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| - Lunch at Christopher's and Crush Lounge was just okay. The service was very good, but the oversized / overcharged plates with small portions of food get a naaayyy waaayyy in my book. I understand they have to pay rent, but damn, have some plating respect.
Also, why they ax'ing if we had reservations...uh, the restaurant was empty. But, okay, they're keeping up appearances. Go 'head wit'cha bad self.
Like many other restaurants, if you want to eat vegetarian your only food choices at Christopher's are from a short list of salads, pizzas, and sides. I was hoping to try a soup, but the soups were made with chicken stock so I passed. [My mouth had already been violated that week from another restaurant that put sausage on my vegetarian pizza. Hisssss!]
Pre-meal the waiter served each of us a portion of bread and sat a serving of butter on the table. I have no idea why a bread basket wasn't placed on the table, it would have saved him from having to come over again and again to give each of us one more portion. Damn, is bread going extinct? Ain't like it was the best bread in the city either. It was a hard crusted baguette - crunchy and not too chewy because the inside was hardly there at all. It had more holes than swiss cheese. My jaws were tired.
First course:
Salads for vegetarians ($10 each) and escargot in puff pastry for carnivores ($14)
Second course:
veggie pizza ($12), bacon and shallot pizza ($16), scallops with veggies ($19), burger with mixed fries ($12), and side ($9)
Third course:
Desserts ($10 each) - chocolate mousse tower, tarte tatin, cheesecake, and berry tart.
Of the desserts the tower was the most eye-catching, but I don't like mousse so I didn't taste it. I tasted the other three and liked tarte tatin the best. It was warm with large apple chunks, good crust, and not overly sweet. Served with a side scoop (er, a side spoonful) of ice cream in a sugary cookie crisp.
I think the cheesecake was made with ricotta cheese, but I'm not certain. I've had good ricotta cheesecake, but unfortunately did not like this one. The crust was similar to an eggroll wrapper and was only crispy on the edges; the rest of the wrapper was chewy. And the cheese seemed egg-y as well. Weird. The sauce was the best part of that dessert but it couldn't cover up all that egginess jazz.
The berry tart had fresh berries sitting in a pastry dough with yucky yellow custard stuff. Try it at your own tastebuds' risk.
Back to the food...this is what I ate:
- Arugula salad with point reyes blue, fennel & poached pear ($10)
Seriously, Christopher, what's hard about serving a decent salad? One slice of pear and one slice of tomato? Fu¢k!ng insulting. Cheese crisp and candied nuts shouldn't be the main ingredients of a salad!
- Tomato trio, mozzarella & basil pizza ($12)
I requested my half of the pizza without mozza and it was delicious. The tomatoes themselves were like sauce and really made the pizza. Perfect flavor and good dough too.
- Side of yam fries ($9)
Typical serving of mechanically thin cut fries accompanied by ketchup and mayo/aioli. For that price? Really?
So, anyway, I'm glad that I went, but honestly I don't see what the fuss is about. The only thing upscale about our afternoon out was the bill. But, that's Biltmore folks! That's Biltmore.
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