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| - Went to Cosmo to watch Polica rock out at the Boulevard Pool last night (buy their album! review w/in a review). I always like to try out a new restaurant in whatever casino I'm seeing a concert in (or in the case of the Cosmo I include Aria's options). Since I splurged a little with Julian Serrano a few weeks back, I thought we should take it easier on our bank accounts with Holsteins. This wasn't seen as a downgrade in my eyes too much because I'd been wanting to try their Gold Standard Burger ever since I'd read John Curtas praise it as (one of?) the best in Las Vegas.
Given the fact that one of their signature milkshakes would probably cause me death due to my lactose intolerance (and not a quick, lethal injection/firing squad death which might make it worth it, but more of a slow, chinese water torture/buried alive death) I passed on those, though they sure sounded delicious. I instead opted for my usual Jack and Coke which was an acceptable version, but not as strong as I normally prefer.
For food we skipped appetizers because the majority seemed fried or slathered with cheese and or some sort of ranch dressing (I know, it's a burger joint) and I just didn't feel like I needed any of that before I gorged on a giant burger and fries along with the whole slow death sentence thing. I ordered the Gold Standard with no altering of the standard fixings cooked medium, and shoestring fries on the side.
Shortly thereafter the burger arrived and looked delectable and consisted of a Dry Aged Sirloin patty, nice smoked bacon, aged goat cheddar cheese (goat cheese tends to sit easier with my intolerance in case nosy minds were inquiring), tomato confit (I had to google confit to remind myself what it was. I already forgot. Roasted?), and arugula and some garlic aioli. The burger was perfectly cooked, and I really enjoyed every bite of it. I do think that there might have been too many flavors going on which took away from the quality of the beef. I'm not sure it really needs the aioli or maybe it needs less, and the cheese tasted really nice, but I felt like it may have overpowered the whole thing a little. I'm being very nitpicky as it was a tasty burger as Sam Jackson would say, but all in all I still prefer almost any I've had at Bachi or Fuku burger and they are more reasonably priced. The fries were very average and had zero qualities worth mentioning here which was a bit of a disappointment. Service was friendly and responsive for the entire meal, if not a little robotic seeming at times. I can live with that for an $80 dinner and drinks for 2 at the casino where the table minimums are my monthly salary.
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