Surakarta in Leiden

Such tasteless, artless food is really rare to encounter. After requesting a dish that would be completely non-spicy (and reassured by the waitress that it was possible), my mother received an odd, completely sauceless dish, composed of boiled sprouts and cabbage, a hard-boiled egg, cubes of unseasoned pressed rice, some artificial industrial crackers, and two or three tiny cubes of tofu. It looked like something that would cost exactly 2 Euros. The sauce, which was the only source of flavour served with the dish, was incredibly spicy, and my mother couldn't touch it.br / br / The mackerel in banana leaves I ordered was very tasty, only for some reason it still contain all the bones. This would've been proper had the fish were served or cooked in itself, but since the fish was cooked wrapped in leaves it made absolutely no sense at all.br / br / Our dishes were served with two or three side dishes that looked like army food. We were very hungry, and since the restaurant was very busy, and no one checked to see if we were alright, we somehow managed to finish about half our food. When a waitress had finally come to see how we were doing, we told her how very disappointed we were, and asked for the check. To our utter amazement, the check included everything we'd ordered (they charged my mother's dish 13 Euros), including soft drinks, and no compensations was offered whatsoever. This is one place we will never come back to again.