Michael Winner directed some of the most execrable movies of all time. I mean have you seen “Chato’s Land” or “Death Wish 3” or “Won Ton Ton The Dog Who Saved Hollywood”?
We thought not.
Category: Travel
…And Again.
Doc Sconz’s next-to-last post on his Vegas (eating) vacation, ends with him enjoying himself (sort of) at ALEX at the Wynn. His assessment of the meal isn’t as glowing as you might expect, but, as usual, is accompanied by a number of tasty snaps that had ELV salivating. Unfortunately, we’ll probably never attain his degree of food foto fabulousness, if for no other reason than we’d probably end up looking like this guy….making shooting our food more of a sport than it already is.
His last post, summarizes, we think, the best way to view our strange, sui generis city — if one hopes to take the best from it and filter out the rest.
An Italian Lesson At LUPO
The trouble with eating Italian food is that five or six days later you’re hungry again. – George Miller
The above cliche is based upon the bad, cheap, fat-laden Italian food that continues to enthrall the American middle class (see Olive Garden, Maggiano’s, Macaroni Grill et al). It’s too bad though, because true Italian food, like Japanese, is about ingredients (or good groceries, as Alan Richman says) more than technique. For pirouettes on the plate, one usually looks to China or France, but for pristine ingredients that shine with only a minor flourish or two, you can’t beat a purist Italian meal prepared by a great chef.