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| - I've been to the club here before, which will be reserved for a seperate review. Dining at Tao is one of those Vegas experiences that you will remember. Located at the Venetian, which is like a LEGO-land comprised of the Gritti Palace and the Royal Danieli with St. Mark's and the Grand Canal thrown in for good measure, Tao is a Buddhist temple amid this garbled baroque mess.
You will need reservations here and expect to have a drink at the bar, which isn't all too bad considering the loads of eye candy hanging around, as if they are apart of the scenery, so you will be sure to see something that you like. Take the opportunity to order a Grey Goose and soda, sit on one of the couches, and look at all the hot Asian broads w/their raven tresses and wasp-thin waists, and the European bitches in their Milanese high heels and tossed-boob salad exploding out of their wrap-dresses. Yes, yes, tres chic, I know.
The dining room is dim, crowded, and there's a thousand conversations going on at one and the same time. Not sure if I'd come here for a "special occasion" type of dinner, as in ask your girl to marry you or to tell your mistress you're married. Our waiter was cool, reminded me of a SoCal dude, like he'd hang out in Venice Beach.
For dinner we started off with the spicy tuna tartare and kobe beef shashimi - both were to die for (the tuna was crisp and crunchy, and the kobe beef was like eating Kobe Tai, go figure). With our main course (we both got the miso glazed Chilean sea bass) we paired it up with the lobster and kimchi rice (again, an excellent choice).
I'm a sake novice and was open to suggestion: we started off with the sake sampler, and with our dessert got the sake dessert sampler, I believe, and me and my bud both agreed that the cloudy Voices in the Mist was our least favorite - I walked out of here a bit rocked. For dessert we opted for the giant fortune cookie.
In the end, $244.00 for two before tip, which, in my opinion, isn't bad at all considering what we got. Will definitely make it here again and do our best to revitalize the economy.
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