Fans of RAKU have probably poured over my previous posts, watched me sing its praises on Channel 8, and eaten there multiple times already. But if you’re a newbie to the site, or don’t like to read, or have been living under a gastronomic rock; here is my broadcast review of RAKU for Nevada Public Radio. Kanpai!
Author: John Curtas
CIRCO – KLAS TV (CBS) Channel 8 Restaurant of the Week
Osteria del Circo is our favorite Italian restaurant in town and has been so ever since it opened ten years ago in the Bellagio. Chef Vincenzo Scarmiglia continues to make this Tuscan kitchen hum with pastas, fish and meat dishes that hew close to their Italian ancestry and never fail to dazzle. Click below for this week’s ROTW segment on Channel 8 with my good food buddy, Denise Valdez.
Osteria del Circo
In the Bellagio
3600 Las Vegas Blvd. South
Las Vegas, NV 89109
702.693.8150
http://www.bellagio.com/restaurants/circo.aspx
Eating Albuquerque – in The Virtual Gourmet
Albuquerque, New Mexico probably is not the first town that leaps to mind when you savor thoughts of fabulous, indigenous, American cuisine, but it should be. Throughout this capital of Native American-Mexican-Spanish-American cultures is enough interesting and tasty grub to keep your palate interested and over-heated for weeks. And from a recent visit (my second in a year), I can confidently pronounce the food every bit as tasty as that in Santa Fe, an hour to the north, and much less expensive.
Here is the article on Albuquerque published today in John Mariani’s The Virtual Gourmet, or continue to the next page to read the text in the ELV format. Either way, you’ll want to hop a Southwestern flight to ABQ immediately for some bowls of green, red, posole, and a green chili cheeseburger!
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