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| - Usually for a high end fancy restaurant, its almost unthinkable to give anything less than 4 stars. Hate to be a trendbreaker, but there's a few good reasons why I might not come back to this place again.
This weekend is graduation weekend (finally done with Med School!) and my family drove over to celebrate. Service was excellent and the waiter was extremely helpful in answering all the questions. Setting was quite elegant and you can also sit outside, but we didn't because it was still a bit too cold.
The reason why the stars are so low is because ultimately, if all the dishes kinda taste like the same oily mess later on. A danger a lot of American resturants have is that there is a lack of a delicate taste. Too much cheese in one, too much oil in another, which is fine if it still tastes good. But in this case, my entire family thought that the food tastes rather insipid after a while.
We ordered 2 appetizers and 5 main courses, which we all shared. The appetizers (fried duck wings and a cheezy dip with soft taco shells) were really good. But this is because we were also really hungry.
None of the dishes were bad per se, but the thing is, the less hungry you get, the more easily you realize that all you are tasting is just grease.
So when we got to the main courses (oxtail empenadas, brisket stroganoff, short ribs, a special of fish wrapped in bacon over sweet potato hash, and the burger), it just tasted...really flavorless. Like everything was lost of oil and you get this sick kinda feeling.
The oxtail empenadas probably was the worst dish out of the bunch. The oxtail meat was really stringly and tough and chewy. The empenadas were over a bed of mixed beans that were really tough to chew as well. Ugh. The ribs were OK, and teh stroganoff was pretty good. The burger was mediocre.
But after sharing these dishes, my family was trying to convince me that the dinner was pretty good. You know its not good when your MOM is trying to sweet talk you into thinking that the restaurant you picked for once is good and worth the price.
Anyways, you'll probably like the food here. Actually im sure you will like the appetizers, but if you eat too much....well just dont eat too much and you wont get nauseated by the oiliness.
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