It’s Tapas Time on Wake Up With the Wagners!

Scroll to the 31:04 mark to see ELV tantalize you with terrific tapas, and actually get Kim Wagner to take a bite of something strange and delicious – cold gazpacho inside a cocoa butter ball. (If there’s a better hot weather food than Julian Serrano‘s cold gazpacho, we haven’t found it.)

For the best tapas in town. go to:

1) Julian Serrano – Aria Hotel and Casino

2) Jaleo – The Cosmopolitan

3) China Poblano – The Cosmopolitan

4) Bar + Bistro @ Arts Factory – 107 East Charleston

…and don’t sully the spirit or the succulent superiority of any of these places by even thinking about Firefly…or mentioning it in ELV’s presence.

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Jose Lopez Picazo at JULIAN SERRANO

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You get the feeling talking with Executive Chef José Lopez Picazo that he’s a great admirer of America’s two most celebrated Spanish chefs — Jose Andrés and Julian Serrano —  but that he’s more impressed with the day to day kitchen and cooking habits of Serrano. The Madrid native should know, since he’s one of the few chefs to have done considerable time with both men — working with Andrés for years in D.C. before coming west to take over the kitchen duties at Julian Serrano.

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