In Case You Missed It: Food Talk with Max and John on KNPR

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

AIR DATE: October 22, 2010

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Looking for a romantic Las Vegas dining experience? Max Jacobson and John Curtas compare notes on five top choices in romantic dining.

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


Eat This Now – Salad with Dried Cranberries and Shaved Foie Gras at TWIST

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Sorry for being a little light on the posts lately food fans, but we at ELV have been a little busy.

And depressed.

“Why are you so depressed ELV?” is probably what you’re asking yourself right now.

The answer is: We’re depressed because we can’t have Pierre Gagnaire’s (and Pascal Sanchez’s) baby greens salad with dried cranberries and shaved foie gras everyday.

“But ELV,” you’re probably saying to yourself right now, “how in the world do they shave foie gras into ribbon-thin shards of fatty deliciousness in order to shower them over a salad?”

To which ELV can only reply: We haven’t the foggiest, but think it is the best use of foie since someone invented the terrine.

TWIST by Pierre Gagnaire

In the Mandarin Oriental Hotel

3752 Las Vegas Blvd. South

Las Vegas, NV 89109

702.590.3205

http://www.mandarinoriental.com/lasvegas/dining/twist/

Memo to Self: Self, Remind Yourself Not to Attend

ELV note: The only thing more ridiculous than an ad campaign based around the limited appeal of a goomba, Soprano-wannabe is an meatball-eating contest targeted at the meatballs, pudwacks and douchebags who think such a thing is cool. Jay Louis, Las Vegas needs you! It begs you to properly mock these stains upon the human condition, and the protein-ingestion-fests that attract them.