This is a slightly different edition of Food injustice today as I’ve been given permission to share this story from another food blogger. It comes from the author over at I go eat. The author and his friends went out for bubble tea and desserts at Go For Tea, a tea cafe type joint up near Ellesmere Rd and Midland Ave. When they first called to arrange reservations, they were told that they’d be slapped with a $6.99 reservation fee due to the long weekend. Wait, reservation fee? Are they getting a mortgage or going out to eat?
And that’s just the icing on the cake. Upon asking for a refill of his chrysanthemum tea, Mr. I go eat noticed that there was a snail inside the cup. Upon which he called to the waitress’ attention:
I show her and instead of an apology she simply said: “ Oh that’s so cute”
Although it’s not uncommon for snails to be perched and sliming their way across chrysanthemum leaves, it is pretty bad that it managed to make it’s way into the tea, leaving me to believe that they probably didn’t wash the flower enough before placing it in the tea cup.
In my own personal experience, every time I go to a tea shop out in the Scarborough area for bubble tea, I’m usually greeted with waitresses who care more about their makeup than my patronage.
To read how this food injustice ended, head on over to I go eat’s blog for the rest of the story.