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Eating fake (and greasy) Irish food in a fake Irish pub while listening to fake Irish music* about as satisfying as having a fake (stripper) friend with fake breasts fake an orgasm during fake sex.
You have been warned.
RÍ RÁ
At the Mandalay Bay Shoppes
3950 Las Vegas Blvd. South
Las Vegas, NV 89109
702.632.9376
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* Who doesn’t love a little Marshall Tucker or Charlie Daniels with their greasy fish and chips?
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The Food Gal® is something of an expert on this “stone pot mixed meal” — at least as it exists in Vegas’ Korean eateries — since she’s tried it in just about every Korean eatery in town. Of all she’s sampled, she loves the nicely arranged vegetables, and the big, ceramic bowl at Korean Garden Barbecue most of all, not least because that ceramic pot provides maximum surface area for caramelization of the steamed rice as it melts against the super-heated bottom and sides.
Continue reading “Eat This Now – Dolsot Bibimbap at KOREAN GARDEN BARBECUE”
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.
Continue reading “Saturday Pot Luck (ELV Gets His Kabobs Konfused)”