@bfun Pretty much how mine looked, only less cabbage. Not a huge fan of the stuff. It's okay in coleslaw, otherwise, meh.
Funnily enough it looks more Eastern European than either Irish or American. I would expect to be fed that sort of dish if I went to Poland on Holiday.
According to the Polish Institute for Tourism there were 14.8 million tourist arrivals in 2012. That's a lot of cabbage!
As I said, it's basically Jewish corned beef, so it's not surprising it looks Eastern European. Many Jews immigrated to the US from places in Central or Eastern Europe.
I've come to the conclusion that when you sit down at a restaurant you've never been to before, and they have an enormous and complicated menu that goes on for pages and pages and comically large portions, you should probably just get up and walk out. Those seem to be telltale signs of a bad restaurant. The best restaurants usually have very simple, streamlined menus. They have a handful of things that they make really well and that's all they make. Small menus usually mean fresh ingredients. Huge menus usually mean everything is frozen.
Cheesecake Factory is the epitome of what I just mentioned. Their menu is an actual book that goes on for something like 20 pages. And it's all sad, mediocre frozen food that's served in pig trough sizes.
They have Cheesecake, but the place is more like an overpriced diner. They make almost anything you can think of, but nothing is especially good. Also, one of their entrees can serve an entire table worth of people. The portions are comically large. Some of their pasta dishes literally have like 5000 calories. And this is not meant to be a family style restaurant either. They expect one person to eat that.
Don't listen to this crazy person. I've tried to find something Cheesecake Factory doesn't make well, and have yet to succeed. Everything so far is top notch. Although, he is right about the size, calorie, and price. They have a 3000 calorie salad, I believe.
The meatloaf is okay and the desserts are okay (but often way too sweet and way too big), but I could say the same thing about practically every diner I've ever been to. It's hard to really screw up meatloaf. I've had some bad meals when I deviated from meatloaf. Most of their dishes are basically a mountain of slop on a plate. It might taste okay when hot, but as it cools, you realize you're eating crap. It's exactly the kind of place someone like supersonic who doesn't chew when he eats would love.
Cheesecake Factory makes some of the best burgers I've ever had. Their burrito is pretty good, the blazzing wings are good. They do not make bad food. Their cheesecakes can be hit & miss if you get the experimental flavors, but regular or strawberry cheesecake is top form. One legit criticism. Their seats are small to fit more occupants. I like to have a giant booth while I bathe in cheesecake. But they will try their best to give you those shitty fast food style tables if it's only 2 people.