[CH] Re: RE Mesa Grill, NYC
Alexandra Soltow (pamra@rockland.net)
Sun, 21 Nov 1999 23:03:44 -0400
Risa wrote,
>I'm going to Mesa Grill on December 4th for my birthday but we are doing
>lunch there, not dinner. Still I intend to have an appetizer, an entree
>and a dessert.
I went to Mesa Grill a few years ago armed with sky-high expectations.
As a vegetarian, I was sorely disappointed. I enjoyed the pumpkin soup, but
the word transcendent did not pop unbidden into my head in my attempts to
verbalize the experience. I ordered something entitled Southwestern Caesar
Salad, and had to send it back. The croutons tasted as if they had been
made around the same time as the Model T, and may have been roasted in some
of its crankcase oil. And I firmly believe that they saved the remainder of
that oil to create the dressing. I didn't taste anything even vaguely
reminiscent of the red chile that they warned me was in that salad.
The waiter kindly offered me the opportunity to pick another item off the
menu as a substitute, and the only other meatless concoctions contained
goat cheese....I bloody HATE goat cheese!!!!
However, my carnivorous dining companion enjoyed his meal immensely. And I
must confess that I was quite enamored of those cute little squiggly
breadstick-like thingies that sproinged out of the bar glasses like alien
flowers.
On that note, have fun. And do let us know how the food was.
Alex
Alexandra Soltow
pamra@rockland.net
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