Hello! I'm Meagan and I'm a Filipino-American living in California. Welcome to my channel where I share my creative endeavors outside of my day job as an engineer. Here you'll find videos about travel, home, and beauty.
This comment is a little late, but no idea why people came for you in the comments (prob dooby fans) when dooby herself is so incredibly tone deaf and not a good person based on how she treated the guy she was leasing the building from (tried to take him to court when she was absolutely in the wrong). Thanks for an honest review! The menu had no merit.
Even if this setup is for fine dining because of her boyfriend, it still falls short of "fine dining", like that's the saddest looking food and plating i've ever seen😅
It's unbelievable that you said you'd go back when it was obvious you didn't enjoy the food and the wait time was horrible. I would bet my bottom dollar if this wasn't dooby's restaurant you'd have written a scathing review.
I agree that food is so-so. Tina is just cashing in on her social media popularity and also creating a job for her boyfriend. Seems like it is just experimental cooking, but unfortunately the flavors are extreme; either tasteless or overly sour. It went out of business???
I believe your review was honest and very well manner. The focus was on the food, presentation, service and ambience. Did you do any research prior on the type of food they were serving or was this based on blind faith, since you were a fan of her channel? Just some background about you and your guest, have you guys ever dine at Thomas Keller French Laundry in CA? And what's you and your guest affiliation in culinary?Just curious. Thanks.
hi! sorry I think my reply back to you didn’t go through for some reason, but they use @ecojardin_reserve on instagram to book services! I didn’t try their color analysis, but I bet it’s great too
the interior design does not watch the music, which doesn't match the food, which doesn't match the interior design 😭😭😭 it's no wonder this place closed down
So dooby attracted people to her channel because of comfort food and generous portions of delicious-looking dishes and she starts a restaurant serving these instead?? 😂 Yeah, it’s no wonder this business failed..
Although she has closed down the restaurant now but literally from the beginning i thought the menu will include all the recipes she show us in the shorts and i was so excited bcz i have been following her channel since the beginning but i was kinda disappointed or sad whatever like why wouldn't she included those food items is something wrong with her? The restaurant would be a hit if the menu include those recipes instead of this 9 course meal very disappointed
To put into context. Gordon Ramsay's tasting menu is 200 USD. This YTer chef wannabe charges 150USD. Now you know why the place failed. The guy looks like he is either going to commit seppuku for spending that cash on bland food or drawing out a sword and do a banzai charge.
I’m no fine dining connoisseur but the best fine dining Asian restaurants in the world don’t just focus on one type of Asian cuisine. They sell the best dishes (that complement each other) from every Asian country, satisfying the palette in every way.
I mean...yeah she makes homely food on vlog, but her whole vibe is privileged rich girl pretending (badly) to be an underdog, so not surprised the food ended up pretentious.
This was as I had expected: try hard bougie. I'm always very sceptical when a white man tries to re-imagine Asian dishes, dishes that he is hardly familiar with in the first place. 🙄 That plate of pumpkin soup with carrots and rice cakes looks like baby food.
When it comes to Korean foods, it's all about the big amount and the various side dishes but like those foods.. i've never seen any foods like that before, quite unnecessarily experimental. they don't tingle my Korean taste buds
Your review obviously foreshadowed the closing of Mija. 😢 Thanks for sharing your experience (and disappointment). I think I spared myself the same letdown after seeing their closing video. I hope they come back with a Korean comfort food theme if they try again. All of Dooby’s dishes look so appetizing to me.
Ohh Filipino ka HAHAHA magtatagalog na siguro ako and will give my straight opinion based on watching her countless vids. Siguro kaya rin nagsara yung restau niya dahil super busy ni Kevin and ewan ko feel ko masyado siyang busy sa pagv-vlog niya. Yung experience din ni Kevin is sanay talaga siya sa restau/food work kumpara kay Tina na let's say walang work experience. I think expected din yung pagsara nung restau kaya ayun. Tinagalog ko na baka atakihin ako nung mga diehard fans hahaha, well fan din naman ako pero this is my unbiased opinion.
update: kevin and tina are closing the restaurant (explanation in a video on her channel). very sad that the place is closing so soon but understand that it was a very hard decision for them to make and will always be grateful that we had the opportunity to dine there :)
In short it is more of her boyfriend's restaurant, she is just marketing. Nothing wrong with that per see, but the disconnect and USD $60 price is what throws people off.