Helen,

As a professional food critic, I'm not sure why you would order a "Western Dish" at an Asian restaurant. The concept of Sabi requires forward thinking. Many new hip and culturally diverse restaurants offer menus of this sort. The goal is not to provide the best western dishes around, but if 4 people wanted to go out to dinner and 3 wanted asian or sushi, and one did not, that Sabi could still be in the running. Sometimes restaurants make decisions based on customers desires and not critics acclaim. The next time you review an Asian restaurant, stick with reviewing the Asian food. Let the customers who don't like the Asian food decide for themselves.