5 warm soups to eat on chilly Las Vegas nights
Heritage Lobster Bisque
Heritage Steak, The Mirage
The already sublimely rich lily is gilded with herb cream and garnished with an Old Bay cracker, $18.
Matzo ball soup
Siegel’s 1941, El Cortez
Chicken broth with matzo balls and chunks of chicken and carrots is served with challah, $8.50.
Clam chowder
RM Seafood, Mandalay Bay
New England-style chowder is made with fresh littleneck clams, bacon, potatoes and fresh herbs, $12 for a cup, $15 for a bowl.
New Orleans gumbo
The Oyster Bar and Tides Seafood & Sushi Bar, Santa Fe, Palace, Texas and Sunset Stations and Green Valley Ranch Resort
Andouille sausage, okra, shrimp, crab and lobster make a rich Creole stew served with steamed rice, $20 to $23.99, depending on location.
The Lhardy’s Madrid Beef Consomme
Bazaar Meat, SLS Las Vegas
Named for an historic Madrid restaurant, the consomme is finished with sherry, a quail egg and caviar, $12.
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