Hmmm... what to say about True Food Kitchen. It seems to have take Coffee Plantation's spot at the Biltmore Shopping Center (Coffee Plantation sucked donkey) so Hooray!
TFK looks fucking sweet from the outside with its floor to ceiling window/walls, but it's a bit of a tangle on the inside. While I can see what the owners/desingers where aiming at (wait maybe I can't I've never designed a restaurant...) , I could not find a unifying theme for all of the decorative elements inside. Neon green tiles near the open kitchen , 70's wood pannel lamps in the dinning room, dark stone near the bathroom, and astro turf covering the hostess stand. The place feels like a mix between fresh and easy and put-put golf. The wait staff were dressed like car-hops working a veggy-brave-new-world drive thu.. I did like the wobbly butcher block tables. Neat.
So who gives a crap about how a restaurant looks right? I'm in it for the food. I had the ahi tuna sliders (rare of course) with a side of sweet potatoe hash. Sliders = derishious. SPH = sadness :( I loved the tuna, but god damn if the hash didn't come off as icky.
My date had the Teriyaki chicken with bown rice and veggies. The chicken was overcooked and the bed of rice it came served over was saturated in Teryakie sauce that was rather tasty but became snail killing salty after 3 bites. She also caught a snag of hot pepper on her first bite that made her scared the dish was spicy. Keepy Spicey Separately.
Overall it was edible. Have I had better? Yup. Do they have delish drink options, like natural ginger ale and organic honey lemonade? yesh! But will all the neat stuff about this place and the fact that, like the Tuck Shop, they don't charge and arm and a leg, I still don't see myself ever comming back.
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