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Taking Just One Drink For A Ride At Bellagio
Sometimes a full restaurant review just won't do. Perhaps, there wasn't time for an A-Z meal. Maybe it's a restaurant we've written about before. Or a dog ate our good pictures. There may still be that one dish worth writing about. A new one, an old one. A newsworthy one or a memorable one (for better or worse). It might be the one dish, or drink, out of the whole experience that gets us to return. Or, stay away. Now, another installment in our Just One Dish series.
Our dish is a cocktail today as the series turns its attention to Just One Drink at the Bellagio. The Cable Car is a drink very familiar to our lips, but it was only recently pointed out that the cocktail that originated in San Francisco is a Bellagio signature. Who are we not to pay tribute to a highlighted item? So, of course, we stopped in to sample one. Or, four.
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Four Seasons' New Lounge Impresses with Just One Dish
Sometimes a full restaurant review just won't do. Perhaps there wasn't time for an A-Z meal. Maybe it's a restaurant we've written about before. Or a dog ate our good pictures. There may still be that one dish worth writing about. A new one, an old one. A newsworthy one or a memorable one (for better or worse). It might be the one dish out of the whole experience that gets us to return. Or stay away. We present you with Just One Dish.
Affordable indulgence. Las Vegas can gouge every penny, but occasionally can offer you a new adventure for the absolute right price. For decades a cheap, huge steak or prime-rib let you think you were beating the system. Think one dollar oysters or .99 cent shrimp cocktails. Cheap entrées to the world of an expensive entrée. And then, there are the prime indulgences. This is a city where foie gras, caviar and their ilk are available at every turn. The Cosmopolitan's Wicked Spoon buffet features bone marrow. Not long ago that would have been unthinkable. At the even more surprising off-Strip Eureka Casino, Fat Choy, sells bone marrow as a "snack" that will obsess your thoughts. Which brings us to Baked Alaska.
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In Search Of Just One Dish At M Resort, We Found Just One Drink
Sometimes, a full restaurant review just won't do. Perhaps, there wasn't time for an A-Z meal. Maybe, it's a restaurant we've written about before. Or, a dog ate our good pictures. There may still be that one dish worth writing about. A new one, an old one. A newsworthy one or a memorable one (for better or worse). It might be the one dish out of the whole experience that gets us to return. Or stay away. Now, another installment in our Just One Dish series.
Somewhere between San Francisco and Phoenix last year, we were put on a mission for decent Ginger Beer. After repeatedly finding not all (okay almost zero) ginger beers are of the alcoholic variety and swallowing several bad variations of Moscow Mules, thoughts of a successful mission started to look grim. Could a recent trek to M Resort have led us to that Just One Dish..errr... Drink that we'd been searching for?
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At Le Thai, Try Just One Dish That Isn't On The Menu
Sometimes, a full restaurant review just won't do. Perhaps, there wasn't time for an A-Z meal. Maybe, it's a restaurant we've written about before. Or, a dog ate our good pictures. There may still be that one dish worth writing about. A new one, an old one. A newsworthy one or a memorable one (for better or worse). It might be the one dish out of the whole experience that gets us to return. Or stay away. Now, another installment in our Just One Dish series.
We have been fans of Le Thai's food ever since Daniel Coughlin brought his Fremont East gem to the hipsterhood in November 2011. His brisket/meatball soup has been lauded locally and, nationally, by Details magazine.
And, while it’s nearly impossible for us to nosh at LT without ordering noodles -- shrimp pad thai, spice level #3 is this writer's fave -- or the perfectly crisp pork jerky appetizer (we’d eat a belt buckle dipped in this amazing waterfall sauce), if we have chopsticks put to our head and had to opt for Just One Dish, we’ll take Dan’s Special, short rib fried rice for $12.50.
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Just One Dish: Andre's French Onion Soup
We moved a little fast yesterday with all that chatter of sex and passionate injuries so let's back it up a bit and have a talk a tick more appropriate for the table. In time we'll get to know each other better but, for now, let's start off with Just One Dish: the French Onion Soup at Andre's in the Monte Carlo, perhaps?
French Onion Soup seems like an awful thing to recommend, doesn't it? Onions are one of the most abrasive vegetables -- a total "you either love it or hate it" food item -- and it's too damn hot half the time to even consider a bowl of soup in Vegas. As bad as it seems, French Onion "soupers" will appreciate the hell out of this tip as they, if they're like us, have no doubt suffered through bowl after bowl of bad versions in the quest to discover some top of the line cheesy-onion goodness.
When we saw the $15 price tag at Andre's, we smiled knowing we were either about to eat the best French Onion soup of our lives, or experience yet another disappointment. Either way, we'd share our story so that others may avoid making the same mistake.
Spoiler alert: It was far from the latter.
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If You Can't Find A Twinkie, Get Your Sugar High With Rattlecan's S'mores
We dug the beef, but the true temptation on the menu of Rattlecan, the new burger joint at Venetian, just may be a dessert.
This Just One Dish is more of a perfect melding of all those cravings that all too often get us into trouble -- a little something sweet, a little something salty, and a little something crunchy with a kicker of gooey goodness thrown in.
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Just One Dish To Order At Julian Serrano (And One To Avoid)
Longtime readers should be aware there are two things this writer believes make everything better: bacon and eggs. And, peanut butter. Let us rephrase that: There are three things that can elevate a dish for us. The menu at Aria's Julian Serrano is full of tapas, but it's one in particular that liberally uses eggs and is Just One Dish that we always order twice.
The Huevos Estrellados: fried potatoes, eggs and imported spanish pork chorizo for $10. Yes, that's fancy words for french fries and sausage bits covered in eggs. Real chorizo bits to be bitten, not slurped like our last chorizo dish. Is it breakfast or is it dinner? Is it finger food or fork food? It's a crispy, spicy, runny all-of-the-above dish that needs to be ordered in multiples of two. Not at once mind you, not unless your party is four or more. Order it as an appetizer and then later as a side dish. Point at the menu if you're nervous about pronouncing it. But, it is everyone's patriotic duty to order these french fried pataters.
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Escalators, Dancing Dealers, A Loooong Bar And Now At The D: Chili Dogs
The D has been bringing a little bit of Detroit to downtown for a few weeks now. Its biggest Motor City influence has been exhibited by the arrival of American Coney Island. The 24-hour hot dog joint straight outta Michigan is located right under the fancy new ride escalating on up to the second level Vue Bar.
Since we can't survive purely on pancakes, pizza, and fried Oreos while downtown, hot dogs sounded like a cheap eat worth checking out.
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Eating Just One Dish at Eat
It's pretty sweet when your Monday is also your Friday as is the case for our newest contributor, R.P. Swallow, who files his first report today. A longtime Las Vegas resident by way of Canada, Swallow lives, works and plays in downtown Vegas. And, before you ask, yes, he really lives in downtown Vegas he plays hockey. He also loves a good meal so what better way to begin than by eating at Eat, downtown's hot new, um, eatery.
It contains not a cluck of chicken, but this new VegasChatter'er guarantees y’all that every truck stop and diner from Ada, Oklahoma to Zavalla, Texas serves -- and claims their version as the best -- chicken fried steak. And, now, the groovy new downtown brekkie and lunch only restaurant Eat boosts Las Vegas’ claim on this southern menu staple.
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Just One Dish: Spanish Chorizo Downtown
Sometimes a full restaurant review just won't do. Perhaps, there wasn't time for an A-Z meal. Maybe it's a restaurant we've written about before. Or, a dog ate our good pictures. There may still be that one dish worth writing about. A new one, an old one. A newsworthy one or a memorable one (for better or worse). It might be the one dish out of the whole experience that gets us to return. Or stay away. We present you with Just One Dish.
A stop at downtown's Bar + Bistro earlier this year impressed us with artsy touches but its flavors fell pretty flat. Perhaps in a forgiving mood or maybe just gluttons for punishment, we revisited recently for the hangover brunch we'd heard plenty about.
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We Spot Just One Dish During Lotus Of Siam's Top Chef Masters Cameo
Sometimes a full restaurant review just won't do. Perhaps, there wasn't time for an A-Z meal. Maybe it's a restaurant we've written about before. Or, a dog ate our good pictures. There may still be that one dish worth writing about. A new one, an old one. A newsworthy one or a memorable one (for better or worse). It might be the one dish out of the whole experience that gets us to return. Or stay away. We present you with Just One Dish.
Much has been buzzed, talked, written, and filmed about Lotus of Siam, often referred to as one of America's very best Thai restaurants and the best by Gourmet magazine at one point. VegasChatter has tasted and written about it more than once, Andrew Zimmern and Scott Conant filmed their visit for Travel Channel, and Ming Tsai highlighted one of Lotus of Siam's dishes as the Best Thing He Ever Ate.
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Just One Dish Tries To Pick Just One Dog
Sometimes a full restaurant review just won't do. Perhaps there wasn't time for an A-Z meal. Maybe it's a restaurant we've written about before. Or a dog ate our good pictures. There may still be that one dish worth writing about. A new one, an old one. A newsworthy one or a memorable one (for better or worse). It might be the one dish out of the whole experience that gets us to return. Or stay away. We present you with Just One Dish.
In this case, Just One Dish just isn't enough, but we'll try to stay within the constraints we've set upon ourselves. Having tried just about every item on the menu from today's featured restaurant, we struggled to choose just one. If this one isn't to your liking, another is right around the corner (of the menu).
Buldogi's Gourmet Hot Dogs isn't on The Strip. Or, even just off the Strip. It's located in Summerlin a few blocks from Red Rock Casino. Hot dogs in Summerlin? Hang with us. We wouldn't necessarily walk across The Strip for a dog so is this one worth the 20-30 minute drive? That's ultimately your choice (yes) but it's definitely worth a stop for anyone in the area.
