Love how I can Yelp for something and when I find it, make reservations through OpenTable in the Yelp app. Clap Clap Clap!\n\nCousin and I flew to Vegas from California, the foie-gras-less state, excluding the Federal regulated areas. Since one of my traveling policies is to try things I can't have at home, this was on top of our list.\n\nAnd then there was Chef Andre Rochat's namesake restaurant whose menu has not one but two foie gras dishes. Pardon my inexperienced palette, this would only count as my second try of this now California-banned delicacy. As my cousin and I's first go was a seared foie gras with apple (this in a SF neighborhood French restaurant prior to the ban), we opted for the Andre's chilled interpretation of how this slice of fat must be served.\n\nDrum roll please.\n\nBefore the appetizers of escargot and foie gras arrived, we were given something with caviar and some bread. That bread was fantastic.\n\nOn to the Foie Gras: I liked it, but we couldn't finish it, and we were two sharing one order. Lesson learned, our inexperienced palettes might have been happier with the pan-seared version than the pate we had. Nothing against the dish itself but just a matter of preference when consuming this kind of fat. The pate foie gras went well with the raspberry paste.\n\nAs for the escargot, my cousin thought it was too garlicky, I thought it was fine. Oil was good for dipping bread and I think I made myself full from doing that.\n\nMain course. My cousin had the stuffed duck while I ordered the ribeye, medium rare. It was perfect. I didn't care for the stinky cheese they put a small amount of on top, but that's just me. Other than that, I was in meat heaven. Too bad we were in a rush to see Jabbawockeez so we had little time to enjoy the entire meal. I hope we didn't seem impolite by asking them to fire everything asap. The ribeye steak was awesome, don't get me wrong, but for the time crunch of eating, maybe I should have ordered the lobster which is easier to scarf down while trying to be all ladylike and poised.\n\nAnd the other regret is not being able to order their souffle of the day. Le Sigh!\n\nThe disappointing thing about the whole Andre Rochat experience was the ambience of the place. It seemed dead and lackluster. But tell you what? The service more than made up for it. Firstly, we had reservations for 7:45PM but were running late. I called them at 7:40PM and asked if they could hold it for 10 minutes. They were very accommodating. Secondly, they didn't give us attitude for being asked to take our pictures (some restaurant staff are like that but not here!) And when they checked up on us it wasn't too frequent (I hate it when they're overly attentive - I want my fine dining meals relaxing and I don't want to feel like they just won't leave you alone) which is wonderful.\n\n**On the Restaurant Week Menu only**\nIt was the last day of the Las Vegas Restaurant week but the event prix fixe menu didn't seem to be proportionate to the restaurant's current tasting menu so I didn't do that. You don't get to choose your appetizer or soup, you only get three choices for the main entree. I know there is a gap between how much they cost, but isn't that part of the restaurant week challenge to showcase what the restaurant has to offer at a more enticing price? I said nay to the one chicken, two fish trio offered as main courses, aside from not having an option for the appetizers.
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