We were so fortunate to get two seats at the bar of Emeril's NO Fish House at the MGM Grand in Vegas!!!  This place was packed, most of us waiting in great anticipation for Neil Diamond's concert just around the corner.  We had to stand like sharks and wait to grab our seats as the next guests left, but boy were we glad we did!   We spent the next hour or so enjoying a fabulous lemon creme br\u00fbl\u00e9e and several cocktails.  As many of you know, I'm on the hunt for \""real, original, great looking and tasting\"" appletinis and I finally found it at Emeril's!  However, it was only because I spoke to the bartender personally about the ingredients he would used and asked him to substitute \""sweet and sour\"" with Midori.   With that settled, I receive the beautiful, bright green appletini with that burst of flavor only Pucker & Midori can deliver.   I asked for another (not realizing my bartender had changed) and he brought me the cheap, sweet & sour, dirty-martini-looking drink and I told him that was not what I had previously and then had to tell him how to make it).  At least I held my ground and didn't just drink it to be nice.   At $17 to $20 a pop for cocktails in Vegas - get what YOU want, not what you are SERVED!!!   We had such a good time at this bar.  It is absolutely gorgeous and the crowd was fun.  We even had the Neil Diamond look-alike sitting three chairs away from us.  It was too funny - he looked just like Neil did in the 70's!  He, He.  ONLY IN VEGAS!!!