Here are the links to last Friday’s Food Talk with John & Max, wherein we feature:
Interviews with chefs Kim Canteenwalla of Society:
…and Martin Heierling of Sensi and Silk Road:
…followed by:
EAT IT OR BEAT IT:
Golden Steer
308 West Sahara Avenue
384-4470
Ay Chung Chinese Cafe
5115 Spring Mountain Rd
458-6868
Congratulations to all the winners, and thanks to Andrew Kiraly, Sabin Orr and Christopher Smith for making our prose look so delicious. (Click on the link below to read all of this lip smacking news amongst some of the most luscious photographs imaginable…)
The BEEG WEINERS:
Restaurant of the Year: SAGE
Chef of the Year: Pascal Sanchez (Twist by Pierre Gagnaire)
Pastry Chef of the Year: Kamel Guechida (Joel Robuchon and L’Atelier de Joel Robuchon)
Sommelier of the Year: Willi Sherer (Aureole)
Excellence in Management and Service: SPAGO
Neighborhood Restaurant of the Year: ROSEMARY’S
Ethnic Restaurant of the Year: RAKU
Cocktail Bar of the Year: AMERICAN FISH
“Dealicious” Meal of the Year: BOSA 1
Click on this link* to hear last Friday’s Food Talk with Max and John on News 88.9 KNPR’s State of Nevada, wherein we discuss:
Why truffles aren’t as good as they used to be** with Artisanal Food’s Brett Ottolenghi;
Maintaining quality in all of Wolfgang Puck’s fine dining empire with Chef/Managing Partner/Former Enfant Terrible David Robins;
Las Vegas’s 5 Most Romantic Restaurants*** (as seen through the eyes of two middle-aged white guys with 5 marriages between them); and,
EAT IT OR BEAT IT, wherein we tell you whether to run to, or away from:
Dad’s Grilled Cheese
Taiwan Deli
Michael’s
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* You’ll have to click on each individual segment to hear them.
** Brett O. agrees with ELV that summer truffles aren’t worth the taste or the money (and that black truffles not from France are often inferior). Memo to chefs: Stop trying to con customers with summer truffles!
*** 5 Most Romantic Restaurants in Vegas
Marche Bacchus
2620 Regatta Dr # 106
804-8008
Le Cirque/Bellagio
3600 Las Vegas Blvd South
693-7223
Prime Steakhouse/Bellagio
3600 Las Vegas Blvd South
693-7223
Bartolotta Ristorante di Mare
Wynn Las Vegas
248-3463
Top of the World
2000 South Las Vegas Blvd.
380-7777
Here is the link to last Friday’s Food Talk on KNPR’s State of Nevada, where yours truly and Slapsie Maxie:
> Interview Carlos Pereira from Bon Breads;
> Learn how the Executive Chef (Christian Rassinoux) of a 5,000 room hotel (the MGM) earns his paycheck;
> Discuss our Top Five American-Chinese Restaurants :
> And finally, tell you whether to EAT IT OR BEAT IT from:
Here is the link to last Friday’s Food Talk with Max and John on Nevada Public Radio featuring:
> Our lengthy interview with Alan Richman about everything from ethical eating to why Anthony Bourdain is such a putz.
Yes, it’s Friday food fans, and time for ELV’s Bad Italian Food Review. From this week forward, as a regular feature, ELV intends to single out the bad Italian food that infests our valley, every Friday on this website, right before he goes to Mass at his favorite worshiping place: Our Holy Mother of Perpetual Pasta Humiliation Church.
Click here to hear this morning’s Food Talk on News 88.9 FM – KNPR Nevada Public Radio, wherein Slapsie Maxie and moi interrogate, illuminate, eviscerate, hypothecate and pontificate about various subjects in today’s food and restaurant world.
Today’s topics included:
An interview with uber-restaurant writer John Mariani on his recent trip to Las Vegas;
Local bloggers Mike Dobranski and Jillian Plaster on what, why, how and when they blog about Vegas’ restaurants;
Max and my Top Five Wine Peeves; and
EAT IT OR BEAT IT, where we cross swords over:
Lola’s,
Nero’s Steakhouse, and
El Segundo Sol.
Click here for the link to “Wine Talk” on KNPR a couple of Fridays ago, wherein Max and John grill, kebab, fillet, carve, and incise John Mathew Smith of Wirtz Beverage Company and Jeff Wyatt of Marche Bacchus about the current state of our wine world.
Actually, most of what we do is chew the fat over:
* What’s happening in the world of wine?
* Has France lost its dominance?
* How have currency fluctuations affected what we’re buying and drinking?
* How do wholesalers and retailers react to such recessionary times?
* What new world wines are hot?
* What has the Asian economic boom done to wine prices? and, ELV’s favorite topic:
* Why are wine prices so friggin’ high on the Las Vegas Strip?
But strangely, no one thought to bring any fermented juice with which to wash all this erudition down.
We at ELV are obviously losing our edge.
If you’ve ever had a hankerin’ for a little deep fried squid cartilage — and let’s face it who hasn’t? — then point to the poster on the wall at Ichiza (that doubles as a menu for the place) and get yourself a plateful of the little nippers.
They’re surprisingly good — sorta like popcorn shrimp, only a bit more toothsome — and go quite nicely with a glass of junmai daiginjo sake.
And while you’re at it, grab some oysters in ponzu sauce, some jalopy fried rice, slimy raw wasabi octopus, and a little albacore sashimi, for one of the better Japanese snack meals around town.
Click on the link below to hear why Slapsie Maxie and ELV are so crazy about this place.
ICHIZA
4355 West Spring Mountain Road
Las Vegas, NV 89102-8784
702.367.3151
Here’s the link to this morning’s audio on KNPR’s State Of Nevada wherein John and Max tell you whether to EAT IT OR BEAT IT from:
Payard Patisserie and Bistro;
Gina’s Bistro; and
Ichiza.
Restaurant reviews, quips, picks and pans-with some seriously salivating history-from the man who eats his way through Sin City every day.
