Monthly Archive: April 2017

First, start with a few pastries from Paris Baugette. 85C gets the hype but PB is just about as good. And a Jasmine Green Tea Milk Tea from Boba Bar. Incredibly redolent of Jasmine, with the earthy tea and smooth milk in the background. Addictive.

Fresh Vietnamese spring rolls. This is by far the most complex food that Ms S eats – rice noodle, lettuce, basil, pork, bean sprout, and rice wrapper. She is a 2 ingredient max eater. LOL. (These are actually the shrimp rolls that I split with Mr A.) The pho today was outstanding. That complex spicy broth – it will cure...

We love Sarku for their huuuuge portions. If plain chicken and rice is what you’re looking for, they’ve got your number. And a shorter line than Panda Express.

Tonight we had to dine without Mr A who was orchestrating some IT magic for his employer this weekend. Our mission: to sup, and return with leftovers. We tried the Dan Dan noodles today. At Sichuan places, this is a very peanutty dish, and a bit heavy. I’ll never eat an entire bowl of it but it’s good. Chicken cubes...

Gordon Ramsey seems to have a restaurant in every casino. Pub and Grill in Caesars, Burger in Planet Hollywood, Steak in Paris, and now Fish and Chips in Linq. Burger in Planet Hollywood is very popular. Yelp warned us to arrive at opening so we dutifully showed up at 10:45 on Saturday and got in line. And by the time...

There are sooo many Italian restaurants on the strip. We narrowed it down to Carnevino, Lavo, Buddy V’s (all at the Venetian/Palazzo) or Carbone at Aria. I originally picked Lavo because it has a beautiful street side patio for Mr A who loves outdoor dining. Forbes likes Carnevino, but the $$$$ scared us away.  Buddy V’s looked good but seemed...

Once you can find your way in to this pedestrian-unfriendly hotel, take the elevators up to the 23rd floor of the Mandarin Oriental. (If you take the Deuce bus and get off at Monte Carlo, and go up the escalator, you will find a staircase down, by the huge eraser sculpture. There must be an easier way! Update: we just...

Ah, Spago… Still on my bucket list. We got a chance to have a quick bite here today on the indoor patio as we strolled thru the Forum Shops. The meat and cheese board was actually pretty good. The salami and prosciutto were tasty as was the pate loaf. The 2 cheeses were good… Rich and mild. A good foil...

One day… I will dare to pay this price. Nobu at Caesars Palace.

Nothing more glorious than room service breakfast. Except when it is free.  I was also impressed by the royal sized butter pat. It was the size of 2-3 normal rectangular pats. Plenty enough to butter 2 slices of sourdough bread. Bravo, Venetian.

Spanish tapas tonight at Jaleo. While some of them very good, it hasn’t displaced Costa Brava in San Diego from its #1 spot in our hearts. The restaurant scene is loud and trendy on the 3rd floor of the Cosmopolitan. We had to try the Sangria, one of our favorite drinks. It had an herbal or cinnamon overtone that was...

Interesting Wikipedia article describing this 400MW facility. Natural gas is used to power the plant thus this facility is a greenhouse gas producer; however the power output per unit of natural gas consumed is 4x higher than of traditional natural gas power plants. Sadly, the intense reflections off the mirrors fry approximately 3500 birds annually. Note also the 2 solar...

Out on the edge of Victorville is an interesting structure that I learned is a Sanitary Landfill. It’s oddly placed – right at the edge of the freeway rather than behind one of the hills. Maybe BLM wouldn’t allow this and thus they could only build on county land that was fronting the freeway. Even more interesting is the fact...

The definition of the word Cruciferous is “bits stuck between your teeth.” Waba Grill’s Kale Salad is not too bad. The Kale is chopped into small pieces which  makes it easy to eat (why can’t they do that with broccoli) but the cabbage slivers were too big/long and were a little brown on the edges. The Salmon was fresh but...