Posted by Anonymous on 10/04/2008 Disappointing
I am a vegetarian and have eaten in pretty much every veg. Restaurant in NYC. This (sacred chow) has to be on the bottom of the list. Food just didn't taste good. We ordered the tapas platter with mushrooms, root vegetable pancake, and Hummus. Mushrooms were extra chewy, pancakes were ok at best, Hummus had an unpleasant flavor. We also ordered pickles which were good and I got a Soup and Sandwich - they were out of orange seitan so i ordered black olive seitan - consistency and flavor way off soup was ok. Waitress was very helpful but overall dining experience was disappointing, would not return here.
dear anonymous,
i truly appreciate the blogs, they keep us on our toes. so thank you! for sure, i am disappointed. but i know that this blog, and other food blogs, like menu pages, help us, in the food industry, 2 perfect our goal in serving u more perfectly. here @ sacred chow, as we grow, we also teach new-comers @ sacred chow how 2 master certain food techniques. the olive seitan is a physically challenging food to construct. it takes time to conceptualize. but yes, the texture was different, maybe not perfect, but still interesting 4 the palate. the real interesting part is that i knew the texture was not on target, and u picked up on that. that's amazing! the same goes 4 the mushrooms. chewy they were, but i still found the texture appealing. recently however, we have been experimenting w these extra, tremendous shiitake mushrooms, and they need alot more coddling 2 to make them less chewy, which u picked up on. since that time, i have adjusted the cooking time and seasoning up on these meaty mushrooms, slow-stewing them in the oven makes them just right. what a great palate u have! i love, really love, the roasted black olive seitan. so, i will be extra-vigilant in making sure our new-comers r coddled by me into understanding the process perfectly. the other items r more or less subjective, including the pickles which some folks find 2 spicy. i am glad u liked the pickles though. i do 2, especially w a piece of the olive seitan wedged between 2 pieces of pickled daikon. we've been pickling green tomatoes lately 2. one person detests the daikon. he always says: "NO DAIKON W MY KOREAN CUTLETS." we say, no prob!
the soups and hummus change every day, and the latkes w/ date butter, most folks are mad about them.
i do understand, as some folks would say, maybe even u, that u cant please everyone, and we all have off days, even periods of time.
anyway dear anonymous, return 2 sacred chow, and eat a delicious lunch, brunch or dinner on us. i look forward 2 - pleasing u asap!
much love,
sacred chow
