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| - What a great dinning experience at a restaurant by the famous Gordon Ramsay. I came here with fellow elite Melissa Y. because she had invited me for lunch. I could not resist skipping out on a celebrity chef meal right? I actually came here 2 years ago for a Yelp event and they have certainly made changes for the better.
Before we ordered our waitress Carrie gave us a little run down on the background of the resto in addition to some of her recommendations from appetizers to entrees. I thought that was very nice of her to do that considering some people are clueless as to what they want to order. We started our meal with calamari which was suggested to us by Carrie. It came out pretty fast and I did enjoy it because the breading was quit different than what I'm used to. Typically calamari is more of a flour based breading and I could tell they used bread crumbs possibly? I liked it because it added a bit more texture to it and to add to that the squid was not rubbery which I have experienced at other places. The tartar sauce was had a home made touch to it, it was probably house made? For the entree, I had the pub salad. The protein in the salad was chicken, ham and shrimp. It may sound overwhelming, but it actually wasn't. The amount they put of each was just right, which made the salad still a light option. There was also little bits of apples, chickpeas, and cherry tomatoes which added to the freshness to the dish as a whole. Finally the red wine vinaigrette brought everything together and they did so by putting the perfect amount for the salad. I was definitely pleased because I did not want anything heavy because I knew I was going to have a heavy dinner. As we were eating we saw that a man in a suit walking around the resto asking customers how their food was, I overheard him say his name was Derrick. I assume he was the manager and it just goes to show how much they care about pleasing their dinners. While eating we needed re-fills on our drinks and caught the attention of a server by the name of Sara. Normally I don't like asking other servers for anything because they are assigned a certain area of tables. However, Sara did so willingly and was very nice about it. She even said if there was anything else we needed to let her know. To top off our meal Chef Scott from Hell's Kitchen came our and introduced himself to Melissa Y. and I, totally unexpected. We were kind of star-struck too at the same time! Lol.. Anyway, this place has definitely improved this time around and I can't wait to be back.
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