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| - Our adventures at T1 were purely by accident. We'd just caught a movie at Birkdale and exited back out into the night feeling famished. Turns out it was Charlotte's Restaurant Week and a lot of the restaurants in the shopping area were participating (read: so ludicrously busy we'd be waiting for a table for some time). That's when we caught the sidewalk chalk message and corresponding arrow leading us around a corner to T1.
It's difficult to distinguish what this place is from the exterior. The darkly tinted windows hide a "futuristic" dining experience where servers have largely been replaced by computers (they remain available to answer questions and deliver food.... for now - dun, dun, DUN). Being a server myself, there was something ever so slightly creepy about this. Nonetheless, we slid into our cozy little booth and went to work playing with the touch screen menu.
The menu was mouthwatering. And ridiculously thorough. Because it's computerized, you can bring up as much information about a dish as you'd like. The descriptions are quite detailed - something prevented by the limitations of printed menus. A full color pictures of each dish let's you see exactly what you're in for. Again - this makes the server rather useless. Most difficult was not figuring out how to use the menus, but narrowing our small plates down to a reasonable number. The menu is full of imaginative dishes inspired, it seems, by all the cuisines of the world, from traditional Spanish tapas, to Indian, Cuban and American flavors.
Most of what we chose was just as satisfying as expected, with the one exception of the tandori chicken skewers. These were a little on the dry side and not as flavorful as I'd hoped. Still - nothing blew us out of the water. Its was all just (as the stars would indicate) A-OK.
(And I'm still scared of being replaced by robots, which may have pulled the rating down a little...)
Anyway, the last feature of note is the screen in front of you that serves as part of the ordering process. Once you're food has been delivered (or as you're waiting for it), you can select from several entertainment option including You Tube clips, television shows and photographs. Makes for interesting viewing during the meal, but it was also a little distracting. I'm not much for watching TV during a meal, and it did cut down on the normal conversation we'd typically have at dinner.
More intriguing were the music options. Not only did they have several music stations for you to chose from, but you can forgo their selections altogether and plug in your iPod. Each table offers a docking station (being able to match the dinner music to your mood? priceless). Now that's something I wish more restaurants would latch onto. You know what - just for that, I feel I can pump this one up to 4 stars.
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