Anyone up for dinner in Vegas on May 15?

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maureen

maureen nelson
I'm going out to be on a panel at a conference on the 16th - and as you probably know, flying into vegas means you can only get there in time to gamble. But I'd rather grab a bite and drink some wine with Disorderlies! Any possibility of that?
 
ah, Steve, if only I could - I have to fly out the next day to birmingham, alabama, for a family wedding.

Joe, you have the right idea. Dreary place. I've only been once (for another conference) - the tax director at the time from Cigna is a fellow wine geek and he'd rented a car - and we spent our free time driving around to all of the wine shops off the strip to see if there was anything worth buying. Apparently, some one had brought in some ex-cellars Prum and we found an older spatlese that was nice (can't remember vintage).

But I do remember that I dined at Chinois at the Bellagio the next night with a colleague from DC. I saw that the there was a Prum WS spatlese - 1982 (this would've been around 2000) on the list and I told him we were ordering it. He expressed concern about the age but I reassured him - don't worry this isn't the CA chard you drink. we ordered the wine and the waiter said, "oh, I need to tell the sommelier - he'll cry." I asked why and he said, "well, it's his favorite wine on the list and it's been on for over a year - andyou are the first person to order it."

It was excellent and went well with the spicy stringbeans.
 
Maureen,
Though I cannot be there to greet you, do avail yourself of Lotus of Siam, arguably the best
Thai reataurant in the US, withe the best Riesling selection in the US.

Mark Lipton
 
I was in Vegas on business last week, and on my one non-booked evening I sat at the bar at Strip Steak (in the Mandalay) and had a truly transcendent skirt steak as an entree. One of the cheapest steaks on the menu, and it was something to write home about. Not bad list, also (full disclosure, they serve Dashe Dry Creek by the glass) but there's lots to order.

Just a suggestion....

Mike Dashe
 
Lotus is a great spot, but with the departure of their sommelier and wine director Bank Atcharawan last year, its future is less certain. Bank's new endeavor, Chada, is great too. Had dinner there a couple weeks ago and the food is far more polished than Lotus - think street food vs. fine dining. The wine list at Chada isn't anywhere close to Lotus, but Bank allows for $0 corkage.
 
Based on my 4 most recent visits (late Jan and mid-February), I didn't see any adverse effects in food or wine list from Bank's departure.
 
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