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It tastes like white lighting soaked in sweetened tree resin, but nonetheless, is strangely compelling.

So compelling, in fact, you’ll find yourself ordering another one before you know it.

And then another…

…and before too long, you’ll find yourself doing this:

Pronounced “mas-TEEK-ha” it is only available at Estiatorio Milos…and only should be consumed if someone else is driving.

ΥΓΕΙΑ! (Yamas!)

ESTIATORIO MILOS

In The Cosmopolitan Hotel and Casino

3708 Las Vegas Blvd. South

Las Vegas, NV 89109

702.698.7930

www.estiatoriomilos.com

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While ELV was out of town last week, visiting his ancestral home, he stumbled upon an idea that might be perfect for Las Vegas: Beer Growlers!

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Dude, I can totally incorporate that into a cocktail…

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Gary Zbilski has stories to tell.

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FOOD FOR THOUGHT

ELV note: We recorded this at KNPR in December, 2004, and you can listen to us perform the script in the mellifluous, whimsical and melancholy tones for which we were known by clicking on the link below. Happy New Year 2012!

You’re Toast!

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Happy New Year, Great Saturnalia, Season’s Greetings or Yumpin’ Yule– however you celebrate the shortest days of the year, I’m sure food (and especially drink), has a lot to do with it. And since all holiday celebrations begin or end with a toast, I thought some information about how all that clinking of glasses came about, might be fun, and provide some good conversation fodder should you find yourself trapped behind a punchbowl with nothing witty to say.

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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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Memo to East Fremont Street: The following are three examples of the type of food and drink that ought to (might? maybe? someday?) be in our humble burg instead of the tourist traps and various other shite we are saddled with.

Let’s start with a mega-cool pub, The Hopping Pig in San Diego:

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J. R. serves you Off the Cuff

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Calling a dude “hot” feels about as natural to ELV as praising a Republican….but hey…it could happen!

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The ice comes from Iceland. (How appropriate!) It goes into a very heavy, very cool ice press at the bar at Le Cirque. Gravity and evaporation do their work, and within a couple of minutes: prest-O! change-O! you have a perfect sphere of super cold ice, ready to go into whatever expensive whisky has just been ordered.

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ELV update: Due to circumstances beyond our control,* we inadvertently called Flame Kebob the Kebab Palace when we posted this on Saturday. We also put the wrong address down. Too many kebab restaurants is our only excuse…making the distinguishing of them difficult when looking through a directory. Complete sobriety would also help when doing such research. ELV regrets the error.

You won’t find a better cocktail in Vegas than the deceptively simple Comme Çi (“like this”) at Comme Ça (“like that”).

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Despite the name, what it really is is a daiquiri with a higher education — it’s baccalaureate coming in the form of a cucumber and fresh ground black pepper garnish. It is elegant and refreshing and oh so sophisticated coming as it does in a very civilized cocktail coup….the sort that Nick and Nora Charles used to imbibe from. While you’re sipping, be sure and order one of Brian Howard’s charcuterie platters, his potted steak tartare (love the raw egg garnish), and an end of the season heirloom tomato salad with tomato sorbet that looks like a tuna tartare and tastes like a wistful, last sense of summer.

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