I love Las Vegas. Don’t hate me. For decades, Vegas was essentially food negligent. There were some decent steakhouses and lousy casino buffets. Folks went to Vegas to gamble, see a show and lower themselves slowly into the hot tub of depravity that made the town what it was. Long ago, what happened in Vegas, stayed in Vegas—not because it was a cute cliché, but because it was a blood oath!   In the 1970s the ostentatious excess of casino…

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Las Vegas has its share of one-of-a-kind experiences, and Chubby Cattle falls into that category. The restaurant that opened last summer became the first in the world to offer refrigerated conveyer belt hot pot meals, a hands-on dining experience that allows diners to choose from a variety of broths, such as the spicy Heaven and Hell and the savory assorted mushroom and add ingredients such as lamb, shrimp and Hoisin sauce to customize a family-style meal. Ingredients rotate by the season to…

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