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Finally, your taste buds culminate the exhilarating experience as you savor each and every bite of a very memorable Italian culinary event. <\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;\">Just like the now defunct Las Vegas legend, the Venetian restaurant, Spiedini exemplifies the huge delta in quality between Italian restaurants in large metropolitan cities and those in my beloved New Mexico where the dearth in truly outstanding Italian establishments is lamentable. The brainchild of Viennese born Gustav Mauler, one of only 54 certified master chefs in the United States, Spiedini may be the very best Italian restaurant we&#8217;ve experienced west of the Mississippi. Attention to detail is one of the reasons. <\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;\">While the oily and unappealing travesty other restaurants call antipasto is enough to make any pasta proponent anti antipasto, once you experience <em>antipasto<\/em> at Spiedini, any other version just won&#8217;t do. A large plate adorned with some of the most delicious cured meats (mortadella, salami, prosciutto, ham), cheeses (mozzarella, cheddar) and grilled vegetables (peppers, tomatoes, lettuce) ever to grace an antipasto is drizzled with a delicious dressing that brings out the best in each. It&#8217;s the type of antipasto that you might dream about&#8230;and it might not even be the best appetizer on the menu.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;\">That distinction might to go the <em>clams and spicy Italian sausage<\/em> which features pearlescent clams, a spicy homemade sausage, garlic, herbs, fresh tomatoes and a ciabatta crostini in an obscenely rich and savory broth with discernibly contrasting and complementary flavors. All at once it&#8217;s slightly briny and saucy with a hauntingly faint taste of licorice (from the fennel rich sausage). The lightly toasted crostini is perfect for dredging up the broth so you don&#8217;t miss a drop.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;\">Spiedini also prepares the best <em>seared beef carpaccio<\/em> I&#8217;ve ever had outside a Vietnamese restaurant. Calista Flockhart thin, each beef slice is crusted with pepper, crispy capers and a mustard aioli. Baby greens and parmesan crown this appetizer. <\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;\">Risotto became a part of pop culture when a Seinfeld episode lampooned the post-coital ritual of lighting up a cigarette&#8211;only in this case George Costanza&#8217;s girlfriend lit up contentedly after a satisfying meal of risotto. 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The restaurant is spacious with high ceilings from which hang colorful, hand-blown lamps. An outdoor patio is shaded by a European-style canopy. Spiedini&#8217;s portions are formidable, so unlike the miniscule stacked portions offered at other fine restaurants. <\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;\">One of the restaurant&#8217;s specialties, the <em>Spiedini combination<\/em> features a peppercorn encrusted pork loin coupled with a herb seasoned chicken and served with Tuscan peperonata (roasted peppers) and garlic mashed potatoes, all of which were wonderful. <\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;\">There&#8217;s a reason Chef Mauler is a certified master chef and we&#8217;ve now experienced that reason. This is a fantastic restaurant!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Spiedini<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nJW Marriot<br \/>\n<strong>221 North Rampart<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Las Vegas, Nevada<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>LATEST VISIT<\/strong>: 25 March 2006<br \/>\n<strong># OF VISITS<\/strong>: 2<br \/>\n<strong>RATING<\/strong>: 22<br \/>\n<strong>COST<\/strong>: $$$$<br \/>\n<strong>BEST BET<\/strong>: Spiedini Combination, Honey Roasted Duck Risotto, Antipasto<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spiedini is a magnificent sensory feast that begins when your olfactory senses first catch a whiff of the intoxicating emanations wafting from the kitchen as you drop your car off at the valet parking station. It continues as you step into the marble tiled floors of an ultra modern, visually appealing restaurant extravagance. 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