Transformed into the first-ever Benihana Village in 1974 by a design team that had worked on Disneyland, the 38,000-square-foot “Japanese Dining & Cocktail Fantasyland” featured Japanese gardens, flowing water, statuary and a sacred Torri Arch. The only surviving concept is Benihana of Tokyo. “Other Adventures in International Dining” at the landmark, now Westgate Las Vegas, included the mountain chalet-style Bavarian Inn El Patio, for “exciting epicurean delights from south of the border ” and Leonardo’s, dishing out “a bit of Rome in America.” Homages to Italy, Mexico, Germany, New England and Asia filled out the week. Saturday’s treat was old fashioned English steak and kidney pie. On Mondays, it was a taste of Paris with roast leg of spring lamb, boulangere. Quainter offerings included daily “salutes to the foods of the world” at the legendary International Hotel’s Cafe Continental. Aside from Italian food, a Las Vegas staple since the 1930s, international menus first emerged in the 1960s, when European-trained chefs ran mainly French gourmet restaurants in the top resorts of the day.
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