Marssa Lowes Hotel in Lake Las Vegas

By Written by Maria Tapia on June 5th, 2009

Marssa is a 4 Diamond Award winning restaurant in Loews Hotel, which was formerly the Hyatt in Lake Las Vegas. A group of us went to support Restaurant Week and test out this award winner. The evening weather was beautiful, not too hot, which was a relief to all.

The Starters were a Sushi Sampler which included hamachi verde, yellowtail, scallion, thai chili lime and temari scallop, spicy scallop wrapped with tuna topped in wasabi caviar. The yellowtail sushi was unique with its spicy sauce and lime slice. I really liked it but in my opinion the Sashimi Trio was where it was at. The offerings for Sashimi were cajun seared albacore and garlic pnzu sauce, togarashi seared tuna yuzu with miso sauce and yellowtail asian pico del gallo. Everything on the sashimi plate was bursting with flavor.

An entree was Opakapaka Lau Lau with coconut ginger cream, kobocha squash and banana chutney. It was served with a twist on the dish fish en papillote by being served in banana leafs. The flavors delivered on their promise of sweet and creamy.

Other entrees were Miso Braised Kobe Short Ribs and Tuna with Mixed Vegetables.

Dessert was an Asian Pear Tart and Chocolate Lava Cake.