Bread & Conversation

I was extremely upset with GrabFood and Miznon. Had V and R over for lunch. We wanted its excellent pita and spicy Moroccan barramundi stew, but it was a thorough disappointment because the restaurant canceled my scheduled order. 

I scheduled this delivery a day ahead, for it to arrive between 12.15 to 12.30pm. On the day itself, the restaurant shifted arrival timing to 30 minutes later, and eventually canceled it within 10 minutes with the reason 'no drivers found'. The order was confirmed but didn't even get into the kitchen. That was bloody annoying and absolutely bullshit. I filed a note with GrabFood, but that was it. Nothing else to be said. GrabFood has so much volume that I don't think they care when there isn't a refund to be made and a ton of inconvenience caused to users. In hindsight, perhaps I should have used Oddle instead of their GrabFood platform. WHAT THE HELL. 

It was too late to schedule any other delivery for lunch that could arrive within 30 minutes. We would have to go pick up a random list of food at a nearby eatery. Ugh. So that was what we had to do. The company and wine were lovely. It was good catching up with the friends. But the food was middling because I had to scramble to replace our canceled lunch orders with another less ideal caterer. It was okay food, but nothing very satisfying. 

V and R brought home-baked bread and wine. Ahhhh, staples. She meant the bread for us! The bread was still warm when it arrived. Mmmm. That would be lovely for the next three days. Kept half a loaf in the freezer for the next week. Wine also made everything better. Luckily this wasn't a celebratory lunch. It was meant to be a casual thing because we miss the friends. For the man and I, we had lovely afternoon with them. I was just relieved that the friends forgave the lousy food.