http://www.saltshaker.net/20060224/grand-scale Casting a little flavor (and a few aspersions) on the world of food, drink, and life Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:01:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.saltshaker.net/20060224/grand-scale#comment-1249 SaltShaker » Blog Archive » A Trio of Disappointments Wed, 23 Aug 2006 15:57:09 +0000 http://www.saltshaker.net/20060224/grand-scale#comment-1249 [...] Melia Bistro, Posadas 1557, Recoleta - I’m not normally a fan of hotel restaurants. Most of them serve food that could have been topped by the cooks in my high school cafeteria, they just plate it pretty. Sort of like putting a tux on that kid from shop class and then being surprised when he spits a wad of tobacco in the middle of the dance floor. Every now and again I’m surprised, and I’ve had good meals at one or another, but they’re the exception that proves the rule, as the saying goes. I also have prior experience in the dining room of a Melia hotel which didn’t bode well. At the same time, we were only having lunch, and, as you’ll see, basically just salads and sanwiches, so although I have a sense of what they’re likely to turn out of the kitchen, it’s possible that when it comes to full meals they offer something better. [...] [...] Melia Bistro, Posadas 1557, Recoleta - I’m not normally a fan of hotel restaurants. Most of them serve food that could have been topped by the cooks in my high school cafeteria, they just plate it pretty. Sort of like putting a tux on that kid from shop class and then being surprised when he spits a wad of tobacco in the middle of the dance floor. Every now and again I’m surprised, and I’ve had good meals at one or another, but they’re the exception that proves the rule, as the saying goes. I also have prior experience in the dining room of a Melia hotel which didn’t bode well. At the same time, we were only having lunch, and, as you’ll see, basically just salads and sanwiches, so although I have a sense of what they’re likely to turn out of the kitchen, it’s possible that when it comes to full meals they offer something better. [...]

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