The Z
Head Chef
My girlfriend and I got the opportunity to eat at a nice Italian restaurant over the weekend. She works for Harrahs, and we were "shopping" the customer service and amenities at the Flamingo this weekend.
We ate at a restaurant called "Ventuno" at the Flamingo. We had an antipasto all'Italiana for starters, which was very nice. For our main courses I had the Saltimbocca alla Romana... robustly flavorful and good. My girlfriend got the Cioppino (clams, mussels, calimari, codfish, scallops, shrimp and a 1/2 pound Maine lobster in a light tomato broth, served with fresh crostini). The dish was very well presented and the crostini was very nice. But... the shrimp, lobster, scallops (the only things I tasted from her meal) were WAY 'chewy'... Very disappointing, especially at a restaurant that is supposedly "fine dining". Of course we let the chef know and we included brutally honest and factual comments on our review.
This was especially disappointing because we RARELY do the "fine dining" thing. Prices are often very high and there is no guarantee of quality. We prefer to go to less 'fancy' places where we KNOW the food will be nicely prepared (or to prepare meals ourselves - - we often comment "we could do better than this" LOL).
We ate at a restaurant called "Ventuno" at the Flamingo. We had an antipasto all'Italiana for starters, which was very nice. For our main courses I had the Saltimbocca alla Romana... robustly flavorful and good. My girlfriend got the Cioppino (clams, mussels, calimari, codfish, scallops, shrimp and a 1/2 pound Maine lobster in a light tomato broth, served with fresh crostini). The dish was very well presented and the crostini was very nice. But... the shrimp, lobster, scallops (the only things I tasted from her meal) were WAY 'chewy'... Very disappointing, especially at a restaurant that is supposedly "fine dining". Of course we let the chef know and we included brutally honest and factual comments on our review.
This was especially disappointing because we RARELY do the "fine dining" thing. Prices are often very high and there is no guarantee of quality. We prefer to go to less 'fancy' places where we KNOW the food will be nicely prepared (or to prepare meals ourselves - - we often comment "we could do better than this" LOL).