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Food writers around town are falling all over themselves singing the praises of this joint on South Rainbow near Flamingo. Insofar as it is something new on our food scene — a Spanish/Russian(?)/Bulgarian(??)/Georgian(???)/Bosnian(???????) tapas place — there is a certain appeal to discovering a world of food that usually gets short shrift in America.
Sometimes, some tasty snaps are worth a thousand words. – ELV
In honor of ELV’s review of Jaleo in this week’s Las Vegas Weekly, we thought a posting of the dishes he’s enjoyed during his last two dinners here would be a nice way to stimulate your appetite — both for Jaleo’s food and the article being published tomorrow.
Dinner #1
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Dinner #2
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To read about these dishes, in all their Asturian, Catalan and Valencian glory, go to www.lasvegasweekly.com tomorrow after 5 pm, or pick up this week’s Weekly at any number of locations all over town, starting Thursday morning.
JALEO
In The Cosmopolitan Hotel and Casino
3708 Las Vegas Blvd. South
Las Vegas, NV 89109
702.698.7950
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For the uninitiated, “sick” is chefspeak for outrageous, 0ff the hook, mesmeric, ethereal, celestial, canonical and/or mind-blowing.
In other words, it’s pretty cool.
Which pretty much sums up what José Andrés and crew are doing right now at their paella pit — a cylindrical fireplace in which individual wood* fires are built underneath huge paella pans — simmering and smoking this Catalonian classic, just like they do in the old country.
There’s nothing like in Vegas….or anywhere else in America for that matter….and the whole operation has to be seen to be believed.
And since ELV’s tasty snaps are often the same way, we thought we’d post these in advance of our full rundown/review.
That may take a little while, though, because we’ve been a little busy.
JALEO
In The Cosmopolitan Hotel and Casino
3708 Las Vegas Blvd. South
Las Vegas, NV 89109
702.698.7950
http://www.jaleo.com/index.php/contact/las_vegas
* Andrés tells us all the wood is local and purchased from a wood purveyor/broker near Nellis AFB. ELV didn’t know there were such things as “wood brokers.”