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With many of our local 'asian' restaurants failing health inspections...the bad ways: roaches, chicken juice cross contamination, temperature storage faults, eating oriental out is no longer pleasant.
And I doubt that Malaysian flavors will ever get here.
So there's a niche in my part of the world, but will they overprice it for those who equate oriental with cheap eats?›3 Replies-
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Servorg
May 27, 2008 08:36 AM
Over pricing has never been a corporate model for the CF folks. Over feeding, yes. I guess they could start a new pricing model here, and depending on what sort of rent they are having to pay they may well need to price this UP. This is a 7,500 sq. ft. place they are opening up, so I wonder how that will do in terms of putting bodies in chairs with so many other competing places looking for our dining dollars at the Century City mall.
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re: Servorg
You know the concept might well work, There is a place in NYC called Ruby Foo's. It was a huge kitschy throwback to Chinese places of the 50's. The place was a total tourist trap, the food was not that memorable, but you know what? we had fun. The place was packed with locals and tourists alike. I think CF looked at this place and saw how well it is doing, and they reinvented for themselves. Is there a really huge difference between Hustons, CF, CPK and the like. I think that they are trying to exploit new territories and I think it will work. CF serves its public very well. They get trashed on this board, but we are not the customers they are after.
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re: littlestevie
Servorg
May 28, 2008 01:41 PM
I'm certain we will give it a try. My wife loves CF, (and I like a couple of their burgers). I think the idea has promise. I just am afraid that they will dumb down the food so much that it will be inedible. Not too mention, when someone tries to do a range of dishes from several different areas of southeast Asia, or wherever, they tend to do none of them well. But we will wait and see.
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