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Food is an art and should be prepared and served as such. The atmosphere and dining experience should be memorable, even if you are in a noisy brunch joint. There should be something you can take with you that will make you return, with or without friends. I seem to be disappointed on most occasions when I go out to dinner due to lack of freshness, service, ambiance, etc. I have written a couple of cookbooks and really enjoy analyzing food. I put all of my own skills to the test everyday and of course, there are things I will never make again! But, I know what I would and would not charge customers for and it just shocks me when I get a plate full of ick for $18.95. Hence, why I would love to be a food critic.

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Restaurant Name	City	Rating
Cedar Grill	Maple Valley, WA
First, let me say, this is literally the worst place I have eating in an extremely long time and I will never return. Nothing was fresh except the prices! We ordered a bottle of Robert Mondavi 2008 Pinot Noir. Price was resonable, $20.00. We were ser ... more First, let me say, this is literally the worst place I have eating in an extremely long time and I will never return. Nothing was fresh except the prices! We ordered a bottle of Robert Mondavi 2008 Pinot Noir. Price was resonable, $20.00. We were serve 2010 and the waitress just filled our glasses, no tasting. We ordered crab cakes and I specifically asked if they used fresh crab as they were $7.95, and was told yes. We were served 2 crab cakes about 2"in diameter by 1/4" thick on a huge plate and they were made with canned crab. They were tasty, but fishy and obviously not worth the price. Although, the roasted garlic mayo was tasty. Our salads were served before we were finished with our appetizer and my caesar was literally drenched in "wishbone" oil based dressing. They did, however, use shredded parmesan out of a bag and the yellow tomato on the dinner salad was a nice touch. The blue cheese dressing wasn't bad. Lasagna was the special ($12.95) and was served in a boat (very small portion) with Chef Boyardee sauce accentuated with additional spices that were overpowering and completely smothered in cheese. There was only a couple pieces of meat, the rest was noodle and sauce. The “fresh vegetables” were frozen bag vegetables that were reheated and that’s what really got me. In this day and age, really? The “Rib Eye” ($18.95) was not trimmed and should not be on the menu as a Rib Eye, but a Rib Steak. It was ordered medium rare and was served raw, cold in the middle, unseasoned and was only grilled on one side! The vegetable were again frozen, reheated and tasted horrible. The baked potato was also dry. Once we were served, the waitress stopped by once, right after she served us, and never came back. We never had the opportunity to tell her how disappointed we were or to refuse the food. When she did come back with the bill, she never asked how we liked the food. The food was dreadful with prices way above the quality presented. less