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| - I've been to a few different Jose Andres restaurants (Cleo, Bazaar Beverly Hills), so we were really excited to try Bazaar Meat! The ambiance is pretty unique, with the strange crocodile heads hanging over most of the tables. My wife and I ordered a few drinks, then got the Jose's Way tasting menu ($185/person.) Very pricey, but we've loved the other two restaurants, and we were paying with casino money this trip, so why not? :-)
The food was very similar to Bazaar in Beverly Hills. Favorites were the Cotton Candy Foie Gras, Croquetas de Pollo (served in a shoe), Smoke and Ice Oysters (the smoke smells SO good), Beefsteak Tomato, Bison Buffalo Style and the cheese-filled air bread (I can't remember the name of this one, but when you bite into it and your hand is covered by delicious, boiling cheese, you'll know you found it.) Honestly, everything we had was really good.
So why not 5 stars? Well, the price really turned us off. Yeah, I know we got a steak, and it was really good, and we had 12 courses and a few drinks, but $500 for 2 of us? A very similar spread minus the steak ran around $250-300 at Bazaar, and we can EASILY stuff ourselves for under $200 at Cleo. So was the steak really worth $200? I can't say it was. What I CAN say, though, is It was definitely an experience, and we're both glad we tried it. I just can't see spending that much of my own money when we had a similar experience at a sister restaurant. I'll just have to be glad the craps tables afforded us a fun evening...
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