High steaks First impressions of British chef (and notorious perfectionist) Gordon Ramsay’s splashy debut “What’s a triffle?” my dinner date asked as he perused the dessert selections at the new Gordon Ramsay Steak inside Paris Las Vegas. Knowing his unfamiliarity with British cuisine, I laughed and corrected his botched pronunciation of the traditional English dish.

Use your noodle Trattoria Nakamura-Ya brings fans of Japanese cuisine something new to chew on: Tokyo-style pasta Chinatown shopping and dining hub Seoul Plaza is getting a new title: Tokyo Plaza. What's in the name change? A telling shift that reflects the recent explosion of the Japanese dining scene - with adventurous menus that go well beyond standard sushi, from restaurants such as Monta, Raku and Kabuto.

Imagine patting your trusty canine companion on the head — and then sending him into a situation from which he may not return. “We had a subject who was in the attic with a fully automatic MAC-10, and he told everybody that he was going to kill himself, but he was going to kill the cops first,” says Officer Duwayne Layton, a 16-year member of the Las Vegas Metro Police K9 unit, recalling just such an incident.

McCarran's new Terminal 3: Easy by design Cabbie, concierge, tour guide, host — as Las Vegans, we play these roles often for friends and relatives freshly arrived at McCarran. And it all begins with that first ritual: the airport pickup.