Comments on: YAGYU, MARU and GARFIELD’S – An Eating Odyssey

By: atdleft

atdleft — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 02:20:58 +0000

Heh. Here's the linky. Now why can't our newspapers hire a real critic like Mr. ELV or S. Irene Virbila? Oh yeah, they don't want to offend their advertisers.

By: jason

jason — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:59:43 +0000

Speaking of Beef —-EVERYONE READ THE NEWEST LA TIMES REVIEW OF THE BRAND NEW BOA STEAKHOUSE IN LA!!! PRICELESS

By: atdleft

atdleft — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:25:38 +0000

bwdining-

Yep, that’s the curse of The Mojave for us. Slow Food isn’t as easy to do here, but I guess I was hoping for at least some attempt to utilize the desert around us. After all, what were people eating here before we could have produce flown in and trucked in with the snap of a finger?

And btw, my schedule and family drama got the best of me last week… But I’m more determined than ever to practice what I preach this week and support local business this week. I’m thinking I need some falafel… And no, I won’t ask if it’s “Slow Food”. ;-)

By: bwdining

bwdining — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 06:54:50 +0000

Using a little local produce does not make you a Slow Food restaurant. Slow Food requires using products indigenous to your ecoregion. Just saying that phrase in relation to any Las Vegas Valley restaurant is a slap in the face to the entire movement. Using organic and/or local product is responsible and desirable but that doesn’t a Slow Food restaurant make. I have met Monsieur Daudet and I think he is a nice man, but he should tell the restaurant owner to do some Wikipedia research before trying to sell a place here as Slow Food. Jackrabbits, cactus and cicadas don’t really make for a well rounded menu. Interestingly, ELV, your friend Steven Shaw is an outspoken critic of the Slow Food movement itself, although I’m sure he enjoys eating local as much as you and I do when in areas that support it.

By: atdleft

atdleft — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 04:08:33 +0000

Welcome back, Mr. ELV! I wish my recent culinary adventures were as fun. My dad wanted to go to North Las Vegas this evening to meet a friend who owns a bar up there, so I figured we could at least try Pip’s at Aliante. But alas, they’re closed on Mondays! So instead, we went to Camacho’s… Which can very well compete with Dos Caminos & Isla for most forgettable Mexican food in The Southwest. Next time I’m up there, I think I’ll just stick with the taquerias on Las Vegas Blvd.

And btw, I’m sad to hear you didn’t enjoy Garfield’s. I was thinking of trying it next time I’m in Summerlin. I’m a HUGE fan of Slow Food, and was eventually hoping it would make a splash in Vegas. Hopefully by the time I have a chance to try it, they will have figured out a saner and more coherent menu.

By: vegasdave

vegasdave — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 02:35:12 +0000

welcome back ELV. You were missed.

BTW, have you been to “off the strip” in Southern Highlands?

Eagerly awaiting your review.