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| - Fancy food. I don't generally eat food like this, but when you visit Vegas, places like this abound. Every hotel/casino has at least one of these places with the "executive chef" and composed plates with an entree and sides. Spots like this run on the border between restaurant and modern art gallery in terms of how your meal is prepared. The "art", in this case, is the chef's food--there's no quibbling about the high price because you're not there to fill your stomach like you would at Denny's. You're there to experience the chef's taste creations. It's going to be expensive and you know that going in--this really isn't an issue unless the food is awful. *Hold that thought*
We started with clam chowder. Actually, it was more like a lukewarm bisque, and had a bitter cast to it. Not really my style. The skirt steak entree I ordered consisted of about seven smallish pieces of meat laid on a bed of creamy mashed potato with mushrooms and "yumyum" sauce. The sauce had the heat of a hot salsa and made the potato "yuckyuck"--it was inedible. The steak was tasty-- I just cut each slice in half as I ate it so I could have the illusion that I was eating more food.
I also got a ten dollar serving of french fries--these were just about as spicy hot as the mashed potatoes, but if I didn't eat them, I would have had a near empty stomach.
My wife got a seafood plate--the Surf and Surf. She said that it was "good"--nothing special. My daughter filled up on Caesar salad.
In total, $200 for "okay" food or food so heavily spiced that I couldn't enjoy it. Yeah, it was pretty awful, and what's the point of fancy if you don't enjoy it? Speaking very frankly, I seriously wish that I skipped the art gallery and gone to Denny's.
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