LUST for LIFE

Recently, someone forwarded an email in which the originating sender complains about being over charged by a restaurant located in Gohtong Jaya. As you can note from the bill, the BIG item was for a plate of 1.4 kg fish costing a whopping RM420. But what to do? No point regreting. Sudah makan mesti bayar lol…you eat you pay.

The outrageous episode happened not too long ago. Read the extract below and you can imagine his or her intense indignation.

This incident is, of course, not an isolated case. I have heard of similar cases of diners being charged ‘cut throat’ prices by unscrupulous restauranteurs there. Many, many years ago - before Gohtong Jaya was built - a group of us had dinner at a restaurant there. We ordered steamed patin fish, and the miserable piece of fish, weighing probably about 1 kg or so, cost over RM100.

Last week, I brought my guests to Genting Highlands. After a day ‘above the clouds’, we decided to have dinner at the Gohtong Jaya area on the way down. We ordered some dishes and decided to have a steamed fish as well. So the captain recommended ’sultan fish’.

The steamed fish came. HALF and plain steamed. Good & fine. But when the bill came, it came to over $500! We were shocked! We were told the fish was 1.4 kg (and please bear in mind, it’s ONLY HALF A FISH ) at RM320 per kg!! RM420!! This was daylight robbery. We were not informed by the captain that a kg of the Sultan fish would cost us RM320 and there was also no signs of such pricing anywhere in the restaurant.

When we checked with the cashier, she told us, it’s correct! Of course, it was our mistake for not asking the price first.

So, what’s the moral of the story? Don’t be malu (shy) to ask for the price, especially when ordering fish or seafood items at restaurants you are patronizing for the first time. Better be thick skin than be sorry and suffer indigestion.