Looking for some great last minute takeout for this Sunday — to munch on during that football game you might have heard something about?

Then you can’t beat one of Chris Herrin’s magnificent muffalettas (and macarons) from Bread & Butter…

…or some good ‘cue from Memphis Championship Barbecue…

…or a New York-sized pie from Anthony & Mario’s Broadway Pizzeria (within a stone’s throw of ELV’s humble abode)…

…or a sack of cheeseburgers and a Chili Mac from Steak ‘n Shake (In Sight It Must Be Right).

As usual, you’ll have to scroll down to the 36:18 mark to watch ELV stuffing his pie hole, and listen to him expound on our town’s best sandwich in the cheesy, meaty, spicy, overstuffed tones for which he is known!

Happy Year of the Dragon:

…from our staff:

ELV will be traveling today, and unpacking tomorrow and will resume his regular postings on Wednesday.

ELV note: In honor of the Chinese New Year, which begins January 23rd, Kim Wagner and our eager beaver young assistant thought an overview of our top Chinese spots off the Strip was appropriate. ELV — his locks flowing and his Cantonese butchered — also thought you’d get a kick out of his traditional, Mandarin formal garb…thoughtfully provided to him by Karrie and Kevin Wu of Ping Pang Pong. As usual, you’ll have to scroll through the video to the 36:49 mark to watch and here the scratchy, hacking and hoarse voice for which we have been most recently known.

Gam Bei and Gung Hey Fah Choy!

CHINA MAMA

PING PANG PONG

TAIWAN DELI

J & J SZECHUAN

EAST OCEAN DIM SUM AND SEAFOOD

Sons of Norway Hosts Popular Lutefisk Dinner

Time is running out to buy tickets for the popular 14^th Annual Lutefisk Dinner being hosted by the Vegas Viking Lodge of the Sons of Norway.

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If you’ve never been on the Strip on New Year’s Eve, you’re missing one of the great events in America. Of course ELV, having no interest in mingling directly with the hoi polloi, does not practice what he preaches, preferring instead his preferred perch provided by the good folks at Serendipity 3 – where a bird’s eye view of things was achieved without actually experiencing any physical contact with the unwashed masses.

After the big countdown, and an even bigger meal at Old Homestead, we repaired to Restaurant Guy Savoy for some hearty shots of sugary Chartreuse, and then to the yearly after-party at Circo, where we focused on women’s cleavage for the rest of the evening (tasty snap #9).

Just thought you’d like to know.

Happy New Year!

Language - Spelling - Phonetic Pronunciation

Afrikaans Gesondheid Ge-sund-hate

Albanian Gëzuar Geh-zoo-ah

Arabic (Egypt) فى صحتك: (literally good luck) Fe sahetek

Armenian (Western) Կէնաձդ Genatzt Azerbaijani Nuş olsun Nush ohlsun

Bosnian Živjeli Zhee-vi-lee

Bulgarian Наздраве Naz-dra-vey

Burmese Aung myin par say Au-ng my-in par say

Catalan Salut Sah-lut

Chamorro (Guam) Biba Bih-bah

Chinese (Mandarin) 干杯
gān bēi Gan bay

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ELV and his super-sleuthing staff have just learned that the James Beard Foundation is returning to Las Vegas, after a three year absence, to announce the Finalists for its 2012 Restaurant Awards.

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ELV note: You’ll have to scroll to the 32:47 minute mark (counting backwards from the top of the show) of the Block 3 video of today’s (12.09.11) morning newscast (whew….) to see ELV highlighting some of the best Strip deals for this New Year’s Eve in the pontificating, educating, intoxicating, illuminating and resonating tones for which he is known.

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If someone had dropped a bomb on Restaurant Guy Savoy last night between the hours of 6-8 pm, it would’ve set Las Vegas’ culinary destiny back twenty years. Such was the assemblage of top toques from across the valley (and from beyond the pond as well), who came to kibbitz and consume incomparable comestibles (jamon iberico de bellotta de pata negra, pumpkin soup with white truffles, oysters en gelée, Paris-Brest pastries, and two croquembouche towers of nonpareil profiteroles) and champagne in the consummate style the French do better than anyone.

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The Top 10 Restaurants in Las Vegas, according to EATING LAS VEGAS – The 50 Essential Restaurants are (in alphabetical order):

Bar Masa

CUT

Estiatorio Milos

Guy Savoy

Joel Robuchon

L’Atelier de Joel Robuchon

Le Cirque

Michael Mina

Picasso

Twist