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EATING LAS VEGAS – The 50 Essential Restaurants – 22. YUSHO

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Yusho is the only restaurant in Las Vegas that would have made a bigger splash (and been a bigger hit) had it opened off the Strip, instead of (literally) on the Strip. To be more precise: on a Strip-facing corner of the Monte Carlo Hotel and Casino, where tourists seeking another artisanal beverage stroll on by (oblivious to the mastery before them), and locals wouldn’t venture if the beer were free and Joël Robuchon was the sous chef.

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Asian Openings – TATSU and KOREAN DELICIOUS

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Here’s a typical conversation ELV often has with his fellow food writers when discussing Chinatown:

Food Writer #1 (puffed up with his usual arrogance): “Have you been to (name any place on or alongside Spring Mountain Road)? My Chinese friends come here all the time, and I consider it the best  blah blah blah….”

ELV: “Yeah, I was there the week they opened, and hit it for lunch at least once a month.”

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Noodlelicious Soups from SHOKU RAMEN-YA on Wake Up With the Wagners

For those of you who don’t Wake Up With the Wagners (or the pigs and chickens for that matter), yesterday’s restaurant segment on KSNV  (NBC) Channel 3’s  morning show was “Ramen is All the Rage”  — featuring the superior soups from Shoku Ramen-Ya, as well as giving a shout out to Monta, Ramen Tatsu, and Ramen Sora.

Here is the (sometimes slightly out of focus) video for your delectation:

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