Mume, Taipei, quite a disappointment

Initially, I decided not to post a review about the place, because simply it was a massive disappointment to me. The reasons are following

1. a tremendous failure on the main dish, Wagyu beef steak, from New Zealand. First of all, the meat just refused to break down and when it finally did, it dissolved into coarse grains that I felt quite hard to swallow. I felt the exact same sensation when I had a frozen meat dish sitting inside of the fridge quite long. Secondly, it was simply too gamey. I never felt this way regarding the foods that I have been served from any other finedining establishment that I have been to. If it were disappointment, it has been always the service not the foods.
2. Talking about service, they actually offered quite decent service. I would not say they were perfect, but certainly not bad either. The attitude of serving staffs I felt at the place was welcoming and professional.
3. Other parts of the course were good enough, but not something life changing.
4. It would be worth mentioning that I ordered the mocktail pairin gf g that consists of 4 drinks and I am glad they put some effort simulating the already famous cocktails such as Pina Colada, Bloody Mary and The Old Fashioned, but they unfortunately failed to bring out necessary harmony with the dishes and the taste of the drinks themselves were not something superb. For instance, they served tomato juice based drink with candied cherry tomato and it completely over shadowed the dish. The dish in question is spicy cuttlefish dish which is already produced with Italian tomato sauce.

Overall, I think this one has to be the weakest link among 3 places that I visited during my trip. If I ordered the duck and completely ignored the drinks, it might have been a different story…