A few bites later, there were sighs of approval all around, but not what we were looking for. Then he eyed the carts with the steely-eyed calculation of an Amsterdam diamond merchant. Steven thought I was joking as we swerved around and through the slot banks - “Good dim sum? Here?” he kept asking. Instead it was straight to Ping Pang Pong in the Gold Coast for dramatic dim sum - the best in town. So no sweet and sour pork for this guy…if you know what I mean. He was coming to Vegas, knows these cuisines as well as any food-obsessed New York-based writer can, and wanted to get the best of our best, and be impressed.Įarly in his book, Shaw quotes that old Jackie Mason joke: “The Jewish culture is seven thousand years old, and Chinese food is about five thousand years old….So for two thousand years the Jews had nothing to eat!” - telling you (if there was any doubt) that appreciation and knowledge of this food is practically in his DNA. The fact that I was munching among the Michelin stars when he was in short pants, means nothing.
I mean: this is the founder of, and the author of Turning The Tables (an eater’s guide about to getting the most out of restaurants), along with his newest book - Asian Dining Rules - that is essential reading for the Asian-eating neophyte and dilettante alike. Read on after the jump if you wish (and to see the tasty snaps), or click here to hear ELV expound on this profound event in the stentorian tones for which he is known, on News 88.9 FM KNPR – Nevada Public Radio.Īcceptance of this tour-guide responsibility comes with a stockpot of anxieties, though. Shaw comes to town, and asks yours truly to whisk him from venue to venue, in a nine hour Asian eating orgy - well, the invitation is just too good to resist.
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