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| - We were given an Anniversary Card for this restaurant worth $20.00. So we used it this week. And I came away with some questions.
First of all, how is a classic Caesar Salad prepared? It doesn't appear they are prepared a la Chef (at the table) any more but some places actually still have the waiter apply parmesan cheese and pepper at the table. We received neither on our salads.
To it's credit he Reef and Beef serves the closest taste version to a classic Caesar but the waiter didn't know the ingredients ... he called it house dressing and could not tell us how it was prepared. I'm thinking he was really busy that night because other wait-staff in other restaurants would have gone back to the chef and asked how the Caesar was prepared.
From the taste, it was not the 'new' bottled dressing, the salad seemed to have the oil, egg, worcehestershire sauce and garlic mix of the classic Caesar. I learned, through my own research that anchovies are not a part of the original Cratini Caesar salad, that was an 'Aviator Salad' with the anchoivies. So Reef N Beef got the 'dressing' right. They just missed the cheese.
I have to admit I was disappointed in the anniversary dinner I had because I was looking forward to more. That may have been my own self-deception, but when I saw the 'new additions' to the menu of pizza on the dining room side, I couldn't help thinking ... what's happening to this restaurant?
The sheer quantity of food was very impressive, with the entire meal consisting of soup, salad and entree with vegetable and choice of potato on the plate not a la carte for one price.
That brings me to Quesiton 2 and 3.
Should a stuffed potato be tasty enough on it's own not to have to add sour cream, onion bit and 'real' bacon bits because they are 'free'?
For prime rib, no matter how good the gravy (and Reef N Beef gravy is good!) should it not be offered as a side? I prefer my prime rib with horseradish if given a choice, but my prime rib came topped iwth gravy which made me wonder.
The quantity of the food was well worth the price ... the quality ... not so much.
We'll go back to the lounge for steak sandwiches, and maybe the new pizza on the menu, it looked pretty good walking back into the lounge.
Next anniversary, though, for an upscale meal, we'll choose another restaurant.
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