Some of our favorite venues - The Palazzo and Wynn/Encore will be having special St. Patrick’s Day Cocktails at their respective bars and lounges!  Celebrate the Irish with these drinks and you might even find that pot of gold at the end of the slot machines!

If you can’t make it to the Palazzo or Wynn/Encore here are the recipes to try on your own!

Fusion Mixology Bar at the Palazzo’s Specialty Cocktail is The Height of Folly

Ingredients:

2 oz. Bushmills Irish Whiskey

1 oz. Bailey’s Irish Cream

½ oz. Half n Half syrup

½ oz. simple syrup

 

Garnish:

 “Green” white chocolate syrup swirl in glass

 

How to assemble cocktail:

Shake and strain into Martini glass

 

Photo Credit: IS Photography/imagesofvegas.com

 

Wynn/Encore’s Mixologist Patricia Richardson’s Specialty is Spiced Irish Crème:

-3/4 oz. Jameson Irish Whiskey

-3/4 oz. Baileys Irish Cream

-3/4 oz. Canton Ginger Liqueur

Method: Combine the above ingredients into a mixing glass. Add ice and shake to chill. Strain into a shot glass. Serve.

Happy St. Patrick’s Day to All!

Celebrate St Patrick’s Day at Charlie Palmer Steak in Vegas

St. Patrick’s Day Dinner Menu served March 17th

 

First Course

CREAMY POTATO LEEK SOUP

WITH TIPPERARY CHEDDAR

 

CEDAR SMOKED SALMON

PICKLED BABY VEGETABLES, TOASTED BROWN BREAD

 

COMPOSED SALAD OF CARAMELIZED AMBROSIA APPLES

HOUSE CURED RASHERS, MIXED WINTER GREENS, GRAIN MUSTARD VINAIGRETTE

 

Main Course

GUINNESS BRAISED SHORT RIBS

ROOT CELLAR VEGETABLES, FRESH HORSERADISH CREAM

 

CRISP WILD SALMON

COLCANNON, TURNIPS, CARROTS AND GREENS

KERRY GOLD BUTTER SAUCE

 

CASHEL BLUE CHEESE CRUSTED FILET OF BEEF

“MIDDLETON” WHISKEY REDUCTION AND CARAMELIZED SHALLOT

 

ENTRÉES ACCOMPANIED BY

SLOW BRAISED WHITE CABBAGE

“CHAMP” POTATOES

IRISH SODA BREAD

 

Dessert

BANANA BAILEY’S BREAD PUDDING

SALTED CARAMEL ICE CREAM

 

CHOCOLATE STOUT BUNDT CAKE

WITH DRUNKIN’ DARK CHERRIES

 

three course dinner

$45 per person

_________________________________________________

St. Patrick’s Day Bar Menu

served March 17th in our Bar + Lounge

 

Small Plate Specials

CRISPY HARP BATTERED FISH AND CHIPS  $9

MALT VINEGAR AND MEYER LEMON TARTAR SAUCE

 

SLICED CORNED BEEF OVER SLOW BRAISED CABBAGE  $9

MUSTARD AND HORSERADISH

 

BANGERS AND MASHED  $9

CARAMELIZED ONION JAM

 _____________________________________________________________

For Dinner Reservations please call 702.632.5120

With Valentine’s Day just around the corner check out our latest Valentine’s Day  menus  from some of the best and most romantic restaurants in Vegas (including Alize, Andre’s at the Monte Carlo, CUT, Rao’s, Restaurant Charlie to name a few) , New York (including Le Bernardin, Michael Jordan’s The Steakhouse N.Y.C., SD26, Telepan), Chicago (including Everest), Fort Lauderdale (including La Marea), Beverly Hills (including Ortolan) and more in our Special Events section…Or, if you’d prefer to Celebrate Chinese New Year’s check out our menus in Vegas (including Wazuzu, Wing Lei), New York (including Our Place, Shun Lee) and Chicago (including Ben Pao) in the same Special Events sections!

Alternatively, if you’re eating in - check out our list of the Top 5 Aphrodisiac Foods by clicking here!  You might be surprised with the results.

 

HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY AND CHINESE NEW YEAR TO ALL OF OUR LOYAL READERS!

THANK YOU FOR YOUR WONDERFUL COMMENTS AND SUPPORT!

Check out our article on Chinese New Year’s in TheStreet.com - including menu items from Zine Noodles Dim Sum, Wazuzu, Wing Lei, Ben Pao, Shun Lee Palace, Our Place, Blue Ginger, and Macao Trading Co.  For the full menus, check out special events on TravelsinTaste.com

 

 Click here to read it! 

Happy New Year!

With the Superbowl this weekend we thought we’d remind you of where to get the best sizzling steaks while watching the game in luxury….Check out our story on TheStreet.com

http://www.thestreet.com/goodlife/top-one-percent/10656513.html

The Venetian and The Palazzo will celebrate Chinese New Year and the Year of the Tiger with an authentic dragon and lion dance with firecrackers and festive decorations featuring a 16.5-foot long Tiger and Chinese Bridge in the atrium gardens of The Shoppes at The Palazzo with citrus trees representing good luck and fortune.

Photo Credit: Imagesofvegas.com/IS Photography

Dragon Dance

The dragon and lion dance symbolizes good luck and prosperity for the year to come and is an important ritual of Chinese culture. The Chinese consider dragons to be friendly and helpful creatures associated with strength, good fortune, wisdom and longevity.  Lions are traditionally seen as guardians and are used to exorcise evil spirits and summon luck and fortune.

On Saturday, February 13th at 3 p.m., a ceremonial dragon and lion dance, complete with firecrackers and eye painting ceremony, will begin at The Venetian’s lavish Porte-Cochere, making its way through The Venetian Casino, into The Palazzo Waterfall Atrium, through The Palazzo Casino and end in the upper Palazzo Porte-Cochere. The colorful spectacle will feature a parade of dancers and musicians dressed in elaborate costumes playing authentic music.

One additional dragon dance, minus the eye painting ceremony, will be held on Sunday, February 14th at 1 p.m. beginning in The Venetian Porte-Cochere, make its way through the casino into The Palazzo Waterfall Atrium and ending in The Palazzo Porte-Cochere. All dragon dances will be open to the public.

Chinese New Year Décor

Decorations in the customary color scheme of red and gold and traditional tangerine trees will help ring in the New Year at The Venetian and The Palazzo. More specifically, The Venetian and The Palazzo will celebrate the Year of the Tiger with the following décor additions:

• The décor throughout both The Venetian and The Palazzo will include presentations of citrus trees, red envelopes and lanterns to celebrate the New Year.
• The Venetian reception desk wall will feature an ornate red silk taffeta drapery treatment with ornate I-Ching coins.
• The Venetian’s lobby will feature red, orange and yellow floral to complement the banners and lotus lanterns hanging in The Venetian Colonnade.
• The Palazzo Waterfall Atrium will have the most dramatic transformation with the following embellishments:
  • A 16.5-foot long custom-designed Tiger, the auspicious zodiac symbol of 2010, will be situated at the water feature facing The Palazzo casino floor to welcome visitors.
  • Six-foot custom-made red, orange and yellow lanterns that will be hung to signify the lives of our guests will always be bright and full of lights.
  • The atrium gardens will be redesigned into an Asian garden with red, orange and yellow floral including Mums, Orchids, Bromeliads, Kalonchoes and feature a ChineseBridge with 35-foot bamboo.
  • Throughout the atrium gardens there will be arrangements of over-sized bamboo towers with fresh orchids and lanterns.
  • The waterfall wall will be adorned with ceremonial accent décor.
• The columns in The Palazzo lobby surrounding the Aqua di Cristallo statue will feature a sophisticated red taffeta fabric treatment, tangerine trees and bundles of gold I-Ching Coins representing an “abundance of wealth.” The main entrance to The Palazzo will also be decorated with I-Ching coins in multiples of eight welcoming good fortune to guests.
•  The Palazzo lobby includes custom bamboo towers and bamboo floral centerpieces created specifically for The Palazzo by a bamboo artist.

 

Decorations celebrating Chinese New Year will be presented through the third week of February.

 

For  Zine Dim Sum Restaurant’s Chinese New Year’s Menu, click here.  For the full listing, please click here.

NYC Restaurant Week is Here!  Starting today through February 7th (Saturdays excluded, Sunday participation optional) you can get three course  $24.07 prix fixe lunches and $35 prix fixe dinners at some of New York City’s best restaurants.  This year’s participation includes 21 Club, Aldea, Michael Jordan’s The Steakhouse N.Y.C., Rouge Tomate, and SHO Shaun Hergatt, among many other.  For a listing of our favorite menus please click here.

Bon Appetit

ROUGE TOMATE PARTNERS WITH DIVINE CHOCOLATE FOR

SWEET LOVE SATURDAYS

Rouge Tomate will be offering sweets from Divine Chocolate, an eco-friendly cooperative of cocoa farmers in Ghana

Rouge Tomate, a Michelin star rated Manhattan restaurant and a proud member of the Green Restaurant Association, announced today a new February promotion, Sweet Love Saturdays and a partnership with Divine Chocolate.  Beginning on Saturday, February 6th and continuing until Saturday, February 27th, those who dine at Rouge Tomate on Saturdays, will receive a special box of Divine Chocolate and Passion Fruit Truffles as a gift from Executive Pastry Chef, James Distefano to take home. 

 

Thanks to Valentines’ Day, February is the month of love.  However, now it’s also the month to celebrate our love of doing the right thing.   Divine Chocolate is an eco-friendly cooperative of cocoa farmers in Ghana in which the local workers own shares in the company.  Divine Chocolate’s fair trade practices ensure that profits from the company benefit cocoa farmers in West Africa in real and sustainable ways.  But of course, it’s not just the story that’s deliciously sweet, it’s the chocolate too!

In addition to the specially made truffles, Rouge Tomate is also taking reservations for a very romantic Valentine’s Day dinner on Saturday, February 13th.  Located in the heart of Manhattan at 10 East 60th St. between Madison and Fifth Avenue, Rouge Tomate will be offering their traditional a la carte menu under the direction of Executive Chef Jeremy Bearman as well as a special $85 chef’s choice menu including 5 courses and champagne.  Complimentary roses and the Divine Chocolate and Passion Fruit Truffles will be given as gifts.   

“As this is our second Valentine’s Day in Manhattan, I am so pleased to celebrate the love of food, sweets and each other and partner with Divine Chocolate,” said Emmanuel Verstraeten, Founder and CEO of Rouge Tomate.

Rouge Tomate is also participating in NYC Restaurant week for Lunch and Dinner.

To make reservations for Rouge Tomate, please call 646.237.8977 or visit www.rougetomatenyc.com

GO GET ‘EM TIGER: LOVE BITES AT BEN PAO THIS VALENTINE’S DAY

Ben Pao Celebrates Chinese New Year with the Year of the Tiger for Valentine’s Day Weekend

 

Be a tiger this Valentine’s Day. It’s the Year of the Tiger, and Ben Pao is celebrating the Chinese New Year over Valentine’s Day weekend, Thursday, Feb. 11 through Sunday, Feb. 14 with traditional Chinese New Year menu items, a “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Aphrodisiac” Champagne and sparkling wine tasting, and the amazing and colorful Lion Dance which draws crowds yearly.  

Celebration Schedule:

Thursday, Feb. 11 through Sunday, February 14: Year of the Tiger Menu Specials

4 p.m.: Guests can enjoy The Year of the Tiger menu, which includes traditional Chinese dishes made from scratch in the Ben Pao kitchen. These dishes are powerful symbols for good luck, fortune, health, wealth, and happiness. Featured menu items include:

Whole Crispy Red Snapper is the entrée special for the New Year. Fish is not only a common staple in the Chinese diet, but it is a central dish during the New Year. The Chinese word for fish also means the same as surplus or abundance, and serving the fish with the head and tail intact is thought to bring in a good beginning and end to the year. (Market Price)

Jaoizi Dumplings filled with natural ground pork, Napa cabbage, fresh ginger, shiitake and Shaoxing Wine. It is served with a Chinkiang black vinegar dipping sauce and shaped like little purses to symbolize wealth. The half-moon shape is also said to represent golden ingots; another symbol of wealth. $5.95

Golden Coin Turnovers are crisp puff-pastries filled with tiger shrimp to celebrate the Year of the Tiger. The shrimp themselves represent overall happiness and well being. $6.95

Long Life Noodles are traditional at every Chinese New Year celebration. The lengthy noodles insure longevity for anyone who eats them, as long as they remain uncut. Ben Pao’s Shanghai Wheat Noodles are tossed with star anise braised pork shoulder, shiitake, oyster and cremini mushrooms, and finished with soy and Shaoxing wine. $12.95

For the individual events during the celebration please click here.

Mark Purdy, chef de cuisine at Alizé at the Top of the Palms has been utilizing the locally-grown products available from the farmer’s market to create a lower priced menu for our diners.

This prix fixe is available 7-days a week; although the menu items can change daily, depending on what Chef Purdy has fresh on hand and has selected from the farmer’s market.

Chilled Seafood Platter Assortment

Maine Lobster, Kusshi Oyster, Snow Crab Claw

Mexican Tiger Shrimp, King Crab Leg and Claw

Cocktail and Mustard Sauces

($20 additional)

~or~

Roasted Foie Gras and Chestnut Soup

Cranberry-Orange Compote and Granola Streussel

~or~

Smoked Apple, Poached Egg and Spinach Salad

Bacon, Candied Pistachios and Black Truffle Vinaigrette

~or~

Seared Diver Scallops

Roasted Garlic and Red Pepper Flan

Parsley Purée and Herb Butter Sauce

______________

Pan Roasted Chicken Breast

Chicken Leg Stuffed with Chestnuts and Caramelized Apples

Chanterelle Mushrooms and Pommes Glace

~or~

Sautéed Atlantic Salmon “Oscar”

King Crab, Braised Asparagus, Roasted Potatoes

Sauce Béarnaise

~or~

Ribeye au Poivre

Warm Potato Salad, Escarole, Pearl Onions

Black Pepper Cream Sauce

______________

Chocolate or Grand Marnier Soufflé

 

Menu available between 5:30pm - 7:00pm and again at 9:00pm - 10:00pm

$45.00 per person

 For a cooking demonstration or video interview with Andre Rochat (owner) please click here.

Alizé boasts a nearly 280-degree panoramic view of the Las Vegas Strip

from 16 foot floor-to-ceiling windows!

 **Prix Fixe Offer Not Valid with Other Promotional Offers.**

 For reservations to Alizé at the Top of the Palms please call 702.951.7000