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Citrus Salmon Crudo à la Mayfair Supper Club

Citrus Salmon Crudo à la Mayfair Supper Club

Citrus Salmon Crudo
(Orange-Lime-Lemon Emulsion, Yuzu Kosho)

Citrus Salmon à la Mayfair Supper Club

Dinner at Mayfair Supper Club Las Vegas

A couple of years ago we had a wonderful dining experience at the Mayfair Supper Club at the Bellagio in Las Vegas. Fine food and wines, impeccable service, and mesmerizing entertainment made for a most memorable evening. Totally enamored by their Heirloom Tomato Salad, I re-created it here.

Well… we recently returned to celebrate my sister’s birthday. And the Mayfair Supper Club again did not disappoint with its glitz and glamour and old-school clubby ambiance.

Citrus Salmon à la Mayfair Supper Club

Citrus Salmon Crudo à la Mayfair Supper ClubCitrus Salmon Crudo à la Mayfair Supper Club

Our Mayfair Supper Club Meal

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Old School: Pork Chops with Pickled Cherry Pepper Sauce

pork chops cherry peppers, bamonte's

Old School Style
Thick Bone-In Pork Chops
Pickled Sweet Cherry Pepper & Garlic Sauce 

I remember these pickled sweet cherry peppers from my childhood. They’re slightly tart and mildly spicy. In the ’60s, my mom would serve them on her relish tray. When I saw this recipe for pork chops topped with cherry peppers at Saveur here, I thought of my dad.  That very evening I picked up a jar of peppers and stopped at the butcher shop on the way home from work. The recipe comes from Bamonte’s Italian-American restaurant in Brooklyn, NY and has been a favorite on their menu since the 1950s. Bamonte’s is one of Saveur’s TOP 100 in the Travel Edition, chronicling the greatest gustatory hits of journeys abroad and close to home. They say, “Each one is worth going out of your way for.”

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