Dim Sum Dining: The Haute 5 Chinese Restaurants in Las Vegas

When it comes to eating out, Chinese Food is high on people’s lists. Since many don’t usually think of fine dining when they think ‘Chinese,’ here are this week’s Haute 5 picks for Chinese fine dining restaurants that will surely change the way you think about Chinese food.

Wing Lei
Meaning “forever prosperous,” Wing Lei inside the Wynn Las Vegas is one of the most luxurious Chinese restaurants on the strip and the only Chinese restaurant in North America to receive one star from the Michelin Guide in 2008. Wing Lei offers you refined Chinese cuisine in an elegant and stylish setting inspired by early French-influenced Shanghi. Walking in, you are greeted by a white onyx bar and numerous ancient Chinese motifs such as the dragon and flaming pearl. The restaurant’s most timeless accessories are the 100-year-old pomegranate trees that are planted directly outside the enormous picture window comprising one entire wall of the dining room. But it’s really all about the food. The tasting menu is a true delight with five courses. The Peking duck dinner includes a table-side carving of roasted duck wrapped with Mandarin pancakes, cucumber, scallion, and hoi sin sauce. The Peking duck salad with almonds and crisp orange truffle vinaigrette, wild duck soup, and Asian vegetables is also a favorite, or try the wok-fried duck in black bean sauce, pan-seared duck noodles with Chinese broccoli, crispy noodles, and a chocolate dome for dessert. And that’s just the tasting menu! There are many more delectable delights to choose from.

Wing Lei is located inside the Wynn Las Vegas, 3131 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas, (702) 770-3388.

Zine Noodles Dim Sum
Zine Noodles Dim Sum inside The Palazzo is next on the list. Rated one of the top 10 Chinese Restaurants in the U.S. by Chinese Restaurant News, this place is authentic. From the Asian Noodle dishes to the remarkable dim sum, Chef Simon keeps your mouth watering, drawing from Cantonese, Taiwanese, Vietnamese, Szechuan, and other Asian cooking styles. Some of the Chef’s Specials include Pan Fried Scallp in Szechuan pepper sauce, Prime Beef Tenderloin with garlic in black pepper sauce, and the Singapore Style Pan Fried Crab with chili. Zine is simple, but the extravagance is in the comfortable, contemporary ambience. It’s a must try.

Zine Noodles Dim Sum is located inside The Palazzo, (702) 607-2220.


Blossom
The newest Chinese restaurant to hit the strip is Blossom inside Aria Resort and Casino. Blossom is modern with traditional Chinese design principles that includes a contemporary color palette featuring soft ambient lighting, mirrored leaf walls, and ornate clusters of dew-drop inspired crystals. But the food is the obvious attraction with a 100-dish line up that spans every preference. You’ll be sure to find the right appetizing meal to satisfy the most picky of eaters. They have almost every type of seafood you can think of, from the Maine Lobster, with broth, ginger, or scallion, steamed with garlic, sashimi, or fried with garlic and pepper; to the live fish of your choosing, steamed, fried, braised, or garlic pickled in broth. If seafood just won’t do, try the Cantonese-Style Fried Chicken, Bone-In Half Chicken; Peking Duck, choice of steamed bun or wraps, and the Steamed Salted Fish on ground pork or pan-fried shredded beef tenderloin chives and onions. The list goes on and on with Hot Pot, noodles, and fried rice.

Blossom is located inside Aria Resort and Casino, 3730 Las Vegas Blvd., (877) 230-2742.

Beijing Noodle No. 9
Taste the exquisite delights of Northern Chinese cuisine at Beijing Noodle No. 9 inside Caesars Palace. The first thing you’ll notice is the aquarium filled hundreds of goldfish as you walk into this ultra modern restaurant. This is the kind of noodle shop you’d find in Shanghi, Hong Kong, or Beijing, cranking out delicious selections of soup, dim sum, noodle, and rice dishes. And of course the chef’s specialties including Chef’s handmade noodle with sliced pork and mushroom, Imperial Seafood Soup Dumplings, Pan-Fried Shrimp in Chinese wine sauce, Sauteed Diced beef with Macadamia Nuts; Beijing Salt and Pepper Chicken, and a wide selection of live seafood.

Beijing Noodle No. 9 is located inside Caesars Palace, (877) 346-4642.

FIN
Last but not least on this week’s list is FIN, an exciting contemporary Chinese restaurant inside the Mirage. The dining rooms feature murals with Chinese themes that are hand-painted on rice paper backdrops, and crystal balls hanging from the ceiling. It’s an intimate setting that is perfect for a first date. This is high-end Asian cuisine with some delightful innovative touches and a wide variety of seafood dishes sure to make your mouth water. Signature dishes include Lobster Tail with XO sauce, Wok-Fried Beef Tenderloin, and Imperial Peking Duck.

FIN is located inside the Mirage, (866) 339-4566.