Dinner at Center Cut, Flamingo Las Vegas

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Center Cut, Flamingo

Center Cut, Flamingo

The Flamingo turned its old Burger Joint into Center Cut, an upscale modern steakhouse. Located across from the Flamingo Wildlife Habitat and adjacent to Tropical Breeze Café, the venue accommodates up to 172 guests including the bar, lounge, restaurant and private dining room. The black and white décor with pink accents provides a classic Vegas atmosphere while several plasma screens throughout the restaurant showcasing photo montages from the 1940’s to present day. These images pay homage to the 66 years Flamingo has been at the heart of the Las Vegas Strip.  Guests can choose to sit in the open dining room or opt for an intimate private curtained booth.  I recently visited Center Cut for a tasting menu provided by Chef Ian Delph, here is what I sampled:

Dirty martini

Dirty martini

I started off with a perfect dirty martini.  Next came one of Center Cuts appetizer favorites – a  trio bacon satay that includes cayenne peppered, blue cheese cured, and natural Applewood bacon served on top a pink Himalayan salt rock.

bacon appetizer

bacon appetizer

Anyone who loves bacon will appreciate this appetizer.  Very rich in flavor and a great way to start off a nice steak dinner.

bacon with blue cheese

bacon with blue cheese

Next, Chef Delph sent out a killer lobster bisque. Hands down the best lobster bisque I have ever tasted with creme fraiche, sherry and chive oil and big lobster chunks.  I could eat a vat of this bisque.

lobster bisque

lobster bisque

Meat entrees include a 20 ounce ribeye, 24 ounce porterhouse and 28 ounce Tomahawk, all sourced from Aspen Ridge Farms in Colorado.  I opted for the 8 ounce filet with shrimp.  It came with a nice caramelized onion and a delicious popover.

Filet with shrimp

Filet with shrimp

filet

filet

The filet was perfectly cooked and each bite melted in my mouth.  The popovers at Center Cut are addictive.

popover

popover

My steak also came with a number of sauces to choose from including red wine, bernaise, blue cheese, dijon peppercorn and cc steak sauce.

sauces

sauces

Center cut offers traditional steakhouse sides, I chose the pink mashed potatoes and jalapeno bacon creamed corn.  Both delicious.

jalapeno bacon cremed corn

jalapeno bacon creamed corn

pink mashed potatoes

pink mashed potatoes

Chef Delph came out to greet me and we had a nice conversation about food, the Las Vegas steakhouse scene, and his cooking philosophy.

Chef Delph

Chef Delph

Next came a lovely dessert course with a creme brulee tart and chocolate dipped biscotti.  Yum.

dessert plate

dessert plate

creme brulee tart

creme brulee tart

chocolate dipped biscotti

chocolate dipped biscotti

Center Cut is my new favorite steakhouse on the Strip and Chef Delph is one of the most talented new chefs in Vegas.  Next time you visit Sin City, make sure to stop by Center Cut for a traditional steakhouse experience.

Located at 3555 South Las Vegas Boulevard, reservations at 702/784-8821.

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