Dessert First

I admit that when it comes to eating out, I can be hard to please. Not when we go to a diner, where I don’t expect too much, but when we spend more than $10 for an entree, my expectations go up with the price. And when a restaurant has been anointed — or is clearly trying to be — as one of the best in the area, well … then I want things right.
And I have pretty specific ideas of how “right” is done. There are the basics we could all agree on, though not all restaurants (even a few of the otherwise top-notch ones) deliver on these. Such as hot food should be hot, and cold food should not be frozen.