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| - Coming back from Paris over the summer, I knew I had high expectations. Being that Vegas has brought(or stolen) pieces from around the world and placed them in one city, I figured the food would have a large French influence with a dash of American on top.
What was good? The ratatouille was not bad. The creme brulee had a nice caramelized shell ontop and a small sized serving. The prime rib and king crab were good like any other buffet would have it. But of all things I loved the shwarma. It was in the corner and all the stuff was separate, but I got the pita bread and filled it up with the hummus, lamb, roasted eggplant and some other stuff too. It wasn't the freshest, since not many people were eating from there, but I loved it. The had chicken and beef too, but I really wished they had falafel.
Sad food? The french onion soup was just sitting there, and I had to move over to sprinkle the croutons on, and the thick slices of assorted cheese was on the other side. In addition, the soup wasn't hot enough to meal the cheese. It wasn't very tasty... A lot of the meat was really dry or bland. I tried the canard de l'orange, but it just tasted like regular roasted duck. They had sushi... I didn't care for that.. at a french buffet? com'on. There were some different fish pieces that were bland, but i didn't know what to accompany it with due to how all the food was organized. I tried a macaroon, and it was not made traditionally. They stacked it incorrectly, it tasted more like bread than caramelized sugar, and the had some type of almond shavings on top to make it crunchy. And last of all.... the crepe.. sooo sad.... I saw the people before me get theirs and I saw how goopy it was, so I asked if I could have mine extra crispy. I had nutella, bananas, whipped cream, and I also wanted apricots. However, she gave me a look and asked if I was sure as if I was crazy. She put it on the side for me, instead and when I sat down to take a bite, still soggy. So soggy that my crepe had burst open...sigh
To be honest, this was a buffet and the quality of food goes down when it is mass produced. On the other hand, it's a vegas buffet on the strip at $25 + tax and gratuity for our group of 20. The food was not bad for being a buffet, but wasn't great to be called french.
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