I am going to cheat here and not include a photo. (yet)
Maybe I can convey the experience without a visual image. I do not want to name a certain coffee place, but it is a new one in a brand new sector of the Sunshine plaza in Maroochydore, QLD.
This shopping centre has undergone a transformation/expansion. It is set on a tidal stream waterway that is full of fish. Quite lovely. But in typical fashion, the quality of the eateries on this new section is low. Seems they will rely on position, not quality.
I went with my wife, and stopped at one of the new cafes. These are nice places - everything seems great. But....
The coffee was dreadful. And I say that as someone who knows really bad coffee. But what hurt most was the food.
My wife got some sort of a "rasberry" cake to go with the coffee. It was about $6. A snack. But the offerring was atrocious. Sort of like a simple dough cake thing about 50grams with a smear of some pink on the top. My wife's first comment was that even someone allergic to rasberries could happily ingest such.
I get that some places you pay for the site. But this seemed criminal. I wish I could get Gordon Ramsey there. He would give them the serve I could not. And again, it is not about the money. But when did it become ok to serve a dry, tiny, refreshed-frozen doughball with a smear of pink and call it anything to do with rasberries?