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| - This review was suppose to start out something like this...For the art aficionado you will appreciate the three original works of art from one of my favorite painters Fernando Botero, who also has a massive original sculpture in the center of this gorgeous restaurant located inside the Encore. For the foodie aficionado you'll be pleased at the "surf and turf" offerings that the menu will delight and tempt you with.
But now, and forever I will have a ridiculous memory of my dinner at Botero.
My client was in town for the big Air-Show and he invited me to dinner. Since I work mainly on the phone, years passed since I'd seen him. In this case ten years went by, so this dinner was a big deal, especially since he's the CEO and made time for me in his busy schedule. I was looking forward to hearing about his prestigious award that was presented to him by John Travolta!
I valet parked and greeted him at the entrance of the Wynn and we had settled on having cocktails in the lobby bar. As I walk up to greet him my gorgeous leopard strappy shoe busts! Seriously? Unbelievable! Talk about a deflating moment. Here I was only 30 seconds into welcoming him to Las Vegas and I already look like a clown.
So trying to not feel humiliated, I changed our plans and mentioned there was a bar at Botero and we should have drink there instead. Well, talk about feeling like you were in a Laverne and Shirley episode. Here I was all dressed up in a little black dress with high heels and this mile-long shoe strap dangling like a serpent off my foot as I walked through the gorgeous lobby! It was worse since there were so many people and I could see women staring at my foot. OMG please ground open up and swallow me now! This is when I wish I would have bought those red soled shoes!
So when we arrived at Botero there was a bar and a few cocktail tables. And you know by this time I was ready for a double vodka martini. We sat and waited and no service:( and no bartender to be seen:( No bueno! So again, I look like a fool assuming we would get bar service at the "lounge". Botero, you let me down.
Our reservations were at 7 p.m. and we decided to grab the table early. The hostess was very friendly and prior to getting seated I asked a waiter passing by if he had scissors. He quickly found some and I was able to snip of my dangling shoe strap. So that was a life saving moment.
Our waiter was fabulous. Polite, friendly not overly stuffy. I ordered a cocktail called the "Dream" which was ironic since I was actually in a nightmare. I'm not sure of the ingredients but I saw the pretty picture on the menu and pointed to it. PIctures on menus are a good idea especially when you're head is in a spiral and you can't think or talk straight. It had champagne and a hibiscus flower and it was just what I needed (in addition to a double of something really strong).
Next came out a tower of breads...wonderful! I'm sure they were but I needed to cut back on carbs remember I just busted out of a shoe. The squash soup was very good but presentation-wise fell a bit short. A dollop of cream and some chives or pomagranite seeds, or pumpkin seeds, shredded apple...some garnish would have been a nice touch.
I ordered the salmon and asked for it to be a bit well done-the waiter did warn me that it can come out looking a bit undercooked so I ordered it probably too overly done and it was a bit dry but the rest of the vegetables that were served with it were heavenly.
The beautiful restaurant was buzzing with lots of the conference attendees. One of which who happened to be my client's customer none other than Eugene Cernan-Yes, the famous astronaut who was the last man to walk on the moon! I was very excited to meet him and after my disastrous evening it came to a delightful ending.
I would love to come back and appreciate the paintings and more offerings. The menu looked incredible with so many choices. I just wish the service at the bar was in existance because I really needed that Tini!
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