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Hattie B’s Las Vegas NV – is Worth a Try but doesn’t seem the same to me as from Nashville

According to the Nashville Hot Chicken Coalition ( www.Hot-Chicken.com ) – Nashville Hot Chicken is only Authentic and is a specialty of Nashville Tennessee. Only 6 restaurants are certified to be authentic Nashville Hot Chicken. They are Prince’s Hot Chicken Shack, Bolton’s Spicy Chicken and Fish, Pepper Fire Hot Chicken, Hattie B’s Hot Chicken, 400 Degrees and Deezies in Murfreesboro.

Nashville Hot Chicken is marinated, floured and fried. It needs to be sauced either before or after flouring or breading with what they call a dry sauce or paste (wet sauces are NOT Nashville hot chicken). Nashville hot chicken is HOT because the paste is suppose to be 1/3 fat and 2/3 cayenne pepper that gets cooked and reduced till thick. A few other seasonings may be added. Nashville hot chicken is also about flavor. It should be flavorful as much as hot. Authentic places will serve the chicken with dill pickles and white bread to catch up the juices nd flavor.

Hattie B’s in Las Vegas is located in the Cosmopolitan Hotel Casino on the Las Vegas Strip in a food court area. You order at the register and you pick up your platter at the end of the counter when it’s ready.

I ordered a small dark HOT with pimento macaroni and cheese and cole slaw. I ordered HOT because that is the same I had from the Nashville location.

This Las Vegas chicken lacks the cayenne aroma that the Nashville one had. I take a bite. The chicken is tasty and moist but doesn’t start you off with a sting like the Nashville one did. This one is also sweeter. This one is much milder……I thought it seemed greasier…..I thought it had even less crunch to it…….It’s tasty and is GOOD chicken but it’s not the same.

My husband got the same platter and a side of the hottest chicken strips they offer called, Shut The Cluck Up. I taste one.

This chicken is dry and it’s not stingingly hot either…….It’s not mild but it’s not like what came from Nashville….Even the Shut The Cluck Up isn’t as hot or delicious as Hot from Hattie B’s in Nashville.

Here are some pictures from Nashville.

The Hattie B’s in Las Vegas is Worth a Try! but to me doesn’t seem the same as from Nashville. Could be an off day????

www.HattieB.com

www.CosmopolitianLasVegas.com

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My Trip to Eataly Las Vegas NV

Eataly is an Italian Food Court, Wine and Gastronomic Marketplace. They sell a variety of pastas, pesto, sauces, rice, grains, crackers, canned tomatoes, vinegar, olive oil, salt, spices, olives, sweets and coffee.

They also offer complimentary daily tastings.

They offer a world of Italian foods and wines to try.

You might want to start with some street foods.

They offer all kinds of sandwiches, fried snacks, chicken and more!

There’s Roman Style Pizza.

There’s focaccia and pizza by the slice.

There’s plenty of fresh baked breads too.

If you want fish they will make you a fish.

They’ll make you pasta.

They assorted meats and cheeses.

There are candies, chocolates, pastries, cakes and other sweets.

But all you really need is Gelato.

That was my trip to Eataly Las Vegas NV.

www.Eataly.com

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Where The Fork I’ve Ate – Las Vegas NV – Summer 2019

My first stop was Hattie B’s for Hot Chicken in the Cosmopolitan on the Las Vegas Strip.

Hattie B’s is located in the new food court…….

It’s tasty but it’s not the same as what I tried from the Nashville location………..It doesn’t sting you when you bite it……..It’s like they cooled it down and sweetened it up for the masses. Or maybe it’s just an off batch? I don’t know?

Our next stop was Eataly.

It’s an Italian Food Court with wine and more food to purchase.

We tried fish.

We tried pasta.

We came back another day and tried more pasta.

Finished up with gelato.

Some things were better than other things and we purchased some things to try latter.

The next day we went to China Town and tried Mian Sichuan Noodle.

This is suppose to be a very authentic Sichuan Noodle Restaurant. It’s not a fancy place.

But where else have you been that offers placemats with instructions on how to eat the food?

Before we order they start us off with sweetened Mung Bean Soup. It is used to cool you down from fiery mouth numbing food.

Here we started with Spicy Radishes and a sweet and sour cabbage is served as a palette cleanser. The Spicy Radishes were indeed spicy but not like water boiled spicy……That means you didn’t need a fire hydrant. They were unlike anything I ever tasted before…….with an unusual crunchy texture. I might not have known that they were radishes because I could no longer taste radish in them.

We had-

Sichuan cold spicy noodles

and

Spicy Sichuan Pork Noodles called Za Jiang. Tune in and you can read that story soon.

Our next destination was Chica in the Venetian.

It’s a Latin Restaurant of chef Lorena Garcia’s takes of Latin cuisine.

We tried spicy Peruvian ceviche.

and dinners of pacific striped sea bass

and porchetta.

We stopped by Gordon Ramsay Burger. I asked about the beef the last time I was here and they told me that they ground the beef in a main kitchen that is in the Paris Hotel/Casino.

They changed the menu since my last visit and that amazing Tandoori Chicken sandwich is no longer available……so I ordered something else. I thought an interesting choice might be the Fish and Crisps Burger because This is the fourth Gordon Ramsay Fried Fish option that I know of in Las Vegas. They all differ slightly and they all are priced differently.

The a crisp beer batter lightly coated a thick big piece of cod and it was drowning in about a 1/4 cup of yuzu-dill mayo that got topped with salt and vinegar potato crisps on a big fluffy toasted seeded bun…….

We shared plain fries called “Just Fries.”

My husband tried the Hog Burger that’s Mangalitsa Pork, Bacon, BBQ Pork, white cheddar, pickle, crisp onion and slaw burger. (he requested the slaw on the side)

Oddly this burger was dry? All the food we tried last time was amazing……Well the truth is that most busy restaurants run hot and cold……but I prefer hitting them on hot days.

Another day we went to Bobby Flay’s Mesa Grill in the Caesar’s Palace. It’s a full service South West Style restaurant that’s very bright and lively inside with lots of bottles of tequila on the wall.

They started us off with a really delicious basket of assorted breads. (save room and eat the bread……the bread is worth eating)

For my main I had the Ancho Honey Glazed Salmon with black bean sauce, tomatillo and jalapeño crema over spinach (lunch $25.00 subject to change).

Gosh! It was delicious and flavorful. The salmon too! Not too spicy and not too sweet….just really good flavors!

My husband got the Grilled Mahi Mahi with green chile rice, yellow pepper mole and pineapple salsa (lunch $25.00 subject to change)

This one is delicious too! The flavors are different and stronger…..still south west. We both like the actual salmon more. I like the taste of both but my husband prefers the stronger flavors in this dish.

We go on to try the Deep Dish Banana Cream Pie.

It’s a thin praline hazelnut brittle with cream and fresh sliced bananas……..It’s ok to me. I really enjoyed the bread more and would have eaten more bread and skipped dessert…..We both really enjoyed the entrees and the bread basket at the Mesa Grill.

Then we got to try multi award winning and James Beard award winning chef Micheal Symon’s new bbq restaurant called Mabel’s in the Palm’s Hotel/Casino near the Las Vegas Strip.

We shared a big pan of Texas Style Brisket, Memphis dry rubbed Turkey breast, horseradish beets and macaroni and cheese.

Some things were great and some things weren’t as great………The pickles were DYN-NO-MITE! Like a crazy stinking great bread and butter pickle but better…..actually everything pickled was super crazy great! The turkey today had really terrific flavor but was served to us on the dry side today. The Texas style brisket might have been better at lunch time…..but when I got it the brisket was sort of dry and lacked much flavor but benefited from the house made sauces. The horseradish beets were pretty darn good! Macaroni and cheese didn’t have much flavor on my visit. I think they thinned down the sauce because our cup had lots of a milky liquid in the bottom.

The Splurge Night

L’ATELIER by Joel Robuchon

L’ATELIER by Joel Robuchon is located in the MGM Casino/Hotel on the Las Vegas Strip. This is a high end exhibition tapas restaurant by the late most stared chef in the world, also called chef of the century Joel Robuchon.

They made some menu changes since my last visit and the three course special ($85.00 subject to change) is only offered as an early bird now from 5pm-6pm.

You get a bread basket of the most delicious baked breads and French Butter.

You get an Amuse Bouche…that for the past several years has been a foie gras shooter with parmesan foam. If you ask you will get some sort of vegetarian Amuse Bouche.

My first course was an Eggplant – Avocado Fondant with pixie sized turmeric croutons.

My husband got polenta with egg and ham….(well not just any ham…..it was that ham that was kissed by Jesus…..has black feet ……eats nothing but acorns…….and cost like $25 or $30 a Forking ounce)

For my main I had Halibut Flakes in Lemongrass foam with Robuchon Potatoes.

My husband said he had the best short rib that he has ever tasted.

We both had the tarts – Les Tartes for dessert because there is a strong possibility that this dessert plate might be the very best most detailed dessert plate in the WHOLE FORKING COUNTRY.

It’s beyond knocking it out of the park……It’s more like knocking it out of the galaxy!

They surprised us with these FORKING INSANELY Crazy Great Amazing praline madeleines.

The master is gone but the magic remains.

That was a little taste of where the Fork I’ve been…….Las Vegas

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Remembering the Food from Joel Robuchon’s L’ATELIER

The Chef of the Century Joel Robuchon has passed away. My favorite restaurant in Las Vegas was L’ATELIER by Joel Robuchon. It’s a casual exhibition restaurant that serves the most high end tapas plates you can ever imagine. Everything was so masterfully crafted. You have to expect the unexpected….everything is the most wonderful surprise….I don’t know if there is a future for his restaurants so I’m sharing my memories here today.

This is what it looks like inside. You sit at a bar with a view of the kitchen. Everything is black and red.

They always start you off with an Amuse Bouche.

They also give you the most amazing bread basket with French Butter.

Here are not all but many of the plates we had here.

Le Canard L’Atelier de Joel Robuchon MGM Las Vegas NV

Le Bar L’Atelier de Joel Robuchon MGM Las Vegas NV

L’Oeuf – L’Atelier MGM Las Vegas NV

L’Atelier de Joel Robuchon Las Vegas NV

The Famous Joel Robuchon Potatoes

L’Atelier MGM Las Vegas

L’Atelier de Joel Robuchon MGM las Vegas Hotel Casino

All this was from the most Stared Chef in the World!

L’ATELIER by Joel Robuchon

www.MGMResortsInternational.com

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I tried EGGSLUT at the Cosmopolitan Las Vegas NV

 

Eggslut (logo is eggslut) is a casual restaurant that is based in Los Angelas CA. The menu is limited and focuses on the cage free egg. There is an Eggslut location in the Cosmopolitan Casino Hotel on the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada. The line is always very long here but it seems to move reasonably well.

I tried the Fairax. It’s a locally made Brioche Bun that’s very eggy on the top but white inside. The sandwich is stuffed with LOTS of extra soft loose Scrambled Eggs, Chives, Caramelized Onions, very mild Cheddar Cheese and Sriracha Mayo. It’s a pillow of soft squishiness. Soft squishy roll with soft squishy insides that are laced with Sriracha Mayo….Did I mention that this sandwich was really squishy?

My husband got the Bacon eggslut.

They put lots of crispy bacon on his sandwich, cheddar cheese, one over medium egg, chipotle ketchup on a brioche bun. I don’t think his sandwich was as squishy as my sandwich.

If you prefer your eggs loose and your sandwiches squishy…….You will be Egg-Cited to eat here!

www.CosmopolitanLasVegas.com

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My Trip to Mercato della Pescheria at Venetian in Las Vegas NV

 

Mercato della Pescheria is an Italian Seafood Restaurant located in the Cannal Section in the Venetian Casino Hotel on the Las Vegas Strip. Most of the seating is out in a square in front of a faux building under a faux sky.  Just a short distance from the patio are singers that are singing Italian songs, some dancers, a living statue person and a stilt walker. It’s quit a bit of entertainment.

They start us off with really delicious bread presented in a tomato can.

WOW, the bread was really great. So crusty, hot and delicious. I haven’t had bread this good in over ten years. The bread is very good here.

We start off by sharing the Swiss Chard Ravioli in Pesto that’s topped with Pine Nuts and Grand Padana.

The Pasta is thin and seems like a 50/50 semolina to flour ratio. It’s stuffed with cooked Swiss Chard and each Ravioli has two of the corners stuck together so they look like little packages  and hold more pesto sauce. We thought the raviolis were very good.

I had the Mediterranean Sea Bass (also known as Bronzino)  They served me a very large portion. It might not be enough for two people but I can say it’s bigger that any Bronzino I’ve been served before. The center bones have been removed and the fish was prepared with some coal smoke for a unique taste. The fish was prepared reasonably well but was just slightly over done….

My platter was served with creamy Saffron Laced Cauliflower Puree, some Cauliflower and a Salad of Arugula with shaved Fennel that contained small amounts of charred fish skin from my fish.

My husband had the Coal Smoked Braised Veal Osso Bucco.

The Shank was topped with some gremolata and roasted vegetables and rested over creamy saffron laced risotto. Technically the shank and the risotto were not perfect  but were passable with nice flavors.

Our service was efficient but very fast paced.

That was my Trip to Mercato della Pescheria in Las Vegas.

www.MercatoDellaPescheria.com

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L’ATELIER de Joel Robuchon Las Vegas NV – Dah of course Worth a Fork!

 

L’ATELIER de Joel Robuchon made it to be a Top Ten Essential Las Vegas Restaurant, a Four Diamond AAA also a Forbes and Michelin Travel Guild Restaurant. You know it’s going to be Worth a Fork!  This restaurant is business casual. It’s also very small but very dramatic….the decor is all shiny black accented with red. Besides your server all you hear are the orders being called out by the expediter with a French Accent. Here you sit at the counter and watch the exhibition kitchen. There are some tables to the side but over the years I’ve seen only a very few  people that have sat at those tables. I don’t know but I’m guessing that only VIPS or maybe very High Rollers ever get to sit at the tables. There also a few seats at the tiny bar but it might be just for show because I’ve never seen anyone sit there either.

The menu is full of tiny extraordinary plates so it’s sort of tapas. You can order a la carte or pick from the fixed priced menus that suits your appetite (or wallet). We always go with the smallest menu (three course) that includes dessert. It turns to to be enough food.

Ok here we go….

Expect the unexpected. Everything is a masterfully crafted surprise. Most of the plates you can’t duplicate at home. The food is mostly all Mind Blowing! Words aren’t necessary here or can truly describe the flavors and textures.

They start us off with an Amuse Bouche.

I had the Vegetarian option on the left. Mushroom Mousse in the thinest crisp pastry resting in pink peppercorns. It was extremely flavorful and had a surprising pink peppercorn infused pastry. My husband had something warm with Foie gras.

Then they serve us a basket of their AMAZING breads and delicious French Butter. My favorite is the little round buttery croissant…so yummy!

My first course was the Le Saumon – Smoked Salmon with Potato Galette and Dill Whipped Cream.

The salmon is cut masterfully thin and the plate includes a “line” of Piment d Espelette (perhaps the world’s most delicious red pepper). Of course it delicious…how could it not be? It’s so good that I could eat this everyday….in my dreams….

My husband starts with one of his favorite plates …..The Le Jambon – Iberico de Bellota with toasted Tomato Bread.

The ham is something really special. It’s made from Black Footed Pigs that kissed by Jesus (only kidding) and eat nothing but acorns. The meat is slightly laced with acorn and just melts in your mouth.

My second course was really truly AMAZING! Who knew such a dish could ever be so memorable!

It was called Le Potager – Market Vegetable Napoleon in Root Vegetable Broth.

They poured a milky buttery laced with dill vegetable broth over mushrooms and really fancy vegetables. Did you ever see such a baby carrot before. Maybe i can’t make it sound as great as it was but let me tell you….It was really great! Maybe more like Mind-Blowing!

My husband had the Le Thon – Tuna Belly Confit.

What a stunning presentation. I tried to taste it but it clashed with my dish…..so I went back to enjoy mine.

My main course was Le Bar – Seared Atlantic Sea Bass crusted in celery leaves over citrus beet reduction and the famous Robuchon Potatoes with one gram of Truffles.

The celery crust with beet reduction is interesting. It’s sophisticated…….They go so well together but in a why that’s different.  Potatoes are amazing…well they always are………I was told once that the potatoes are 50% fingerlings and 50% butter……..

My husband had the Le Ris De Veau – Veal Sweet Bread with Bay leaves and a Lardon stuffed Romaine Lettuce.

We both picked the Les Tarts for Dessert.

Little but Forking Amazing slices of heaven….(insert disk of angels singing here)….

From the left cinnamon, chocolate, lemon meringue, apple and mango

Then they give us an extra for the road.

The menu we picked from (2018 pricing) w/o upgrades is $98.00 per person without beverages tax or tip.

I’d say dahhhhhhhhhh of course L’ATELIER de Joel Robuchon in Las Vegas is Worth a Fork!

www.MGMGRAND.com

Worth a Fork!

These are some of the plates we enjoyed from previous visits.

L’Oeuf – L’Atelier MGM Las Vegas NV

Le Canard L’Atelier de Joel Robuchon MGM Las Vegas NV

Le Bar L’Atelier de Joel Robuchon MGM Las Vegas NV

The famous Beet Valoute over Mustard Sorbet Salad………Sophisticated but Mind-Blowing.

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Momofuku Cosmopolitan Las Vegas NV – Worth a Fork!

 

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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Jean Philippe has left Las Vegas NV

Jean Philippe Aria Las Vegas

I was suddenly saddened to find out that  Jean Philippe is no longer in Las Vegas. His Patisserie Shops in the Bellagio and the Aria offered some of the finest pastries in the country.  After twenty years he has left the Las Vegas Strip. In 1997 Jean Philippe won the Meilleur Ourier de France Award (Best Pastry Chef in France). Soon after he became executive pastry chef of the Bellagio Hotel/Casino in Las Vegas. He was the brainchild to adding to the Bellagio the BIGGEST CHOCOLATE FOUNTAIN in the world (it’s still there). He also competed and helped win several World Pastry Championship Competitions for the United States. He was later to becoming the executive pastry chef to the Aria Hotel/Casino as well. (but later left to pursue his own business idessert in San Diego). For years and years I’ve been visiting Vegas and the Jean Philippe Pastries have always been an indulgent special must do treat to look forward too on every visit here……..Best and prettiest pastries I’ve tried in the country….like no other……If Jean Philippe’s Desserts were a stone they’d be a diamond. If they were a car they’d be a Bugatti.

On my recent visit I saw this in the Bellagio. These pasties look nice but ain’t no Bugatti.

Bellagio Patisserie Las Vegas NV

As soon as I saw the Pastries I knew instantly it wasn’t Jean Philippe. My heart sank. While these pastries look lovely they just aren’t on the level that Jean Philippe are……..They are not a Bugatti…….they are more like a shiny new Ford Fusion.  I was hoping that maybe someone that worked for Jean Philippe maybe was making the pastries with his recipes so I did purchase two to sample……a key lime and a hazelnut……..wow….worse than I thought……Tasted not as good as a Ford Fusion…….(in fairness the key lime was better than the hazelnut)…….The hazelnut tasted more like a Pinto and I don’t mean Pinto Bean…I mean Ford Pinto……

Got very sad…….. It was like someone clubbed me in the knees with a BIG Forking Bat.

WhyyyyyyyWhyyyyyWhy…..

No longer is the casino graced with Masterful Edible Sculptures Grace the Aria or the Bellagio. Here are a few of the past Creations I enjoyed. They were so classy…the best…award worthy. ……..fine art.   Something special to enjoy. A reason to enjoy  Las Vegas more. To me this is what Las Vegas is suppose to be……

Jean Philippe Aria Las Vegas

This is hand worked Chocolate Art.

Jean Philippe Aria Las Vegas

Hand Worked Chocolate Art.

Hand Worked Chocolate Art.

Hand Worked Chocolate Art.

Hand worked chocolate art.

Hand worked chocolate art.

I’m sorry now I didn’t photo what I saw in the display case so you all out there can see the difference. Instead of these masterful creations what they put out in the display case was just cardboard cut outs in March 2018. I didn’t think it was worth a photo at the time.

Here are only a few of what used to be.

Jean Philippe in the Aria Las Vegas NV A very detailed and deletable Lemon Meringue individual pie …the best!

Jean Philippe Bellagio Hotel/Casino Las Vegas – the most amazing Blueberry Cupcake anyone could imagine.

I remember trying other varieties over the years I know I tried the Key Lime, Something Chocolate and Chocolate Cupcake, something Hazelnut, a Fruit Tart. The desserts were very memorable that’s why I can remember them years later. But I’d go back and usually have the Lemon Meringue. I only had the Blueberry Cupcake once and it was a new favorite. It was the most layered and detailed cupcake in the whole world and it really did taste like a blueberry (one of the most difficult of flavors). I don’t remember everything but the cake was hallowed out and brushed with something delicious and then filled with a delicious I think blueberry cream and then had another layer of something like blueberry chocolate and then a thin layer of maybe blueberry filling and then stuffed with perfect cake the was topped with another 3 or 4 things……topped off with a chocolate blueberry….that all taste amazing!!!!!   I never had anything thing like this anywhere before. That’s just the blueberry……everything else was detailed just the same……..I never had any other dessert anywhere with such flavors and layers anywhere.

Another thing that’s gone now and that is only a sweet memory. I am hoping that the Bellagio and Aria are just between Executive Pastry Chefs and hope that a new Pastry Chef will be hired.

It will never be the same but I do know other great pastry chefs are out there.

Although it’s a good-bye to Jean Philippe in Las Vegas it’s also can be a Hello to Jean Philippe in San Diego with a more casual concept. Say Hi to www.idessert.com some sort of customized dessert concept.

At the time of this publication (March 2018) Jean Philippe has left Las Vegas.

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$28. & $29. 3-Course Lunch Specials at Lago & Milos in Las Vegas NV on the Strip

Lago in the Bellagio and Milos in the Cosmopolitan offer $28.00 and $29.00 three course lunch specials (at this time 3/2018**subject to change). Both are amazing restaurants. Lago is Italian themed and Milos is Greek. Lago is by James Beard Award Winning Michelin decorated Chef Julian Serrano. Milos might be considered to be the finest Greek Restaurant in American. Only the highest quality Greek Ingredients are used in their dishes.

Lago

This time at Lago we started with a vegetarian Minestrone Soup and an Antipasto Mista ($5.00 up-charge)

Both appetizers were unusually great! I never had a minestrone soup like this….It’s so clean and flavorful and studded with creamy sweet squash. It’s great! My husband loves the antipasto mista. There is creamy burrata in the middle with sweet charred roasted bell peppers. There’s also this super thin crisp bread included.

Main courses we picked were Bronzino and Spinach Lasagna

No complaints ……All is well.

Chef’s Choice Dessert.

Not too shabby! I’d say the $28.00 Three course lunch at Lago is certainly Worth a Fork!

Here’s Milos

At Milos they start you off with really good and hardy fresh baked bread with this super high quality Greek Olive Oil.

At Milos we picked the Tomato Salad with Greek Feta and the Salmon Tartare to start with.

The tomatoes are exceptional…..so sweet…and I never tasted Greek Feta like this before. It is tangy but also isn’t salty. The Salmon Tartare is so fresh and light.

Main courses were fresh flown in that day Dorade Royal Grilled Mediterranean Sea Bream seasoned with Greek Olive Oil, Capers and Kyhira Sea Salt and Shrimp Sagaraki.

I do have to say I ate a lot of fish this week and the fish at Milos was absolutely stunning….It was simple but absolutely perfect. This was the best fish I had in Vegas this week. Shrimp were just as great.

Desert at Milos is very simple and we did have our choice of three but we both went with the fresh fruit.

I would say the Three Course Lunch at Milos is certainly Worth a Fork! ($29.00 at this time March 2018 but I know the price goes up about once a year)

Both Three Course Specials were Worth a Fork!

Worth a Fork!

Lago  www.Bellagio.com

Milos  www.Milos.ca

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