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| - Vegas Trip 2009. We're staying at the MGM Signature so wanted to stay in walking distance for the Birthday Girl's dinner. She wanted seafood so Seablue it is.
We started off with an assortment of appetizers; lobster corn dogs, corn fritters, oyster sliders, tuna tartar. The deceptively ordinary-looking corn dogs were delicious and the accompanying sauce worked well. The fritters were sort of meh for me, especially after the corn dogs, i should have had the fritter first then follow with the corn dog. That way, the fritter wouldn't have tasted like it was missing something. The sliders, though the waitress said they were 'OK', were quite good, the watercress added a nice kick to go with the remoulade and fried oyster. Eat the tartar without the pita! The pita that came with the tartar must be for the raw-fish-fearing. So if you like your sashimi, skip the pita or you'll find that it takes away from your bite of tuna like I did.
Most of my group ordered some sort of sea bass so I went for the rib eye with 3 oysters on the side and a glass of a Spanish red. Plating of the dishes were haute-looking, with different color elements such as grapefruit, chick peas, and asparagus so it all looked wonderful.
Beyond looks, there were mixed reviews around the table. My rib eye was less than ideal, with some parts being quite sinewy, some OK, I doubt I'd order that again. Three of us had the bacon-wrapped sea bass though two of them liked the dish, one thought it was dry. The paella had lots of seafood, from what I saw but the main complaint was there wasn't much rice. Ok, the wine was pretty good, but coming from me, you might as well ask Beavis or Butthead and you may get a similar answer.
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