Momofuku Restaurant was established by celebrity Chef David Chang. This location is in the Cosmopolitan Casino Hotel on the Las Vegas Strip. At the time of this review this location of Momofuku is the only west coast location. The menu that is offered at Momofuku is a fusion of Global US, Korean and Japanese Foods. The menu highlights are steamed buns, noodles, meat and raw seafood. The menu items are meant for sharing. This is a casual restaurant with a hip and modern atmosphere and one that also plays cool classic rock music in the background. There is a view of the Las Vegas Strip and also a view of the open kitchen.
There are so many tasty things to try but I decide to start out sharing the Pear and Burrata small plate. It’s made of tender butter lettuce, milky burrata cheese, pears, hazelnuts and black truffle.
It’s so delicious! I can’t imagine adding a protein to it but you can….The flavors are so great the way they are….it’s just so light and flavorful….it’s surprising.
We also share the Jidori Rotisserie Chicken Ssams with ginger rice and lettuce.
The chicken is moist, developed with flavors (marinated) with also a very flavorful exterior. I don’t know all the flavors here but one of the exterior flavors I know is star anise……The chicken alone is delicious. But you make Asian Style tacos to eat it with the lettuce as your taco. The hoisin, kimchi and mint make the lettuce wraps even BETTER…We both didn’t expect that this food would be so delicious. Wow! I’m going to try this place again the next time I’m in Vegas!
Our server was pleasant and efficient.
There was only one thing that cracked me up. When the food runner ran out the chicken plate. …Instead of removing our empty starter plate. He slapped the chicken plate over the starter plate.
Slight update- Management was happy I enjoyed the food but was very concerned about the food runner. We all know that this was fluke or isolated circumstance and you shouldn’t expect this to happen to you. But you all know I tell the Forking Truth and this is truly WTFork happened.
Food was Great! Waiter was good…..Food Runner ……well you heard.
I’d still say Momofuku was Worth a Fork!
Worth a Fork!
www.Vegas.Momofuku.com
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