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Dec 18, 2006 | 4:38 pm

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ALadyNCal

Join Date: Sep 2002

Location: Laguna Niguel, CA

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Wolfgang Puck Cafe.....not what we expected

We had lunch at the WPC (Wolfgang Puck Cafe) at South Coast Plaza (Santa Ana, California) on Saturday. We went there for three reasons:

We ordered a (complimentary) calamari with curry sauce, then a chicken pesto sandwich with a ceasar salad, and a ham and cheese panini with fries.

The calamari and its curry sauce were FLAVORLESS. At the very least they were flat and seemed to have no salt (and we are usually sensitive to things being TOO salty). It just had no taste....it was so odd. Even after adding a tad of salt it was disappointing. We didn't complain or send it back because it was complimentary after all.

Then the sandwiches came. Fortunately, both the sandwiches were very tasty. But the ceasar salad dressing was so light and bland that it again was tasteless. I eat salads daily and this was so flavorless that I didn't even eat it. The fries were "OK" but again were lacking in any seasoning and my husband hardly ate any of them -- figured they weren't good enough to waste the calories!

The restaurant was really busy and we decided to not make an issue out of any of the three, but left the place very bewildered. Of ALL places to serve tasteless calamari, ceasar salad, and fries.....a WOLFGANG PUCK restaurant

OK, sure, it's not a 'full fledged' restaurant.....they do call it a CAFE, but still. If it were a no-name place we happened onto we might have just thought we picked an inferior place, but since it has his name on it, we were very surprised that such basic things were subpar.

So, anyone else have any experice with a WPC?

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