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| - I was thinking this review needed a title, but I couldn't decide on just one. Instead, pick your favorite of the following two:
"My Evening at Sensi"
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"Attack of the Insane Drunk Ladies"
Now that I have that squared away, onto the review!
I had reservations for 1 on Saturday night at Sensi at the Bellagio. Since I was flying solo, I decided to sit at the bar, which was stylish and contemporary, with lots of granite and dark woods and a waterfall. Unfortunately, in contrast to the other high-end restaurants in the Bellagio, Sensi doesn't have any walls or doors or other barriers separating the interior of the restaurant from the foot traffic and general pandemonium happening in the common areas -- so my hopes for a serene dinner were dashed before I even started eating.
After ordering a Sauvignon blanc (excellent!) and noshing on the complementary breadbasket of naan and curry-flavored chips, I decided dinner would be the "Taste of Sensi" tasting menu. Here's the rundown:
AMUSE BOUCHE
Salmon cracker with nori crisps, kaffir smoked salmon, and wasabi avocado. Lovely presentation, but far too salty/briny for my taste. Not enjoyable.
COURSE #1
Roasted octopus with chorizo, fingerling potatoes, arugula salad, egg yolk, and squid ink aioli. Similar to the amuse bouche, this dish was beautiful to look at, but all I could taste was salt. I picked it at, but didn't finish it.
COURSE #2
Alaskan halibut with fennel, sweet corn, broken rice, asparagus, and peas. Hands down my favorite dish of the night. The halibut was cooked to perfection, and I loved the texture of the intermingled broken rice, corn, and peas.
COURSE #3
"Tongue & Cheek" -- braised veal cheeks, smoked Wagyu beef tongue, potato puree, and red wine reduction. Great flavors and beautifully cooked meats, but I was a bit blind-sided by the enormous portion of very rich ingredients, which seemed out of place in a tasting menu sequence. I guess I can't complain about too much of a good thing, right?
DESSERT
Greek yogurt panna cotta with honey gelee and blackberry coulis. SIlky smooth but overwhelmingly sweet. A few bites and the sugar rush became too much to handle.
While the food was a mixed bag, the real "highlight" of the evening (if you can call it that) was being accosted by a pair of insane drunk ladies** (IDLs) who stumbled in from the casino, sat down next to me, GRABBED MY UTENSILS OUT OF MY HANDS, and helped themselves to my food. Jeeeeeezus H. Christ!
I begged and pleaded with the bartender to do something about the IDLs, but he shrugged and did a whole lot of nothing. Eventually the IDLs got bored of me and moved on to greener pastures...but my appetite was mostly ruined at that point. I was hoping the bartender could comp at least part of my meal that had been rendered inedible by the IDLs' creeper-germs, but he refused. Instead, he poured me a free glass of Sauvignon blanc in a to-go cup, which was a nice gesture, but nowhere near enough to make up for a spoiled dinner. Needless to say, I quickly paid my check and got the hell out of there.
And thus ends my tale of Sensi -- possibly the strangest and randomest experience I've ever had as a solo diner in Vegas (or anywhere else).
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**Footnote: I didn't call them ladies at the time. I used a much less family-friendly term... You can probably guess what it was.
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