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> We ate at Flamingo's newish "Voga" restaurant (an Italian bistro), and
> found it to be really really excellent. The food it moderately priced
> Italian, but they have a 3-course "summer special" for $19.95 that definitely is
> worth a look.
>
> The meal started off with a bang as freshly baked rolls of four varieties
> were served. I haven't had such delicious bread in a long time. One roll
> was pinstripped with a bit of tomato and perhaps a touch of bacon -
> excellent; another was a normal round roll topped with a little tomato and a slight
> cheesy flavor; a third had rosemary and herbs; a fourth was a "normal"
> round roll. All were warm and fresh, not reheated when we sat down at 5 p.m.
> And they were served with an interesting and delicious herb butter that
> enhanced the flavor of the rolls but did not overpower it.
>
> We ate from the regular menu, which has soups and salads, small shared
> plates (appetizers), patas, main plates, and side orders. We started with a
> truly delicious avocado and pear carpaccio salad ($10), large enough to be
> shared. The salad also contained delicious tomatoes, and an excellent
> orange vinaigrette that enhanced the flavors. My husband had the roasted salmon
> with baby artichokes and ratatouille ($24) as his main entree (main plate
> item). Other entrees included things like cioppino (seafood in a spicy
> broth) ($29), chicken peperonata ($21), sea bass with rock shrimp risotto
> ($32), chicken parmasean ($22) , filet mignon with reyes blue cheese ($38),
> and lobster with crispy polenta and black truffle scents ($35). Side orders
> such as sauted spinach with garlic or mashed potatoes are $8 each.
>
> I ordered three of the "small shared plates" and found them delightful.
> One was fried lime calamari and bay scallops ($13) served with lemon and
> two different dips. The second was colossal shrimp scallops ($15) - this was
> perhaps the best shrimp scampi I've ever had -- 3 BIG shrimps set in a
> delicious sauce with pear tomatoes, basil, butter, olive oil, garlic, a bit of
> jalapeno pepper, to give a slight edge but not overly spicy. The third
> was something called "Voga Rocks" ($16) - veal scaloppini you actually cooked
> yourself - about 5 very thin slices of veal came with an extremely hot
> rock, and you put the veal on it and cooked it, then put it into the sauce,
> served with potato chips. The veal was tasty, but not that large a portion,
> and probably not worth getting compared to some of the other items on the
> menu, except for its novelty.
>
> Voga also has pizza, nad pastas such as meatball voga ($15 for spahetti in
> a light pink sauce), risotto Jardino ($16), etc.
>
> The $19.95 summer special consists of choice of Caesar salad or house
> salad, choice of entree (chicken breast parmigiana, linguine carbonara,
> fettuccini alfredo, spaghetti with meatballs, homemade lasagna) and desert
> (tiramisu).
>
> The decor of this restaurant was pleasant, as were the servers, and the
> manager came around to introduce herself to everyone and ask how the meal
> was. The service was fast to start with but did slow down as the place got
> busier, but not enough that it was a problem. The only glitch we noticed was
> they never offered the wine list (we had to ask). Soda was refilled
> without charge.
>
> We were extremely happy with every course and really enjoyed the food.
> Voga is situated next to the Harrah's Diamond lounge in the Flamingo, making
> it convenient if you want to use that, get a drink, and then have dinner.
> This is in the long hall that goes to Flamingo's buffet.
>
> We ate on a weekend and saw a huge line for the buffet. Obviously the
> $19.95 special here would have been the smart bet for some of the people
> waiting for the buffet -- no wait, servers, and delicious food.
>
> We will be heading back to Voga soon.
>
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