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It wasn long before they brought out my Caesar salad. It pretty good, too. I liked the dressing and they had two large anchovy strips across the top of the salad. again, it didn knock my socks off, but it was serviceable.

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A couple guys at the other end of our table had also ordered a couple of sides Southern style hush puppies and an order of Hoppin John peas with ham, peppers and rice). For some reason, those sides didn show up to the table until our meal was almost completely over.

As for the food, my filet was good. It was cooked a little more medium rare than rare, but that was OK. Not the best steak I ever had, but good, nonetheless. The horseradish souffle potatoes consisted of three dinky, football shaped objects that were literally gone in three bites. The grilled asparagus was OK.

My colleagues who had the veal tenderloins proclaimed it to be good. Simon thought his was a little dry and maybe a tad overcooked, but he said there wasn much to complain about.

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There was a lot of grousing and complaining on the ride back to the Mirage. The consensus including me was that it was not worth the ride out to Rosemary Although I was OK with my steak, I was disappointed for the guys who got the prime ribeye. To a man https://www.canadagoose-jackets-online.com , they all thought it was not very good.

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