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There’s a reason we’re leading off with a picture of the crave-able curry at Zen Japanese Curry, but before we get to that, let’s take stock of the continuing moribund state of the Vegas dining scene, shall we?
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In just a few hours — tonight at 7:00 pm — ELV (aka John Anthony Curtas) will get roasted by a bevy of local chefs.
It is my understanding that two fellows named Max Jacobson and Al Mancini are also set to be skewered.
Whether the barbs are piquant and peckish, or limp and lame, remains to be seen, but the proceeds go to a great cause (www.ThreeSquare.org), where, as a matter of fact, the festivities will be held.
| Roasting Las Vegas: The Critics can DISH it out, but can they take it? | |
| When: | September 3, 2013 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM |
| Location: | Three Square Food Bank; 4190 N. Pecos Rd. Las Vegas, NV 89115 |
ELV note: We’ve been consistently disappointed by Mario Batali’s more affordable offering at the Venetian ever since it opened. (A lunch there a little over a year ago had us longing for the enforced mediocrity of Canaletto — literally a stone’s throw away in the same shopping mall.) After a succession of paltry and pathetic pasta performances, we had a face to face with Molto Mario and his partner Joe Bastianich last fall and gave them details. In return, they made all the right noises and assured us that things would change. By the looks of things, they haven’t. Below, uber-foodie and Official Friend of Eating Las Vegas David Ross explains (in a tone more reasonable and less hyperbolic/venomous than you are probably used to at this web address) why this is just another celebrity chef money machine — to be avoided by anyone with anything but a company credit card and low expectations. (ELV wonders if, with their busy schedules, Mario and Joe ever actually taste their restaurant’s food)
A partnership between Mario Batali and Joe Bastianich, (you know his Mother, Lydia, she cooks Italian on PBS), Otto Enoteca should be a soft introduction to guests of the marriage between Italian wine and quality ingredients crafted into familiar, yet authentic dishes. That’s one of the better aspects of what this restaurant should be. Yet the expectations of dining in the restaurant of a former “Iron Chef” is quickly tempered by reality. Otto Enoteca is both the best and worst of the Celebrity Chef culture in Las Vegas.
