The Dragon Restaurant
When walking through the Encore, we saw upon the wall this beautiful glass dragon that must have been 30ft long and was made of thousands of pieces of crystal glass. When we went in, we were surprised that they were able to take us right in and have dinner. Both of the hostesses who worked there were gorgeous. They’d obviously sifted through a lot of various employees to find these two.
The inside of the restaurant was beautiful and in keeping with the theme of the Wind and Encore restaurants, it was open on one side of the casino so you know you’re eating at a fancy restaurant , and you could look out watching the people walk by.
Most of what we had to eat was sushi and the quality was unbelievable, which was amazing considering the 350 miles from the ocean. During dinner, the chef (we were told he was very famous) actually walked around each table saying hello to everyone. They really seemed to care whether we liked the food or not. Everything we ate was absolutely fantastic, and for dessert, we ordered ice cream. The waitress warned me against ordering the green tea ice cream, saying that many people didn’t like it. It did taste too strong. Of course then, I had to order it so that I could try it, and I wouldn’t say I liked it, but I’m still glad I ordered it. It tasted like green tea ma-cha with condensed milk that had been frozen. The amount of tea in it was absolutely staggering, almost as if you were eating tea. So, I wouldn’t say it was something I liked, but it was truly one of the most fascinating things that I put in my mouth.
The whole time we sat there, we were continually dazzled by the dragon on the wall. The thing must have weighed a thousand pounds and all we could imagine was what would happen if there was an earthquake. And I kept thinking about how much work it must be for them to try and keep it clean over time, especially since it’s in a restaurant. It looked like the type of thing that one would see in a museum, not the kind of thing one would see on a wall of a restaurant. In fact, it really amazed me. I don’t even think that something like that would’ve been possible 10-20 years ago if it wasn’t for computerized designs that they have now to make things like that.
