Aureole Restuarant Las Vegas

Executive Summary: Las Vegas, where everything thing is bigger then life....except for Aureole's Charlie Palmer Parallel tasting menu.

Cost: $85 a person for a 4 course tasting menu.

My notes:

The dishes, as with most tasting menus, were small, but this was the Parallel menu, each course was actually 2 dishes! It doesn't look big, but my friend and I were both very full by the end of the meal. While this was a nice tasting menu, I preferred the prix fixe in the Fleur De Lys restaurant also at the Mandalay Bay right next to Aureole. I wasn't really excited by any of these dishes, they weren't very unique, I didn't think these well artistic or well presented, and their use of heavy sauces on the meats detracted from the delicate flavour and texture especially in the Australian Wagu beef. The desserts were also sub par, the sorbet was the best thing there, and that compliments of the chef. For $85 a person, you can stand to do much better then Aureole, especially in the culinary epicenter in Las Vegas.

Here's some photos off my Blackberry Bold.

FIRST COURSE

Top:ROASTED BABY BEET SALAD ARTISANAL BURRATA, ARGAN OIL CANDIED HAZELNUT
Bottom: BEET CURED GRAVLOX SALMON, HACKLEBACK CAVIAR, PORT WINE REDUCTION

SECOND COURSE

Left: GRILLED CALEDONIAN PRAWNS, CRISPY SUSHI RICE CAKE, SWEET CHILI SAUCE
Right: DAY BOAT SCALLOPS AND CALAMARI, SQUID INK / ARBORIO RICE, SPANISH CHORIZO

THIRD COURSE

Left:ROASTED MUSCOVY DUCK BREAST, TRUFFLE CELERY MOUSSELINE, HONEY MUSTARD DUCK JUS
Right:AUSTRALIAN WAGYU BEEF STRIP LOIN, CELERY REMOULADE, WILD MUSHROOMS, PINOT NOIR REDUCTION

FOURTH COURSE

ALMOND MILK ICE CREAM FLOAT PISTACHIO AND ALMOND TORRONE
SALTED CARAMEL NUT TARTBLACK MISSION FIG COMPOTE, AMARETTI CRUMB
SORBET tray - complements of the chef, with a thin slice of dehydrated pineapple.