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| - Lakeside is for when you're too cheap to pay to go watch Le Reve, but still want to treat your special someone to a show. Sit outside if it's not too hot/cold and if seating is available. You'll be treated to a dazzling display of colors, along with animatronic blue balls, colorful butterflies, and more. The show sorta incorporates all the feelings of a first date. All this takes place against a beautiful man made waterfall as a backdrop.
While we weren't able to grab a seat outside, the hostess put us in the next best spot. A seat in the middle of the gorgeous dining room looking out onto the water show. Once we were seated, the waiter placed a napkin on my lap. Not too sure I'm diggin' some of these fancy dinin' traditions.
They brought out a delicious looking spread of various breads. Unfortunately we were told only the raisin bread is Vegan. The guy did offer to swap out the butter for margarine. The raisin bread made for an excellent tasting appetizer.
I brought my girl here because I had read about the "clam" chowder. Clam Chowder was always one of my favorite things back in the day, and one of the few things I missed when I first went Vegan. Since I've never seen a Vegan version before I was excited to try it out. Now, my memory may be slightly hazy since It's been over 15 years but it tastes just like Campbell's used to make. I say that seriously since that's my memory of what clam chowder tastes like. It was pricey ($15) for a small soup but totally worth it. Besides with a cashew base, it's a very rich dish so you probably wouldn't want to eat a giant bowl of it anyways.
My sweetie and I both spotted the Old Bay "Crab" Cakes due to the fact the sexy orange menu description noted that it sits on a bed of toasted pasta. The idea of getting two meals in one sounded good to me. The "crab" cakes themselves were amazing. Even better than the pasta that originally drew us towards this dish. The chefs at all of these places in The Wynn really know how to dress up these Gardein products.
I'm not too keen on the sad looking lobsters being carted around from table to table being offered up for a boiling death at $95/lb. Something else that always annoys me at these high end restaurants is that they look at you like you have a dick on your forehead when you don't order "enough" food. Since we intended to sample many of the Vegan options throughout the Wynn during our stay, we only ordered the two things here. The waiter seemed to be disappointed by the fact that's all we ordered. It's ok dude, The Wynn as a whole will earn the majority of my spending money throughout this and future stays. I'm not gonna drop it all in one place when we're not even that hungry.
Other than that, Lakeside is a beautiful restaurant with delicious Vegan options that are sure to impress. I would come back here again once I tried all the other offerings in The Wynn first.
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