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| - First off we love old school restaurants - especially in a city like Las Vegas where the charming stand-alone restaurant is a rarity.
Pamplemousse is in converted house bordering an older neighborhood in town. Sadly, the neighborhood has seen some decline, but there are some really cool examples of 1950s and 1960s architecture for before or after dinner viewing if one were to drive around. I don't find the neighborhood particularly intimidating, but heck, I've lived in funkier places than this in other cities.
But I digress...I had always seen Pamplemousse rate high in the "Most Romantic" category in various foodie polls, so we decided to celebrate our 12th wedding anniversary here. The atmosphere didn't disappoint! Old school dark wood timber beam construction with pale pink plaster walls, lights set on low. There are a number of small rooms, some of which have two-top tables, some with built-in booths. We were seated at a booth by Keifer, who would be our waiter for the evening.
I get why some people would find Kiefer "weird" - but I personally thought he was great. A little high strung, but he's so darn enthusiastic about the history of the place, I can't fault him for being chatty. I'll take Kiefer's personality over the perfunctory service of Barbie-and-Ken-cloned waitstaff found in most Strip restaurants any day. He told us the whole story about Bobby Darin's involvement with the planning of the restaurant, sadly cut short by his untimely death.
We ordered the Prix Fixe menus - me the $38.00, and my husband, the $46.00 and a bottle of really inexpensive but tasty French white. I love the crudite basket, served in a lined metal bucket - from which I constructed a yummy little plate of greens and fresh veggies. It was like bringing in a Spring harvest freshly picked from the garden. Cute!
First course for me was the Feuillete of Asparagus and Mushrooms with Truffles Sabayon, Truffles and Madiera. Two puff pastries sandwiched asparagus spears and mushrooms drenched in a densly flavored custardy-thick sauce. Pretty nice start of things!
We both ordered the wild salmon as an entree - perfectly cooked and deeply flavored. His - being a little more fancy - came topped with scallop medallions in a Champagne Lobster Sauce. Impressive.
For dessert, my husband took the splurge and pre-ordered the Grand Marnier souffle, its arrival even even made the super friendly continental-savvy diners next to us ooh and ahh. While I was totally happy with the Palette of House Sorbets - actually served on a dish shaped like an artist's pallete. I'm not one to rave about sorbet much, but I have to admit, the grapefruit was pretty amazing!
All in all, I really enjoyed our experience here! We've been steadily working our way through through all of the old school establishments in Vegas (Golden Steer, Hugo's Cellar, etc) and this has become my favorite!
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