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My Wednesday Night Poker Widows group decided to forgo our weekly outing. Finally decided that a walk from car to casino would do better than spending the evening on the computer or cleaning out my closet, so I set out for the Suncoast. Ah, the Suncoast, where they take my money and give me nothing.
After losing for a while, I meandered over to Cafe Siena, saw that the Wednesday special is Kabobs for 7.99, so I figured I should eat dinner.
The special is three skewered kabobs - chicken, shrimp, beef, one of each, with the usual onion and red and green pepper. It comes with wild rice, which I hate. The waitress said they don't allow substitutions, but she offered to bring me some cole slaw, which she wouldn't have to enter into the system. And she did bring me a very big portion; that and the kabobs filled me up just fine.
The kabobs overall were pretty good - the chicken was a little dry, the shrimp was okay, but the beef was delicious - medium rare and tender. It's served with a little cup of some thick soy-type sauce, which I didn't taste, and a cup of peanut sauce, which was too sweet. Afterwards, the waitress asked if I'd tasted the rice and if I liked it. I had - and it was even more putrid than most wild rice sides I've tried. She said she thought it was awful, too, but didn't want to tell me upfront.
The restaurant is large and wide open, yet they've managed to do a great job of being able to mute the noise of the slot machines. I hate loud restaurants and too much ambient noise, so I was very aware of how unbothersome the slot noise was.
They also have a pretty large Chinese menu, and their hot and sour soup is terrific. I had it the last time I was here, a couple of weeks ago.
Cafe Siena isn't a destination restaurant, for sure, but if you're in the neighborhood, meaning inside the Suncoast, it fits the bill. It ain't bad, and that's good.
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