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| - My only experience with buffets, pre-Vegas, were of the greasy Chinese sort. Sad looking food glistening under a weak light, not even trying to convince wannabe eaters of its worthiness.
Stuff antacids commercials are made of.
Wicked Spoon shatters that pathetic image in a million pieces.
Think elegant. Mouth-watering. Fresh. Colorful. Refined. Beautiful.
Tucked on the second floor of the Cosmopolitan hotel (a little wonder of design), Wicked Spoon buffet gives a new definition to the word. It's a buffet alright since there is indeed a whole array of dishes to be picked up by hungry hippos but you won't find much dry casseroles, pieces of chicken or sticky rice.
Not at all.
Listen:
- curried tofu with crunchy vegetables
- seared salmon with creamy faro
- mac-n-cheese with home-made longonisa
- stuffed agnoletti with pesto
- clams in a Thai green curry
- fried chicken, served in the cutest little frying basket you have ever seen
- lemongrass and ginger red snapper
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And of course, a galore of salads, cold cuts, cheeses, olives, fruits....
And a fabulous dessert display. Home-made gelato (a dozen flavors), home-made whipped cream to create fa-bu-lous strawberry shortcakes, macarons, cookies. chocolate covered strawberries, marshmallows lollipops, gourmet cakes....You name it, you have it.
And you savor the whole thing in an exquisite and urbane setting softly lit by gorgeous chandeliers and light fixtures.
Life doesn't get much better than that.
$22.95 for lunch during the week; in the lower $30 for dinner.
And really - who wants to miss on a place with such a whimsical name? Gotta love it!
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