Glutton LV

Glutton.

Don’t you dare point your finger at me. I know I probably fit the shoe in more ways than one but I have my limits they’re called Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. But I'm not here to talk about my dietary failures; I’m here to talk about one of Downtown Las Vegas’s culinary successes.

As in many weekends preceding, I had planned to meet up with a few other local foodies. Ready to eat and drink away the pains of the workweek we decided to meet at Glutton at 6 pm sharp. Having to drive all the way from Henderson and traverse the waves of First Friday goers I, naturally was a little late. Nonetheless I had arrived no later than 6:15pm.

Already there, my friends had a chance to look over the menu and order some drinks. To be fair, the menu wasn’t all that big and didn’t take all that much effort. As I've said before, its not the size of the menu (Bazaar Meats excluded) it’s the execution behind it. This menu has been executed to near perfection. It’s also rotated out seasonally depending on what’s in season or quite frankly, what people demand. We demanded it all.

You ready? If you’ve read this far, you better be. We decided to go with a little bit of everything (per usual). We started with the Pickled Tomato Spread on garlic toast, Curried Cauliflower (sneaky good) and Wood Roasted Shrimp. I’ll spare you the Pickled Tomato description however the following two I’m going all out on. The Curried Cauliflower was the pocket ace of the starting round. Cooked until just chewy and charred. It was simmered in a traditional yellow curry with almond butter and the most insane pickled shallots I’ve ever tasted. The pickiest child would eat this and request it every night over nuggets and fluff sandwiches. The shrimp, out of this world. I mean, come on, bacon scampi sauce? Wood roasted and served over a fat piece of garlic toast? My mouth has never been happier after one round of small plates. But wait, there’s more…

Next up were the bigger plates. You ready for this? First up, Cavatelli & Short Rib followed by Garganelli and Turkey & Guanciale Meatballs. Needless to say the Short Ribs won. Chewy cavatelli nuggets in a braised beef and mushroom sauce and truffle mousse. It was like watching the heavens open up and giving god a high five…..except in my mouth. I literally took a spoon and a piece of bread to it until I could 100% verify there was nothing left. I mean, short ribs and chewy carbs? It’s not even fair but then again let me remind you, I’m eating at a restaurant call Glutton. The Garganelli made with smoked chicken, caramelized onion, and ancho garlic cream with a generous topping of Parmesan. It was a pasta dish with a pinch of Latin flair. Creamy, sweet and little spicy. It really helps when all the pasta is made in house too. This was a very simple dish but very well rounded and refined. Finally we have the meatballs. Not a big winner at the table. I can’t quit figure out why, at a restaurant called Glutton would you serve turkey meatballs. They were bad, a little over done though. They just didn’t seem to fit. The polenta saved the dish from complete doom. Who doesn’t like polenta? Let me rephrase that, who is my friend and doesn't like polenta? Anyone who raises my hand to the left to the left.

Finally the dessert round. Except we weren’t being judged by celebrity judges Scott Conant, Amanda Frietag and Aaron Sanchez (that’s a chopped reference). In fact, we weren’t being judged at all, we were eating at a restaurant called Glutton but you already knew that. We split dessert as well. We ordered Caramel Corn Profiteroles

And Chocolate Bread Pudding. We split right down the middle, half the table Profiteroles and the other the bread pudding. I happened to be on the bread pudding side. It was hot, molten and served with a glob a melting ice cream, a truly unfair advantage. The Profiteroles were very good, Kind of like an open face éclair without the chocolate. They were stuffed with salted Carmel ice cream but when given those or the option for a bread pudding pizookie if you will, I always lean the one that looks like a pizookie.

All in all I was very impressed with glutton. The prices were reasonable, drinks and food were above average and it was surprisingly easy to find parking which, as you know is a rarity downtown. You can take my word for it if you want but I must remind you as I often do, “I’m not a foodie.”