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So what makes for great dining experience? Is it the food, the wine, the company, the setting, the atmosphere, the service, the context, the reputation the chef? Is it all of these; some of these; or is it purely subjective?
This may be a debate with no resolution. This debate may go on as long as people have been arguing about Santa Claus.
My wife and I found our way to the quaint little town of Belmont, NC for a reason unrelated to checking out the local culinary hot spots. However, we grew hungry set forth on poor little Belmont like have crazed starving locusts. Belmont was not looking too promising with their downtown dining options; a steakhouse, general store and coffee shop were our initial findings. I was not looking forward to another disappointing meal, especially coming back from Waikiki 's lackluster, tourist-trap food from our last week's trip to Oahu. This would had made the English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge and author of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner contemplate eating that dammed albatross.
Luckily, we stumbled across Cherubs Cafe http://www.holyangelsnc.org/open-to-serve-open-to-learn/. A clean, quiet, slightly retro 50's style soda shop/cafe greeted us as a welcome surprise in contrast to the bombastic sports bar down the street.
Cherubs has a nice simple menu and a cheerful wait staff who took our orders. My wife had the soup of the day and I had the vegetarian wrap sandwich. The meal was presented quickly but, not rushed, nicely but not over complicated plating.
The food was fresh and served at correct temperatures to ensure customers' satisfaction and for food safety reasons. Well seasoned and fresh food was a welcome relief as opposed what was found in Waikiki. So what makes for great dining experiences? Not sure I could give you a written definition, but whatever it is, Cherubs Cafe makes for one.
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