. "Our first night in Vegas was celebrated at Twist & have to say there were some hits & some misses. 2 of the group got the Tasting Menu & 3 of us did A La Carte\n\nWe were sad to discover the Vegetarian Menu was actually a Vegan / Gluten Free Menu & most of the dishes didn't float our boats. Just because we don't eat meat, it doesn't mean we only want fruit for dessert or no cheese / cream / pasta offerings for entrees....so the tasting menu was out for 2 of the 3 veggies & we chose a la carte\n\nBeet & mushroom salad - this was cold salad & was pretty tasty\n\nMain was the whole tomato stuffed w/ a curried rice - no wow factor & ended up giving over 3/4 of my dish to BF\n\nMeaty bunch in our group got the Foie Gras w/ Porcini & the foie & shrooms were cut in identical chunks & all cooked together so the flavors could compliment. Eye rolls from the deliciousness\n\nMains included Venison & Steak & the portions were extremely small. The venison was overcooked although requested to be med rare & the steak was dry but expected since Buddy #1 ordered it med-well.\n\nThere was an Intermezzo course of Blue Moon foam & Roquefort w/ poached Pears that was a major miss - very little cheese & way too tart. The Vegan Menu Intermezzo was a Raspberry Sorbet & it was just a standard sorbet\n\nStarted dinner at 8:30pm & it was after 11:30pm when half of our table cried uncle & had to leave - timing between dishes was excruciatingly long & especially for those of us not enjoying the tasting menu - we left before the dessert course was served but were filled in the next day that this was a ginormous course that was basically 3 whole desserts. There was supposed to be a tasting of 6 desserts but we were told that each of the 6 was like 1/2 of 1 entire dessert.....maybe we should have stayed :-)\n\nExtremely impressive wine list & the ambiance was incredible. Overall we had a great time chatting & catching up w/ the crew so have to say an A-OK was very well-deserved"^^ . "7"^^ . "2012-12-19T00:00:00"^^ . "3"^^ . "8"^^ . . . "9"^^ .