Fryguy,
Here's hoping you want more than "supportive" compliments.
It's a very simple, steak and potatoes menu. At best it's "boyfood," and not very sophisticated.
A name like "skewers caprese" doesn't make tomato and mozzarella on a toothpick something else. You can goose it by amping the quality on each of the few ingredients but unless you're getting bufalo mozzarella formed on the thighs of virgin cheerleaders it's still salad on a stick and still more Guy Fiere than Tom Colicchio. It's... well... amateur.
The caprese stands as a pretty good metaphor for the entire menu. If you want to make a good impression, you're going to need bust out quality and great technique, because you're certainly not going to get points on originality.
Find another name for the salad. If it's got tomatoes or endive, much less both, it's not a Caesar. You can simply rename the same thing and do a heck of a lot better for yourself and your menu. For instance: Salad of Local Tomatoes and Endive, with Caesar Dressing.
Too many tomatoes -- especially if you're thinking of having them in any way on the bruschetta.
Too much chocolate too; one chocolate, not two. If you absolutely must garnish with a chocolate cigarette, at least make it from white chocolate.
You can do better on the menu, evenstaying with a retro, steak-house theme. If you have time and are interested, I'll be more than happy to help you tweak it.
BDL
Last edited: Aug 18, 2010
