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| - Chef Rock, the winner of "Hell's Kitchen" Season 3, oversees the food served at this Green Valley Ranch restaurant, and, although he wasn't in the house the night my wife and I dined there (his executive chef Massimiliano Campanari apologized from the open-air kitchen that Rock was busy with media interviews and photo shoots), the dishes lived up to Gordon Ramsay's exacting standards.
While perusing the menu, we were served a tray of olives, marinated artichokes, roasted peppers, a hunk of parmesan, and zucchini chips, plus a bread basket. The service was better than most Vegas casino restaurants, with nearly more waitstaff than customers. More water? No need to ask.
I ordered the veal rouladen (involtini di vitello), three pounded veal steaks rolled up with prosciutto, fontina cheese, and sage, in a white wine sauce over spinach, and the pasta primavera: chopped veggies over trofiette, a house-made pasta that looks like thin white worms.
Despite the fact that the next table sent back their overcooked lamb chops (do these people think they're on TV?), I'll be back for more.
The tiramisu and zabaglione (sugary custard over berries) were decadent.
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