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| - I SO wanted to like this place. Reviews are ecstatic about this special brunch location, the wait times were long, and the wall is lined with myriad awards and honors.
My boyfriend and I ordered:
-- Huevos pan de maíz (eggs poached on cornbread with Andouille sausage, spicy chipotle sauce and home fries): The sausage tasted dry, was missing flavor, and didn't have the quality taste in other sausages I've tasted. The flavor of the dish did not have the unique seasoning and flavor the description suggested, and the cornbread was extremely dry. There was a hint of freezer burn taste, suggesting that the cornbread was previously frozen and reheated. The ingredients of the cornbread stood out individually, like mix that had separated, and the bread was falling apart and was barely lukewarm, missing the mark on the potential that could've been (cornbread with the freshly-just-out-of-the-oven finish).
-- Omelette with spinach, tomato, and sausage (originally bacon, which was substituted): This may have been my mistake for switching bacon with sausage, but the eggs in the omelette were thick and slightly well done, and the overall omelette was very bland and missing flavor. I prefer to have my dishes ready to eat, without the need to add additional seasoning unless it is a personal preference. While the lack of any seasoning is a great thing for people with limited sodium diets, I had to add salt onto my omelette to try and kick up the flavor, which is rare for me, as I prefer blander dishes. Overall, the omelette just felt like a big ball of blah with each bite.
-- Lemon ricotta pancakes: What an extreme disappointment. Our batch must have been undercooked or something. It was soggy and our two pancakes stuck together. They were extremely mushy and missed the mark completely. I was near tears (yes, I am very passionate about food), having had such high hopes from the reviews and really looking for and craving a key pancake go to restaurant. I regret not asking for a new batch now, because re-reading the reviews, they must've really messed up our order.
-- Home fries: Served with our entrees.. I am still trying to understand the intended taste of this side. Some pieces were slightly undercooked (too hard), others were mushy, and none had any unique seasoning or flavor. It felt like there was a missing attention to quality that could be here.
If indeed our pancakes were not prepared well, I would advise management to review the quality control standards and checks. Overall, it felt like the reheating of seemingly frozen cornbread (or at least, extremely poor prep of it), extremely bland omelette, undercooked home fries, and mushy pancakes should not have seen the light of day outside of the kitchen.
The restaurant also is quite packed, making it difficult to have a private and quieter conversation. It makes me wonder almost what the maximum occupancy is, given the tiny space and tight squeeze of all the chairs and tables next to each other.. though it is necessary, given the large amount of visitors.
I will have to give the service a true two thumbs up- my boyfriend and I are extreme coffee drinkers, and she did not disappoint with our consistently refilled cups, and her ability to keep up with us. She also was very good at providing us with hot sauce and other necessary condiments to complement our dishes.
The reviews here are truly great for this restaurant, and I was told later that we were sitting next to a celebrity of the food world- so this place must have missed the mark on our visit... right? I left the restaurant with a feeling of unrest (probably from drinking too much coffee to wash down the taste) .. I really wanted to like this restaurant. When I gather the courage, fingers crossed the quality control will improve .. I need to try this place again ..
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