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| - Excellent. This was truly a dining experience and it was near perfect.
To start with, we got complimentary car service, a limo came and picked us up to take us to dinner. We were taken to MGM through the private villa entrance (which was like a mini-oasis) gate doors opened and revelead a circle drive with a fountain, greenery, just a gorgeous setting - all this hidden somewhere in the back of MGM Grand. Once we got to the restaurant we were asked to wait in the lounge while our table was being set. Had two expertly prepared cocktails in a very quiet and elegant lounge. Then onto dinner...
First ambiance... What can I say, if you could describe what a fine restaurant should look like you still wouldn't quite reach what this place was like. in the main dining room there's an absolutely magnificent chandelier which unless done properly could be thought of as cheesy, not here. It's right on. We sat in a small garden room with a perfect view of the chandelier. The garden room has greenery on the wall, a collection of flowers, nice decorations on the tables, just beautiful. The music volume is also perfect, just enough to make it seem like there's somethign playing in the background. When we were led to our table, they even brought out a little stool for my wife to put her purse on. I think that was their version of "hello" and it was my wife's turn to say "You had us at hello." Seriously, guys how many of your gf/wifes would completely fall for this? Mine did.
Food... What can I say... WOW.
L'amuse bouche was a layered concoction of caviar and crabmeat. Excellent. I'm a big caviar fan and definitely was about this little treat. Just great to start off the dinner.
The bread cart is something else. I'm not sure of how many different breads are on it, but they're all so unique and inviting. We tried to be conservative on the bread, but failed. It is great! The comte cheese bread was my favorite, but there were several that were just great.
For appetizer I ordered the scallops which were perfectly prepared with a nice spiced coconut milk sauce to compliment them. My wife ordered the King Crab, nicely seasoned, very fresh. Also a great way to start off the meal.
For our main plates... I ordered the guinea hen stuffed with foie gras. I know what you must be thinking... Chicken?? I know, I know, I would rarely if ever order chicken in a place like this, but for some reason I just really thought that this choice sounded good, and man it did not dissapoint! Ridiculous! The hen with foie gras was a perfect combination and differing layers of consistency. The skewer was an explosion of flavor, they called a teriyaki skewer. Let me just say, never had teriyaki like that before. My wife ordered the braised veal cheeks. I was speechless after trying a bite. Like literally, I was without speech. Never tried meat that tender and probably never will. Insane. Oh and the whipped potatoes. I'm 100% sure that the best mashed/whipped potatoes are served in French restaurants, and these may have just been the cream of the crop. I don't even know how to describe this perfectly creamy smooth goodness, other than to say, UNBELIEVABLE.
The wine selection is vast and man there are some pricey bottles on there. We settled for a $90 bottle of Chauteneuf du Pape de la Gardine. Very nice bottle.
We then had a cheese course. Very unique and excellent selection of cheeses. They don't bring any accompanying sides (honey, apricots, walnuts, etc.) which would've been a nice compliment, but the cheeses spoke for themselves. Again a great selection of really rare cheeses really great cheeses.
For dessert they brought us this chocolate cake surrounded by lemon cream, very interesting combination of flavors and we both thoroughly enjoyed it. Then came the dessert cart. At this point I was seriously close to exploding I was that full, even though the portions aren't big at all, but man, they fill you up. The dessert cart though is impossible to say no to. So many little things to try. It was great!
Finally at the end of the dinner the hostess led us out the same back entrance which we used to come in and at the end the grand doors opened and there stood our limo with our driver opening the door for us. I mean seriously, this was like a scene from a movie. I wondered if they worked on their timing because it looked perfect.
The only negative was that the service was slow, there were a couple of times during dinner where we wished someone could come by and pour us some wine or offer some more bread. Something that should and can be fixed.
Overall however, just an amazing dinner and a great experience. Pricey? Yes. Worth it? I would say for a special occasion this is a great treat and definitely worth it.
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