Tag: Mandarin Oriental

Trying Tenderness (with a dose of humility) in Vegas

Once again, Eating Las Vegas has beaten the New York Times to the punch.

In case you missed it, or don’t subscribe to the Times, click here to read today’s article on Pierre Gagnaire’s opening in Vegas.

And click here to read ELV’s original, exclusive interview with PG in John Mariani’s blog: The Virtual Gourmet, published this past Saturday.

Point of pride: ELV thinks he may have been the first American food writer to obtain an interview with Gagnaire, and even if he wasn’t, it was a good get, as they say in the p.r. biz.

Cutting edge, investigative, up to date, always on top and never in doubt*….yup, that’s ELV!

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* Yup, we’ve been taking lessons from Charlie “Mr. Humility” Trotter.

Pierre Gagnaire Inteview – An Eating Las Vegas Exclusive

PIERRE GAGNAIRE COMES TO VEGAS AND HOPES NO ONE THINKS HE’S A PIZZA MAN

On December 4, 2009, Pierre Gagnaire (gahn-Yair) will be the third renowned French chef in four years to open his first American restaurant in Las Vegas. Twist by Pierre Gagnaire in the Mandarin Oriental will join miX by Alain Ducasse, and restaurants Joel Robuchon and Guy Savoy among the classified growths of Las Vegas dining, so we reached him for a friendly Q & A about the Vegas-French Connection, and what we can expect from this master of avant-garde cuisine.

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