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| - So, last night we went to Todd's to celebrate my birthday.. and two words totally pulled me there, Unique & Eclectic.
Both appetizers arrived at the same time, the dumplings and the goat cheese wontons. The dumplings were.. fantastic. Probably the best dumplings I've ever had, I ate my first one without having even tried the dipping sauce. Perfect amount of crunch, caramelization, flavor, texture, etc.. just fantastic. The wontons, however, were another story. I liked it somewhat, but it was a bit too tangy overall. And.. I love tangy. It was just overwhelmingly tangy/sour and I wasn't able to eat more than two of them, which was a shame because hubby couldn't stand it at all so those went to waste (and I usually count on him making up for my minimalist eating). So, one total winner and one that could have been great but was needing some tweaking to be a winner.
Then the caesar salads arrived.. we both loved it (and the dressing was tangy). So far, we've got 4 woohoos, one meh, and one yuck.. pretty good rating, overall.
Then.. the entrees. First, hubby's veal schnitzel meal.. the schnitzel was prepared well, the potato salad was warm & vinegary, the glazed carrots had absolutely no flavor anywhere, and the red cabbage was wonderfully flavored with curry. Unfortunately, the lemon butter sauce for the schnitzel was poured all over it and, since he's already been overwhelmed with so much tanginess in the dinner, he's rather sick of it. His favorite part of the dinner was the curried red cabbage, since there was no tanginess whatsoever and his palate needed a reprieve. So... since it all has to count to one vote, I'm going to have to give this one a meh from each of us.
I had the scallops, and there were plenty of them on my plate and served with a wonderful sauce that complemented their flavor nicely. However, and this was important to me.. there was a lot of sand in the scallops. Nothing is more off-putting than biting into what is supposed to be tender creaminess and getting lots of "crunch" that also tells me that these scallops were NOT cleaned properly, if at all. They were seared nicely and the sauce was excellent, and the accompanying mushroom potatoes were okay (actually kinda forgot to eat more than one bite of these before I shoved the plate away in disgust). My vote, with everything good being wiped out by the disgust of the sand, is yuck.. and hubby agreed, so two.
When the waitress asked about them, I told her about the sand.. another woman came by to ask about them and I repeated it. I'm assuming she was the head waitress or manager confirming that there was a complaint, they didn't really explain. Nothing said or offered, she leaves.
Our creme brulee's arrived, they were excellent.. though I'll admit that I would have liked the strawberry to have been trimmed to make it edible instead of the greens left on for decoration. Two woohoos for this.
The bill arrives.. there was no adjustment for an inedible entree. I didn't insist on it, but I'll admit that I do judge a place on good or bad handling of complaints. They failed that one.
So, overall... 6 woohoos, 3 mehs, and 3 yucks.. thus the middlin' star rating. And no, we won't be back.
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