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Article: AT THE TABLE
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- September 11, 2009
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By CAROL DEPTOLLA
I get a buzz from great restaurants.
Maybe you get it, too. It's that feeling of bliss by meal's end -
- warmth, happiness, pure satisfaction.
The most important element, always, is the food. It's deeply
flavorful, tastes fresh and often is attractively presented. Some
plates deliver a special joy and engagement when the chef's
creativity is plain to see -- not in curlicues of sauces, but in
juxtapositions of flavors and ingredients that perhaps wouldn't have
occurred to a mere left-brain mortal.
But excellence doesn't stop there with the best restaurants. They
have servers who help make it an evening to remember. As any diner
knows, service can make or break a meal. ...