Namaste Buddha Restaurant

The restaurant itself was beautiful, a bit on the smaller side but with a great atmosphere.
Unfortunately, my experience wasn't quite as delightful.
I specifically requested a non-spicy dish, but the waiter informed me they couldn't prepare it completely without spice.
They offered to make it with less spice, but even the toned-down version ended up being way too hot for me, burning my mouth.
The rest of the food looked and smelled delicious, so that was a real bummer.

Owner response

To be fair, the guy did ask me how the food was.
I said it was 'Okay'.
He said, 'Okay?' I shrugged my shoulders.
We both knew I thought it gross.
I should have left.
But I couldn't be bothered complaining in a foreign language, and ate it.
I had vegetarian mo-mo.
Waited 25 minutes for them.
And then, when they came, they had been cooked too long.
Perhaps boiled and then fried.
The vegetables inside were a grey mush.
Couldn't tell what the tasteless filling was, or once had been.
The dumplings themselves seemed boiled and then fried because they were equally chewy and hard.
I guess the frying had been made soggy again by being then smothered in sauce.
The special sauce was one of those gross concoctions for Western tastes, all sugar and salt.
Entirely inauthentic.
And the dumplings were soaked in it.
It was like ketchup with sugar and msg.
I don't know how the place gets such good reviews.
Perhaps I arrived on a bad day.
But I have a feeling the guy knew he was serving soggy grossness, on a small plate.
Overcooked yesterday's leftovers in sweet sauce, for 13 Euros.
When he saw my face when I said it was 'okay' he should have waved me goodbye quietly.
We both should have been braver.
I would have saved €13 and sticky teeth, and he could have saved this bad review.

Owner response

Had lunch here and it was yum! We will come back for sure :) EDIT: today we tried chicken lollipop and it was yumm 😋

Owner response