One of my favorite things about Vegas is the fact that there is a large concentration of really upscale restaurants on the Strip. Which of course we end up going to while we’re staying there. And even thought I can not consume large quantities of food, I do love good food. Who doesn’t?

Our daily Vegas regime usually includes 2 meals a day: a good all-you-can-eat buffet in the morning, and a good restaurant of choice in the evening.

Last time when we were in Vegas, we tried to get into MESA Grill several times, and every time we would get there we were told that the wait line is about 3(!!!) hours. Before I start, a couple of words on MESA Grill. This is a series of restaurants opened up by a famous chef Bobby Flay. He has 4 restaurants, 3 of which are located right here in Manhattan, oddly enough. Of course we end up in the only one not in NYC.

We were set on getting there this time, so Eldar called them up and made a reservation a day ahead of our planned attendance. Since we were flying in to Vegas on Tuesday, this is the day we made the reservation for. In the evening we got in after a short wait. Ordered a small appetizer and I got myself a Black Angus New York Steak. The appetizer was really nice, but the steak was awesome. Not often do you get a piece of meat that pretty much melts away on its own. Throw in a couple of Bloody Marys with that and you’ve got one hell of a meal. We ended up paying $114.55 for me and Alena, but it was worth it.

On our second night we decided to pick some Italian restaurant. Valentino in The Venetian Resort is the one we ended up going to. I picked some pasta with meat balls, which was not the best choice. I better stick to steaks!

We did go to the only restaurant that we keep going to every time we are in Vegas: Empress Court at Caesars Palace. I’m probably not looking hard enough, but I do not know of any really good Chinese restaurant in Brooklyn. So we go to one every time we’re in Vegas. And our traditional choice is Imperial Peking Duck by the chef of the restaurant, Pui Hui, with some vegetables. It was as good as ever. $110.52 for me and Alena.

And on our last night we figured we’ll go for something different, and went to Gaylord India Restaurant in Rio. The food was pretty good and a nice alternative to all the steaks that I’ve eaten, but in the long run it caused us to cancel our planned trip to a club. Hot spicy Indian food just doesn’t go well with dancing.

Now to the mornings. Our favorite buffet of all still is the one at Paris Resort. I’m not sure what it exactly is drawing us there, but it’s probably the fact that this is the only buffet that has crepes. Nothing better in the morning then a freshly cooked crepe full of blueberries. One our second day we went to Mandalay Bay’s buffet, just because we’ve never been there. It’s not better, nor worse then any other ones. And the last choice was Wynn’s buffet. It’s probably the most expensive one out there, but it offers the best selection of good food. Anything from Italian, American to Chinese and Japanese. We just liked it the last time we were there, so we decided to repeat our visit there.

In Colorado I liked the ribs from Ed’s Cantina in Estes Park - good food for the fraction of the cost of anything in Vegas, really nice place in Boulder where we commenced in some serious beer tasting - the sampler contained 9 different kinds and a place in Vail that Alena posted about before. However on the top of all I enjoyed the steaks that Eldar’s dad grilled up for us on our last day in Boulder. Nothing like a good steak eaten outside in the fresh air with some tequila, and what’s most important - very good company.

And on that note, I’m getting very hungry, so I will stop typing and go raid the fridge.

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Таня says:
May 16, 2006 @ 13:21

Привет! К сожалению понять все не удалось, а в словарь лезть было лееень : ) Да, рестораны - это всегда хорошо. Но сегодня я очень лирично почему-то настроена, поэтому на ум приходит единственны вывод: самая вкусная еда та, которую с любовью готовит женщина для своего мужчины. Когда свечи на столе… Когда аромат чего-то неуловимого, но сладкого, когда… романтика вокруг : )
Таня.

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