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.
sounds like a great time!!!! The meal sounds really delicious. Mail me some of those fritters. haha
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