Case: I've been to The House at Secret Garden a few times for private events. The area is absolutely gorgeous but their food & service is just mediocre. \n\nOne event I went to was in the patio & sun room, and the other was in the urban barn. The patio was very nice but the room is a standard plain white room.  The urban barn is cute from the outside but the inside is a little janky. The ceiling and beams are unfinished ugly wood with the manufacturer stamps still visible and spray painting...they could have at least stained them a neutral brown. There are faux wooden beams painting on the wall. Not that impressive, but the area outside (we had cocktails under the carob tree) is beautiful.\n\nThe food and service is a different story. One of the meals was catered by Santa Barabara catering and it was fantastic. If you're hosting an event here, I recommend going with a buffet from the catering company. The other meal was a sit down, pre-selected 3 course dinner. The kitchen/servers had zero coordination. One person out of the table would get their hot entree a good 10 minutes before anyone else got theirs. It was near impossible to get beers and was impossible to get a refill of water. I thought the food was disappointing. I had:\n\n- Goat Cheese & Beet Salad: By far the best thing I had. Great dressing, yummy goat cheese, fresh greens. \n- Vegetarian Trio: So small and just okay. The grilled eggplant was very soggy and the tomato jam it was topped with was far too sweet for an entree. The arancini ball was delicious but I only got one...for my entree. If there had been 3 then it would have been a meal.\n- Chocolate Cake with Fudge, Fleur De Sel Caramel, & Buttercream Frosting: Amazing sounding description but one of the worst desserts I've ever had. The cake was so dry and barely had a chocolate flavor. There was about a tablespoon's worth of frosting and not even a teaspoon of caramel. So so dry and lacking the richness or flavor of a chocolate dessert.\n- Bread Pudding: Much better than the chocolate cake but still average.\n\nIf you're planning on hosting an event at The House at Secret Garden, I recommend trying to make it as outdoors as possible (prettiest) and not using their in house catering.
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Case: Best all you can eat sushi I have had in Las Vegas. Great assortment of specialty rolls. The chefs made great suggestions based on what I like. I'll go back again.
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Case: I went to Benedict's Cafe today with a friend when we were in search of a good place for brunch in North Phoenix. After seeing the latest article in Phoenix Magazine where it was mentioned as one of the top 369 delicious meals under $10 we thought we'd check it out. \n\nThe place is super small in a CircleK strip mall. Really only seats 10 people inside. You have to order at a counter. \n\nNaturally, after reading the article we both ordered the weekend special - eggs Benedict on a tarragon biscuit with country potatoes. \n\nShortly after we sat down the girl from the counter said they ran out of potatoes that were supposed to come with our dish. So, we each got a small side of fruit salad and 1 order of sourdough toast instead. One other guy at the next table had to select a different side too. \n\nBut we were still optimistic the eggs Benedict would be good.  However, we were pretty disappointed. Although it was an edible dish it wouldn't bring either of us back. The eggs were over cooked, the hollandaise sauce was far too lemony and the tarragon biscuits, although very flavorful, were very hard and dry- especially around the edges. \n\nI ate all of mine (because I was starving) but my friend (whose eggs were cooked even more than mine) complained and they attempted to fix them. Instead of re-doing the presentation, they just re-did one of the eggs - which of course now was slightly undercooked with runny translucent egg white. \n\nSo, sad to say i don't think I will be back. But hopefully they can step things up after the Phoenix Magazine article!
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Case: Sadly I couldn't eat all the food I ordered during my dinner at Cento - sad because it was so good that I wish I had room for.just.one.more.bite. Alas, I didn't. However, all the bites I did have resulted in a very happy tummy on my end. And if you'd like to replicate that feeling, here are the things I ordered (not by myself, geesh, it was a sharing table y'all):\n\n+ bacon-wrapped dates stuffed with spicy sausage and piquillo pepper sauce\n+ arancini with spicy tomato sauce\n+ sourdough bread with local butter, olive oil and salt\n+ burrata and olio verde on rustic bread\n+ brussels sprouts, apple and bacon\n+ roasted cauliflower with country ham\n+ fingerling potatoes with garlic and cipollini onions\n\nAlthough this entire dinner was made of sides and starters, or what Cento calls \""spuntini,\"" \""antipasti,\"" and \""contorni,\"" it was way more than enough food for our table so I think you can order from their menu willy-nilly and be totally satisfied.\n\nThe service and atmosphere are both lovely and I'd be happy to eat dinner here again.
Classification: trisulcate
Classify the following: Very great pedicure, I hAd Richard give me a pedicure and it was thorough and awesome,  great strong hands when he massaged my feet