And while I wasn't impressed by the lobster corn dogs, my biggest disappointment at that point was in the paper-thin foie gras. In my Michael Mina review, I marveled at the enormous size of their half-order of foie gras. It was the size of my forearm! Yes, the Arcadia foie gras is significantly cheaper than the Michael Mina version, but I was still expecting more. In terms of taste however, Arcadia's foie gras is on par with its Las Vegas counterpart. It comes swimming in olive oil and balsamic vinegar, and melts in your mouth. The foie gras is great paired with the accompanying toast points, but I recommend trying some of it alone to savor its buttery, rich flavor.

As I mentioned in my last review, the Maine Lobster Pot Pie is Michael Mina's signature dish. It's featured in many of his restaurants and even in his cookbook. As in the Vegas restaurant, the server made a big presentation of preparing this dish in front of us. He brought out a copper pot topped with a pastry crust, which he cut out and set on the plate. He then scooped out some of the rich truffle cream sauce and smoothed it over the crust, followed by the lobster itself. Finally, he removed the vegetables and neatly arranged then around the lobster, covering the whole thing with the rest of the sauce.

The Maine Lobster Pot Pie in Arcadia is every bit as delicious as the one in Michael Mina. The lobster was sweet and succulent, the vegetables were soft but not mushy, and the sauce was rich and creamy, but not overpowering. In fact, my companion and I wiped our plates clean of sauce with our dinner rolls, not leaving a single drop behind. The only thing was that this dish was smaller than its Vegas counterpart. Michael Mina boasted a 2 1/2 pound lobster, but in Arcadia it seemed like it was only 1 1/2 pounds. At the same time however, the Arcadia pot pie was about $20 cheaper.

At last, we come to dessert. I wanted something light, so I tried their lemon trifle. I really liked the warm, chewy chocolate chip cookie at Michael Mina and although it usually comes with the Old Fashioned Root Beer Float (called Michael's Root Beer Float at Arcadia), I asked the server to add a cookie to my trifle, and he happily obliged. Sadly, I wasn't too crazy about my dessert. I still loved the cookie and ate it all, but I didn't like the trifle. I thought that the lemon pudding on top was too tart and overpowering, and I eventually removed it from my cup to get at the sweeter layers of mascarpone and custard below.