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| - Perfection and Disappointment: My two visits to Fire. In the last 6 months I have been to Fire twice, once for dinner and once for Brunch. My experiences at the restaurant could not have been more different in terms of the quality of the food. First, let me say that I think that Fire has cornered the market on service. On each visit, my table was served by an attentive and knowledgeable server who made that experience very nice. The food, however, was at opposite ends of the spectrum.
On my first visit, I ordered a duck confit dish (I can't remember the name) that was just fabulous. I savored each and every bite. It had been quite awhile since I had eaten something that delectable. It was just that good.
My second visit was for Brunch this past weekend and I ordered the Fire Benedict (Eggs Benedict). The hollandaise sauce was nice, but the two eggs were cooked differently: one had the expected luscious runny yolk and the other was almost completely hard-cooked. However, it was the ham that was almost comical. The slice on each egg muffin was what can only be described as wafer-thin - as my mother would have said if she was still alive, "I could have read the newspaper through it." I don't expect a slab of ham draped over my english muffin, but for $14.00, I would like a bit more than the "essence of ham" that I actually had on my eggs benedict. On the other hand, at that same meal, one of my friends ordered the lemon souffle pancakes and the dish looked and tasted fantastic.
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