By
Mike, on July 22nd, 2010
So a while back I wrote a largely unnoticed post about how the next addition to The Strip, The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, showed that our little twinkle in the desert still had our training wheels on. I still stand by most of it, but of course with new information my trademark hyperbole needs to [...]
By
Mike, on July 8th, 2010
So here I am, in the middle of writing this gushing review of Origin India and this story from Channel 13′s news is plastered across my laptop screen.
Balls.
Good Food is Made Here
Why Origin India? Why now? Why does it seem like every fucking time I’m about to shout out to the world the virtues [...]
By
Mike, on May 19th, 2010
While most of the outside world perceives the city limits of Las Vegas to not exceed the boundaries of Las Vegas Boulevard (between Sahara and Russell, that is), we residents know there is so much more to our little twinkle in the desert. I remember when The Wife and I first moved to Vegas almost [...]
By
Mike, on May 14th, 2010
I told you last week that I’d forget to bring the Cyber-shot when I go out to eat. Did I lie? I first saw this dessert in picture form when Chef Kuldeep Singh cooked at the James Beard House a couple months ago and was thrilled when I found out he added it to the menu [...]
By
Mike, on March 8th, 2010
Dos Caminos
I don’t know if it is a new trend among restaurants in town or if it is just new to me as I’m now (thankfully) getting bombarded with press releases from our lovely PR Firm tasters, but Dos Caminos at the Palazzo resort is the latest to hop on the Cooking Class Train. [...]
By
Mike, on February 15th, 2010
Big congratulations and best wishes go out to Origin India’s Chef Kuldeep Singh who was invited by the James Beard Foundation to prepare a meal at the legendary James Beard House in New York City on February 20th! Chef Singh will be preparing his signature modern twists on classic Indian favorites such as Potato and [...]
By
Mike, on January 9th, 2010
Where I call Italian restaurants that feature a more “home cooked” kind of cuisine, “Mama-Stirring-The-Sauce” establishments and Mexican restaurants “Mama-Pressing-The-Tortillas” places, what should I call it when we find home cooking qualities in an Indian joint? Mama-Stoking-The-Tandoor? Are tandoors even stoked? Well, for the purposes of the right now, they are until I learn otherwise. [...]
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