we wanted some good italian food and since we were staying at the aria, we decided to try the sister restaurant to le cirque. the dining area is very elegant and the service compliments the suaveness of it.
the food ranged from average to excellent which was a bit disappointing. we split the caprese salad and it was decent except for the roasted red peppers which felt out of place.
for our mains, she decided to go for the risotto w/ white alba truffles and i went for the rack of lamb in a pistachio crust w/ semolina gnocchi. she had high expectations for the risotto and they fell flat. it was cooked a bit too al dente to here and unfortunately they used truffle oil along with the truffles. the oil over powered the taste of the truffles which were excellent on their own. the rack of lamb on the other had was quite good. i asked for it medium and it came out closer to rare in some parts. the crust was quite good too. the gnocchi provided some nice texture to the dish and was cooked very nice with a pillow like texture.
she opted out of dessert and i almost did to until i read that they had a strawberry souffle. never had heard about a strawberry souffle so i had to try it. what we got was a very well executed souffle that had great flavor. the souffle held together well and the strawberry flavor worked perfectly. not to be missed!
we enjoyed it overall but as we'd rather try some place new rather than coming back and trying sirio again.