Table 10
Warm Rolls with Butter
Crab Hush Puppies – Pepper Jelly
Judith Point Calamari – Preserved Lemon Mayonnaise + Tomato Sauce
Candied North Country Bacon – Noble Tonic #1
Bacon Wrapped Dates – Almond + Goat Cheese
Louisiana crab cakes – NOLA remoulade
Fried Green Tomatoes – Shrimp Remoulade
Chicken + Andouille Sausage Gumbo – Steamed Rice
Pea Tortellini – Blistered Tomatoes + Smoky Pork Broth
Tomato Soup – Ricotta Cheese
Beet Salad – Pickled beets – roasted beets – pistachio butter – sea salt cracker – goat cheese
NOLA Shrimp Po’ Boy – French bread – New Orleans BBQ shrimp – lettuce – tomato – fries
Chicken Breast Sandwich – ciabatta bun – avocado slices – tomato jam – gem lettuce salad with onion, tomato, & cucumber
Emeril’s Banana Cream Pie – Chocolate Shavings – Caramel Sauce – Whipped Cream
Flourless Chocolate Cake – Lemon – Vanilla Cream – Blood Orange Sauce
Spice Carrot Cake – orange bourbon sauce – candied pecans
White Chocolate Malassadas – cinnamon sugar – raspberry sauce
Peach Hand Pie – crumble topping – vanilla ice cream
Raspberry Panna Cotta – salted brittle – chocolate pistachio biscotto
Having visited each of Emeril Lagasse’s Las Vegas restaurants at least once in the past it was with family in town that lunch was planned at Table 10, and sitting with three local friends involved in marketing the celebrity Chef it was to a grand tasting that our table of eight was treated, a kitchen-in-transition showing the same quality we’d come to expect from the man who made “BAM!” a household phrase.
Currently in the process of promoting a new chef and as such cooked for by Director of Culinary Operations Sean Roe, it was with conversations and reminiscence of my earliest years of fine dining that menus were perused and drinks were ordered, the eventual decision a carte blanche assortment of eighteen plates with several very high highs and only one or two relatively minor lows.
No doubt an underregarded space, the shops above the Palazzo gaming floor more readily known for pricy clothing, burgers, and coal-oven pies, Table 10 suffers a bit of an identity crisis compared to Delmonico or the Fish House, yet with a dynamic menu loaded with bargains plus professional service in a laid-back environment the experience is perhaps best described as ‘comfortable,’ a similar compliment befitting the food.
Beginning the meal with soft buttered rolls that continue a trend of great bread service from other Emeril spots, it was next to several small bites that the menu progressed, the Squid from Judith Point a bit lost in the breading let alone the mayonnaise while hush puppies, candied bacon, and stuffed dates were each well prepared American small-plates starters, the first particularly ample with crustacean that shined when matched to the jelly’s sweet heat.
Onward to proper appetizers, the daily special soup impressing my Aunt but falling a bit short in complexity for my tastes, better bites were found more Southern-slanted flavors including low-filler crab cakes and fried green tomatoes beneath a duo of tangy remoulades, the spice of Andouille well met by dark roux in a gumbo served atop rice.
Offering mostly sandwiches and lighter fare at lunch, the dinner menu dressed up in duck and other hearty meats, it was with a beautiful beet salad that two sandwiches were presented atop NOLA-styled bread, each Po-Boy going over nicely with the family while I attempted to keep tender pea tortellini rich with mascarpone in a smoky broth all to myself.
Unembarrassed to request all of the desserts, a second round offered when the world-renowned cream pie and spicy carrot cake were obviously in short supply, suffice it to say that there is always room for sweets in any Lagasse restaurant, even the simple peach hand pies and bursting white doughnuts amongst the best in town.
FOUR STARS: Perhaps a ‘misunderstood’ spot as much as it is underregarded the team at Table 10 is turning out a good product at a fair price for the strip with some of the best desserts in town. Obviously in a transition phase at the moment it will be interesting to see how the restaurant evolves under the direction of a new toque, a dinner visit in order once the menu is revamped.
RECOMMENDED: Pea Tortellini, Fried Green Tomatoes, Crab Hush Puppies, Carrot Cake, Banana Cream Pie
AVOID: Calamari and Tomato Soup were par for the course, disappointing largely because the rest was so good.
TIP: Frequently offering events plus a 7-day a week Happy Hour from 3pm-6pm and 9pm-close there are no doubt some great deals to be found
WHAT THE STARS MEAN: 5 World Class, 4 Excellent, 3 Good, 2 Fair, 1 Poor
http://www.emerilsrestaurants.com/table-10
