Umami Goes Vegas (2011): Day 4: Bouchon

It's not a trip to Vegas unless there's a breakfast at Bouchon.  The restaurant is a large high-windowed space bordering the second floor courtyard at the Venetian.  Morning gives the room a Vermeer light and the quiet and dark wood and white cloth are wonderfully calming.  Especially in Vegas.

Like a Vermeer

 Umama always has the Sourdough Waffles ($12), which has been discussed here previously.

Umama and her Waffles

Umami opted for the Gratin du Jour ($16):  Yukon gold potatoes, baby spinach, roast chicken in mornay sauce under a cheese crust.  Digging into the dish revealed a surprise . . . two eggs!  Yet, despite the mornay sauce, the cheese and the eggs, the dish, while filling is not at all heavy.

Potatoes, Spinach, Chicken Gratin

And it comes with a side of Lyonnaise potatoes.

Lyonnaise Potatoes

After a couple of days in Vegas, it's just nice to be able to have a good, thoughtfully prepared breakfast in a setting completely removed from typical Vegas excess.  And there's nothing really fancy about breakfast at Bouchon, it's just done right.

Nothing Fancy; Everything Done Right

Obviously an Umami favorite, garnering the highest rating on the Nom Scale: x4.


Bouchon
The Venetian Resort-Hotel-CasinoVenezia Tower (to the right as you face the registration desk)
3355 Las Vegas Boulevard South
Las Vegas, NV 89109
702.414.6200
Reservations can also be made online through OPEN TABLE.

Quick Pics: Yuki Lunchwagon Hot Roast Beef Sandwich

Ms. D went up to Yuki Lunchwagon the other day and decided on the Hot Roast Beef Sandwich ($6).

Umami would never, ever, eat such a thing!

Not for the faint of heart, this is roast pork on a hamburger bun, drowned in gravy.  It's perhaps the ultimate Brown and White Food, Sandwich Division.  If it had gravy on the potato-macaroni salad, it would have been just about perfect!  Interesting because, for once, there was enough salt (i.e., just shy of salt lick) on the meat and in the gravy.  Tasty.  Om Nomx3. 


Yuki Lunchwagon
Lauhala Street between Queen's Hospital and Board of Water Supply, on the Ewa side of the street.  It's the one closest to the street.

Yuki Lunchwagon - Korean Baked Chicken and Hamburger Steak

Yuki Lunchwagon had an interesting special:  Korean Baked Chicken.  It's a large chicken thigh, lightly breaded and baked, then covered with a shoyu based korean sauce topped with lots of green onions.  Very tasty.  Made a mix with homemade hamburger steak, which is was pretty decent, but a little on the petite side.  Oh, well, might have been one of the last ones.  One scoop rice and potato/mac salad.