My friends ordered the ""Chilean Sea Bass w/ Tarot puree, heart of palm salad, atop a miso glaze [26],"" ""Pan Seared Red Chile Norwegian Salmon, Sweet peas & couscous in a sun dried tomato, red pepper sauce [22],"" ""Bi Bim Bap- A medley of vegetable & egg julienne, served with two traditional Korean sauces and a bowl of miso soup (available without beef) [16]."" I opted for the ""French Cut Chicken Breast, Wasabi gnocchi, wild mushrooms, & asparagus in a sweet garlic ginger sauce [22].""\r
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They had no gnocchi and tried to push the mashed potatoes. I can make that at home for a dollar. No thanks. So they said they can do risotto. Fine, no biggie.\r
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One friend had ordered the salmon because of the couscous. She had been craving couscous all day and was very excited that they had it on the menu. When we finally received our entrees after an hour, She received a plate looking very barren with a piece of salmon the size and shape of a sleeve of laffy taffys and NO COUSCOUS. \r
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The chilean sea bass was NOT served with mashed taro and hearts of palm salad. Just a ring of MASHED POTATOES. Maybe I should have asked what ""french cut"" meant because now I know that it means ""slice a chicken breast as thin and flat as possible to try to cover the plate and keep down costs."" My wild mushrooms must've gone loco because they were nowhere on my plate. Maybe they were partying it up with my asparagus because they were also m.i.a. My risotto? Oh it was there all right, resting on my plate like a pale, sticky dome of something that resembled MASHED POTATOES! Since when is it okay to be able to scoop risotto with an ice cream scooper??\r
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We were told ""they ran out of the couscous, & the mashed taro"" AND the gnocchi? And the wild mushrooms? What exactly do you have back there besides mashed potatoes? \r
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We left without eating and went to soho pizza down the street for better quality food at 2.50 a slice.
Pros: They have a bathroom.
Cons: bad food for absurd prices, sneaky tricks to save costs like MASHED POTATOES as the only side!
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