"3"^^ . "TECHNIQUE, AT LE CORDON BLEU ... GREATEST FOOD VALUE IN VEGAS!\n\n\nOK, so when's the last time you had a SUPERB, FIVE COURSE meal for $15.00 per person? \n\nNo, that's no misprint! Fifteen bucks per person (of course, drinks were extra)! We've lived in Vegas for ten years now, and have tried several dozen different restaurants, and NOTHING equals this value!\n\nThese days on The Strip you can hardly get an appetizer for $15, let alone a GREAT five course meal. Of course, you'll have to travel a bit off the strip, about 20 minutes west, up in the foothills of Summerlin, to Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts, at 1451 Center Crossing Road.\n\nA couple of days ago (7/29/11) we visited Technique restaurant, which is operated by the college in order to give students some real world experience as they pursue their degrees. The food is spectacular, the service impeccable, and the ambiance the equal of all but the priciest rooms on The Strip. You can check them out at http://www.chefs.edu/Las-Vegas.\n\nHere's how our meal went:\n\n* Soft drinks arrived immediately, as did water and delicious bread with mint butter.\n* The Three Onion soup was incredible, one of the most robust, sweet, cheesy-licious variants I've ever dipped a spoon in. With bread for dunking, it's almost a meal in itself. (Oh, come on, don't tell me you've never dunked!)\n* Next came a small palate cleanser, a crisp, cool and creative lobster and duck combination. Tasty.\n* The house salad followed, and was a fine, but a bit predictable version.\n* Next came the incredible entr\u00E9e. Buttery soft filet mignon (with b\u00E9arnaise sauce), creamy mashed potatoes, surprisingly delicious carrots, and spinach that looked just like Mom emptied from a can back in the sixties ... but which tasted simply SPECTACULAR. My wife and I ordered the same entr\u00E9e, and were making the most obscene \"MMMMmmmm\" and \"aaaawwwww\" sounds (a bit reminiscent of that Meg Ryan scene from When Harry Met Sally).\n* And then came desert. Wonderful pumpkin Cr\u00E8me Brule, and a three-pastry dish. What an end to a spectacular meal.\n* Then, as we awaited our check, arrived a dish of six complimentary chocolates, which we had no room for and thus sit in our fridge awaiting our attention, as we speak.\n\nBottom Line: Run, don't walk, to Technique Restaurant, at Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts. You'll find incredible food at unbelievable prices. \n\n\nDean Herrington (\"MMMMM\", \" aaawwwww\")"^^ . "5"^^ . . . "2"^^ . . "3"^^ . "2013-12-01T00:00:00"^^ .