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| - Asking a waiter at another restaurant at the Venetian for a fun and different place to dine for dinner, he recommended this place. Its a loud, high energy restaurant. The waiters are always running somewhere, but, at the same time, seem very attentive . We were offered an amuse bouche of cauliflower soup with marcona almonds and basil oil. The soup served in an espresso cup was tasty and gave us a hint of David Burke's style. Each flavor comes out strongly, then melts together as you swallow. For an appetizer, I had the pretzel encrusted crab cake. It was nice but didn't wow me. My main course was John Dory, again nice but nothing special.
David Burke's creativity comes out is in the desserts. We had the peanut butter Bomb. A flavorful peanut butter ice cream with chocolate swirls and a banana and passion fruit sauce, which had the strongest banana flavor that I have ever tasted. Again, each bite included strong flavors of banana, peanut butter and chocolate that slowly melted together. A nice way to end the meal.
All in all, a nice place, decent food, energetic decor and service. If you want a hip place you will enjoy this place. My tastes lean toward less creative dishes and a more relaxing environment so this place was nice but not calling me back on my next visit to Las Vegas.
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