Comments on: Mesa Grill http://amusesbouche.wordpress.com/2008/01/11/mesa-grill/ musings to arouse the palate & the mind Mon, 30 Nov 2009 02:52:04 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Margie http://amusesbouche.wordpress.com/2008/01/11/mesa-grill/#comment-310 Margie Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:37:31 +0000 http://amusesbouche.wordpress.com/2008/01/11/mesa-grill/#comment-310 Hey Susannah - Aubrey and I pretty much stuck to steak, baked potatoe, etc. if we ate out when we lived there. We worked in the Hotel showrooms, so we were happier going home and cooking. You ARE so adventurous! Hey Susannah – Aubrey and I pretty much stuck to steak, baked potatoe, etc. if we ate out when we lived there. We worked in the Hotel showrooms, so we were happier going home and cooking. You ARE so adventurous!

]]> By: Susannah http://amusesbouche.wordpress.com/2008/01/11/mesa-grill/#comment-247 Susannah Tue, 22 Jan 2008 05:48:17 +0000 http://amusesbouche.wordpress.com/2008/01/11/mesa-grill/#comment-247 Thanks...I really love the recap. Thanks for transcribing. It seems that they hold mostly the same opinions that I do of the place--and although I know their opinion is just that, it's secretly validating to me as well. Thanks…I really love the recap. Thanks for transcribing. It seems that they hold mostly the same opinions that I do of the place–and although I know their opinion is just that, it’s secretly validating to me as well.

]]> By: Arnold http://amusesbouche.wordpress.com/2008/01/11/mesa-grill/#comment-226 Arnold Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:47:25 +0000 http://amusesbouche.wordpress.com/2008/01/11/mesa-grill/#comment-226 Have you seen the No Reservations episode where Anthony Bourdain and Michael Ruhlman go to Mesa Grill despite Bourdain's disdain for Bobby Flay? Their take... On the same tamale you ordered: Ruhlman: If my next door neighbor in Cleveland comes to Vegas and eats at Mesa Grill, I want her to have a realistic sense of what made the guy important in the first place. This is decent food. It's exactlly what it says it's going to be. It's not a lie... The shrimp are cooked really nicely. If the food sucked, you know, if the shrimp were rubbery and overcooked... Bourdain: We'd be all over it like a bad rash. Ruhlman: Absolutely. This is decent food so far. Bourdain: I've had a lot of authentic tamales. If I had this in Mexico, on the street, I'd be saying, "Holy Shit, this is one king hell of a tamale. On the smoked chicken and black bean quesadilla: Ruhlman: It's good Super Bowl food. Bourdain: I hate it like poison. Is this better than a regular quesadilla? Their overall take: Bourdain: If I just dropped $1000 out there at Keno and I walked in here and I sat down, I'd be very very happy with this. I would say you know, I had a really good meal at Bobby's. I had a nice piece of steak. Ruhlman: It's needs more salt in the potatoes though, but again we're nitpicking here on basically a decent dish. Bourdain: We are miserable, rotten, evil people... Ruhlman: It take a certain powerful, workhorse, visionary chef to pull off a restaurant in Vegas. Bourdain: So this is not the elephant graveyard for chefs? Ruhlman: No, I think it's a great line and a lovely idea, but it's not bearing out. In fact, they're doing good food in Vegas. I have no idea why I decided to transcribe this for you :-), but you can watch it on Youtube (skip to the 4:53 mark): http://youtube.com/watch?v=WLDCQF14_OM Have you seen the No Reservations episode where Anthony Bourdain and Michael Ruhlman go to Mesa Grill despite Bourdain’s disdain for Bobby Flay?

Their take…

On the same tamale you ordered:
Ruhlman: If my next door neighbor in Cleveland comes to Vegas and eats at Mesa Grill, I want her to have a realistic sense of what made the guy important in the first place. This is decent food. It’s exactlly what it says it’s going to be. It’s not a lie…

The shrimp are cooked really nicely. If the food sucked, you know, if the shrimp were rubbery and overcooked…
Bourdain: We’d be all over it like a bad rash.
Ruhlman: Absolutely. This is decent food so far.
Bourdain: I’ve had a lot of authentic tamales. If I had this in Mexico, on the street, I’d be saying, “Holy Shit, this is one king hell of a tamale.

On the smoked chicken and black bean quesadilla:
Ruhlman: It’s good Super Bowl food.
Bourdain: I hate it like poison. Is this better than a regular quesadilla?

Their overall take:
Bourdain: If I just dropped $1000 out there at Keno and I walked in here and I sat down, I’d be very very happy with this. I would say you know, I had a really good meal at Bobby’s. I had a nice piece of steak.
Ruhlman: It’s needs more salt in the potatoes though, but again we’re nitpicking here on basically a decent dish.
Bourdain: We are miserable, rotten, evil people…
Ruhlman: It take a certain powerful, workhorse, visionary chef to pull off a restaurant in Vegas.
Bourdain: So this is not the elephant graveyard for chefs?
Ruhlman: No, I think it’s a great line and a lovely idea, but it’s not bearing out. In fact, they’re doing good food in Vegas.

I have no idea why I decided to transcribe this for you :-) , but you can watch it on Youtube (skip to the 4:53 mark):
http://youtube.com/watch?v=WLDCQF14_OM

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