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| - I must say first of all that my initial visit here was mind blowing. I don't think I've had a dining experience like this in a loooong time.
I walked in and was greeted by too-cute Chelsea. She's adorable, friendly and engaging. She's definitely a great place to start the dining experience. She even remembered me the second time I went in (and where I sat!).
Then Toni (I hope I spelled that right) greeted me. She's the perfect waiter. She takes your order, gets you what you need without a bunch of talking, but not rude or silent, she checks back with perfect timing and is just on point.
And the food. WOW. It was SO delicious. I had the sweet-chili glazed salmon salad. I asked for the dressing on the side and it came out and was beautiful.
This salad is the salad to end all salads. The salmon was cooked perfectly, the togarashi tofu needs to be a menu item by itself. It was a taste explosion! The salad is substantial and is really something so above and beyond what you think you'll get at a chain (and you'll forget it's a chain soon enough - this food is more than on point!). It's divine.
The second time was almost a crushing disappointment because of my previous experience (although it wasn't that bad, I was just so hoping for the same one).
The waiter was okay. He wasn't friendly, he didn't come back and ask how my salad was (I got it again!). He filled my drink up okay. His service just felt rushed, sort of, even though the restaurant wasn't busy.
I got my salad with the dressing on this time. NOTE: DO NOT EVER DO THIS. It was DRENCHED. I almost gagged with all the salad dressing on it. I won't make that mistake again. The salmon again was cooked perfectly, but this time the tofu tasted like cold tofu. Ick.
I also had the edamame, but you can't really mess that up so it was fine.
All in all this restaurant has my heart if only because the people are so incredibly awesome and as long as Toni is there forever (with cheerful Chelsea!) I'll totally be back.
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