text: Hubby and I were looking for a nice place to celebrate so we headed down the strip and randomly chose the Bellagio for a crapshoot at getting a table somewhere After wandering around a bit looking at the lovely flowers we headed down restaurant row and perused the menus trying to decide what sounded best When we got to the last one Todd Englishs Olives we decided to give it a shot I asked the hostess if they had room for walkins and we were seated immediately though I overheard the couple behind us being told it was a minute wait whewnnThe restaurant was packed and we could not have been seated further from the fountainview windows without being in another casino but we were there for the food Our waiter was friendly without trying to be besties and gave us suggestions Following his advice we ordered the Beef Carpaccio for an appetizer to sharennWords cannot truly explain how divine that Beef Carpaccio was shaved so thin that you could see through it with incredible flavor drizzles to vary the tastes It was fantastic meltinyourmouth beef Hubby ate up the fried corn cake that was underneath the mountain of beef exclaiming how incredibly good it was also Sometimes the southern just goes to the bone in that man nnOur entrees arrived and were perfectly prepared and gorgeously presented Hubby had the porterhouse with sides of broccoli fried lobster mac cheese I had the scallops with sides of brussel sprouts some balsamic beets along with other stuff I do not remembernnFirst his steak perfectly prepared incredibly tasty I sampled a bite of each item and they were fantastic and based on how clean his plate ended I would have to say that he totally agreednnMy scallops were incredibly good and the crispy lil cakes underneath gave a great texture balance that only enhanced the scallops There were large scallops on my plate and I could barely manage to finish two of them though I truly wanted to eat that last one I was just too stuffed to continue The balsamic beets were tasty good I would not have minded if there was more of that on my plate instead of the brussel sprouts As for those I will admit to a total dislike of brussel sprouts but these were edible Not great but I am afraid that is an impossibility achieving edible status is shocking enoughnnAll in all a great dining experience that gave us the perfect cap to an already excellent day D