Rande Gerber - the man behind some of America's glitziest bars - has brought a touch of Vegas-style bling to Europe. Gerber has recruited chef Jaime Renedo, who earned his stripes at El Bulli, to head up the Midnight Rose restaurant at the ME Madrid hotel, formerly the Reina Victoria. The menu will feature posh tapas such as saffron and shrimp croquettes and steamed brioche filled with buffalo mozzarella and truffle, and even posher mains - red mullet stuffed with wild mushroom rillette and jabugo jus. Sitting in your booth, "surrounded by a curtain of striking champagne and black Missoni cord" it will be hard to tell whether you're in Vegas, Dubai or Spain, so we're thinking maybe skip the restaurant and take the lift to the rooftop bar for cocktails (black mojito, lavender margarita) with a view.

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