Dining
Dining
Eat This Sushi Now!
Quick—before everyone finds out about Kabuto
May 10th, 2012
For the same amount you might pay at one of our many Taiwanese- and Korean-owned sushi bars—places that serve clots of improperly cooked rice, shaved, frozen fish and artificial wasabi squeezed out of a tube—you can eat at Kabuto, an 18-seat sushi-ya in China Town’s Seoul Plaza. Read more »
Cooking With
Frank Pellegrino Jr.
When life gives this man lemons, he makes grilled lemon chicken
May 10th, 2012
Go ahead, says Frank Pellegrino Jr., cut those corners. Bottled lemon juice? Yeah, it’s in his fridge. He’s been known to forget to buy fresh lemons. And though he definitely won’t argue with a die-hard outdoor chef about the loss of flavor on a gas grill, who wants to coddle the coals when you could be having a conversation? Read more »
Diner's Notebook
Poolside brunch makes a splash, tony teppanyaki sizzles, and the art of breakfast
May 10th, 2012
Now that the weather has turned warm and seductive, the poolside-dining season is coming into full swing. Two of our coolest pools, those at the Palms and the Cosmopolitan, have terrific new dining options, and I’m fresh off experiencing both of them. Read more »
Unleashing Uncork’d
Tickets are still available for this weekend’s epicurean mega-fest
May 10th, 2012
Vegas Uncork’d by Bon Appetite weekend is a behemoth, and a hungry one at that. The sixth annual event spans four resorts—Caesars, Bellagio, the Cosmopolitan and Mandalay Bay—and represents a level of cross-casino cooperation rarely seen outside of Restaurant Week. Read more »
Cocktail Culture
Water Water Everywhere
East Solstice, As served at Liquid Pool Lounge in Aria and Bare Pool Lounge in The Mirage, $15
May 10th, 2012
Hard-core cocktailians often turn up their nose at summertime pool cocktails as being too simple—just a bunch of sweet, frozen, blended hangovers and brain-freezes in the making. Light Group corporate mixologist Emilio Tiburcio hears your objections, you mustachioed masses, and counters with the East Solstice. Read more »
PARTY
Your watermelon keg is here ...
May 10th, 2012
Take your sangria, cucumber water or very-adult spiked punch to the next level with a carved and spouted watermelon keg. Just like grandma used to make. Read more »
Dining
Griddle Me This
Enormous, creative burgers and half-bottle wine specials? We’re in.
May 3rd, 2012
It’s too early to call Ray Nisi an empire builder, but he seems to be making a success of Bottles & Burgers in Tivoli Village, the most recently opened member of his Double Helix wine bar family. And lord knows this mall can use him. Read more »
Dining Profile
Table for 176?
‘Spoonbender’ Gina Gavan shares her recipe for social change
May 3rd, 2012
Gina Gavan’s e-mail signature reveals her as Project Dinner Table’s founder and “spoonbender.” I always assumed this had something to do with the way that she seems to cast a spell over chefs and local businesses, rallying them behind her annual series of six communal, farm-to-table pop-up dinners held April through November, usually outdoors and always benefiting local charities, so far to the tune of more than $44,000. Read more »
Diner's Notebook
Jasmine sounds the Khong, and Town Square gets more Fine fare
May 3rd, 2012
Bellagio’s Jasmine has a brand-new bright-red carpet, a new general manager (the affable, efficient Roberto Liendo, formerly of Michael Mina) and, best of all, a new chef, Singaporean Hiew Gun Khong. Read more »
Cocktail Culture
It’s a Wry Heat
Mexican Samurai, As served at Rice & Company Restaurant & Lounge in Luxor, $10
May 3rd, 2012
Not everything is as it seems … For this, the best Cinco de Mayo cocktail you’re likely to find in a sushi joint, beverage manager Michelle Zornes and the Rice & Company bartenders crafted the Mexican Samurai to deliver a one-two punch of sweet heat. Read more »
