Pat's friend Bryon was in town visiting Vegas and he invited us to go along with him on one of his Vegas traditions: dinner at Emeril's Delmonico Steakhouse in the Venetian. When we arrived at Delmonico we were sat by a very nice hostess, who happened to be a former student of mine. Frankly I'm surprised Pat and I haven't had that happen before as many of my students work on the strip. A plus to being sat vy a student was she then knew we were locals and we were given a special amuse bouche. It was a tiny cup of butternut squash soup and it was delicious.
We started the meal out by ordering the truffle and Parmesan potato chips. They were paper thin potato chips that were covered in the seasoning. It was a great appetizer and we were glad Bryon had suggested them.
Pat had a special that was medallions of beef in some type of sauce. It was very good. I had the filet mignon. It was done perfectly medium rare. It had good seasoning. We had it with the roasted fingerling potatoes and the buttered asparagus. Both sides complemented the beef well. The potatoes were seasoned and were the perfect doneness. I'm pretty picky about my potatoes.
For dessert Bryon had the creme brulee and I had the apple fritters. The apple fritters were delicious. It is not often that I meet a dessert I cannot finish but this one did me in. It came with five fritters that were almost meatball size and a side of salted ice cream. They were delicious but alot.
Pat and I were both happy we got to try Delmonico. We were even happier to just have had some time to spend with Pat's friend Bryon. It was definitely good food, good friends, and good conversation.
Saturday, October 19, 2013
Honey+Salt=Restaurant Week Day 2
So for our second restaurant week outing....yes I know I'm a couple weeks behind in posting...be prepared for a marathon posting session...Pat and I went to Honey Salt. The restaurant has a very homey feeling. It's a very refined chic place. The only negative was it was so loud....although this was because it was super busy, which isn't a bad thing, just didn't set the most romantic tone. Pat and I would actually like to go back once it is cooler, sit outside, and hopefully have a quieter and more romantic dinner.
The restaurant week menu was a three course meal. The first course you had a choice of a Caesar salad or a creamless corn soup. I wanted the soup but unfortunately when we went to order they had just sold the last bowl of soup. So Pat and I both had the salad. Pat was less impressed than I was. I think he didn't like it as much because it wasn't just romaine but a mix of romaine and kale. I thought it was very good and the kale didn't bother me. The best part of the salad was a puffed Parmesan crisp. It was like a puffed sheet of Parmesan. It was so good. We both thought it was the best part of the salad.
For the main dish I had the Salmon. It was cooked perfectly....something I have found to be an issue in Las Vegas...it's like since we aren't near water here we don't know how to cook fish properly. The salmon was served over a red quinoa with roasted fennel and house-made peppadew chimichurri. It was delicious. Especially the roasted fennel. I love roasted fennel. I'm not a huge raw licorice tasting fennel gal but carmelized it is a completely different story. Pat had the brick oven chicken breast that came with macaroni and cheese. he said both were very good. I tasted his chicken and it was very flavorful and moist...always a plus in a chicken dish.
Then came dessert. I ordered the peach pie that was baked in a brown bag. It was ok. I as a dessert connoisseur was not impressed. The peaches were maybe too big. It was more like a peach crumble with a pie shell. It was served as in individual pie but it somehow threw off teh balance of the pie. Pat had a berry crumble. It was very good and he liked it. I had a bite and he definately won the dessert round.
Overall we really liked Honey Salt. Put them on your list of places to go in Vegas and you won't be disappointed.
The restaurant week menu was a three course meal. The first course you had a choice of a Caesar salad or a creamless corn soup. I wanted the soup but unfortunately when we went to order they had just sold the last bowl of soup. So Pat and I both had the salad. Pat was less impressed than I was. I think he didn't like it as much because it wasn't just romaine but a mix of romaine and kale. I thought it was very good and the kale didn't bother me. The best part of the salad was a puffed Parmesan crisp. It was like a puffed sheet of Parmesan. It was so good. We both thought it was the best part of the salad.
For the main dish I had the Salmon. It was cooked perfectly....something I have found to be an issue in Las Vegas...it's like since we aren't near water here we don't know how to cook fish properly. The salmon was served over a red quinoa with roasted fennel and house-made peppadew chimichurri. It was delicious. Especially the roasted fennel. I love roasted fennel. I'm not a huge raw licorice tasting fennel gal but carmelized it is a completely different story. Pat had the brick oven chicken breast that came with macaroni and cheese. he said both were very good. I tasted his chicken and it was very flavorful and moist...always a plus in a chicken dish.
Then came dessert. I ordered the peach pie that was baked in a brown bag. It was ok. I as a dessert connoisseur was not impressed. The peaches were maybe too big. It was more like a peach crumble with a pie shell. It was served as in individual pie but it somehow threw off teh balance of the pie. Pat had a berry crumble. It was very good and he liked it. I had a bite and he definately won the dessert round.
Overall we really liked Honey Salt. Put them on your list of places to go in Vegas and you won't be disappointed.
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