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| - The No1DP found this restaurant as a recommendation from the Encore concierge as a restaurant with portions and environment friendly for single travelers. Though it makes for the concierge to make a recommendation within the hotel, the No1DP had a nice meal out of it. When I joined him several days later he took me here on our first dinner date before the AWS re:Play party.
LOCATION: One of the restaurants that line the Wynn Esplanade, the shopping strip inside the Wynn/Encore.
We got to sit right next to the kitchen where all the hot items were grilled and the flatbreads were baked. We got to talk to one of the chefs and we witnessed how they prepared some of our food.
- Diver Sea Scallops, Polenta Cake, Shrimp Sauce ($18). Medium-sized juicy scallop with an equal portion of polenta, which is easily becoming one of my favorite presentations of cornmeal. The small plate is deceptive that eating the entire plate could get a person full quite quickly.
- Mushroom Grits, Pecorino ($10). Though not a lot of mushrooms it had full of mushroom flavor. It was also the most carb-heavy dish so I was able to get more full because of my portion of grits. It's served in a cask-iron skillet to keep it hot.
- La Cave Caesar, Prosciutto, Lemon Anchovy Dressing ($11). Several stalks of lettuce doesn't make it a salad. It's essentially lettuce wrapped in prosciutto and served with a savory cream puff. It's a decent attempt at interpreting caesar salad as a small plate.
- Prawns, Baby Corn, Long Beans, Chili Vinaigrette ($18). We got to see this made right in front of us from the grilling of shrimp to its final assembly of baby corn and long beans. This dish is meant to be eaten whole as the individual components are just average. Shrimps were a big portion.
- Beef Filet, Caramelized Onions, Mushrooms, Blue Cheese Flatbread ($17). Our dining companion of the night offered me a slice of flatbread. The flour used is double zero, a high-quality flour used for making pastas and pizzas. I took a bite of the beef and it was soft yet packed with so much mushroom flavor. If the No1DP was used to eating beef he would certainly enjoy it. If dining for two flatbread can get you full quite quickly so we're glad in retrospect that we got non-flatbread dishes - it allowed us to try more small plates.
Server was knowledgable in our requests of wine glasses for the night. No1DP enjoyed his white while I was happily sipping my light Pinot Noir.
The place is definitely pricey (as is all Vegas establishments) but a reliably good restaurant for small plates.
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