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| - Last night I revisted the Keg at the Westin. Although there has been a marked improvement in the service and the meat was actually hot this time, too much is wrong with the other items to give a higher score.
For starters, I mean actual starters, the Caesar's salad was barely edible. The romaine was limp and not the least bit crisp. It was literally sticking to the roof of my mouth. The parmesan, although grated freshly, was hardly what I could call aged. It was tasteless. They even put the stump where the root was separated from the romaine in the salad. No salad fork was provided; this I consider a major faux pas. When ever I tried to spear a crouton, it would break and fly across the table. Forks meant for meat and fries just do not do the job at all. Salad forks have sharp tynes that will pierce a crouton. I had to spoon the salad with my fork because it would not pick anything up.
The bread again was hot enough to burn one's hand and melt the butter so it falls off into one's lap and that is exactly what happened. I have eaten at some of the finest restaurants in the world and it is close to never where I see bread served this hot. The interior is mushy from the heat. I never ever saw such practices in France or Italy.
The Keg fries were salty enough to make them an ordeal to eat. The sodium was virtually piled on. The salt was so overpowering that no residual taste from my steak remained at the end of the meal. I had to drink close to a litre of water. Restaurants that decide for me how much salt my food is going to contain truly anger me. At least they did not use seasoning salt which the french fry's worst enemy. Let me make the choice as to how much sodium I wish to kill my food with.
The steak, a top sirloin, was expertly prepared an served exactly as ordered, medium rare, too bad the salt from the fries destroyed the memory.
The vegetables, roasted peppers and asparagus, were well prepared and not salted to death like the fries. My only concern here is that the asparagus was too skinny to get it off of the plate with a fork. I cut it up into tiny pieces and shoveled it on to the fork and ate it as if I was using a spoon. Nonetheless, the taste of both the peppers and asparagus was excellent.
The wine by the glass selection is inferior, nothing on the list tickles my fancy. They have some magnificent wines by the bottle but did not offer half bottles. I am sorry but some people who dine alone want wine, good wine, with their meals and I do not feel like being pissed to the eyeballs because I had to drink a whole bottle. It would be a sin to waste a bottle of Dead Arm Shiraz. Almost every good wine on their list they have access to by the half bottle. The Keg simply chooses to ignore the needs of their solo diners. Wake up.
Frankly, I think two stars is generous but I will let it stick for now. If more than one item is not up to reasonable expectations I will not go above two stars. The bread, the salad, the fries, and the wine made four issues The Keg must address. With tax, my meal came to $29.30. I had no treats from the grape vine. Frankly, it was over priced due to major issues with the rest of the meal.
IF YOU ARE HOLDING A BUSINESS MEETING THERE IS NO WI FI. The signal from the Westin Lounge is too weak.
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