Bachi Burger
Foie Gras, Apple/Celery/Cranberry Salad, Duck-Cherry Fritter
Chili Fried Chicken, Ginger, Garlic, Shoyu
Oxtail Chili Cheese Fries – Garlic Aioli, Fried Egg
Salted Caramel Marshmallow Shake
Peking Style Duck Bao – Cilantro, Scallion, Radish, Boiled Egg, Black Vinaigrette, Hoisin BBQ
Kiki’s Burger – Angus, Sauteed Shiitake, Enoki, Eryngii Mushrooms, Caramelized Bacon, Sweet Onion Marmalade, Aged Gruyere
Portuguese Donuts with Coffee Gelato
Generally eschewing ground meats it was for myself something beyond Angus, Kobe and Wagyu that brought me to the Summerlin location of local darling Bachi Burger on Sunday, though I will say from the start that the “Kiki’s Burger” ordered by my mother was potentially the best dish in an afternoon where only a single dish failed to impress despite the best efforts of our server to misinterpret the phrase “please course things out and do not bring everything at once.” A surprisingly large space featuring slick woods and polished surfaces throughout it was just after 3:00pm when we arrived for late lunch/early dinner and selecting widely from the menu inclusive of a $15 foie gras appetizer it was with the hunger derived from nearly 8 hours of unpacking that we waited, only to have every single plate arrive simultaneously thirty minutes later resulting in both an overloaded table and tough choices about what would taste best at room temperature or below. Focusing on the food it should be noted that much of what was ordered actually came to the table exceptionally well prepared and beginning with the foie gras I was immediately impressed by the quality and presentation, a single vein the only flaw in an otherwise Robuchon-quality prep featuring a caramelized medallion alongside a semi-sweet salad plus creamy, rich croquette and moving next to crispy, complex chicken alongside the equally crisp but decidedly spicy fries it was with good fortune that the milk shake, albeit small, was present to quell the heat. Overlooking the spongy, dense bao and tepid duck entirely lacking for crisp skin and instead assisting my mother with the lightly charred burger topped with woodsy mushrooms and aromatic marmalade it was perhaps with recollections of the zeppole at Settebello the day prior that I ordered the doughnuts and although not quite as impressive, the eggy brioche stood strong beneath a dense lacquer of sugar rounding out a fairly impressive afternoon largely warranting the $75 tab, if not a significant tip.
