The one time I had food delivered by Chow King via chowkingdelivery.com, even my lowered expectations was severely disappointed. And no, I am not that difficult customer who demands 5 star service from a fast food joint. Chow King is fast food. But at more than 300 Php for an order that would satisfy two adults, cost-wise, Chow King should be at the upper-end of the fast food totem-pole.
First, they delivered the food late. No excuses here, not even for a first time delivery. I provide the same delivery information to other fast food delivery services and they deliver on time. And because it is late, it is also cold. Chow King is not that great to begin with, but cold, Chow King lauriat is nearly inedible. And you paid more than 300 Php for that nearly inedible cold mush that has been tossed about in it's poorly constructed delivery package.
I made the mistake once. I have no plans to make the mistake again.
Reminiscing about lunch meetings with ChowKing as the primary chow. Do they still pack lauriats in styros with compartments that look like school or hospital canteen trays (kulang na lang may saging na kasama)? I still think it depends on the distance from the restaurant and the time of the day. Still, if they do deliver by internet now, they could have made a better routing system getting the nearest and most accessible ChowKing branch to get you your order instead of a random one within your area.
ReplyDeleteYou might be interested in a similar experiment done by the staff of Cook magazine years ago. They pitted Chow King against Hen Lin. Hehehehehe...
Ahh, memories. . . Like when chowking people still used to welcome you with a warm smile and a hearty greeting saying "GOOD MORNING SIR MA'AM! WELCOME TO CHOKING!"
ReplyDeleteAnd the quoted part was dead accurate. They'd still say "SIR MA'AM" even if you're alone and obviously not homosexual.
But at least, back then, their food tasted better and their rice meals were still affordable.
That was Chowking pre Jollibee Corp takeover. Yeah I remember.
ReplyDeleteI WANT MY BEEF BRISKET TO TASTE LIKE BEEF BRISKET AGAIN!!!
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