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| - Mike, Karen and Greg have done an excellent job reviewing the Chef's House. Yes, it is staffed by students, but students under the watchful eye of amazing chefs.
I had lunch there to visit with visiting Executive Chef Michael McKinnon, a Green Jacket award-winning chef...and a great guy. We went to High School together. Visiting with Chef in the middle of a lunch chaos was effortless, and congratulations to server Hossain, for doing a splendid job accomodating us. After a great chat, my wife and I dined on two main dishes prepared by two fourth-year students -- she had the tilapia on a bed of sweet potatoes and steamed spinach..."yumbolo" says my wife. Me, I dined on jerk chicken on a bed of rice, black beans, plantains and stewed tomatoes. Mmmmm. A tad predictable dishes, but very well put together. The appetizers were yumbola as well...me, quinoa served chilled and pressed with an avacado puree and sour cream with a dash of red pepper glaze. My lovely had a smoked salmon conconction that she raved over. Hossain told us the salmon was smoked on premises. Nice touch. The desserts were mmmmmm and the coffee was really good. I had the creme brule and wifey had the pound cake. Yes, pound cake! Where the hell can you get good pound cake any more.
Highly recommend the experience. Reservations are a bitch and you should use OpenTable to guarantee. Dont just walk in.
Almost forgot, if you like spicy, try the Jack Daniels Lemonade infused with Thai chili peppers. Again, yumbolo.
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