Category: Food

Langoustine Bisque at VALENTINO

This langoustine bisque at Valentino….…is so sweet, briny, packed with flavor and rich-but-not-heavy, that it practically defines what superb Italian cooking is all about.*

It is often featured as a special in the main restaurant and at The Grill at Valentino out front, and when available, is worth a special trip.

It costs $15.

Just thought you’d like to know.

VALENTINO

In the Venetian Hotel and Casino

3355 Las Vegas Blvd. South

Las Vegas, NV 89109

702.414.3000

www.pieroselvaggio.com/valentinolv/

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* To achieve the intense, langoustine flavor, Chef Luciano Pellegrini. first roasts the heads, tails and shells, then mixes them with a soffritto of carrots, onions and celery, adds water, some tomato, thyme, seasonings, reduces, strains, thickens with a roux, adds a touch of cream, and finally garnishes with the langoustine tails. Simple, yet ethereal.

BBQ Blues

ELV’s been goin’ a little ‘cue crazy lately. Which is frustrating because, next to Bangor, Maine, Las Vegas might be the worst barbecue town in America. What we get here are either franchises, or mom and pop joints doing things on the cheap. There’s no cult of ribs, sauces or brisket; precious little outdoor smoking; no pitmasters; no zealotry and no soul to the barbecued meats being sold to our chain-loving populace.

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HACHI Is Absolutely Amazing!

Hachi, the uber-cool Japanese-fusion restaurant inside the Red Rock Hotel, is absolutely amazing. And by that I mean, when people ask me if it’s amazing….I say: “absolutely.”

But before I get into why it is so, permit me a digression.

To hear ELV speak these words in the monotonic, sometimes somnambulate baritone for which he is known, click here, or continue reading after the jump.

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