Aside from our overuse of the word “great” and an unexpected bout of shaky leg syndrome, ELV was pleased with the shout out he and Denise Valdez gave one of our more able neighborhood eateries:
Category: Chefs
2011 Las Vegas Weekly Awards – Partially Written by ELV
2011 Las Vegas Weekly Awards – Food
ELV note: Here is the link to today’s edition of the Las Vegas Weekly wherein these awards are bestowed upon the worthy recipients. Yours truly wrote about ten of these (can you guess which ones?) and disagrees with a few others, but on the whole, the recognition is more than earned by most of the winners.
RM SEAFOOD redux
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We’ve never asked Rick Moonen what the secret is to his taramasalata. In fact, there isn’t any big secret to the fish roe dip — you make it by blending grey mullet (or carp or cod) roe with stale, soaked bread, lemon juice, garlic, onion and oil — but that doesn’t explain how or why his tastes better than any other one we’ve ever had. But it just does. There’s something about the silky/coarse/creamy consistency, with just a hint of fishiness and a definite tang, that separates this Olympian offering from plebian, plagiaristic provisions. Regardless of pedigree, his version pummels all others, and is worth a special trip.