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December 21, 2006

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Major Awards 2006 part 2

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John Curtas continues his list of major award winners.

Excellence in Restaurant Design - Shanghai Lilly's in Mandalay Bay

John Curtas reviews Shanghai Lilly's

Excellence in Management and Service - Spago

John Curtas reviews Spago

Best Dessert In The Desert - Lotus of Siam for their sliced mangos with warm sticky rice and cocoanut milk ice cream

John Curtas reviews Lotus of Siam

Best Cocktails Of The Year - Sidebar

Chocolatier Of The Year - Fredrick Robert

Best Entrée Of The Year - Paul Bartolotta's roasted wild turbot with squid ink risotto

John Curtas reviews Bartolotta's

Wild Turbot, roasted and ready to be boned, fileted and served tableside at Bartolotta's. Delicious simplicity.

Bartolotta's marvelous array of Mediterranean swimmers-only hours out of the water. The wild Turbot is the big flatfish is the middle.

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