Tense - 3
I read the an article below, please tell me if it's right to use present tense.
Should "cook" be "cooked"? and "are" be "were" and "it's" be "it was" ?
If not, why ? or are both right?

Quoted from a book~
I took my wife to a French restaurant in a five-star hotel to celebrate our twentieth wedding anniversary. It was elegantly decorated with classic paintings and chandeliers My wife loved the atmosphere. The chefs "cook" gourmet French-style dishes that "are" to die for. "Its" a little expensive but it's worth it

Question

Tense - 3
I read the an article below, please tell me if it's right to use present tense.
Should "cook" be "cooked"? and "are" be "were" and "it's" be "it was" ?
If not, why ? or are both  right?

Quoted from a book~
I took my wife to a French restaurant in a five-star hotel to celebrate our twentieth wedding anniversary. It was elegantly decorated with classic paintings and chandeliers My wife loved the atmosphere. The chefs "cook" gourmet French-style dishes that "are" to die for. "Its" a little expensive but it's worth it

Answer

The paragraph is correct. The writer switches moods mid-paragraph. He starts describing the actual restaurant as it was then and still is now.

Answer

It looks like the point of the story is to describe the restaurant (by assuming it hasn't changed since they visited).

If you were just telling a story, then normally you would just use past tense.
The text describes the restaurant (with present simple) with the story.

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