Las Vegas was so much fun! A great break from school, work and the busy Christmas stuff going on. Believe it or not, it was super dead there!
Wednesday morning was a gong show. We honestly thought we weren't going to make our flight...got to the airport around 6:30am for our 8am flight. We made it right onto the plane at 8am, but they were waiting anyways because there were tons of people behind us still trying to get through security. Phew. Close call.
Our hotel, Encore, was beautiful! This is the first time I've gone in and it was awesome. Not to mention the smallest rooms in that hotel are 700 to 745 square feet equipped with everything from TVs in the bathroom to automatic drapes and lights to be controlled from the nightstand (my dream come true, not having to get out of bed to turn on the lights).
The first delicious meal was at the Bellagio buffet! Sooooo much foooood....
Haha the beautiful banana split we made...then one of the bananas fell off after :(. This was only a small portion of our food, but you get the idea! We shopped all through Fashion Show Mall (across from Wynn) and Miracle Mile Mall (Planet Hollywood) that day. That night, we got hungry and decided to eat at a cafe called Zoozacrackers in Wynn. Johnny ordered the chicken noodle soup and I got the eggs benedict (shown below)!
Gambling took up our filler time (we signed up with all of the Player's Cards at all of the main hotels, so we got free credit to gamble). We found we liked the nickel machines with multiple rows and three columns.
On Thursday, we wandered over to Tix4Tonight in Fashion Show Mall to buy cheap tickets for the Blue Man Group for that night at the Venetian! We then wandered to the Venetian for lunch and ate at Wolfgang Puck's Postrio. He has several amazing restaurants around Vegas and this is our second one we've been to and so far, they've both been great! The bread we started with was softer than anything I've eaten and I ordered the Pumpkin Ravioli with Pine Nuts, Butternut Squash and Sage Browned Butter on top and Johnny ordered the Burger.
After that, we had a full day of hardcore shopping at the Las Vegas Premium Outlets (after solving some issues with the cab driver who was going to drive us to PRIMM which is one hour away instead of Premium which is 10 minutes away). It was indeed a day of success for both of us :).
After dropping our bags off back at Encore, we wandered next door to Venetian to watch the Blue Man Group. It was a good show and very random...I guess I didn't know what to expect, but it definitely exceeded my expectations! Here's a picture of us and one of the members of the Blue Man Group:
After the show, we ate at The Grand Lux Cafe in Venetian (the 24 hour cafe we discovered last time!) and it was just as delicious as I remembered! We started with some Ahi Tuna Sushi Rolls (tasted like Dragon Eyes from Mikado, but it was better with the Ahi Tuna in it) and I had an omelette with artichoke, cheddar cheese, bacon and mushrooms while Johnny ordered their Corn Beef Hashed. Yum!
Friday was a shopping day at Fashion Show Mall and checking out the new hotel, Aria. We started off with a great brunch at Neiman Marcus Cafe. They served us yorkshire pudding with strawberry butter and chicken stock. Johnny ordered the Tuna Melt Sandwich and Tomato Fennel Bisque while I got the burger with delicious fries!!!
We then made our way over to Aria (right next to Crystals). The pictures of the inside of the casino turned out all blurry for some reason :( I'll take more next time we go! We ate at an Italian restaurant inside Aria named Sirio. It was awesome! We started with some fresh oysters and then Johnny ordered Clams and Pasta in White Wine Sauce while I got the Lobster Risotto. It was probably our best meal :)
Fountains outside of Aria :) So pretty!
We walked around some more, shopped at the M&M world and went back for a nap. After the nap we went out for some more food (haha..yes we are gross :D, but I forgot to take pictures of that food HAHA). The next morning, we cleaned up our room, packed up our luggage, and checked out! It was a sad day :( neither of us really wanted to leave Las Vegas! We went back to Grand Lux Cafe for lunch and just shopped some more!
At Grand Lux, we ordered Mini Chili Hot Dogs, Johnny got a Ahi Tuna Burger and I ordered a Chicken Pot Pie (honestly, biggest one I've ever seen...could've probably fed 6 people).
What a great burger eater! <3 Too bad you can't beat me in a Wolfgang burger eating contest! Me = WINNAR
ME HUNGRY! *Grunt*
Here are some pictures of Wynn and Encore! And we also decided to take some last minute pictures inside Encore :) so pretty!
So I know this was a huge ass blog entry. In short, I think I eat about 5x more than I used to after this trip, but that's ok because it was well worth it! Thanks for a great trip, J!!! Couldn't have found a better way to de-stress after exams!!!
I still have an endless list of restaurants I want to try in Vegas. It is becoming one of the culinary capitals in the world and I love that we can get cheap tickets there to try more food :). On the list:
Bouchon - Thomas Keller
Beso - Eva Longoria
Mesa Grill - Bobby Flay
Nobu - Nobu (haha...)
B&B Ristorante - Mario Batali and Joseph Bastianich
American Fish - Michael Mina
Spago - Wolfgang Puck
Cut - Wolfgang Puck
...the list is endless!!! Until next time!
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