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| - Some things pretty good, others particularly awful. Was excited about this place.
I and a friend had the 3 course for 25, with an extra starter of oysters.
My friend is deathly allergic to honey and carrots and tells the waitress this upfront. Oysters, gazpacho and octopus all pretty good, not mind blowing, but pretty good. The gazpacho was maybe pretty good plus.
We both got the porkchops which come on a bed of rice cooked in red stuff and greens [edit: was talking to my wife and she pointed out that they never asked us how we wanted our chops]. Apparently the red stuff includes carrots. Both orders of chops come with carrots cooked in with the rice. My friend notices them in time due to years of habitual checking and we avoid an ER trip (we did, foolishly, leave his epi-pen at the hotel, shame on us) and returns his 'chop. Now, his 'chop had a line of browning on one edge and by the bone but my chop was almost totally brown and hard on one side. You'd think knowing both chops were going to the same table you'd burn both and make them look the same, but nah. Then to top it all off the "steak knives" which are really butter knives are just not enough to cut the 'chop. I'm shaking my hipster outdoor metal table all over the place trying to cut my 'chop and leave after they tried to kill my friend.
Dear Felice, Get some actual steak knives. Especially if you intend to serve burned 'chops.
Dessert. My friend sent his entree back and they took it and his starter off the bill. He skipped dessert lest it have surprise honey in it. I had the ginger-something cheesecake but could not detect any ginger. It had orange colored fruity stuff (maybe apricot?) and berries around it that was ok. The cheesecake itself wasn't any better than what you get at Aladdin's but the plate was prettier and you could smoosh it in the schmear, meh.
Very underwhelmed. As usual, I shoulda had the bacon cheeseburger.
Waitress was kind of around when we needed/wanted her. Guy refilling water was on point. Drinks: again pretty good but not mind blowing
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