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| - Tapas, the Spanish equivalent to Chinese dim sum. I've always thought, why pay for such small plates, when you can get bigger portions of one dish somewhere else? Quantity (portion wise) and hopefully of course with quality over quantity (plate wise) any day! Once again, Yelp sure has a way of making me switch my archaic way of thinking when it comes to my food adventures.
Seeing plenty of good to very good reviews of this place, why not try something off the strip, off from the hustle and bustle and overpriced, mediocre, touristy spots for food? My entire concept of joining Yelp was to find and experience new culinary places that I have yet to sink my salivating teeth into.
The atmosphere is trendy, yet comforting, almost like you're at a family members house who keeps up with the times in regards to decor and other furnishings (like the fish tank above the door way into the main dining room area - just look up).
You are greeted with complimentary bread, cheese type spread, and green olives to get your appetite going. I can honestly say Firefly is one of the places I actually wanted to try every-single-item on the menu, but alas my gut, or wallet will not like me later. Here's the gauntlet of food we ordered:
Roasted Eggplant Cannelloni, stuffed with goat cheese and drizzled with tomato sauce - the cheese had a nice, sassy funk to it, but nothing that only an "educated" palate would like and the tomato sauce was paired to it just right by adding that acidity to it
Tuna Tartar mixed with mangoes, avocados, with taro chips to scoop the loving ingredient onto - tuna was seasoned perfectly, no fishy taste at all, the flesh was perfect, coupled with the taro chips to give it a difference in texture
Manchego Man N' Cheese, baby shell pasta baked with manchego cheese - a nice little sharpness to the cheese, but nothing overbearing
Empanadas, pastry shells stuffed with roasted pork, red bell peppers, served with a little greenery and aioli sauce - really good, flaky like crust on the shells, seasoned pork, and the aioli flavors worked well
Filet Mignon Sliders, with sliced serrano ham, cabrales cheese, and caramelized onions - really good, moist burgers with the combo of the ham and cheese, we really loved this one (we ordered two)
Crispy Duck Rolls, served with a cherry hoisin sauce - really crisp, duck was a little dry, but paired with the sauce, gives it a better overall taste/texture
Firefly Fish Sticks, were filets of grouper, nicely coated with Japanese panko bread crumbs and served with a spicy tartar sauce - I really like this considering they were fillets (not sticks) and that sauce was just awesome
Baked tetilla, roasted tomato and tetilla cheese fondue with chorizo, toasts - melted cheese + roasted tomato + chorizo = mouthgasm times 10
Chorizo Clams, served with peppers, two kinds of spicy sausage, white wine, and Parmesan toasts - Oh, my, goodness!! Who knew that this would be amazingly good as it was. The refreshing shellfish, coupled with the sausages, white wine, and using the toasts to scoop up all the yummy goodness, please, game over.
We also had the stuffed mushrooms (I believe with Chorizo), and those were quite outstanding as well. It wasn't, ho-hum, stuffed mushrooms, it was more like, wow, these things are the definition of what a good stuffed mushroom should be like.
Most of the dishes had 2-3 servings a plate, but with 4 hungry people (3 being Yelpers), after tax + tip + drinks (no alcohol) it was around $120. That's almost impossible for the quality and quantity (also the fact we were all STUFFED) to get away with in a nice restaurant in L.A. So, if you've never been and haven't tried tapas yet, this would be a great way to start it off. I hope you end up being a fan of not only tapas, but of Firefly. This will be a spot I will visit when ever I'm in Las Vegas.
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