This breakfast was so filling. I mean so filling to the point where I couldn't really eat dinner. I don't know if it's because I haven't had beef for so long or because it was beef for breakfast. We walked all the way down to Society Cafe inside Encore from our hotel at the Aria on Friday morning and it took a good 45 minutes or so. My mom is still recovering from a foot injury and adjusting to her orthotics, so it took a while. The only other restaurant I've tried at the Wynn resorts was the buffet and Terrace Point Cafe for breakfast and I fell in love with it, so decided on another Wynn restaurant for breakfast.
We did not have reservations and were seated promptly at around 10:30 am. The restaurant is really cute and chic and you'll feel like you're dining in someone's home. I ordered the Ultimate Steak and Egg Sliders for my mom with a side of potatoes.
The slider consists of a bacon cheddar muffin for the buns, a layer of scrambled eggs, filet mignon, and creamed spinach. Man oh man, this was a rich and decadent breakfast. I think it could've used a little more salt, but it was still delicious. The filet was tender and fresh and the eggs were fluffy. The creamed spinach was a little muted with the bacon in the muffin taking over and rounding out the flavor of the slider overall. One was a lot to finish; it looks small, but is actually very filling. I didn't try the potatoes but my mom never finishes her potatoes and she ate all of it. She said it was crispy and had a great aroma of fresh herbs. She had her breakfast with a cappuccino while I ordered mine with black coffee.
The cappuccino had a lot more air in the foam than I would've preferred. I only had a taste and their espresso has notes of caramel and was robust and dark. My coffee was delicious with smoky notes of caramel as well. It had low acidity and was lightly bitter, but in a good way.
I ordered short rib hash. It came with chunks of braised beef shortribs, potatoes, mushrooms, onions, peppers, two poached eggs, and oiled toast. I think a buttered toast would've made it too decadent.
I shared half with my mom as she shared her sliders with me, this way we got a taste of everything. I really enjoyed soaking my bread in the juices. It reminds me a little of vietnamese bo kho, which is a type of beef stew. My mom loved this dish since it is reminiscent of bo kho. The beef was tender and perfectly seasoned. I really liked the chunks of potatoes in this dish, it was like eating stew. The fun part was breaking the poached eggs.
All the yolk that oozed out made it so much richer. It made a nice slurry with the juices of the hash to soak my bread in.
The chunks of beef did a have a bit more fat than I would've preferred. It was good, but I wish it was a little less oily. I couldn't tell exactly how much oil was in the pan since it was an uncoated cast iron pan. But I could taste it and I think the amount of fat in this dish had me full all the way past dinner. It was a shame I was so full because I went to a Vegas Uncork'd event later that afternoon and really could not eat much. I'll have an exciting post on that later.
You can find Society Cafe inside Encore in their main casino room (which is pretty small). If you're further down the strip, you'll definitely feel glad you walked a long ways to get here and enjoy some breakfast decadence.
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