Alex

Tasting Menu

Marinated Yellowtail and Osetra Caviar with Coconut-Cucumber Custard
Charles Ellner, Cuvée Prestige, Champagne, Epernay, France 1998

Roasted Sea Scallops with White Asparagus, Pink Grapefruit and Sea Urchin
Domaine Morey-Coffinet, Bâtard-Montrachet, Grand Cru, Burgundy, France 2004

Seared Foie Gras with Sweet Onion Compote, Savoy Cabbage and Black Truffle Consommé
Weingut Zilliken, Saarburger Rausch, Riesling, Auslese, Mosel-Saar-Ruwer, Germany 1983

Daurade ‘Royale’ with Rhubarb, Caramelized Endives and Spiced Red Wine Syrup
Oriel, Alma de Llicorella, Priorat, Spain 2001

Japanese Wagyu Beef with Fava Bean Purée, Candied Shallots and Bordelaise Sauce
Tua Rita, Giusto di Notri, Tuscany, Italy 2003

Passion Cheesecake with Graham Crumble

Strawberries and Mascarpone Cream with Brown Butter Cake and Strawberry Sorbet
Klein Constantia, ‘Vin de Constance’, Muscat de Frontignan, Constantia, South Africa 2001

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Chef Alessandro Stratta

Jenifer Witte, Pastry Chef

Steve and I went from low end to high end today.

After visiting the Carpinteria Bluffs, home of the Carpinteria Seal Preserve, this morning, we flew back to Las Vegas. We drove straight from the airport to the Fremont Street Experience and what an experience.

It's a sort of mall that's located on Fremont Street, the location of the original strip in Las Vegas. It's a fairly innovative way of saving what would otherwise be abandoned old casinos and the slot machines in the casinos themselves were crowded with chain smoking, leisure suited middle aged to elderly. At one end of the deal, it's a basic ghost town of a shopping center with empty storefronts. As you walk into the center of the old strip, things get a bit more lively but not more upscale.

We went to see all the old neon and since we arrived just at dusk when the lights were all being lit, our timing was good. We sat outside upstairs at the Golden Nugget and had a drink where we could watch all the neon do their dances. There's also a light show on the new dome but we didn't stay long enough to see that.

From there, we went back to Paris Las Vegas and checked in again. After watching the Bellagio Fountains from our window and changing for dinner, we walked up to Wynn Las Vegas for our reservations at Alex, the Wynn's premier restaurant and winner of the Mobil Travel Five Star Award 2007, AAA Five Diamond Award of Excellence 2007, Best New Restaurant 2005 - Esquire Magazine, and Best American Chef - Southwest, James Beard Foundation.

And Alex is the high school buddy of one of Steve's friends and co-workers.

Wow.

Spendy it was.

But, oh my.

We did the tasting menu which varied only slightly from the one above.

Wow.