| rev:text
| - A big part of the Vegas experience is to try new restaurants and after reading some positive reviews of Chica, the new South American restaurant in the Venetian, our party of five decided to try it out on a Saturday night. All in all, this was an amazing experience and Chica definitely won each of us over. I will undoubtedly visit Chica again in subsequent Vegas trips and would suggest the restaurant to all friends and family.
We got there at around 9:30 and found the atmosphere to be lively, yet not too loud as to take away from the experience at all -- it was a trendy restaurant with a DJ playing but older crowds won't find this unappealing. The decor in the restaurant was very well done and we were all enjoying the artwork throughout as well as the touches of plants and greens in pots hanging from the ceiling.
We were a very hungry group so we decided to order many small plates to share and honestly not a single one disappointed any of us. Everything we tried was wonderful but a few of the standouts were the asado negro arepas, pulled pork tacos, empanadas, gaucamole, hoppin Jose rice, arepa basket and the sweet plantains. Everything offered a new twist on dishes that most of us had previously eaten in some form or fashion but it all worked remarkably well and we left extremely full and content (at a much cheaper price than other Vegas restaurants as well).
Final part of the night: dessert. Sara Steele, the Executive Pastry Chef of the restaurant, came over to our table to chat with us (completely unsolicited) prior to ordering and she helped us decide on a couple of the desserts while also talking to us about a bit of the history behind the restaurant. To our surprise, Sara brought the desserts out herself, added two churro pops to the order (so everybody in our party of five could have their own) and also added some lemon buñuelos for us to try -- both on the house. She then talked to each individual dessert that we tried and let me tell you, while they were all amazing, the churro ice cream pops were truly mindblowing. Imagine cold vanilla ice cream covered in a shell of churro all on an edible, crunchy churro stick -- it was one of the best desserts I've ever had and the whole experience of chatting with Sara truly made the entire night special.
Overall, I loved my experience at Chica (enough to feel compelled to write my first Yelp review) and cannot wait to plan a trip back to Vegas to eat again at Chica. Go here and try as many dishes as your stomachs can handle -- you won't be disappointed!
|
![[RDF Data]](/fct/images/sw-rdf-blue.png)
![[cxml]](/fct/images/cxml_doc.png)
![[csv]](/fct/images/csv_doc.png)
![[text]](/fct/images/ntriples_doc.png)
![[turtle]](/fct/images/n3turtle_doc.png)
![[ld+json]](/fct/images/jsonld_doc.png)
![[rdf+json]](/fct/images/json_doc.png)
![[rdf+xml]](/fct/images/xml_doc.png)
![[atom+xml]](/fct/images/atom_doc.png)
![[html]](/fct/images/html_doc.png)