Opened in April, 2008, Simon Restaurant and Lounge
(as in Chef Kerry Simon) at Palms Place is
surrounded with an incredible view of Red Rock
canyon in the distance along with the glamour of the
dramatic outdoor pool outdoors, accompanied by Chef
Simon’s special touch with a gourmet menu and one of
the best bars in town.
So how about Sunday Brunch in your pajamas?
It is not necessary for you to wear your PJs but our
wait staff did and what a treat – eye candy along
with sweets for the tummy. This is truly decadent
with serious comfort food, a Bloody Mary bar and
some healthy alternatives thrown in “just in case”
you can or want to overcome the temptation of the
Simon Junk Food Platter of cotton candy, snowballs,
rice krispie treats, hostess cakes and cookies along
with the other goodies on the menu.
The brunch starts off with one of your delectable
wait staff bringing a plate of warm beignets which
are truly one of the best in the world! Before
perusing the menu and deciding what to get from the
buffet, there is the all-you-can-drink Bloody Mary
bar. With ingredients such as different vodkas,
several juices including Clamato and tomato, Dave’s
Insanity Hot Sauce, chopped cilantro, chopped
parsley, celery stalks, beef jerky, stuffed olives
and glass rimming options such as crumbs, salts and
spice blends, you can make the perfect Bloody Mary.
After sitting down with your beverage including
Bellinis, mimosas, coffee, smoothies and juices,
then you can begin to sample the buffet stations and
order from the menu.
First, there is the Whole Fruits and Smoothies
station with fresh fruit carved to order, along with
breads, coffee cake, muffins, croissants, pastries,
vanilla bean yogurt with granola.
Then there is the Sushi Station with the Sushi
Master featuring Simon’s signature crispy sesame
rice and spicy tuna, which is incredible and
certainly adds to Simon’s reputation of unique
gourmet food. There is also assorted sushi and
sashimi with salmon, shrimp and yellowtail. Simon
Rolls includes spicy tuna, California, Philly,
cucumber and eel. If you are in the mood for soup,
there is miso soup with tofu and wokame.
For those of us who love carbs, the Panni Station
will cook to order a pecorino cheese and honeycomb
baguette, grilled ham and Fontina on pretzel bread,
blue cheese with fig jam on a baguette along with
assorted bagels and smoke salmon.
What is a Sunday brunch without peel and eat
shrimp? There is a huge bowl at the shrimp station
along with Simon’s house-made remoulade sauce,
cocktail sauce and Louis.
Brunch at Simon would not be complete without the
Candy Bar Station where guests can find vintage
lunch boxes and large glass jars filled with all
sorts of candies.
Then there are the à la carte dishes you can order
off the menu. The Simon French toast is created
with a frosted flake crusted brioche and fluffy
buttermilk pancakes are accompanied by real maple
syrup.
For meat lovers, try the breakfast sliders on mini
bagels with crisp bacon and American cheese. Egg
lovers can try the protein scramble of roasted
chicken, asparagus and egg whites or the Simon
omelet, filled with jumbo crab, artichoke, and
havarti cheese. You can order your eggs any way you
want with more ingredients than can be listed here.
Breakfast pizza, oh yes, breakfast pizza is topped
with country gravy, ham, bacon and a runny egg,
sunny-side up, in its dead center.
Then there are the “White Trash” selections of fried
chicken and waffles with that real maple syrup, pigs
in a blanket, barbecue pork baby back ribs and
biscuits and gravy. Along with this wonderful meal,
you have to try their fries with a nice touch that
by putting up a sign at your table, you can request
“Frites Please.”
This being a family-style affair, children have not
been neglected. Fresh fruit is carved into little
pieces and stuck to little clumps of rice, sushi
style along with peanut butter and jelly, mac and
cheese and popcorn chicken bites.
The whole experience is so fun, so incredible and so
filling! Just don’t plan on eating for the rest of
the day after Sunday Brunch at Simon. Served on
Sundays only, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
The Brunch at Simon Restaurant and Lounge
Inside the Palms, 6th Floor
4381 W. Flamingo Road
Las Vegas, NV 89103
942-7777
www.simonatpalmsplace.com
www.palmsplace.com
