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| - This is my review on Cafe La Barf....I mean La Gaffe. Perhaps it was a mistakes to invite my family for a meal together on the first day of Summerlicious 2016. The restaurant was packed. It was oppressively humid at our dining area. Everyone at the table was extremely disappointed at our meal.
We were very hopeful at the beginning of our meal, especially after the delicious beef carpaccio with shaved cheese and capers; however, the meal took a sharp turn after the appetizer.
The original grilled filet of yellow fin tuna entree was swapped with tilapia. It was a disaster. The Tilapia with mango, red peppers, lime & cilantro mojo, served with roasted garlic mashed potatoes & seasonal vegetables was luke warm. The fish was cold with many bones. The dish sounded great on paper, it was, however, a lackluster execution.
My family also did not enjoy their entrees - marinated grilled chicken breast with an orange, honey & dijon glaze, served with roasted garlic mashed potatoes & seasonal vegetables and fettuccine with tiger shrimp, leeks, roasted red pepper & baby spinach in an herbed white wine tomato broth. The dishes were dried, overcooked and uninspiring.
To add insult onto injury, dessert was the worst part of the meal. The poached pear was replaced with peach with vanilla ice cream & chocolate sauce. The peach tasted like canned peaches. The creme brulee lacked the contrasting layer of hard caramel. The cheesecake tasted like it was from a box.
Goodbye Café La Gaffe! Will we ever meet again? "Eek! Methinks not." - Yelp
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