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| - My fiancé and I were just in Vegas and ate here twice. I will start from the beginning and say that the customer service was bar-none. We were seated promptly and our server came to take our order right away. We had gone there on a Travelzoo voucher, but intended to go for a five course tasting menu too. After learning that the prix fixe menu was largely featured on the tasting menu, we wanted to change some of our order. They actually let us, despite the fact that they had already started making some of our courses. They bent over backwards to give us out of this world service!
We got a delicious amuse bouche, the ingredients of which I can't quite recall, but I can say that it was a red soup with white fish in it. While my vegetarian fiancé got the same, they were kind enough to take hers back and make a special amuse bouche just for her, a pea asparagus gazpacho. She typically does not like asparagus, so it was surprising that she quite enjoyed it. Of course, the purpose of an amuse bouche is to highlight the chef's palate, so we had high expectations as to what was to come next. We were not disappointed.
For my first course, I had a lobster corn bisque while she had a house salad. She is usually disappointed by house salads, but this one was expertly done, crisp and flavourful. I savoured every bite of my bisque. For the mains, I had an potato crusted sea bass, while she had the the butternut squash risotto. Again, risotto is not one of her favourites but the worst part of the dish for us both, I suspect was putting down the fork. The bass was flavourful and had an excellent mouthfeel. My palate was tantalized with each bite I tok. My beau was in culinary heaven herself. For dessert we had creme brûlée and a banana soufflé. Both of these were delicacies. The brûlée was perfectly torched and the soufflé could not have had a better rise. At the end, the chef had a special surprise which is best left for the reader to discover on their own.
When we went back for the five course tasting menu with wine pairings, we both had the pea asparagus gazpacho as our amuse bouche, and I got to see just how delicious my fiancee's previous amuse was. I had the beef carpaccio this time, which was expertly sliced and seasoned. I added white truffle shavings to it for an extra $15, (white truffles are NOT cheap,) and my mind was completely blown. She had the chilled fennel and carrot soup with a marinated apple salad. She loved it. She had a vegetarian thermidor, a lobster thermidor without the lobster, and was astounded. I had the seared scallop and felt no differently about my dish. The wine pairing was fantastic, as it was throughout our meal. We had an expert sommelier who was willing to take the time to give us a bit of an education on the wines we were having and why. All of the food, by the way, was as beautiful to look at as it was to eat. Our next course braised beef cheek for me and chestnut crusted tofu for her. Every detail made the dishes shine, even the polenta frites, essentially french fries were to die for! Next up was a pan seared duck breast served with jicama and duck confit. I marvelled in the culinary prowess of the French, as did my fiancé with her butternut squash risotto, though she had had it once already. Our dessert was a flour less chocolate cake paired with a Napa Valley late harvest chocolate wine. The cake danced on our tongues all on its own, but with the wine it was like upping the tempo to a staccato. I cannot over-recommend this place. The food and service are just stellar. If you are in Vegas and have a few hundred bucks to burn, burn it where they won't burn your food, but burn into your memory instead. Unforgettable, unbelievable, unmissable.
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