RUBEE TUESDAY: Las Vegas and Hotel Valley Ho
A weekly feature, I publish Rubee Tuesday as a photo recap of my recent drinking and dining adventures. You can read past Rubee Tuesdays HERE.
Sunday, August 13 - Thursday, August 17: Las Vegas. For a SOMM Journal assignment, I headed to Vegas to cover a Roco Winery dinner at Chinglish. Look for my recap in the December issue!
We decided to add on some extra days, checking into the Park MGM for the first time. I’ll be posting more photos and details in the Travel section, but our dining highlights included La La Noodle, Eataly, and Ferrarro’s Ristorante….
La La Noodle at Park MGM in Las Vegas
Eataly at Park MGM
Ferraro’s Ristorante in Las Vegas
…Primrose, Momofuku, and Bavette’s Steakhouse…
Primrose at Park MGM
Momofuku at The Cosmopolitan
Bavette’s Steakhouse at Park MGM
..and we always stop at Lindo Michoacan in Henderson before the drive back to Phoenix for lunch (and fresh tortillas to take home).
Lindo Michoacan
Friday, August 18: Celebrity Chef Dinner at Hotel Valley Ho. The finale of the resort’s summer Sip + Shop market series was a special dinner featuring James Beard award-nominated chefs Rene “Chito” Andrade and Beau MacMillan.
Hotel Valley Ho executive chef Russell LaCasce, writer Chistina Barrueta, Chef Beau MacMillan, Chef Rene Andrade, and Zane Smith of WorldClass
We dined with the team from WorldClass, one of the sponsors, whose beautiful Ibérico pork belly was used in Beau’s cooking demo for the first course…..
…and award-winning Devesa Argentine ribeye on the parillada platter with oxtail, papas sucias, nopales, frijoles con queso, tortillas, and salsa.
Chef Rene Andrade of Bacanora in Phoenix and Espiritu in Mesa
Check back on next week’s Rubee Tuesday for visits to Arboleda, Ember at We-Ko-Pa resort, The Mission, La Famiglia, and Merkin Old Town Scottsdale.