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| - OOF. Chocolate: good! Pure chocolate granita: good! Fondue for two: good!
Can you get a lot of sweet crammed into one dining experience? You absolutely can. Can you pick a dish that's good to share? You bet. Can you also get savory items, if you're so inclined? Apparently, though we did not get a chance to sample anything savory.
We were crazy enough to think, "Hey - I'm feeling a bit overly stuffed, but wouldn't something sweet be GOOD right about now?"
We're masochistic. Or crazy. Or overly-ambitious. Or maybe all three.
At any rate, we ended up at Max Brenner's cute little establishment kind of late on a Friday night. We got a table for three on the "patio" right away, and squabbled over which kind of fondue platter we'd order. I was drawn to one of the ice cream fondue creations (because, really - how can you go wrong with ice cream?) while the other two were listing off the virtues of ordering the fondue for two.
I finally relented, and we ordered the fondue for two (even though we were sharing it amongst the three of us), with dark and milk chocolates. The menu said that the fondue would come with things like tempura bananas, chocolate sponge cake, waffles and choco-pops. In reality, we got banana slices, strawberries, marshmallows and a couple pieces of banana bread, with an extra container of caramel sauce.
I guess they were improvising at that point.
Everything was delectable, though I wanted to try the waffle pieces. I was surprised by how rich and smooth the chocolate sauces were. You expect the chocolate to be delicious, but everything was so silky and shiny - it was perfectly tempered and so cutely displayed!
Our waiter got extra points for putting up with us, and sharing some of our jokes. It takes a special personality to handle us sometimes, believe me.
I would have liked to have gone back to try the savory items, and maybe give the spicy hot chocolate a go, but the timing didn't work out. It's definitely on my list for our next Vegas visit, though.
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