#2315 - José Andrés

Joe Rogan (0:01)

Joe Rogan Podcast, check it out.

José Andrés (0:03)

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Joe Rogan (0:06)

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José Andrés (0:12)

Let's go. José, my man.

Joe Rogan (0:15)

I cannot believe I'm here.

José Andrés (0:16)

I can't believe you're here either.

Joe Rogan (0:18)

I'm so happy, yo.

I remember when, you know, people began telling me, hey, you know, you know, Joe Rogan. And I was like, oh, you're Rogan, what? Because I'm always lost, right? Yeah, you're Rogan loves Bazaar.

José Andrés (0:35)

Yes.

Joe Rogan (0:35)

Loves Bazaar in Las Vegas.

José Andrés (0:38)

It's my favorite restaurant in Vegas.

Joe Rogan (0:39)

Loves Bazaar meat in Las Vegas. And I'm like, really? Shit. And you know, you're happy every time you listen that anybody likes your restaurant.

José Andrés (0:50)

Well, your restaurant is set up so good. When you walk in, those Argentine grills are going with the live wood fires. Oh, and you smell the steaks right when you walk in. Oh, it's perfect honeypot. Because if you're not hungry, you get hungry the moment you walk in the door.

Joe Rogan (1:09)

So, you know, Bazaar, I opened first one, oh my God, over 15 years ago in LA. And there is Hotel, amazing Hotel, SLS, by Philippe Starck. Sam Nazarian was the brains behind the whole project. And the restaurant just became, wow.

Big, big, big hit in LA. It was a crazy place. It was like Alice in Wonderland, like Joe in Wonderland. But then when we were opening SLS, the same hotel in Vegas, we were like, let's do Bazaar, but something else. And obviously what everybody loves in Vegas is a meat place. So we got the spirit of the original Bazaar, same dishes, the Whimsy, the cotton candy foie gras, the Philly cheese steak that you eat in one bite. But we brought meats, meats from different parts of the United States, different parts of Spain, Europe, Iberico pork, big grills. And was kind of fancy. You could go fancy. You could go cotton candy and cones of caviar, which by the way, I have here some cones, if you're hungry later. But then you can go and you eat the steak. That's it.

José Andrés (2:18)

Why is Vegas a big meat place?

Joe Rogan (2:24)

It feels like, I mean, it's a lot of steak houses.

José Andrés (2:27)

A lot of steak houses. Not a lot of great ones, though.

Joe Rogan (2:32)

A lot of women. Overall, it's good. I'm not going to be the one saying.

José Andrés (2:36)

There's a few that are...

Joe Rogan (2:37)

You can. You can. I'm not going to be the one.

José Andrés (2:39)

There's a couple of good ones.

Joe Rogan (2:40)

I'm not going to be. I mean, listen, it's very share. My friend Tom Colicchio has one.

José Andrés (2:45)

What's that one?

Joe Rogan (2:46)

Tom Colicchio. I don't even know. It's so many casinos. I don't know. Tom Colicchio, the chef. Wow, you know everything.

José Andrés (2:52)

Yeah, that's the one we've been to at MGM. Oh, that one's great. That one's great. Tom is a good guy. What is it called? Kraft steak? Kraft is a Kraft one.

Joe Rogan (2:59)

That one's excellent. I think Wolf & Pie has another one. Anyway, there's many other ones with names, with chefs behind, with no chefs, big name chefs.

José Andrés (3:08)

I like Cleaver's great. That's off the street.

Joe Rogan (3:10)

I should go. That's very good.

José Andrés (3:12)

Very good.

Joe Rogan (3:13)

Yeah, people, this is good you mentioned that, because when we go Vegas, we stay in the casinos and we go to the casinos, hotels and that's it.

José Andrés (3:22)

Yeah.

Joe Rogan (3:22)

And me, I've always been a big fan of saying, it's okay, but make the effort to leave the casino.

José Andrés (3:31)

Yes.

Joe Rogan (3:31)

Leave the street and also visit some of the other restaurants.

José Andrés (3:35)

Yeah, you gotta travel a little bit.

Joe Rogan (3:37)

Because they deserve that we visit them too. Vegas is the casinos, but Vegas, like every other city in America, every other city in the world, is so much more. Right. We all go to the Whistler of Oz. Yeah, here we go. That's it. Nothing else. No. Go beyond the obvious.

José Andrés (3:54)

Yeah.

Joe Rogan (3:55)

And you're going to discover great things. But Bazaar, I'm moving Bazaar.

José Andrés (3:59)

Where?

Joe Rogan (4:00)

To the Venetian.

SPEAKER_3 (4:01)

Oh.

José Andrés (4:02)

Well, that other casino is going to starve, then. They're going to fall apart.