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Jasper's

The Shops at Legacy
7161 Bishop Rd., Ste. G1 (Legacy Dr.) Send to Phone
PlanoTX 75024
469-229-9111 | Make Restaurant Reservations
Chef Kent Rathbun describes his venture as being a modern outdoors-gourmet backyard restaurant.

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Lunch Mon.-Fri., Dinner nightly, Brunch Sat.-Sun.

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Chef Kent Rathbun describes his venture as a modern al fresco gourmet backyard restaurant. Build an outdoor entertainment area with grills, a wood-burning pizza oven, refrigerators, a wine cellar and a no-mow yard and perhaps you, too, could be the consummate outdoor cook. The menu borrows from all parts of the world, turning out everything from Southern-inspired bourbon-creamed corn fritters and a California-dreaming wood oven-fired pizza to focaccia smothered with a trio of cheeses pelted with caramelized shallots and portobello mushrooms. At lunch, fancy cheeseburgers, sandwiches and a French dip, along with pressed panini, grace the menu. The Texas peach barbecued pork loin, grilled-to-order and served with a tangy peach barbecue sauce, creamed corn and twice-baked potato, is a must, while the salt-crusted prime rib has earned top billing in the hearts of carnivores. For dessert, try the piping hot deep-dish Dutch apple pie, delivered in a cast-iron skillet, and drowning in a rum toffee sauce. The bar pours whimsical cocktails like Jasper's triple chocolate martini with Godiva white and dark chocolate liqueurs, white crème de cacao and splash of Stoli. For better or worse, sports fans get to watch ESPN on private TVs.

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Jasper's in Plano
by TexasAg95 on 06/30/2008
 
What a disappointment for a place that is held in high regard. I found that every food item served is a competition to see how many spices can be thrown in a dish. Spices and flavors seemed to be added to cover a foods natural flavor, instead of compliment and bring out the foods natural flavor.

First, the signature salad, Jasper's Greens, had too much vinegar. I recommend a little lemon to cut the bitterness. I ordered the Texas Peach Barbecued Pork Tenderloin. An overwhelming peach flavor served on top of what tasted like an overly sweetened homemade ketchup sauce. I could have easily been eating chicken or beef since I couldn't actually tast the meat. My colleague ordered the Lemon Rotisserie Chicken that had enough lemon season to make you pucker. A side of what I thought was mashed potatoes was brown in color, but I am really not sure what they were. I saw that another colleague had ordered a steak that was served a steak sauce, which should not be needed nor allowed on any steak served over $20 on an A la cart menu.

I recommend that chef Kent Rathbun cut back to the basics, or try one of the many more relaxed and affordable places at Legacy that serves a meal worth the money.
 
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