Foie in Las Vegas
We are Californians who get to Las Vegas once or twice a year. Before the foie gras ban went into effect, we had four amazing foie dinners, at Village Pub in Woodside, Pacific's Edge in Carmel, Martin's Gastropub in Redwood City and a private Dishcrawl event. We keep hoping that some restaurant in Las Vegas will offer a menu with four to seven foie dishes.
I would be willing to go to a high end restaurant with two or three preparations. But I am also looking for more casual places in the area if they only offer one. Barrymore and Bachi Burger seem like possibilities. Can anyone suggest other places that won't cost hundreds of dollars? My favorite place for foie in California was Bistro Elan (now Birch Street) in Palo Alto, if that gives anyone a better idea of what we have in mind.
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I am also from California and will be in Vegas over New Years. Unfortunately, the people I am going with may not have the budget to go to the wonderful places on this post. I was able to go to Joel Robuchon on my last visit and would love to try L'Atelier or Sage...sigh.
So my question is if anyone has suggestions where I can get grilled foie gras from a bar menu? I don't want to break up the group meals but I figure I can still fit in my foie gras craving by myself between meals if I could find a place that serves it on a bar menu.
Thanks for any advice!
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re: uhockey
Thanks Uhockey. Yes, I noticed it's set up as a food bar. I didn't think that L'Atelier was the type of establishment I can go in and just get my foie gras fix or am I wrong? I was hoping for something parallel in Los Angeles as to going to the bar at Bouchon or Michael's but still being able to order a dish of foie gras from the regular menu.
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re: Ruth Lafler
PERFECT!!! Thanks Ruth you hit on the nail. I just called and after 5pm I can sit at the bar and order my grilled foie gras on with caramelized fuji apples and pomegranate sauce. Any other similar suggests would be so very much appreciated. I may have to go to foie gras hoping!
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We are back from our Las Vegas trip. We ate at Bachi Burger, Olives, Michael Mina, L'Attelier, and Raku. I could write pages about the meals. But the bottom line is this: we ate foie gras at every restaurant, and our total for the five dinners was $1150.90. We would gladly have spent this money in California, were it not for the foie gras ban.
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re: bobgh
Had the rossini burger at burger bar last run and it was pretty awesome, like the most luscious thing ever (nice to add your own truffle sauce or sprouts to every bite, and it comes with dessert which I didnt get an option like I have seen in other posts. They just sent the dessert burger which was meh. Maybe proportioned differently would be better but alot of interesting flavors going on w/ mint and passion fruit/ nutella/krispy creme wanna be donut so I used a knife and fork). Also had the tasting at picasso and their seared was very nice. Almost wanted that to be the main instead of the veal cause it was a bit heavy heh I think it seeped out my pores for the whole day, I smelled like a walking steak of foie~ which made me hungry lol. Only downside of the meal at picasso was wait between courses, but I was dining solo.
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Ruth Lafler
Sep 30, 2012 10:09 PM
Olives at the Bellagio -- it's a different prep than I had a few years ago, but looks like it's still a huge portion for a reasonable price.
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We are starting to think about our next trip to Vegas, in November. From their web sites, I find the following Foie Gras info:
L'Atelier 5 preparations
(L'Atelier also shows two serving sizes of what they claim is genuine Iberico Belotta.)
Le Cirque 4 preparations
Raku 4 preparations (two of them appear to be similar)
Michael Minna 3 preparations
Andre 2 preparations
Alize 2 preparations
There are lots of places with one preparation.
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re: bobgh
Looks like you can get Foie & Iberico here if you want to make your own preps at home -http://www.artisanalfoods.com/shop/
It's on Sunset Rd close to airport/strip. Bring a cooler & take some back to Cali. -
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uhockey
Oct 8, 2012 08:45 PM
Go to Guy Savoy and order the Radish Foie - entirely different than anyone in America is doing, imo.
The torchon at L'Atelier is excellent. Bouchon also does their potted terrine.
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re: Snoozun
spicypeanut
Sep 12, 2012 08:57 AM
Thank you Snoozun :) I found your Eater article before I stumbled upon this Chowhound thread, those dishes look great! I would love to check those places out when I'm okay with splurging on a fantastic meal, however, I was also looking for a more casual restaurant that served foie - for not as much.
But I'm thinking... I may just have to indulge. :D
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spicypeanut
Sep 11, 2012 09:15 AM
Thank you all so much for these recommendations! I'm missing foie here in CA. I know there are ways to get it, but I'll gladly use this as an excuse to go to Vegas. :D
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Le Cirque usually has a couple of different preparations. Off strip Raku has 3 or 4 I believe. The soy glazed grilled & egg custard foie are amazing.
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re: bobgh
Another option - http://www.mgmgrand.com/pdf/atelier_d.... I see five dishes that feature Foie.
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Many of the steak houses have foie on their menus as both an app and as an add on, including the Barrymore. FWIW, I enjoyed the Barrymore and found one of the appealing aspects of the restaurant was where it was housed. But while the food was good I can honestly say that I do not see it as a place I would go back to. Just my $.02.
Another foie dish you may want to consider is the foie creme brulee at Sage. It is one of the more unusual preparations I have had.
And finally, one of my all time favorite pieces of foie is the foie "steak" at Picasso. Not huge at all but still a very generous piece, it has always delighted me over the years.
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