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Originally Posted by rubicon
People on TOTV touted Harbor Lights off I-75 as a great place to eat . My wife and I decided to give it a try and on the way back from Ocala on a Friday continued our drive to Harbor Lights.
We found the owners/operators to be gracious hosts. We found the ambience to be pleasing to the eye.
We found the Friday buffet to be wanting.
We also celebrated our anniversary a few months back at Bonefish. Again just a major disappointment.
We are not big eaters but I swear that we get better tasting food at Golden Corral then we have at the aforementioned and just about every country club in TV.
I don't want to be right here and I understand its only one person's opinion but it is a mystery as to why so many restaurants disappoint here?
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I will give you some of my guesses.
Most restaurant food is bought pre-prepared these days from large suppliers. I am guessing that pasta is dropped at the end but the sauces come in packets or frozen.
Most people who live in The Villages are seeking fairly yummy food at a fairly low price.
Most people are trained to prepare food in tech high school or have no formal training and are not paid much here, because of the thin margins.
Given all that, timing is one of the most important factors in good cooking. WHEN to drop the pasta, WHEN to drain it, WHEN to turn the seared meat, WHEN to remove it, WHEN to serve all the tables orders HOT. Seems simple but it isn't and it requires a heads up attitude and quite some skill.
Working in a kitchen may not be perceived by some to be a job that has prestige, maybe some folks working in the kitchen aren't real big on not getting hung over or in arriving at work after a holiday or their birthday and maybe I am a cold hearted judgmental old person.
Money and the cost of things is probably in there somewhere...........hugely.
