Emeril Lagasse has the honor of having one of the longest-standing restaurants on the Las Vegas Strip, Emeril’s New Orleans Fish House at MGM Grand. And after one bite it becomes clear why: When something is done right, it never gets old, and few celebrity chefs do it better than Emeril. “Bam!” indeed.
Start your visit with some signature dishes like Emeril’s barbecued shrimp, tangy and addictive and served with a rosemary biscuit and chives, or the Creole poached shrimp remoulade and fried okra, served with heirloom tomatoes, cucumber and capers, and habanero-spiked remoulade. So delicious. So comforting.
Whether you’re in the mood for a sandwich or a salad, Emeril has you covered. You can’t get more Emeril than his crystal fried shrimp po-boy, dripping with Southern goodness thanks to Creole aioli, vine ripe tomatoes and shredded lettuce and pickles, all served on toasted French bread. Vegetarians can enjoy a meal here too, thanks to salads like the red and gold beet, smothered with goat cheese, toasted walnuts, mache and a citrus vinaigrette.
Arrive at your entrée destination with either meat (take your pick of 16-ounce Prime beef ribeye, 10-ounce Prime flatiron or 8-ounce filet of Angus beef) or seafood (so many solid options, but we would suggest either the lobster pot pie with spinach, mushrooms, leeks, heirloom tomatoes in an herb puff pastry crust, or the Creole seared Atlantic salmon, served with black-eyed pea succotash, deviled potato creamers and a Creole mustard beurre blanc). More a chicken fan? Emeril’s Shelton Farms chicken breast, served with a crispy potato cake, smoked mushroom soubise and green bean and frisee salad, will more than satisfy.
Dessert don’t get much better than Emeril’s banana cream pie, practically a food group in itself.
MGM Grand, 702.891.7374
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