How To Prepare For The Las Vegas Epicurean Event! Fabuleux!!

Guest at Event

Venetian and Palazzo Executive Chef Olivier Dubreuil and Las Vegas Epicurean Affair Host, Chef Julian Serrano

How To Prepare for The Las Vegas Epicurean Event

Every year some of Las Vega’s famous and most popular restaurants come together for an epic feast;  the Las Vegas Epicurean Affair hosted by James Beard award-winning chef Julian Serrano. A multitude of fantastic food, fine wine and tasty desserts all come together to form a delectable fabulous experience.

This event takes over all three pools at The Palazzo and The Venetian and features food booths that range from Delmonico’s Steakhouse,  Capital Grille and Ferraro’s and Carmine’s.  Each food group is well represented from sushi, to steak, to Italian to Mexican and more.  There is so much delicious food to sample that I believe that a short course in how to prepare for this experience is in order.

Three days prior to event start to prepare your system by eating very lightly. Items such as yogurt and fruit for breakfast and soup for lunch and dinner; day two before the event   pretty much the same items and then the day before the event would highly recommend light soups and water , coffee or tea. Day of the event now this is very important, because your system will soon be bombarded with a plethora of different food types and inviting cocktails and fine wines and decadent desserts stick with the same menus of light soups and water and maybe fruit and toast for breakfast.

Fruit Loop Marshmallow Treats 

Doma's being prepared

Ice Sculpture from Canonita

Six o’clock arrives and you check in and stroll out onto the pool deck at The Palazzo. Immediately the aroma of cooking food wafts towards you. What is at the Il Mulino booth, well only fragrant melts in your mouth mushroom ravioli! Wait the Carmine’s booth has a huge portion of their famous lasagna with all fresh ingredients and with two different cheeses.  The list goes on with restaurant samplings from Aquaknox, B&B Ristorante, Bouchon, Buddy V’s, Burger Bar, Carmine’s, Carnevino, DB Brasserie, Delmonico Steakhouse, Ferraro’s, Herbs & Rye, Il Mulino, Simon Restaurant & Lounge, TAO Asian Bistro and Wolfgang Puck’s Postrio, and more. Another highlight of the evening were the handmade Dosa’s from Mint Indian Bistro, a dosa is a thin savory crepe made with fermented rice and lentil batter and is served with coconut chutney and spicy sambhar.

With delicious offerings from these restaurants that have made Vegas one of the finest epicurean destinations in the world it is very important to pace yourself. Along with the food are fresh cocktails and one especially tasty one that was a watermelon margarita!  Save room for dessert with one of my favorites of the night coming from Simon’s Restaurant and I could have had more than one of the fruit loop marshmallow treats!

Proceeds from the evening will benefit NvRA’s educational and scholarship programs, including ProStart®, a national high school culinary skill and restaurant management program.   So if you have not attended an Epicurean Affair be sure and put it on your bucket list!  

ABOUT NEVADA RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION

Founded in 1982, the Nevada Restaurant Association is the leading business association serving the needs of food service operators in Nevada. As an affiliate of the National Restaurant Association, and together with the NvRA Educational Foundation, the Association’s mission is to promote, protect and educate the restaurant industry, which is comprised of more than 5,000 restaurant and foodservice outlets employing more than 150,000 people.

ABOUT THE PALAZZO LAS VEGAS

With more than 3,000 spacious suites, luxury shopping, world-class dining and entertainment, the Silver LEED®-certified Palazzo Las Vegas literally takes luxury to new heights.  Ranked as one of the top 25 hotels in the U.S. and Canada in Travel + Leisure “World’s Best Awards,” the AAA Five Diamond and Forbes Travel Guide Four Star-Award winning resort is highlighted by a flagship 85,000-square-foot Barneys New York. Grand Canal Shoppes® at The Venetian and The Palazzo features  more than 160 luxury boutiques, specialty brands and world-class restaurants nestled around a charming and faithful reproduction of Venice’s Grand Canal, complete with cobbled walkways, street side cafes and live entertainment. Signature brands include Jimmy Choo, Diane von Furstenberg, Christian Louboutin, Kenneth Cole, Dooney & Bourke, Hervé Léger and Swarovski.  The all-suite resort offers plush and opulent accommodations ranging from a Luxury Suite at an unprecedented 720 square feet to the 8,000-square-foot Chairman suite with private terraces and plunge pools.  The Palazzo also offers a variety of cuisines from a collection of award-winning chefs such as Carnevino by Mario Batali, CUT by Wolfgang Puck and Table 10 by Emeril Lagasse. Other unique offerings include PANDA!, an unprecedented theatrical spectacle; the chic dining and nightlife hotspot, LAVO; the world’s largest Canyon Ranch SpaClub; the ultimate sports bar, sportsbook and restaurant on the Strip, Lagasse’s Stadium; and Prestige at The Palazzo – an exclusive space designed to offer the sophisticated traveler an elevated level of services and amenities. Guests can earn points while they eat, sleep, shop and play with Grazie, the premier loyalty program. The Palazzo and its famed sister resort, The Venetian Las Vegas, are the first ever Alliance Resorts in the InterContinental Hotel Group global portfolio. For additional information, visit The Palazzo website at palazzo.com, follow on Twitter @palazzovegas and interact on Facebook at facebook.com/palazzolasvegas.