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| - Wish I could give a lower rating than 1 star because FOOD POISONING should be negative stars since I was forced to lose my entire dinner.
First off, we saved our first experience for the house of tricks for a special occasion. My 25th birthday: a reason to celebrate. Little did I know that the appetizer of PEI mussels would grant me the birthday gift of hunching over the toilet for the rest of the night.
We ordered another appetizer as well. The soup of the day. it was explained to me as a roasted butternut squash soup. However, when we got it, it was full of Indian curry flavors and topped with feta cheese. No one ever said that it would be Indian squash soup. We found the curry taste to be so overpowering that we ended up sending it back (we had Indian for lunch and were not in the mood for more). The server was gracious and said she would take care of it but, as the bowl made its way back into the kitchen, we could HEAR the loud kitchen crew complaining that we didn't "know what good curry tastes like!" Well i may not make my own garam masala from scratch but I DO know that i was never told that there would be curry in my soup and I ALSO KNOW that Indian food it NEVER topped with GREEK cheese! Fools.
But the meal ventures on. Entrees. We ordered the lychee marinated duck breast and the "Everything Spiced Ahi tuna". The duck tasted NOTHING of lychee. it tasted of star anise, clove, ginger, and plum sauce. Very similar to the taste of pho (Vietnamese noodle soup). in fact, it tasted almost identical without the soup. If I wanted pho, i would go down the street and get it for $7, NOT get dressed up and pay $25 for a dried excuse for a pho-flavored duck breast. Sad. The "everything" spiced ahi tasted as if it should have been named the "Nothing Spiced Ahi Tuna". Bland bland bland. the couscous accompaniment tasted like nothing. the sliver of sabayon given to lend flavor was barely adequate to make up for the overwhelming blandness. it was bland in the way that silence can be deafening. This "rollercoaster" of flavor costs $27. Sad.
We ordered dessert in an attempt to make SOMETHING of the mere memorable. We were poorly mistaken. Blackberry cobbler. we got a single casserole dish with warm blackberry jam and half a biscuit baked on top. Small scoop of vanilla ice cream. Only good part was the ice cream but, then again... can't mess up store bought ice cream now can you?
All in all: a $130 disaster. top it all off with food poisoning and I think you have the worst restaurant experience ever. The only saving grace was the server, who was sweet and responsive. The kitchen was full of LOUD retards who think they know how to cook. The food was even sadder for us because the empty-promised great-hype and were saving H.O.T. for a special occasion. With so much hype and the menu's promise of greatness, the harsh reality of sub-par execution left us somber and bewildered. Dumbstruck. Then... nauseous.
Side note: this menu isn't even seasonal. We went in May; it is now September and... SAME MENU! NASTY.
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