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| - Gorging, not gouging, is my preferred activity. So, after hearing other conference attendees bemoan overpriced meals at The Strip for mediocre victuals, I was determined not to become a Sin City victim. Yelp delivered, and so did TheCafe. I met a co-worker for breakfast, and I ordered the blue crab benedict (BLUE crab, not your Dungeness wannabe crustacean), while she ordered the smoked pork benedict.
Presentation, superb. I asked for the sauce on the side, but since there were chunks of sumptuous crab flesh in there, that completely evaporated my good will. Perfectly runny eggs and crab sat on a perfectly toasted brioche -- the only drawback is that the brioche gets soggy quickly, so you have to eat a bit faster. My co-worker really enjoyed (and photographed) her breakfast.
My benedict ran about $20, but for blue crab in the middle of a desert, that proved reasonable to me. Ambiance incidentally was very steel-gray-and-dark-wood modern. Warning: TheCafe is at TheHotel at Mandalay Bay, as opposed to the Mandalay Bay Hotel (yes, unnecessarily perplexing).
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