An act of CULINARY DECEPTION was foiled at Poirotesque pace over a midday meal at ‘The Orient’ in Calcutta. The fledgling eatery, for want of real Basa, palmed off like a practised trickster a poorer [truly so] variant called ‘Pangas’ as ‘Sliced Basa’ tossed with roasted chili and Sichuan pepper. While the maiden bite struck palpably with textural oddness, the second unleashed a stench unbecoming of this popular Indochinese fish. The truth cost a few rounds of arguments with the ‘Chef’ that eventually made a scrupulous waiter give away favouring my plain claims. I’m not privy to what could lead to the unavailability of Basa at The Orient. But, like acts of slyness are likely to earn them irreversible distrust with certainty. #uncookedwords
Selling Sonata as Xylys is stealing. I highly unrecommend The Orient.
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