Comments on: Cyrus: Reviews http://blogs.kqed.org/food/2008/04/25/cyrus-reviews/ Restaurant Reviews by Bay Area Foodies Sun, 27 Jul 2008 09:42:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: jade rose lee http://blogs.kqed.org/food/2008/04/25/cyrus-reviews/#comment-10046 jade rose lee Fri, 09 May 2008 00:40:13 +0000 http://blogs.kqed.org/food/2008/04/25/cyrus-reviews/#comment-10046 My husband & I were given a gift certificate to Cyrus's and were greatly looking forward to it. Much to our dismay, we were extremely disappointed. We did not like the atmosphere in the dining room, it felt cramped and had way too many waters, servers, bread boys, water boys per capita. It never felt comfortable in there, the dining room felt like a bunch of chickens running around with their heads cut off. The lobster cocktail was very pleasant, but after that its all downhill.The food is so disappointing. We paid extra $25.00 for the beef with Morels, they tasted like your locals mushrooms cooked in red wine, the portions pathetically small. My husbands chicken was so basic and so unintersting, we were wondering what all the fuss was about. I had ordered the trio of cream desserts. The mango rice pudding had undercooked rice kernels in it, cheese cake a notch above Sarah Lee, and the creme brulee consisted of flavored whip cream piped into a small dish with caramel round cut out and placed on top. This is not a Creme Brulee!!!! Oh yes, the portions 3-4 bites each. I am a professional pastry chef by trade so I feel that I do know what I am talking about. It makes me wonder, i f the plethora of these restaurants are getting their rave reviews by persons with no knowledge of food , but can just afford to eat there. Does that make them experts? My husband & I were given a gift certificate to Cyrus’s and were greatly looking forward to it. Much to our dismay, we were extremely disappointed. We did not like the atmosphere in the dining room, it felt cramped and had way too many waters, servers, bread boys, water boys per capita. It never felt comfortable in there, the dining room felt like a bunch of chickens running around with their heads cut off. The lobster cocktail was very pleasant, but after that its all downhill.The food is so disappointing. We paid extra $25.00 for the beef with Morels, they tasted like your locals mushrooms cooked in red wine, the portions pathetically small. My husbands chicken was so basic and so unintersting, we were wondering what all the fuss was about. I had ordered the trio of cream desserts. The mango rice pudding had undercooked rice kernels in it, cheese cake a notch above Sarah Lee, and the creme brulee consisted of flavored whip cream piped into a small dish with caramel round cut out and placed on top. This is not a Creme Brulee!!!! Oh yes, the portions 3-4 bites each.
I am a professional pastry chef by trade so I feel that I do know what I am talking about. It makes me wonder, i f the plethora of these restaurants are getting their rave reviews by persons with no knowledge of food , but can just afford to eat there. Does that make them experts?

]]> By: Margo http://blogs.kqed.org/food/2008/04/25/cyrus-reviews/#comment-10033 Margo Tue, 06 May 2008 16:11:42 +0000 http://blogs.kqed.org/food/2008/04/25/cyrus-reviews/#comment-10033 Another comment for Carrie. No matter your claim to having dined at a lot of great restaurants in the world, it is obvious that this is not true. I must agree with Claire your review is not represenative of a true food connoisseur. A food lover chooses a restaurant not based on ratings or price, but on the food. And that "foodie" can explain why the restaurant is "over the top" and not just exclaim "everyhing is great" or "awesome!" I have no problems with a Michelin restaurant being reviewed on Check Please! It's good to hear first hand about a dining experience at the establishmentt. Another comment for Carrie. No matter your claim to having dined at a lot of great restaurants in the world, it is obvious that this is not true. I must agree with Claire your review is not represenative of a true food connoisseur. A food lover chooses a restaurant not based on ratings or price, but on the food. And that “foodie” can explain why the restaurant is “over the top” and not just exclaim “everyhing is great” or “awesome!”

I have no problems with a Michelin restaurant being reviewed on Check Please! It’s good to hear first hand about a dining experience at the establishmentt.

]]> By: Claire http://blogs.kqed.org/food/2008/04/25/cyrus-reviews/#comment-10007 Claire Sat, 03 May 2008 19:50:19 +0000 http://blogs.kqed.org/food/2008/04/25/cyrus-reviews/#comment-10007 This is for Carrie - I think it's obnoxious to have a Michelin star restaurant on Check, Please! Clearly, the restaurant will be phenomenal - so what is the point of recommending it besides to toot your own horn as a 'foodie'? And, if you've truly dined at all these great restaurants, how is it that you had not dined at <em>Slanted Door</em> prior to this show? I found your review pretentious and showy and not representative of a true food lover if you can't even identify with other great restaurants of the Bay Area that aren't Michelin rated. This is for Carrie - I think it’s obnoxious to have a Michelin star restaurant on Check, Please! Clearly, the restaurant will be phenomenal - so what is the point of recommending it besides to toot your own horn as a ‘foodie’? And, if you’ve truly dined at all these great restaurants, how is it that you had not dined at Slanted Door prior to this show? I found your review pretentious and showy and not representative of a true food lover if you can’t even identify with other great restaurants of the Bay Area that aren’t Michelin rated.

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