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| - I generally enjoy the Cheesecake Factory; I hope this experience turns out to be a "one off."
The waiter "Mike" was very good, attentive, "on top of things." The appetizers were Corn Fritters (very good), Fried Zucchini (very good but not much on the plate), and Artichoke and Spinach dip, (tasty but very, very oily).
The others ordered Burgers, Salads, Orange Chicken....all generally pleased.
My dinner was the Shepard's Pie, very large plate with a large circular dollop of mashed potatoes on top. It looked great....one bite later and all I could taste was "cumin." So overpowering I couldn't eat it.
It seems that seasonings come into vogue and pass from the scene every year.
In this case, the current spice of the month, quarter, perhaps year is "cumin," a spice which does wonders in minute quantities, and is ruinous in large doses.
Unfortunately, the cook at the Scottsdale Cheesecake Factory uses a ruinous amount in the Shepard's Pie.
I decided that while I waited for Mike to return to the table I'd eat the mashed potatoes from the the top of the Shepard's Pie....wrong; too salty to eat. If the person who made the mashed potatoes couldn't taste the salt long before it reached that level, there is something seriously wrong with their taste buds; combined with the overwhelming amount of cumin in the Shepard's Pie ( a dish not known for its "cumin like" qualities) it leaves you wondering how this person got into a cooking position.
Back to Mike....he was ready to make it right...took an order for something else, stayed with it to ensure I got my replacement meal quickly an in general took excellent care of a table of 5 like a pro.
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