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Grandview Restaurant on Mount Hamilton, San Jose, is aptly named, the view is grand. All the food is grown on the mountain in their farm across the road. Pricey. The service was good. Our waiter was funny and personable and attentive, but maybe just a tad too much.

Even though it is great the food was locally sourced, it was a big disappointment to me, especially since it is so expensive (examples of prices are further down). First, they gave us a plate of free bread with a few finger-sized chunk for each of us. The texture was fluffy and bland where it should have been chewy, and it was served with a spicy aioli type dipping sauce. I would have much preferred butter or olive oil and a non-fluffy bread.

Usually I never order Caesar salad, but I thought theirs would be spectacular for the price $19. I had visions of the mythical old days when Caesar salad would be made table side with a raw egg and anchovies blended into the dressing. But as I sawed through the pale head of romaine on my plate and ate it, I was disappointed with the taste of the thinly applied dressing. The included pea sprouts were nice. But two chunks of what must have been the white anchovies listed in the salad's description tasted like chicken to me. And I didn't remember any garlic crostini.

Since I was the one who picked the restaurant and my host and I were surprised with the high prices, I tried to save my host some money, so I ordered only an appetizer of ceviche instead of a main course. I was deterred from getting a main course because if I ordered scallops $68 or lamb $79, I would have to order potatoes $18 and vegetables $16 separately for an additional cost. Then I couldn't eat the ceviche because it was too acidic, and the fish was tough. (I had it with rice at breakfast today, after II tempered the ceviche's overtartness with olive oil, not being one to waste food.)

Then for dessert I ordered chocolate strawberry di Regina, and that was the biggest flop. A tight roll of strawberry-infused cake was covered with dark chocolate sauce. But it seems to me that the chocolate sauce had been overcooked to the soft ball stage and was no longer a sauce but a thick gluey substance well on the way to being candy. I couldn't cut through the over-thick overabundant sauce to get to the very small portion of cake, even sawing with a knife.

The location is one of the nicest you might ever find in the south bay; I loved driving the curvy road up Mount Hamilton to get there just before sunset and eating outdoors on the patio and looking down after the sun went down on the bright lights of Santa Clara Valley. But the food... And the prices. For the three of us with two glasses of wine, a Sprite (which the waiter joked was home-squeezed), two Caesar salads, two pasta dishes, one ceviche, and three desserts, the total was about $260. Plus tip.
gpt
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