Arri London wrote:
>
> "Jean B." wrote:
>> Arri London wrote:
>>> SteveB wrote:
>>>> We went to The Cosmopolitan in Silver Reef, Utah, last night. It was just
>>>> okay. The site was the actual site of a restaurant there from about 1880 to
>>>> about 1895. The recreation wasn't even close to the original. Although the
>>>> restaurant calls itself a four star restaurant, I found it only passable.
>>>> The lobster bisque was lacking a lobster taste. I had seafood risotto. The
>>>> plate had some shrimp and langostino which were represented to be lobsters.
>>>> It had some salmon, scallops, and sole, also. My wife had lobster ravioli,
>>>> and they were skimpy on the lobster.
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>> Yabbut... lobster ravioli, seafood risotto, etc.? That sounds
>> most improbable to me.
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>> --
>> Jean B.
>
> The OP *didn't* say the current menu was a recreation of a previous
> menu; obviously it wasn't. The question was about 19th century food in
> the US, not that particular meal.

Then perhaps the misunderstanding was mine....

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Jean B.