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| - This is my third time coming here and my husband's first time. We came to see "Two Hit Wonders". It was an absolutely brilliant show--great staging, live band--it really took us down memory lane...
Food:
Cold seafood--there is a raw oyster bar, but sorry, I'm not a raw oyster fan. I didn't try the cold peel-and-eat shrimps this time because there was something better at the hot entree station. The Alaskan king crab claws were very bland; they didn't taste like crab at all(just the texture). Maybe they should have cooked the claws first and before splitting them lengthwise...
After reading some of the reviews here and on Urbanspoon, I didn't want to take my chances at the Sushi bar.
At the "chefs cook while you wait" station: today's special was Chicken Karaage. The chicken was very well seasoned but I wasn't very impressed with the batter. It was too dense and heavily coated(needless to say I ate only the chicken).
Though about a year ago I had the wild mushroom risotto at this station and it was heavenly(I am generally not a rice fan).
Hot Entree Station: the really great thing about the setup at Stage West is that there are two identical hot entree stations(to handle large crowds). The green beans almondine were very fresh, the beef short ribs(cut Korean kalbi style) were delicious, Thai spicy(actually very mild) chicken was pretty good(a bit Westernized) and the Lemongrass jumbo shrimp were to die for. I wasn't too impressed with the blue cod with crabmeat. The cod was a bit too fishy for my taste.
Carving station: I had some excellent medium-rare roast beef with gravy.
The turkey(even though I requested dark meat) was on the dry side, though.
Dessert: I was too full to eat dessert, so I just grazed on the assorted cheeses(I left the blue cheese for hubby) and fruit(pineapple was quite sweet this time around. There were also cantaloupe, honeydew, grapes, and watermelon.)
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