The
Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas hosted the sold out inaugural LUCKYRICE Vegas Night
Market presented by Bombay SapphireÒ and Condé Nast Traveler, an offshoot of
the annual New York festival that gives voice to Asian cultures through the
lens of food and drink. This was the first
time the LUCKYRICE festival was held outside of New York. From 8 – 11 p.m., more than 20 chefs from top
culinary hotspots were on hand to showcase their best, most innovative Asian
cuisine.
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| Paul Qui |
The
event included acclaimed chefs like LUCKYRICE Culinary Council members Susur
Lee (Top Chef Master / Lee, Toronto), Pichet Ong (Qi, New York) and Angelo Sosa
(Top Chef All-Stars / Social Eatz, New York).
Lee created his succulent rack of lamb Thailandaise, one of the night’s
show stopping dishes. Ong served olive
oil torrejas with strawberries and maldon salt, while Sosa delivered a delicate
sashimi of fluke with bone marrow and parmesan reggiano. Paul Qui, the recent Top Chef Texas winner
and owner of Uchi in Austin, was also on hand dishing up his sunchoke dashi
with summer vegetables and uni bottarga.
Representing his restaurant Slanted Door from San Francisco was famed
chef Charles Phan, who kept a lengthy line of culinary enthusiasts with his
garlic beef rolls, Thai basil and house made sriracha.
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| Gerald Chin |
Some
of The Cosmopolitan’s own chefs participated in the Night Market as well. David Myers (Comme Ça) stepped outside his
usual French stylings with the amadai no hana-age, a deep fried tilefish with
pickled lotus and charred tomato and sudachi vinaigrette. Shirley Chung (China Poblano by José Andrés)
delivered a few options, including her red braised pork belly street sandwich,
rou jia mo. Anthony Meidenbauer
(Holsteins) and Gerald Chin (Wicked Spoon) also represented the property by
tapping into the night’s Asian flare.
Other
local chefs from Las Vegas included Saipin Chutima (Lotus of Siam), Colin
Fukunaga and Robert “Mags” Magsalin (Fukuburger), Takashi Segawa (Monta) and
Mitsuo Endo (Raku).
Accompanying
the wide array of food were cocktails featuring Bombay Sapphire East created by
seasoned mixologists including The Cosmopolitan’s Mariena Mercer (Chandelier
Bar), Chris Hopkins (Vesper) and Jerry Vargas (Bond).
Photo
Credit: © Erik Kabik/ erikkabik.com
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