Much has been said about the hilarious affair recently experienced by a patron of LeVeL33, whose order of fish and chips turned out to be eight exact pieces of what looked like lightly fried ikan bilis on top of eight exact pieces of potato strips. The slices of lemon, pickle, and onions alongside drips of sauce didn’t exactly help things.
The whole episode seemed like yet another farcical case of gourmet dining gone horribly wrong (What is this? Fish & chips for ANTS!?), but folks are getting the wrong idea, according to LeVeL33.
The fine-dining restaurant at Marina Bay Financial Centre hit back against the patron’s claims: (1) the Fish & Chips platter was ordered from the beer dining menu, i.e. it’s a finger snack; and (2) the dish was actually priced at SGD13++, not $17.50, as claimed.
Nonetheless, the restaurant was sorry to hear that the whitebait dish — “a great finger food snack that pairs well with the freshly brewed craft beers” — did not meet the diner’s expectation, in a statement made to Coconuts Singapore.
“Our entire menu is an interpretation of our Chef’s creativity and our diners’ feedback,” it wrote. “The menu is a constant evolution to keep it relevant and interesting. We thank our diners for their remarks and their support in delivering a great dining experience at LeVeL33.”
The restaurant — which dishes out alright food with amazing views according to HungryGoWhere and Yelp — is, of course, at liberty to serve finger food however it wants to. As ludicrous as they may look and as absurd as they may be priced (c’mon, more than $13 for some fried baby fish and potato strips?), whitebait was clearly stated on the menu.
But when famed celebrity chef and notably savage Twitter food critic Gordon Ramsay himself has something to say about it, maybe something’s a wee bit off, no?
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