On Jun 22, 2:08*pm, "Julie Bove" > wrote:
> "Christopher M." > wrote in message
>
> ...
>
> >I like cilantro in salsa, but in a lot of other dishes it tastes like
> >grass.
>
> > Restaurants seem to be adding more and more decorative herbs like cilantro
> > to their dishes. California Pizza Kitchen puts cilantro on all of their
> > BBQ chicken pizzas. The Cheesecake Factory puts it in their white rice.
> > The Cheesecake Factory also adds a handful of basil to their Chicken
> > Marsala. You can't even taste the Marsala wine.
>
> > All these herbs are turning me off of my favorite restaurants.
>
> I would not call that a decorative herb. *And I happen to like it. *What
> I've noticed here is a lot of parsley thrown over the top of the food. *My
> daughter ordered something that came that way and she couldn't eat it. *I
> can't remember what it was but she has ordered it before and since and it
> didn't come with all the parsley.

What's really bad is the use of curly parsley which tastes very
bitter. This immediately ruins the taste.