…palate recalibration complete. Woe to the next Italian restaurant we visit after spectacular meals at Il Gattapardo, Circo, and Felidia.
At this point, ELV is in no mood for mediocrity.
CIRCO New York
Interested to see how it compares with Vegas original…and interested in some Tuscan Spring lamb. ELV loves comparing Vegas restaurants to their New York originals…
Bread exceptional, olive oil — young, fresh and very peppery.
Wine (Nero di Casanova della Spinetta) –medium-bodied but a bit warm.
Spring soup with fresh peas might be the best (vegetable) soup we’ve ever had.
The food — baby lamb with artichokes and trippa alla Fiorentina (tender, infused with Parmigiano-Reggiano) is beyond good; the Maccioni’s taste in music — beyond bad.
Owner Mauro Maccioni told us they get some music service from Rome (Italy, not Georgia), that must specialize in ’70’s stoner rock, and 80’s one hit wonders. (Flock of Seagulls anyone? Anyone?)
That said, he took our good-natured ribbing like a man,
And we had a good laugh about it…
CAFE BOULUD…
…was off the hook! And no, we really didn’t have dinner with Jeremy Irons, but he was so close to us that we are now intimately acquainted with his views on the American v.British education system and know that he enjoyed his halibut with spring vegetables just as much as we did.
And never, in either of our lives, have either of us had madelines as light and wonderful as the ones served here.