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| - Jeez where do I begin?! Been dyeing to try this place after scrolling through many of their pictures, drooling every night and of course the raving reviews. Located in the MGM Grand, its a very small restaurant. A few table seating but what makes the difference between L'Atelier and Joel is L'Atelier is more limited dining, a little casual, and you get to sit at the bar and watch the chef and sous chef prepare your dinner. Joel is more romantic and elegant.
After deciding either or not to do the pre fix menu we decided to do our own pre fix which was more like tapas style we choose the smaller dishes so we can try a bit of everything!
The bread basket is indeed the best. I loved the mini round croissants and the perfect crisped bread, even the butter was amazing. Luckily we got refills but be careful they get you!
_Amuse bouche, which was some foie gras with foam on top was heaven! a bit of a egg custard texture. That was just the tease. I could have had 5 more shots of those.
_Le Jambon, Iberico ham with toasted bread and tomatoes. Not a big fan of ham but this wins ham of the year. The chef said this ham is around $900! a tad salty, does not even need bread, just the ham itself is more than enough.
_La Langoustine, Crispy lobster with bail pesto was a huge tease. Only comes in one so I had to treasure that one bite.
_La Durade, Snapper marinated with lime was so fresh and went well with all the sauces. Presentation was also beautiful.
_Uni, can't remember the name but this one dish I was not a big fan of. I love uni but with the pea soup I feel it did not compliment each other. Both overpowering flavors you loose the taste of each with the strong flavors of the pea.
_La Caille, one of the most popular dish, drum rolls please.... foie gras stuffed quail with mashed potatoes, drooling at the moment. So tiny I was almost in tears. It was the best dish I've ever had. OR it can be my withdrawals of foie gras every aspect of the dish was perfect! A bite and an ooze of the foie gras burst in your mouth and the potatoes were out of this world.
_LE burger, Beef and foie gras burgers! say what?! beef AND foie gras! 2 bite size burgers were more than enough since it was a rich dish. OMG perfect, can I get a hallelujah!
_Le Chocolate, one of the best chocolate desserts. It had me at oreo cookie crumbs. spongy on top, layered with gelato and oreo bites on the bottom, perfect texture and taste.
_LA Framboise, was a show.. A ball of white chocolate and a guy poured raspberry sauce on top and the ball opened up slowly! taste it was good but I'm not a big fan of white chocolate.
_Les tartes, this was complimentary from out waiter, about 5 tiny tartes to try. Some were good and some were a miss but it was free so I'll take it!
Overall I would definitely come back here again any day anytime! A great experience and damn I'm getting emotional just thinking its in Vegas come back to me L'Atelier!!!
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