Category: Miscellaneous

Holy Heideggerian Hangar One Batman!

According to this article in today’s NYTimes, there are eight, count ’em (8!), schools of philosophical cocktail thought presently in vogue in America. Some adherents to certain schools, like the minimalist Violet Hour in Chicago, use eight, count ’em (8!) different types of ice in their concoctions.

And ELV thought there were only two kinds of drinks: a good one or a bad one.

But then we got to thinking…not thinking in a navel-gazing, Kierkegaardian kocktail sense, but more like a John Stuart Mill empiricist; and realized that the pragmatism of drink mixing, and structuralism involved in deconstructing the elements of a potent potable, simply gives them a humanistic bent that we think Fromm (not to mention Perls) would’ve approved of.

If, like Martin Heidegger, either of those two had taken a different cocktail fork in the road, they might’ve become phenomenologist ontological mixologists. Or something like that.

ELV’s favorite cocktail bars in LV (in no particular order*):

Downtown Cocktail Room

Sensi (in the Bellagio)

Bourbon Bar (at Twin Creeks in the Silverton)

Nora’s (the original on W. Flamingo)

Restaurant Charlie (The Palazzo)

Picasso (in the Bellagio)

Fleur de Lys (Mandalay Bay)

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* We’re always open for suggestions** and recommendations….but don’t send us anywhere with bouncers, a velvet rope (Bar Noir), or attitude (most nightclubs).

** Speaking of suggestions***…how ’bouts we head out tonight for a Blue Blazer?  Or maybe just join us for Vodka-Time.

*** And we just heard about Frankie’s Tiki Room at 1712 W. Charleston, and will probably check it out tonight (or perhaps in a few minutes — since it’s open 24/7).

And The Correct Answer Is….

WHO IS KILLING THE GREAT CHEFS OF EUROPE, a savory and sweet whodunnit celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. This Ted Kotcheff film is a must see for anyone who fashions themselves a connoisseur of food movies.

ELV puts it right up there with Juzo Itami’s Tampopo (1985) and Ang Lee’s Eat, Drink, Man, Woman (1994) as one of the great gastronomic films of all time. (click here for one of our favorite scenes from Tampopo)

And if those scenes don’t get you hungry and slightly steamy, try this one.

Continue reading “And The Correct Answer Is….”

Eating Las Vegas Contest – that has nothing to do with Thanksgiving (applause applause)

First, to all of you — ELV’s faithful readers and post-ers: HAPPY THANKSGIVING FROM EATING LAS VEGAS, and his entire staff!

Secondly, since we know you’re already tired of holiday quizzes and trivia contests, ELV thought he’d tickle your brain stems with a contest about something else. So, my fine feathered famously full food fact freaks:

Can you identify the origin of these quotes?*

“I don’t wish to address anyone by name who has had their finger up my rectum.”

“Take two stars from Chez Auguste. I ate there last night and generated more gas than an Arabian oil field puts out in a month.”

“It’s no more trouble to make a good omelet than a bad one.”

“…(you are) a fat piece of rancid headcheese!”

“Every fold of (my) skin is a sonnet…every chin, a concerto!”

“You don’t have to have laid an egg to be able to smell a bad one.”

“You may have had her body, but I’ve had her creams, her meringues, her breads and her cakes.”

“I will make love to you six times: primi, antipasti, pasta, pesce, carne….and dolce!”

“I have a fantastic body…you will love touching it.”

First prize: Lunch with ELV and a mega-babe of his choosing (assuming her 1-900 number still works)

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* And no, the answer isn’t: Last night in ELV’s bedroom.