STRIPSTEAK - Vegas

 OK for starters I’m on a flight outta Vegas to JFK tonight. Nobody in the middle seat, woo hoo! BUT, the woman next to me…well first, I am flying Virgin America, which rocks. Kinda like JetBlue was 10 years ago. Planes so new and clean you could eat off the seats. And you can order food whenever you want - yay! And they have Red, the cool touch screen interactive media system on the back of every seat. And therein lies the rub.

The woman in the aisle seat is wide awake. Not reading. Not working on her computer. Not clipping her nails (as some gross d-bag was doing during the last flight I took. Yuck. Wouldn’t eat off that seat). So anyhoo, this woman has, for the past 3 hours, stared intently, wait maybe not intently…hmmm what is that word anyway. She is staring at the start screen. The "Red an interactive the touchscreen is fire and she’s the first caveman. Or cavewoman. How is that possible? A total lack of curiousity. Wait! She did just pull out a zip lock baggie full of loose life savers? I think she may be a terrorist.

Anyhoo, I took a couple of my sales guys to dinner last night after they worked their butts off at the Word of Mouth Marketing show. Asked Pete to pick the place, and like an old pro the bastard picked the most expensive spot! Pick it he did. We headed down to Mandalay, watched the Jets whup some Mass-holes and then headed on over to STRIPSTEAK, Michael Mina’s Vegas meat house.

First, Mr. Mina you have been officially pardoned. This place is So Much Cooler than your signature restaurant in SF. Michael Mina SF: My grandmas living room. Michael Mina Vegas: Giselle's boudoir. Get the picture? Modern décor, great vibe, lots of glass and great lighting. Our waiter was cool, the hostess was hot. Perfect-o.

The menu has a killer selection of meat of course, from the $175 6-oz (is there cocaine in this steak?) A5 Kobe Ribeye to the 14-ounce bone-in Filet. Ya don’t see many bone-in Filets, lemme tell ya. And I can’t help giggling every time I type ‘bone-in’.

So let’s break it down. To start, I has the Chopped Salad, great traditional iceberg wedge with blue cheese, beefsteak tomatoes and baco-bits (OK, real bacon, I don’t want Mina suing me).  For appys, TJ & Pete ordered the Truffled Mac & Cheese, Bacon Creamed Spinach, and Jalapeno Creamed Corn (Glad we all had our own hotel rooms. Hope everything that happens in Vegas really does stay in Vegas!).Three of the best appys I have had for a looong time, my apostles. The spicy corn took the award though.

For entrees, Pete and TJ had the 14-oz Bone-in (lol, can't help myself) Filet (thank you Pete for not ordering the 6-oz Koge Ribeye @ $175;). That bone adds some flavor, my kittens. I had  a bite, great taste, tender, just a little more done than my carnivore taste buds prefer though. Not Mina's bad, it's the way it was ordered. They loved it. I ordered up the 10-oz Angus Filet. RARE dammit! Bam! They killed it, awesome flavor and everything and more a kick-ass Filet should be.

Swilled it down with a solid Zin I can't remember the name of. Except for dollar-cost averaging I ordered it and it was the cheapest Zin on the list.

Although they rocked the show, I still don’t want to have to do a ‘dinner cost/# biz card leads’ math exercise on this one!

STRIPSTEAK

Mandalay Bay

702-632-7414

Comments

[TJ Muldoon]

What about the entertainment. The girl faced down in her plate at the table next to us.