Excellent inventive dishes, unique taste. A meal that is just a party for your mouth... And fairly healthy as well!
We had:
Starters
-salmon skin tacos (get these! We had 2 orders - they are small, but plated so well and amazingly tasty!)
-Vietnamese imperial (pork and shrimp spring) rolls (great flavor combination, served in a bed of frisee salad)- no dipping sauce, but none needed
-octopus (excellent spicy sauce with asparagus and brilliant plating)
-bao sliders (so tasty, quail egg and aioli adding great moisture- bun is nothing special, but that wasn't why we ordered the sliders anyway)
Entrees
-salmon entree (tasted fine, but not my favorite of the night. The accompaniments- red quinoa, tomato, a green were tasty
-slow cooked short rib (so tender, with just a few (wish there were more!) kimchi cucumbers, and dumplings)
Desserts
-warm brownie with marshmallow, chocolate, raspberry, pecans (which is sort of a deconstructed brownie- brownie with marshmallow on top and the other parts are scattered around the plate and your goal is to eat a bite with all the components- quite nice!)
-Tres Leches with Vietnamese icing and regular white icing on the side (not nearly as sweet or chocolatey as the other dessert, but lovely and simple and a nice ending to a fine meal)
Highly recommended. We booked reservations weeks in advance as we read about Jamie Tran and didn't want to miss her in action during a recent visit to Vegas. Now I look forward to following her in the future.
Price point is very affordable- most starters are ~$8-12 and many entrees ~$23. Don't miss this restaurant- well worth coming off the strip. Or if you are a local, you're just lucky... go and enjoy her culinary genius tonight! (And then again tomorrow, because I would!)
Congratulations Jamie- you are most definitely a playful rebel in the culinary world and you've gained several fans tonight! Thanks for the show! (Please come to the Bay Area of CA soon!)