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My first real meal in Vegas was at Lavo for dinner. Four of us went and were seated quickly (I forget if someone had made a reservation) but it was relatively empty (7pm on a Wednesday night) so not too surprising.
My companion ordered the kobe beef carpaccio as an appetizer for the table, not knowing that carpaccio is raw meat (he was just lured by the word 'kobe' because he loves it). Anyway, when that dish came out, the meat was HOT PINK. I love carpaccio but it seemed unnaturally radioactively pink. It came with a little arugula salad that was nicely dressed and a crisp parmesan cheese wafer that was yummy. The beef was okay, but not the type of carpaccio I'm used to. There were way too many parmesan cheese shavings on the meat itself and too much salt and pepper for my taste.
For my main dish, I got risotto with braised short ribs. The risotto was creamy and delicious and the short ribs were tender and flavorful. My companion ordered steak, which was really good, but nothing outstanding about it. The other couple ordered the rigatoni with sausage and bolognese sauce and chicken marsala. I got to try the chicken marsala and it was really good; flavor was nice and not too overwhelming or salty. However, the portion size for the chicken seemed rather small, but then again, I'm a greedy pig.
For drinks, I asked for a bellini and the waiter said that they had something called the lavollini (or something using the name of the restaurant) so I got that. There wasn't anything different about it, except the name, because it tasted like a standard bellini.
And just to mention, the waiter we had was in training or something, so he had some tiny girl following him around all night, watching his every move.
Overall, a pleasant experience, but nothing bedazzling about it at all.
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