Meet the man who has tasted everything on the Cheesecake Factory's ridiculously long menu

LOS ANGELES — The Cheesecake Factory's official taste tester leaned toward a massive mound of steaming, parsley-flecked rice and jabbed his fork into a chunk of glistening cashew chicken. He closed his eyes for a moment, considering the texture of the dish, a longtime staple that, after a couple-year hiatus, would soon return to the chain's menu. "Not as soft as I'd like it," he told the executive chef, who nodded. Next, he turned to the seared ahi tuna salad, but he doesn't like fish, so he took a single bite of lettuce and radish before confidently setting down his…