Las Vegas Magazine
By Nina King February 24, 2021
Dining with a group? Head straight to Zuma, where you’ll enjoy an energetic, “izakaya” style of dining (a Japanese izakaya is a bit like a pub with communal cuisine) that showcases cocktails, sushi and shareable items, albeit with a slightly upscale twist.
After you head up to the third level of The Cosmopolitan and get your table in the contemporary restaurant with huge windows stretching up, up, up, the first order of business is sure to be cocktails. Although Zuma has plenty of options, one of the most popular is the Burning History, where a barrel stave is lit on fire with a blowtorch, creating a fragrant smoke that is captured by an upended glass. That’s then filled with a combination of Suntory Toki whiskey, honey, yuzu, ginger and egg whites. And once this showstopper is ordered at one table, you can expect to see it at many other tables around. Not only is it intriguing to watch being created, it also beautifull