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| - Chef Roy Ellamar slays me with his food time and time again. Four visits to Harvest in less than a year proves that I freakin like this place a lot! The "seasonal dining" aspect means that there's always something new and special coming out of the kitchen based on the ingredients supplied by his top notch producers. The way the food is all prepped and presented makes this a unique spot in Las Vegas and I've had different, but all still excellent, meals each time.
Some killer dishes I've enjoyed this past year include:
Roasted Maine Lobster: Unbelievable! It came with butter and lemon on the side, but that was unnecessary since the flavor from this incredible crustacean just burst from every which way upon my first forkful. I pretty much made out with the head of the lobster like I was a high school sophomore and felt no shame.
Pig cooked four ways: Chef Roy just happened to have a 300 pound pig come in that day and on a magical evening in April, our dinner party chowed down on a huge plate that consisted of Chinese style BBQ pork with crispy skin, homemade sausage, and both filet mignon and ribeye of pig. This was an unreal dish that touched the heart of the glutton within me.
Grimaud Farms Squab: Fucking delicious! Accompanied with smoked butternut squash and root vegetables, this was a supreme delight. The meat, done medium rare, went flawlessly with it all. Squab tastes like the spawn of chicken thigh and duck breast after rough sex.
Bigeye Tuna Poke with Caviar: I knew this was going to be awesome having enjoyed Chef's amazing poke from the snack cart a couple of times. The blend of the caviar, bamboo rice and barrel aged white soy was literally a symphony in my mouth.
I have to mention their fantastic cocktail list that changes seasonally as well. "Beets by Roy", which was a terrific, mad scientist concoction of beet juice, mezcal, lemon juice, and mandarin syrup, garnished with a beet chip topped with goat cheese (!!!) is my beverage of the year (runner up is water). I can only hope it comes around again in 2017. Certainly worth showing up early before the rest of your party arrives to enjoy one or two at the bar.
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