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I can hear all of you. I've heard everything you can possibly say to me, from "you don't know what you're missing" to "why not?!" to "whatever, we're too cool for you landlubbers." So you can read the rest of this review as an anti-pescetarian eating at a seafood restaurant.
We had originally planned to go here a week ago, but someone in the group didn't think reservations were necessary and thus ruined the evening when we had to go to another restaurant. No further comments. Make reservations on popular nights.
Anyway, onto the food. Since I don't eat seafood, I didn't poke into everyone's dishes like I usually would. We had the beef short rib pierogies because of Yelp recommendations. There were three on a plate with ample amounts of sauce. I don't think any of us particularly enjoyed it; as Asians, we love our potstickers/gyoza/dumplings, and these pierogies were shaped exactly like Asian dumplings, but with thicker skin. As I was eating it, I was almost expecting it to taste like an Asian dumpling. Instead it felt like 50% dumpling, 50% pierogi...like it didn't have an identity. (As an aside, I've had dozens of styles of pierogies before, these were just really, really different from what I've had in the past.)
I got the medallions, which came with mashed potatoes and some asparagus. The medallions were really salty! I was almost tempted to send it back, but our waiter was no where to be found, so I countered the saltiness with the mashed potatoes. The asparagus was tasty, but it was 2 thin, limp, sad-looking stalks on top of my mashed potatoes. Maybe if it was roasted or something, it'd make the dish look prettier.
For dessert, we shared the creme brulee and the cheesecake. It wasn't anything special and I wasn't impressed by either. I did leave relatively full and happy, but I am still sipping on a lot of water at home from the medallions...
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