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On the same weekend that I went to Sage, I also visited Joel Robuchon’s L’Atelier in the MGM Grand. The pricing of the food is slightly cheaper than the main Joel Robuchon restaurant next door. He also has a dozen of L’Atelier locations spread across the world. I heard this one was suppose to be pretty good, and after dining here, this hands down is the best Las Vegas restaurant I have been to so far.
Sage is a popular American contemporary restaurant located in the Aria hotel on the Las Vegas strip. The head chef, Shawn McClain, won a few chef awards in the past decade. His executive chef, Richard Camarota, beat Iron Chef Marc Forgione on the the Food Network. There’s a lot of name dropping here and there, so since my party was staying here, we decided to try this restaurant out based on the rave reviews on Yelp.
Burger Bar is a small burger chain by French chef Hubert Keller. This place is basically a higher scale build-your-own burger restaurant where just about every ingredient costs some extra money. What you see here is the Australian wagyu beef patty with swiss cheese and fois gras on top. Yep, a fat piece of fois gras on top. The burger was cooked medium and was very juicy. In fact, it was soaking juicy which caused the bun to to be way too wet. The fois gras by itself tasted creamy but was hardly seasoned. When paired with the wagyu burger, it absolutely did not mix at all. It was like eating a big piece of fat. All in all, I thought it was just an OK burger joint due to the price, but it’s definitely a decent lunch spot if you’re in Las Vegas.
Visit: http://www.burger-bar.com at Mandalay Bay.
In Las Vegas, Rick Moonen’s Seafood at the Mandalay Bay is suppose to be pretty good. There are 2 restaurants of his here: 1 is the fixed course meal higher end restaurant and the other (this one) is just a middle tier restaurant. The menu is a little strange as they have your typical American no frills seafood AND sushi. My buddy ordered the sushi portions and he was quite unimpressed. Then again, I would never order sushi from a restaurant like this. We shared the above oyster sampler. Honestly, the oyster sampler is rather bland. The oysters don’t have much flavor or taste to them. Maybe it’s these particular ones they chucked, but overall we were rather disappointed.
My main entree was this seafood cioppino. The pasta was cooked well like I wanted (al dente). However the seafood they gave me tasted rather stale. The clams were very small in their shells. The shrimp was overcooked like crazy. The calamari was chewy like it was frozen. The only saving grace was the fish they used which tasted the most fresh in this bowl. The sauce was a little spicy with an Italian kick to it.
All in all, the food looked pretty here, but there are better seafood restaurants in Las Vegas in my opinion. Perhaps the fixed dining experience may be better, but I’m not sure if I’m willing to give that a shot after this.
Visit: http://www.rmseafood.com/