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| - This was the last of the three lunch dates that the No1DP and I had on our most recent Vegas trip. We wanted to have a meal but not have the meal overshadow what we were going to have for dinner, so we opted for classic comfort food without going to a fancy schmancy place that offered a lunch menu or a restaurant owned by a celebrity chef, which is a lot of restaurants around the Venetian/Palazzo area.
I had a feeling that the wait times were going to be long come lunch hour so around 11:45 I claimed my table for two, which took around ~5 minutes. This ended up being a good decision because when the No1DP left workshops to meet me for lunch around 12:10, the line was out the restaurant.
No1DP and I sat in a table that was so small it could barely fit ourselves and our drinks, plates and silverware much less what we ordered. As there was another pair sitting to the right of the waitstaff couldn't put any extra food there (to the left was the main walkway and kitchen area) and we wondered how they were going to manage our orders once they were ready.
No1DP had a beer while I had these morning cocktails.
Strawberry Bellini ($10.95): Fresh Strawberries, Champagne and Triple Sec. The fresh strawberries were the star of this cocktail. Strawberries were still sweet enough to eat afterwards.
The Grand Mimosa ($10.95): With Mumm Napa, Grand Marnier and Fresh Orange Juice. I've had better mimosas for cheaper, balance between champagne and OJ was a bit off.
We had the following dishes a la carte.
Seared Rare Ahi Tuna Salad ($16.95): romaine, radicchio, frisee and avocado tossed in vinaigrette. We were warned about how big these salads were - when the dish came out we thought the salad could serve 3! There were plenty of greens and ahi on that plate. Vinaigrette was tart and light. Ahi was lightly salted and quite soft though a little more firm than sashimi ahi.
As we were eating our salad the plates containing the two other orders were brought forth but the waiter noticed that since we had no room on our table he promptly brought the dishes back to the kitchen. As we finished the ahi the waiter passed us by without checking up on us to see if we were finished nor asked us if we would like our other entrees next. It wasn't until we prompted him about ~15 minutes later to take away our salad plate to make room for the other dishes.
New Orleans Shrimp Saute ($14.95): shrimp, tomatoes, roasted peppers and cajun spices, all simmered in a delicious tasso sauce, served with steamed white rice and grilled bread. The best dish of the three, sauce was buttery, smokey and a bit spicy. Long grained rice suited this dish well as it absorbed the sauce, as did the thin and crunchy bread.
Housemade Pierogies ($13.95): potato dumplings with slow roasted short rib, mushrooms and onion. garnished with green onion and sour cream. Both of us had pierogies before and we both agreed that this dish more resembled a gyoza than a pierogi. Pierogis can be heavy but are not supposed to be deep fried and heavy as this. As we were already stuffed by the previous dish we struggled to eat even one "pierogi".
Supposedly they are more known for their breakfasts so I'll have to check that out one day but I'll explore other options for lunch and dinner.
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