Ironic, since in his restaurants, Nobu often feeds seafood to people.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nNobu’s film credits don’t end there, however. He also had a role in “Memoirs of a Geisha,” and the acclaimed “Casino,” thanks in great part to his friendship with Robert De Niro, who also happens to be one of Nobu’s partners in Nobu Restaurant at Caesars.<\/p>\n
Nobu also has a role in a new film, “The Girl from Nagasaki.” It’s a film based upon the classic Puccini opera “Madame Butterfly,” assuring this blog will never see it, even if threatened with death.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
There are so many celebrity chefs in Las Vegas, it’s hard to keep track of them all. One, however, stands out from the rest because he’s not just a famed chef, he’s also a movie star. Which chef is it? We hate rhetorical questions, so we’re going to answer this one. It’s chef Nobuyuki Matsuhisa, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vegas","category-lasvegasrestaurants"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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