text: I wish I could place the photo for reference here but I did add the photo to the collection. I was excited to try The Perch for the first time last night. I ordered their $20 Egg Salad with steak and ask for it to go. My destination was right in the park so this wasn't due to travel time but when I opened up my salad, I was extremely disappointed. The bread crostini were so hard I couldn't even eat them, literally could not even bite into it. The poached egg was still half raw and yolkless, couldn't eat it that either. The steak was really rare and looked like it had been squeezed together. The salad itself was seriously maybe 6 bites worth that included some bacon pieces, possibly less than 2oz of steak. This was not a refined $20 salad I was expecting, it was a $4 dollar salad at best. I will not be trying there food again because the lack of passion for the food clearly shows. Restaurants should be proud of the food they are putting out, even if it is to go.