The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas and LUCKYRICE, an annual New York culinary festival that gives voice to Asian cultures through the lens of food and drink, will launch the LUCKYRICE Vegas Night Market on June 23 from 8 - 11p.m. with an exclusive VIP experience from 7 - 8 p.m. at the Boulevard Pool. Tickets are available at www.cosmopolitanlasvegas.com. More information about the event and the participants can be found at www.luckyrice.com. Tickets are priced at $88, with a limited amount of VIP tickets available for $125, which includes early access to the event.

Presented by Bombay Sapphire® and Condé Nast Traveler, the LUCKYRICE Vegas Night Market will offer a variety of Asian street foods and flavors from 20 participating chefs including LUCKYRICE Culinary Council members Susur Lee (Top Chef Masters / Lee, Toronto), Pichet Ong (Qi, New York) and Angelo Sosa (Top Chef All-Stars / Social Eatz, New York) as well as renown Asian cuisine chefs from around the country such as Sang Yoon (Lukshon, Los Angeles), Jordan Kahn (Red Medicine, Los Angeles), Dale Talde (Top Chef / Talde, New York), Eddie Huang (Baohaus, New York), Jet Tila (The Charleston, Los Angeles), Paul Qui (Top Chef Texas Winner / Uchi, Austin) and Charles Phan (Slanted Door, San Francisco). In addition, the event will feature celebrated local chefs from Las Vegas including Saipin Chutima (Lotus of Siam), Colin Fukunaga and Robert “Mags” Magsalin (Fukuburger), Takashi Segawa (Monta) and Mitsuo Endo (Raku) along with The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas’s David Myers (Comme Ça), Shirley Chung (China Poblano by José Andrés), Anthony Meidenbauer (Holsteins) and Gerald Chin (Wicked Spoon).

Specific Dishes Include:

• David Myers (Comme Ca, West Hollywood and The Cosmopolitan at Las Vegas) - Amadai No Hana-Age, a deep-fried tile fish with pickled lotus, charred tomato and sudachi
• Eddie Huang (BaoHaus, New York) - Sous-vide Char Siu Pork withcucumber, cilantro, tza tsai, shwan tsai, Taiwanese red sugar and crushed peanuts
• Jordan Kahn (Red Medicine, Los Angeles) - Chicken Dumplings with caramelized sugar, pork fat, lemongrass and confitures
• Paul Qui (Uchi, Houston) - Sunchoke Dashi with summer vegetables and uni bottarga

In addition to food prepared by these chefs, the LUCKYRICE Night Market will serve culinary cocktails featuring Bombay Sapphire East created by an acclaimed team of bartenders including Tony Abou-Ganim, Duggan McDonnell (Cantina, San Francisco) and The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas’s resident mixologists.

“The LUCKYRICE Festival expansion taps into America’s heightened interest in Asian cuisine as increasing travel to and trade with Asia results in growing consumer awareness of Asian cultures and flavors. With so many participating restaurants and chefs, the LUCKYRICE Festival allows attendees to eat their way across Asia without leaving The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas,” says LUCKYRICE founder Danielle Chang.