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| - First the venue and the ambiance, I have to admit it is nice. Spacious dining room, comfortable booths and tables, simple and elegant decoration, and ample parking spots. This place has all the basic ingredients to become a 4.5 star restaurant.
However, when we first walked in, the host, which I assume to be the owner, addressed my party with Arrigato -- since we are Asian and thus he presumes that either we are Japanese or all Asians speak Japanese - a presumption that irritates me tremendously. I have to bite my tongue not to respond in German, in order to correct his presumption.
We were seated and now the food:
1. We ordered the crab cake, special of the day, for appetizer. The crab cake is OK taste wise, but it is full of fillers. Actual amount of crab meat is very minimal. Also included in the crab cake are many vegetable ingredients. The plating is attractive but still not my type of crab cake due to the amount of fillers. Grade: C-.
2. We ordered a Caesar Salad - it is quite sandy. It is unthinkable that the lettuces they use are not well cleaned. Portion is good but plating needs improvement. Grade: C-.
3. Veal Chop - special of the day. A large bone in veal chop with a lot of tasty spinach and mushroom. This should be an A dish -- unfortunately the dish has to be re-heated as the chop is still rare. The mash potato is probably from a box. A 4.5 star restaurant should offer home-made mash potato. Aside from the deficiencies, I will still rate this dish a B+.
4. Shrimp Scampi with Papadelle pasta. The portion is good and there are 8 or 9 decent size shrimps in this dish. This is in a lemony cream sauce and it is quite tasty. May be it is just a personal preference, but the sauce is just too tart. I can only rate it as a B-.
This is not a 4.5 star restaurant as other yelpers have indicated so. Food really has to improve. It does have all the basic requirements but improvements needed. A 3 star restaurant is about it.
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