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| - Having had a rather stressful week for both of us, hubby & I decided to indulge in a nice restaurant - but not near the strip, not on a weekend. So, we read up on Carmel Room and decided to make reservations there.
First, let me say that we're old.. not Luddite-Old, but still old. However, we looked around in dismay at all the grey hair in that restaurant as we were walking in and we both thought the same thing.. ut oh. Oh, and our reservations weren't necessary.. apparently the dinner rush there is between 4 and 6, based on the few late owls still there at 7 ;)
We were eventually seated when the hostess finally got off from chatting on the phone and our waiter took our drink orders and left. Another waiter came over and removed the decorative plates that had been on the table, and our waiter returned with our drinks and we ordered two appetizers - beef carpaccio and escargot.
The Beef Carpaccio was good - not the best ever, but still good. The Escargot, however, would be best recommended for someone who doesn't like Escargot.. because they wouldn't have found any flavor to be offended by. ANY flavor, whatsoever.
Hubby's Porterhouse arrived with his two sauces, peppercorn & bearnaise, on the side. My Chilean Sea Bass was also served, along with a shared side dish of Smoked Creamed Corn.
First, he had to cut forever to find actual meat in the porterhouse - it was 90% gristle or bone. It was cooked perfectly medium rare, at least. Then he tried the bearnaise sauce, and declared it to be scrambled eggs. I had noticed it was rather orange and lumpy looking, so I wasn't surprised. The waiter took it away, saying it would be removed from the bill (along with making a nasty face at my hubby while forgetting that I could still see his face).
Hubby also said the peppercorn sauce was odd tasting, like it has some strange sweetness that didn't go well with the sauce. Our waiter said there was bacon in the sauce - we concluded it must have been maple bacon but it was only a guess. It also got removed from the bill.
The Smoked Creamed Corn wasn't very smoky, but it was good.
My Chilean Sea Bass was delicate and seemed to be cooked perfectly.
However, my stomach was upset as we were leaving the restaurant and it took a few hours before it calmed down. Something was off, and I'm afraid it was my fish.
For $135, including tip (no drinks, just water) we could have had an excellent meal almost anywhere else. Or we could have spent $35 and had a better meal almost anywhere else.
No, we won't be back.
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