When one blind man leads another, they will both fall into a ditch. When one man without taste buds/man who delusionally thinks he is a foodie leads another, they will end up eating at Sibling Rivalry. My friend and I came because we loved the concept of dueling dishes between dueling chef brothers. Sadly, both cook more like Cain than Abel.
We ordered different things from the prix fixe menu and shared them. How does a place that charges such exorbitant prices for their food take no pride in making it well? How is it possible for the food to become lukewarm in the 10 feet between the kitchen and the table? At $25 per plate, the least they can do is make it to order or microwave it for a little longer.
The food lacks all creativity, and I can only really say is that it was cooked properly. On the plus side, the steamed mussels had a great sauce. The Moroccan lamb appetizer was interesting, and the duck was decent but covered in excessive fat. As in it was a slab of meat, not cut prettily, and not cleaned up at all. Isn't sloth one of the 7 deadly sins? Although "failure to utilize one's talents and gifts" assumes that one possesses either or both...The chili relleno was tasteless, and like everything else, unremarkable. DO NOT order the scallops - the sauce is sourly vile.
Props for the décor – it is REALLYREALLYREALLY hard to furnish a restaurant in an all-orange color scheme, including the wood paneling on the ceiling AND the tables AND the vinyl booths in burnt orange WITH tiny dim ceiling lamps. I was seriously afraid of eating inside a giant jack o’lantern but it was actually pretty classy though a little hard to see. Maybe they figured people wouldn’t realize how uncreative and tasteless the food was if they couldn’t see it?
One word sums up my experience: Ugh.
I certainly won’t be back.
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