination of this fish and "banh bao" though. lovely and innovative! the banh bao was soft and juicy, and the way banh bao touched my lips, it was like a caress whisper (lol).

the roasted vegetables are above average, not so special and i dont see  any innovative in the dish. just, roasted vegetables. i might gonna give it a thumb ups for the fresh feeling it gave me (maybe because the ingredients were nice), but that's all. was not satisfied if this is so-called fine dining dish. and yeah, i bit a tomato and it was so juicy that i feel the acidity burnt my throat (just a way of saying).

the kumquat cheese cake is another average dish. a dessert which i found too predictable. ironically, the last bite was the best one, the mint leave sparked and made me feel bright for the next 2\". but i had 3 bites of mint leave included spoon, but the last time is the only time i felt the mint flavor.

i spent 4 recent years to agaisnt takeaway, which i find the unstable and unconsistanble of quality when a customer order a takeaway. an espresso, for example, changes its flavor the second you ends the extraction. so a takeaway espresso is a no-no for me, even latte and cappuccino, since the complexity when it comes to milk and milk foam changes. and then a moment i found it is too tired to fight against the needs of people, the convinience. i decided to do the best i could, and not so harsh on putting my belief on others.

that\"s why i ordered take away from a fine dining i trusted, to see what they do when its face the problem that im having a lunch which they are not 100% assure that im having a good time. 

fine dining to me is about the place too, about the restaurant\"s setup and the care of the host, the way it treats me. funny, when im having my meal, i sat next to my friends, who just cooked and enjoying their vietnamese style meal, that had made me compared, a tradition style and an innovative style. and that made me realized that the space im experiencing my meal should be respected and "isolated". to really put my mind in my meal and enjoy it.

the food is nice, but for me, it wasnt fine dining.