Mamma Mia! No not the show down the street but the epitome Italian cuisine found right inside the famous Roman themed resort on the Vegas strip – Rao’s in Ceasar’s Palace.
A random text from a professional in the Las Vegas service industry raving about the food at Rao’s peaked my curiosity. The thought marinated overnight and after looking it up and downloading their menu my heart was tender for a taste.
Rao’s Dinner Menu 2010
Enough said. My mind was made up so we made our way to Rao’s. When we approached the hostess at her podium inside the entrance to the restaurant I realized I should have made a reservation. We arrived at around 5:15 in the evening and she told us no tables would be available until around 7:30 PM but we were welcome to sit at the bar and dine.
Either way I still wanted a taste so we made out way to the bar; in the back of my mind I was hoping I would run into someone I knew who might work at there and whaaalaaa! An old high school football teammate called out my name, “Danny Phee, how have you been?” My buddy Sean O’neill was a captain at the joint and went to double check on table availability for me.
When Sean came back he looked at us and said, “Right this way.” I was already starting to like this place. We sat down at the table and right away ordered a bottle of Vueve.
Shante’, of course, knew what she wanted before we left the house after glancing at the menu over my shoulder when I’d pulled it up online earlier. The Fritto Misto di Mare which is deep fried calamari, shrimp, cod fish and julienne zucchini with remoulade and marinara sauce, was amazing.
The sommelier arrived with two champagne glasses and presented the so familiar yellow labeled bottle. We toasted to our recent and future success and both took a sip of the bubbly as the calamari arrived. Sean came and checked up on us to see how everything tasted and proceeded to sell our entrees. He was very descriptive and suggested we order half dishes from the al a carte menu allowing us to sample more selections.
Uncle Vincent’s famous lemon chicken with a side of meatballs and penneta ala vodka. Of all the Italian dinner’s I’ve had throughout my life this ranked right there at the top. Sean paired the entrees nicely with a chianti based blend that finished with a little fizz; a nice touch. Thanks Sean!
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