Rockford Foodie in Las Vegas (Part 2)

So a group of us are in Las Vegas a few weeks ago for the March Madness tournament and we decide to have a nice dinner at a place called Spago, which I believe is a Wolfgang Puck restaurant. First off before I get into the actual meal, I have to say that I don't get the hype around these big to-do chefs. These places tend to be overrated and overpriced. You pay a price for eating at places like this, so I know that value may not be on the top of your priority list, but you should know that when you go to this that a fifty dollar entree may taste like a 25 dollar entree from some less well-known chef. Also when you go there, the waiter says everything "is to die for," (which I know in movies there is always some snobby old woman at a snooty party or fancy club who talks about chocolate cake or scallops that were to die for, but seriously, no piece of food is to die for and to say it is absurd and almost as ridiculous as saying no offense before saying something that is clearly meant to be offensive). So if you tell the waiter after you have eaten and you say the food was fine and not divine, he will start to wonder how this could be. How could someone not think that this amazing food thought up by chef so and so is not so amazingly delicious, even on a bad day this food is perfect, what is this guys problem? He will ask you why it was not perfect, and will then inquire into what genetic deficiencies that you have that you do not think this food is so damn good and this goes on for about 45 minutes (another waiter comes and talks to you about it, the hostess comes, then the manager, and sometimes the cook - all asking the same questions). So from now on, just to save time really, I tell these waiters and waitresses that its great.

Back to Spago, the food was pretty decent, I think had on of their steak specials and everything was pretty good. Did it live up to the hype????? Not really, sorry to say, but not really. Maybe I hyped it up to much in my own mind, I am a little bit more skeptical know though and hopefully won't make the same mistake for at least a couple months. Everybody else at my table thought the food was great, or so they said, and they let me try their food. 2 points here: 1st, the fact that they let me try their food and didn't want to eat every last bite tells me that they didn't really think it was that great; 2nd, the food wasn't really any better than mine. The bill came and reminded me how great the people at the restaurant thought their food really was, and when asked by the waiter, I told him the food was great. No offense Spago, but your food is not that great. I would have told you in person, but I didn't have the time.