An Old Vegas Casino, and great food.

So I grew up in North Las Vegas. Not just North Las Vegas but one of the oldest parts of, I could almost literally throw a rock at Rancho High School and Jerry's Nugget. I've been eating at Jerry's as long as I can remember, been drinking there since I was 21, etc.

I introduced my roommate and valued commentator Rabbit to Uncle Angelo's inside Jerry's this last week. It's a great place to eat. Real down to Earth and chill. Great music playing in the background (The Rat Pack makes a few appearances), an attentive wait staff, and prices that are definitely reasonable, I'm surprised I didn't take her there earlier.

We started off with the Garlic Zappoli, which are essentially small fried pieces of dough soaked in garlic butter and fresh garlic nom-i-ness. The helping is so big me and Rabbit feared we would only eat this large bowl of garlic dough and bits and not be able to eat our dinner. Stromboli for our main meal, we had the Chicken Zesto, which is grilled chickens and mozzarella, we had it sans jalapeños. The thing is so big that it was split in two, and Rabbit didn't finish it. Follow all this up with some awesome Tiramisu, and we were stuffed, and still paid like $30.

Over all I always forget about heading out that way since I've moved to the opposite side of the world and now am closer to Sam's Town than Jerry's, but it's worth the trip no matter what part of town you're coming from.

Blue Ox

Upon the referral of our friend, Killjoy, we were told we HAD to check out the Blue Ox. Apparently there are multiples of these in town, but as it is a local favorite, we decided to check it out... Mostly because Killjoy is very rarely wrong about these sorts of things and we trust his judgement. Also, it appears that the Blue Ox owner is a huge Minnesota Vikings fan. For those of you who don't know, I (Rabbit) am from Michigan, so I feel a certain type of kinship with people who are also from god-forsaken cold places. That and we Midwesterners have some kickass food. (Woot woot to the Midwesterners in the hizzy!)

So we dropped in yesterday evening and were pleasantly surprised by the laid back, Pulp Fiction type feel the diner had. We took a seat and perused the menu. And it looked good.

Now, Killjoy had insisted that we try the chicken fingers (not a giant twist of my arm by any means) so that's what I ordered. Generally, that entrée comes with home made potato chips but I opted for the french fries, as I don't usually care for chips to begin with (unless you're British and by chips you mean fries. . . but I digress). Kobold had the Minnesota Viking (roast beef on a bakery style roll with tomato and onion, served with horseradish on the side) and he got the home made potato chips.

Overall the meal was quite good, though the waitstaff needed to be slapped around a bit. Kobold and his hatred of poisonous death apples (tomatoes) caused a small ordering malfunction (the sandwich came with tomatoes which he asked to be left off, and did not include onion or the horseradish). My meal came with the chips, but I did eventually get my fries.

Kobold's roast beef was quite good, though lacking in onions and horseradish and tasted slightly of tomato. The sandwich was a little smaller than he had anticipated, but he helped me eat my chicken fingers, so it was all ok. He said that the chips were also good but a little on the bland side.

My entrée was very good indeed. I ordered the mild chicken fingers and was surprised by the heaping portion. Each "finger" was damned near 6, 6.5 inches long and I got 5 or 6 of them. Quite a meal indeed. It's a good thing that Kobold was there to help me. I got a very small order of fries when they did come, but I'm not sure that that was the full order...

So, overall the rating is probably around a B+ for the food, but a C or so for the service. Don't get me wrong; we'll go back (Because I think the waitress was either a little "special" or really new) to give it another try.

Tiki Too?

All right, kids. I know that this is technically a food blog but I've fallen in love with a little local hole-in-the wall bar and I thought I'd let you know about it. It's called Frankie's Tiki Room (Charleston and MLK) and the site page is here.

It's dark, it's cozy, it's popular with the locals and the bartenders can pour a MEAN drink. I'm not a lightweight by any measure, but let me tell you. Three Kahiki Kai's and I'm a happy, happy Rabbit. The drinks are around $8 per... but trust me, it's totally worth it. Also, for a little extra scratch, you get a rad collector's mug!

Kobold is a fan of the "Three Rum Scum" and my drink is the Kahiki Kai (A little fruity and much easier to take than just a straight shot). Each drink has its own special collector's glass, including the "Bearded Clam" whose glass features a four-legged, four-armed woman whose..eh... "lower region" hair forms a grass-skirt type thing. It's pretty darned cool, if I say so myself.

So if you're in the mood for a Tiki type drink, chill people and a really cool ambiance, check out Frankie's. The staff is excellent and the people are pretty damned rad too.

Shhhhh the dogs will hear you

Hush Puppy is a tried and true local classic. Opened in the 70's, Vegas has nom'ed there ever since. They are home to daily all you can eat specials, as well as an ok sized menu of, mostly, fish-type products.

I was told by my family we'd eaten there when I was little, I had my doubts, being, I was little and can't remember it. So me and Ms. Rabbit headed up North on Nellis to this little place and tried our luck.

It's not a large building, and you get squished in pretty tight, but that's a good sign. We went on Friday, which was all you can eat catfish and shrimp. I can't have shrimp, so Rabbit got the shrimpies and I got the cat fish. A helping of alligator tails and hush puppies to start and we were good to go.

The alligator tails were a little chewy, but that's to be expected when eating prehistoric creatures. I'm sure if you were to eat a komodo dragon, after getting over the taste, you'd mention the gamy texture. The hush puppies had to be good, this place is named for them! We ate the basket, slapped a small child, and drooled over the idea of just eating those. They were that awesome.

Rabbit says the shrimp was ok, and I can't judge it without dying so I go with "sure."
The catfish was hit and miss. my first helping was a bit lackluster, but my second helping made me giggle and nom until I was almost sick.
Next to the fried corn-meal, the winner was the fries. They had some magic seasoning on them that made me enjoy them muchly. To be honest the batter on everything was great, and everything was seasoned rather well. I want to go back and try the frog legs and oysters.

I think it was the all you can eat aspect that won me. I love cat fish, and if I can get three helpings like my second helping, I'll forgo lunch and just hit this up.

Peirogi!

Dobry wieczor! (That's Polish for good afternoon...) Kobold had heard from the night time security lady at his workplace (who is Polish) that there is a little Polish deli in town that is amazing. We were originally in the market for paczki but as they are seasonal (only for fat tuesday-ish time), we were out of luck on that. I do recall from my time in Russia, though, that there were these lovely little potsticker-like things called Peirogi. Oh... em... gee... they were amazing, but I could never remember the name of them. On visiting Kobold's work one evening to help keep him company and bring him dinner, we came upon the little security lady and asked her about said potsticker-like foods. Of course she knew what we were talking about and said that yes, the deli had these things.

Being the excited little Rabbit that I can be, I asked the lady where it was. She couldn't remember but in a few minutes, produced the top portion of her most recent receipt from the place, which had the address on it. Win for us. So today we were out garage sale shopping with Kobold and his father, Dadoo... and decided to make a stop. We're not Polish, necessarily, but we are good fatties and we're all about trying something new.

So! We get to the little market on Charleston past the 15 (the address is 5900 West Charleston - think Charleston and Jones area) and pull into the shopping complex. It's confused. It has a Polish deli, a Mexican market, a sushi place.. Very multicultural. I'm not complaining.

The three of us walk in and are greeted by friendly staff and a surprisingly busy environment. You'd think, given the location, that it wouldn't be bustling, but apparently there's a larger Polish community in Las Vegas than I had previously considered. We were immediately wowed by the array of goods available here: from fresh-baked breads to in-house made meats and sausages, to candy, chocolate, spices, frozen foods, drinks... and Oh, Em, Gee so much delicious stuff, it was making me bounce like a giddy schoolgirl.

We chose a couple of cold drinks from the fridge, including some lemon-flavored soda which was very good.. almost a lemon creme sort of thing, to strawberry carrot juice (in which, the first four ingredients did not contain sugar... and corn syrup was not listed at all). We also scored some sausage, candy, peirogi (potato and cheese) and tea. Turns out, the Poles are serious about their tea.

We couldn't wait to try the sausage, and as it was pre-cooked, we nommed it while in the van in the parking lot. The sodas were excellent and the juice was rad. The candy was a sort of yoghurty.. vanillay... something but also very good. We had to wait 'till we got home for the peirogi, but it was boiled, then pan fried and YOMMY. Punch a baby yommy. For real.

If you're in the mood for something different, swing by this little place (but not on Sundays - they're not open) and grab a bit of this-and-that. Prices are totally reasonable, things are fresh-made or imported and the staff is excellent.

Looking for something else: Free Drink Challenge

So, I'm looking for a good place for delivery. See, I'm growing lazy lately, and I want people to bring me food. So I'm looking for a good local place that I can get food brought to me at random times without spending $5.00, plus a tip to the driver, to get it.

I'm open to all kinds of food but shellfish (I want to live past this chance). I mean, look at our past? We have BBQ to pho. I'm diversified in my hunger, and you should help me out.

Who can help facilitate this need? Best suggestion, and I'll buy you a beer/well drink one night at a bar.

Across the Pond and around the corner.

We all know I love food that isn't from our own country. Ok, we'll be honest, I like all food, which is why I'm more than happy to share my love of it with you.

This weeks installment on this old hou..s... Wrong show again, sorry! Onto a better start: So I needed a beer, and Rabbit needed comfort food. So we go to where nobody knows my name, but there are way too many beers, and an English Breakfast: Crown and Anchor Pub. Now at this point I'm not 100% sure this is only in Vegas, but honestly? For the Vegas Natives, I think everyone has gone here at least once.

Be warned this place is normally fairly busy so service can be a bit slow, and hectic. But it's worth it. In a room that's dimly lit with beer signs around the room (It is a lovely day for a Guinness, I might add), on a slightly wobbly table (because I seem to always get that table), your food will make you want to bow to the Queen and slap a republican.

I order my beer (a Black and Tan, so really two beers), Rabbit gets her coke/pepsi/normal thing, and we set about reading the menu. I got the Yorkshire Pudding, because I'm used to getting it and it being like a small pot pie, Rabbit got some Mozzarella Sticks, because that's how she rolls, for starts.
Ok the pudding here is it's own dish of meat-loving-goo and a big ass chunk of bread, and a glob of peanut butter/honey mix that all goes together and makes me gyrate my hips at the scary Gun Store employees that were in the same room with us.

For Dinner, I had a British Burger (Stilton cheese makes the difference here), and Rabbit had a Pastie. Now I hadn't had stilton cheese before, turns out it's kind of like bleu cheese, good thing I enjoy that. A Pastie is meat and veggie in a flaky dough bun thing.
And awesome burger and a gread flaky pot pie type thing. At least in my not-so-humble-I'll-punch-a-baby opinion

The food here is always awesome, they have random specials. music, darts, it's an English Pub in Vegas. Go eat there.
Now.

Las Pupusas

O...M...G. Being the curious rabbit I am, I asked a group of my coworkers if they knew anything about pupusas. I, being from the Midwest, know little-to-nothing about Latin American cuisine and so, I ask those who have more experience than me. I got a suggestion from my friend, Junior who is married to a Salvadorian lady, that pupusas were extraordinary and yum-tastic. Trying to describe them is rather lacking, but I'll give it a try. Envision flour puffy tortillas, stuffed with meat, cheese, herbs and spices and some sort of magic ingredient that makes you want to hump them... they are then fried in the deep fryer for a few minutes (until they're hot, not like they're chicken wings or something) and slapped onto the plate.. kinda like savory tortilla dough nuts.... kinda.

He was not mistaken in the slightest and he recommended a little place here in town, simply called Las Pupusas. The one he sent us to was WAY out in new North Las Vegas, on West Craig road, but they do have other locations (Flamingo and Eastern as well as one near Valley View and Desert Inn). At any rate, it was a great adventure out into never-never land for the pupusas.

Kobold ordered three of the "combination" pupusas (which, I may add, are only $1.50 each. W00t!) which include pork, spices/herbs, cheese and loveliness. They're pretty big on their own, but you know we're fatties so we ordered more. We also had sweet corn tamales (4 of them, served with beans and sour cream for dipping) and chicken enchiladas which were huge, delicious and served with beans, rice and all the fixings. Everything here was absolutely delicious and, dare I say it, didn't make my tummy do flip-flops. Even better!

The food was quick, prepared on-the-spot (you can see into the kitchen - this is big points for me because you KNOW it's clean and you can watch your food being made. Rad.) and came in huge portions. It's reasonably priced and good enough for us to think about trying out other pupusa locations so we can judge them up against this place.

Long story short? I love my co worker and will honor his suggestions any time!

Cafe Verde (or "We Follow your suggestions")

There are advantages to being a small blog, and there are disadvantages. The disadvantages are we don't have enough of a following to quit work and eat for a living. ... give me a second to drool about that idea and have a mild heart attack.

Ahem

The advantages? When you suggest something (Thanks Karen) we can actually do it!

So, Cafe Verde, over off Desert Inn and McLeod. It's not too far from our current place of inhabiting, and we were recommended there, so, there we go.

First, when heading there at 8:00pm, it's kind of creepy and looks like it's going to be a hole in the wall in the bad sense. It wasn't. The phones were ringing almost off the hook, and the poor guy was having trouble making time to take our order (not a bad sign, actually.)

A look at the menu: It's not exactly what I'm looking for (Super cheap but good Pizza), but it's close. A 10" Pizza for under $7.00? This might be ok. Rabbit got a Phillie cheese steak, sans veggies, because that's how she rolls. Add some mozzarella sticks and everyone is a happy monkey, and it's time to go.

Lets start from scratch: everything is cooked to order, that I'm happy with. My pizza was thick, and honestly damn good and better than a lot of the more expensive places I've been to in my life. If only it were bigger for the same price.
The Cheese Steak? It was pretty awesome-tastic. Great flavor, not too much grease. Again, I just wish it were bigger.

The suck part were the mozzarella sticks. It took us under 10 minutes to get home, and already they were cold and dry inside. The cheese didn't taste like it would have been that good super hot, so those went the way of the dog (she sleeps with Rabbit, so cheese farts don't bother me).

Over all? Not a bad joint. The guy up front has a sense of humor, they had college basketball playing (Go Green), and the main meals were good. I want to go back and try a calzone next.

So, keep your ideas coming, I'm more than happy to eat for you.

And again, Karen? As our first suggest-or.. thanks. You're pretty awesome :-D

Country Cafe

Kobold and I were hungry (as is wont to happen) and were looking for something close to home when we came across Country Cafe. When we walked in, we immediately noticed that we were two of the smaller people in the place. Generally this means two things: 1). The portions of the food are gigantic and 2). the prices are good. Upon perusing the menu we decided the second was definitely true. Prices here? Completely reasonable.

We ordered our drinks and were presented with near-gallon sized cups. Ok, if this follows suit with the drinks, we're in like Flynn. We ordered an appetizer (mozzarella sticks) and were pleasantly surprised with the ginormous portions displayed here. Woot for us.

Kobold ordered the chicken wings with home made potato chips and much to our pleasure, he was presented with nearly (maybe even more than) a pound of wings which were awesomely flavored and yum-tastic. Same with the potato chips. Cooked fresh, well seasoned and in huge abundance.

I decided on the chicken fried steak and was shocked when it came to me. Two huge pieces of meat in awesome breading, smothered in home-made brown gravy; plus a baked potato, green beans and a roll (as if I could even think to eat it)!

We couldn't even conceive of getting desert, but it looked absolutely amazing. The menu is varied and 'down home cooking' oriented, though like I said - totally reasonable on the price.

The ambiance is down-home, as the name suggests and the staff is super-friendly. Just a note, though, the women's bathroom is white and yellow. You may want to squint when first entering.

Big Pizza and Garlic

So a friend was taking me out, because I am awesome, and she adores me. I was trying to get some pho out of her, but she chose pizza, and defeated my will.
And I'm glad she did.
Off to Metro Pizza we went. We went on a Tuesday night, and it was pretty busy, but we had no

wait.

To start, the Garlic Romano Fries. It's this huge serving and salted, garlic-ed, and just yumtastic fries. Between these and the free bread, I was almost done before I even saw a pizza.

My friend ordered, for us, the Four Corners. This is a combo of all of their "East Side" pizzas. On a large we got 2 slices of: Sausage, peppers and onions, sausage and garlic, eggplant and ricotta, and spinach, ricotta, and garlic.

After all the fries I was able to make it through two pieces (I had the egg plant and ricotta, and the sausage and garlic). Both were freaking delicious, even considering I'm normally a "Give me some pepperoni and cheese and I'm good" guy.

This place has a lot of regulars, and considering they have a calendar full of specials and events, it's easy to tell why. They have pizza making classes, as well.

Over all? It's a little pricey, but for the amount of food and quality, I'm ok with that once in a while.
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PS
I'm still looking for a cheap, good pizza where the staff isn't disgusting (Curse you Rebel Pizza), if anyone knows of one, shout it out.

Mmm BBQ

So Wednesday is "Family Dinner Night 1.5" for my house. We catch up with my dad and eat. Normally my dad or I cook, being we both cook rather well. My father is an official "Fattie," being at 5'10" he weights a whopping 173lbs. Those 3 lbs matter. He's been in manual labor all his life and can probably still kick my ass. So in order to keep him happy, we feed him (or let him feed us, he's old and likes to).

This week we didn't want to cook, and started for a Jack in the Box. Along the way I smelt something good while driving down Las Vegas Blvd. So we continue down, down to funky town To Here .. ok so they don't have a website that I can see but they are awesome.

Me and my dad are fans of good soul food and BBQ. My dad has family from Oklahoma, so he calls Southern Roots Rights, while I.. Well hell I figure I can pull the same card, so it's fair. We step up to the walk up window of this not too big a shack and get in line. We're behind two people, one getting his food and this little old black dude who eats there twice a week, at least. At this point we are intrigued. Our ears perk up like a small dogs, and we're in.

The menu? Totally reasonable. Sammiches for $5-$6, meat by the pound, slabs of ribs, it's all there and smells wonderful. Their sides include greats like fried okra, fried pickels, and slaw. Sitting behind the joint is, on a trailer, a smoker the size of a freaking dumpster. Heck it might even be a converted dumpster, but I'm still good for this.
So we order, and we're told about 7 minutes, since the fish is cooked to order.

I ordered the Catfish Po' Boy, my dad the Pulled Pork Sammich.

About 10 minutes later we get our food, mine with slaw and okra, his with slaw (it's a default for the sammiches) and Ranch Beans. Now, these aren't ranch like sauce but ranch like where cows live. As in Ranchers Beans. As in good. We get back to my Dads and open up. The food is reasonable sized, and good. My catfish was fried, and still nice and fall apart in your mouth, with a good flavor. For those of you that have had catfish, you know what I mean. Those of you that haven't, Catfish comes 2 ways: Good flavor or ass. Mine was not ass. The Okra? OMFG. I was pealing the breading off to eat the still firm not over cooked okra, and then eating the breading. I'm not even sure what kind it was, but it was spiced and mouth wateringly good. The slaw was not overly sauced and fit well on the sammich.

Dads pulled pork? I'd punch somebody for it. It had enough sauce to make a mess, but not enough to over power the smoked, and damn good, pork. The beans had some of the smokey flavor and a bit of kick, but they were awesome as well.
If you're over in old North Las Vegas, hit this place up. Do it. Now.

Grind Burger - part deux

All right, all right - I know, we've covered Grind Burger before (and bought their swag and been there at least three more times since we've reviewed it the first time) but I have to tell you, I have NEVER had any sort of burger this damned good. It makes me want to punch multiple babies. MULTIPLE!

Ghryc, Kobold and I headed down there as the general cry for the evening was "give me red meat!" This time instead of a turkey burger, I had cow (as did Kobold) and as Ghryc was feeling a little disinclined to be quite as big a fatty as the other two of us, he chose the meatless patty.

But first!

We had the appetizer. It was nom-tastic. Calamari in thai sweet sauce? Can we haz moar pleeeze?! Kobold said he might just order the appetizer as a meal next time we came, it was that damned good.

Even the meatless patty was good (according to Ghryc, neither Kobold nor I dared try it) and the toppings/sauces were as always, amazing.

I'm beginning to think that there are subliminal messages in the rockin' music they play at this place because aside from the 'meh' caliber of the dessert, I have yet to try anything here that was not 'hurt infants' good.

Seriously.

You guys have got to try this place!

The Deli Den

Once upon a time, Ms. Rabbit and Mr. Kobold drove allllllll the way out to never-never-land to find a papasan that was barely used and on the cheap. Whilst out on their adventure, they hungered. Deciding to see what sort of delectable edibles were available out in knobby-ville, they drove to the Durango and 215 area and found a place called The Deli Den. Seeing the prices were reasonable, and being that Rabbit is a big fan of delis in general and more specifically, New York style delis, they decided to nom at this place.

Ms. Rabbit chose the Philly Cheesesteak sandwich and Kobold chose the special (which we unfortunately cannot remember the name of) with corned beef, provolone and yum-tastic bread. Both were excellent, the meat had good flavor and the portions were huge. The service was mediocre at best, but the staff was friendly enough. It definitely had a family-owned feel and the decor was functional and non-fancy (odd, for that side of town).

The two adventurers nom-ed their gigantic sandwiches and eyed dessert but thought better of it, as the balaclava was bigger than Rabbit's hand. Yikes! Portions here are out of control big.

The only sticking point that was while Kobold was digesting, the tummy started to churn and do unhappy things. We're not sure if it was the sandwich, the corned beef or the combination of the two, but it did not end well for Kobold's bathroom or his stash of TP.

So if you're ever waaaaaaaaaaay out in never-never-land, give it a try but beware the corned beef.

Why we don't review chains

As you've noticed we try to stick to local joints, places that we can chill at and not stress what is going down around us. We're pretty easy going kind of fatties. We eat at chains, we eat our fast food, normal things. We like Chile's and Applebeas, we don't mind some pancakes from IHOP.
When I'm in Arizona, I hit up Whataburger. We're not snobbish fatties. Now personally I don't see the point in reviewing a place everyone in the country can easily go to, or large parts of the country for that matter. But I do see a point in reviewing smaller places, or places not many people know about, all around the places that I happen to be.

As me and Rabbit are moving here soon, that will be another part of town, and it will lead to a whole new world of experiences.

To ramble around, today we hit Denny's for a quick sandwich. There are other places we could go for this, there was a Jersey Mikes right there, for example, but I like burgers and Ms. Rabbit likes patty melts. There was a lot wrong with our choice. Did you know Denny's is now expensive? It was, with an appetizer, $16 a person! I got a burger, seasoned fries, and an ice tea. Rabbit got her patty melt, seasoned fries, a coke, and we shared some cheese sticks. Now to me, this should be, at a chain like Denny's, maybe $25 total.. Nope, our drinks were freaking $2.30 each. Our food was crap. I would rather goto a place like Grind Burger, that we reviewed, and get a great burger for the same freaking price.

So yeah, we have become a bit snobbish. We'll spend the money for good food and service. But when the food sucks, and the service is only tolerable, it reminds us of why we don't review chains.

Because they are there for a convenience, but over all, kind of suck.

Beer, Beef and Brownies

Steiner's website proclaims that it "is a Nevada style pub and (...) is the best bet for cared-for service, inspired cuisine and an abundant selection of beer and spirits."



Kobold and I were wandering South on Las Vegas Boulevard, past the Town Square mall, past Fry's.. just sort of headed in a direction, when I saw the "Nevada style pub" sign and got curious. We pulled yet another shell world (are we seeing a pattern here?) and popped in. First, let me say: Staff.. you did an excellent job! Kobold gives you females extra points for being attractive, but his scale is a little different than mine. As far as ambiance and service go, you guys get an A+ from me.. or .. a smiley face sticker.. or a pony.

We skipped the appetizers, electing to try and save enough room for a listing on the desert menu that looked absolutely sumptuous. We did note that the prices throughout the menu were absolutely reasonable - and the menu is gigantic. There are 24 beers on tap and more in bottles, a whole page dedicated to sangwiches (hot and cold) and.. yeah. Foodgasm.

Kobold had a sandwich called "The Palms" which is best described as a patty melt, on marble rye with swiss, onions and a side of 1,000 island dressing - take note, restaurants: THIS IS THE ONLY WAY PATTY MELTS SHOULD BE PREPARED! Kobold likes his cow medium rare and that's exactly how it was prepared. He also elected for a side of the home-made potato chips. Yum-tastic, kids. I promise you this.

I had a PhilEly Melt (aka: philly cheesesteak), which was gigantic and had excellent quality of beef (you may also order it with chicken instead), filling, full of onions, peppers and REAL cheese served on a hoagie. I had the beer battered fries which were neither too big nor too small and were nice and crisp but not over done. I'm starting to sound like golide locks at this point, so I'll stop. Seriously, though. Amazing.


For dessert, we had been eyeballing the Hot Bourbon Brownie Sundae and were squeeing in our pants by the time we each had our first bites. Warm, soft brownie, hot fudge, vanilla bean bits on top of vanilla ice cream, smothered in a bourbon sauce? We were happy little fatties and devoured all that we could before the prospect of being carted out of the place on a hand truck presented itself.

Seriously, people. Go south on the boulevard. I promise it's absolutely worth the trip.

Burgers Part 2

CreAte. Just the name makes you think "Eat your Face." This place has custard, so it gets extra points in my book. It's another very modern place. I've spoken to the owner, who is a great, chill kind of guy, and I like a lot of what they are going for here. They are all for the environment, so the plates, utensils, and cups are all washable, the napkins are recycled, and they recycle what they can. As for atmosphere, it's almost like Starbucks meets Industrial. The walls are decorated, there is a lot of seating, and it's mostly chill to be at.

Walk in and look at the columns of burger choices, and things are happy to start with. I normally go with the Medieval, which is apple smoked bacon, burger, and BBQ sauce. I go sans tomatoes since I believe they are still, at least while uncooked, poisonous death apples.

Rabbit quite often makes her own, using their supplied paper with more circling of choices, to mix and match what ever is filling her pretty little head at the time. This often leads to interesting flavors and happiness, in her pants. Don't ask, she squees and I don't want details, most of the time.

Throw in some sweet potato fries, and fresh ice tea, and I'm good to dance and eat and eat and eat and eat.

The thing that wins this place over (besides the custard, because who doesn't love rich frozen custard!?), is just the pure amount of choices. Seriously this place has some 30+ choice of sauces alone. Throw on the 20+ choices of toppings, something like 8 cheeses, and you can make a LOT of decisions about something horribly simple: Charred Animal Flesh In your Mouth!

Up until I tried the Grind this was my favorite burger joint, and now it's a toss up between the two. CreAte loses out, for me, because it's across town off Lake Mead and Tenaya, way out in North West land, while I'm fairly central.

So far the sweet potato fries are beyond compare, and the staff is always happy and fun. Another great place to nom burgers and be a happy carnivore. Potatoes count as meat, don't forget it.

Mm burgers. or "Rock Paper Scissors FTW"

I'm going to do some back to back posting because I think these next two burger joints deserve their own love, for many different reasons.

Starting with the more recent of the two, "Grind Burgers."



Me and Ms. Rabbit were driving around looking for places to eat, and had to make a shell world (Mostly illegal lane change over multiple lanes of traffic in order to turn "Right now!") because we saw a wood fired pizza joint. Well, then we saw a place labeled "Burger Bar." Some quick rock, paper, scissors later, and we were rolling into the burger joint.

Very modern design with high and low tables, really fun filament light bulbs hanging low (Mmm techno lust), and a great logo on the wall (You know then one of the sexy naked lady with her body dotted out for portions of meat).

Sitting down, they bring us over a clip board with a pencil and a paper with dots to fill in and choices to circle. It was time for class!!! So me and Rabbit are good kids and right out name, period, and class at the top of the sheet and get going. Nerd, ho! Ahem. Their menu had a beef burger, turkey, chicken, and meatless. I had the beef. Rabbit being the communist/adventurer/food blogger she is had a turkey burger. Some pepper-jack cheese, peppercinis, and marinated onions later, and I was ready to pick some "sauce." I did roasted garlic mayo and dijon mustard. Rabbit had honey mustard and thousand island on her fancy turkey burger.

Lets talk sides. we got onion strings (a mountain of them. No, really, this stuff was piled 8 inches high), and with dinner fries/potato wedges. With descriptions like

Sweet and Neat (is just the treat)
Short and Thick (will do the trick)
Tall and Thin (easy to put in)

You just know we had to try them out.

They get our drinks out to us quickly, and we begin the game of oogling the place. Very modern industrial. Shiney metal, fun lights, as I've mentioned, and metal chairs. It didn't take long for us to get our onion strings (again, mountainous) with chipotle ranch sauce that was, as Rabbit says, Punch a Baby good. We made it a third of the way through this hike of a meal before our burgers got to us.

Ahh a good burger, it makes me happy. I'm a sucker for onions that are crisp, and these have great flavor and a bit of crunch on a burger that on it's own was flavorful. I'm not sure what they marinate or spice their meat with, but I think I might have to, at some point, slap a hobo to convince them to share their recipe. Rabbits turkey burger, for a turkey burger, was pretty darn good too. I was happy to eat our "short and thick" 'tato wedges with my garlic mayo and random dips in the onions chipotle. I finished my burger, and we ate most of the fries, poor Rabbit could only eat half of her turkey burger (she's a light weight!!!!). Ok to be fair, for $9 each, it's a fair price, these things are huge. My burger filled both of my hands when I ate it, and I have, what the ladies affectionately call "Gorilla Paws."

The part of this adventure that saddens me is two fold. First, we were too full to try ice cream sliders. This made me a sad panda. Second is they have shirts for sale, but in the maroon t-shirt, didn't have my fat-ass-size. I believe they were just out, as it looks like they normally carry a pretty good stock of these.

All and all it's a great place. Over on Tropicana between Las Vegas Boulevard and Paradise, off on the north side, tucked in with some random resort.
Totally worth the "Shell World," to get there.

Blue Fin Sushi

Ghryc and I are big fans of sushi - and on the rare occasion that Kobold is feeling adventurous and has it on good authority that the cross-contamination at that particular place is nonexistent, he'll try it too. On this occasion it was just myself and Ghryc, though and we went for some all-you-can-eat sushi at Blue Fin. It's on Sunset almost to Hender-tucky but still technically within the city limits. Also, apparently, it delivers. Oh, how I wish I were within range. You can find their website here .

Let me add this in here: Ghryc can put away some serious amounts of food in general, but watching him eat sushi and sashimi is... well, it's almost like watching a true master paint a portrait or listening to a musician really get into the groove. This man can eat when he wants to and on the occasion that you get him to a sushi place, there is no other choice than 'all you can eat' for him.

Myself, I'm content with one, maybe two rolls (the rice is filling, ok!) and I'm good for the while... never mind that I'll be hungry in an hour or two once everything has settled. So, to give you an idea of the general gist that we ate, I'll include the ones I remember myself eating and... well, I'll give you the rundown of what Ghryc said about the massive amounts of food he packed away.

I always have tempura-something (I'm not a fan of raw fish, I prefer the cooked or tempura-ed rolls), so this time I chose the tempura shrimp. They were light and crispy, not overcooked and generally wicked delicious. I also believe I had the crystal shrimp and/or a godzilla-type roll (shrimp, avocado, fish sauce, et all) which was also quite good. I'm a good kid when it comes to eating but also I want to mention the portions here were quite large, so for a normal fatty, 1-2 rolls just might do you in.

Ghryc is a fan of sashimi and ....whatever the little quail-egg-thingies-with-orange-balls-on-top.. things are, so he had those, as well as some spicy rolls and some cooked rolls, all of which he declared absolutely delicious. This is only one of the many sushi restaurants that he frequents but it is one of his favorites, as the price is decent and the portions large.

And to think I was so happy

So I think I posted too soon. See, it'd been a bit (December) since I'd been to Rebel Pizza when I wrote my review. Until now they were great. Let's just start from the basics..
They has an almost 50% increase in their cheese pizza prices. Now you have to wait for a $5 pizza, when you can walk into any Little Caesar's in town and get one hot and ready. Ok, I can deal with a wait, it's a better pizza and fresh. For this I am ok, though a little sad. So I call in my order before I leave work, like a good kid, get there a few minutes later (about 5, really) and pay. The guy on the phone said 15 minutes, so I'm cool. I chill, and I wait, and I watch. After the SECOND person that came in after me got their pizza, and by now it's almost 40 minutes since I called, with no "Hey dude, running behind, sorry" or a "Oh crap, sorry Mr. 6' 270lb hard to miss man, we forgot about you" I roll up to the counter. The lady looks at me, confused a second, and then remembers my name. She looks for the pizzas, and moves to two that have been sitting there for at least 10 minutes, both pepperoni. I called in a order for a cheese and a pepperoni, not a hard thing.

"Oh we're working on the cheese right now!" meaning, 'I'll give you this cold Pepperoni, and ha, oops.' Well, no, I have places to go. So I ask for my money back. She looks at me like I just slapped a midget. "Hold on a second," calls the next order up (I'm ok with this, dude's been waiting at least 20 minutes), and guess what?! His fries aren't ready! She runs out to put his fries in, and tells me, looks at me "You want just two pepperoni?" meaning 'Do you want these pepperoni pizza's that have been sitting here getting cold for now about 15 minutes?" I tell her no, I just want my money. "Well you'll have to wait. I need to get it signed for" what ever, I'll wait, more.

Interjecting: While I've been sitting here I've seen

• Cook wiping his mouth on the rag in his apron where he's wiping his hands off from the flour.
• Dude in the back scratching his nose and then putting food in boxes
• Old man in the back scratching his head and then handling food

Dude that was scratching his nose, during all this, asks if I needed help, girl interjects, says she's helping me. Finally old man comes, signs the note after she goes over the story in a condescending tone. I get my money and bail, 45 minutes after my initial call for an order I was told would take 15 minutes.

Now, these aren't the people I normally saw in there. We'd gone numerous nights of the week and saw the same people over and over, so maybe they've changed staff and what not, but as of now, I'm not going back. Between the bad hygiene habits and the crap-tastic service, why would I?

So, this is the first bad review of our loverly food blog, and I'm sad to say it's retracting a formally great review.

Hashing a Favorite

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Over all I think it was agreed that Hash House A Go Go would be something that needed multiple posts and opinions on, but after Rabbit's Rampages of Writing I think I need to play some catch up and express my undying love and adoration for this Urban Farm Food.

There is far too much food here. No, really. Every portion can pretty much feed two, if not a third. We've gone here, we being me, Rabbit, and my loverly girlfriend, at least three times, maybe more like four. The problem is eventually it all blurs into one big round of "OMFG I can't move, I eat too many."
Listing things off, I know we've tried

• HH Famous Meatloaf, roasted red peppers, fresh spinach and smoked mozzarella
• Andy's Sage Fried Chicken w/ maple reduction, 2 eggs, bacon mashed potatoes & biscuit
• Grilled portobello mushroom
• The Kokomo
• Hash House Quesadilla stuffed w/potatoes, jalapenos, eggs & tomato w/ chili cream

I wish I could remember everything, and I know I'm close. We've also had their breakfast drinks. They have a mimosa that is based of Aste' and Tangerine juice. Their bartenders mix a good drink. It's easy to get too much or not enough booze in a mimosa, especially first thing in the morning, but never has that happened yet. They hit it right on the money. I enjoy their Breakfast Martini, when I can get it. It's juices, and booze, and a cinnamon sugar rim. Ok it's a little foofy for my usual fare, but yeah first thing in the morning when you roll out of bed at 11:00am it's something that makes things better and right. It's sweet, and smooth, and has booze. what else is needed?! Good food.

Look above at those selections. I wish I could describe them all in their mouth watering evil fullness, but I can't, because I'm not verbose enough to give them adequate praise. The Quesadilla is a great breakfast treat. It's starch with a side of starch, and some eggs for good measure. It's well seasoned and FREAKING HUGE. If I haven't mentioned it yet (I think this is only the fourth time) their portions will make you ache. And it's worth it.

The Kokomo is a meatloaf sammich with mozzarella on milk bread. It's this monstrous sammich that comes on a large plate and stares at you, taunting you. The Portobello Mushroom burger is equally large, and almost good for you. These are both wonderful selections if you're not quite ready for breakfast, because it's lunch time when you get there like us.

The Chicken, eggs, and potatoes is a wonderful meal. The chicken breast had to be the Dolly Parton of Chicken's because it's ginormous. And there's this maple reduction that's drizzled along the plate that makes me gyrate my hips in anticipation. Ok for those of you that don't know (aka most of you at this point) I am a sucker for maple. It is my weakness. It's an addiction I keep in check by living in the Southwest so it's too expensive to live off of.

The meatloaf had to be a pound of meat. It's not like Mama cooked it, because Mama never cooked meatloaf this good. It's huge, and tasty, and goes really well between two slices of bread the next day at lunch because like everything else, I had left overs.

There is a downside to this now-chain of off the chain Twisted Tractor Treats. The service is always a bit slow. In their defense it's because we're always there when there are people eagerly and happily waiting upwards of an hour for a table in a town where you can walk five feet and probably find more food, but still, I get cranky waiting for drinks. At least the bar is fast. That makes a lot of things tolerable.

I haven't had a chance to do their dinner menu yet, but it's on my list of noms to try.

Something New

Kobold has been asking for us to try something new; Indian food. I'm not well-acquainted with such things and despite being fairly adventurous, I'm not the type of girl who will eat anything (ie: Kobold is excited about the prospect of trying some Norwegian/Icelandic rotting shark something-or-other.. aka: Hákarl ). Indian food is one of those things that I was sort of on the fence about. I say "was" because he convinced me to go to India Palace (menu/info here for you lovely readers)

It's once more Zagat rated and wonderful. At this point, I really ought to stop questioning him. We went with Ghryc on a Saturday evening and were pleasantly surprised, the place was quasi-busy but seated us right away. The service was impeccable and the prices are reasonable.

They do offer many appetizers, including a staggering assortment of Naan - but we skipped this in order to save room for the meal. They did bring us some complimentary naan (kind of like whole-grain water crackers.. funny-shaped) along with 3 different 'standard' sauces.... red, green and poo-colored. I can't tell you what they were, but the poo-colored was my favorite. It was sweet-ish, the green was more mild and the red was hot-sweet.

Kobold had the KEEMA Lamb, which doesn't necessarily LOOK super-appetizing but I assure you, as I did take a taste, it is amazing. A bit of a kick but not enough spice to deter my Midwestern tastebuds. Kobold decimated this meal in under 15 minutes but stated that he was happily full. The portions look small but added in with the Naan they bring at beginning, plus rice, it was a goodly amount of food.

Ghryc had the goat curry and, per usual, ordered it in "kill me please" hot. Even the waiter asked at least twice to make sure he wasn't just being boastful. He wasn't, and he was pleased with the outcome. It too looked a little...interesting in presentation, but also came in a portion that filled him up and he said it had good flavor and wasn't just "American hot" (ie: hot without any kind of good taste). Special note: the Goat does not come de-boned, so be careful.

I had the chicken Kabab, which comes on a chili's-esque cast iron skillet-dealie, in cahoots with onions, peppers, lemon wedges and an orange slice. It was very good -tasty like.. spicy (but not too spicy) chicken... "molded" FYI, means "squished around the stick so it looks like a sausage." Again, not something I had known about the presentation, but it was quite yum-tastic.

We were intrepid enough to try dessert, too. I initially wanted GAJJAR HALWA, but the waiter said they were out. Sad panda. I settled for KHEER, as I am a gigantic fan of saffron (ok, maybe an addict - it's hard to get saffron anywhere). It was very good, huge portion and came in a banana split boat. Hooray! Kobold had the RAS MALAI and I have to admit, it was good too, though I am generally not a fan of cheese in my deserts.

Are you a Mexican, or a Mexican't!?

Ok I wouldn't use that joke if it wasn't something we've heard in real life. The first time I heard about it a good friend was recounting one of his favorite bus rides ever. A few months back, I heard a father say it to his son. It makes me laugh. Every time. A lot.

La Costa is a small place off Sierra Vista and Swenson. It's tucked into this shady looking strip mall that has like 2 or 3 things still open. The first time I went was with a coworker who kept telling me it was fine, the place had great food. I was worried. I was hungry. I was intrigued.
So far I've had their tacos, burritos and tortas. I love a good sammich, and their tortas make me happy every time. Their burritos, though, are why I go there for lunch. For $3.99 you get an all meat burrito. No onion or cheese or rice filler. Just this wonderfully seasoned meat that falls apart in your mouth. It's not often that I will brag about meat being in my mouth, it makes me feel dirty to say like that, but this stuff? Yeah it's fine to talk about like that. I'm good with it. Give me your big meaty burrito!

Ahem, enough of that.

I've eaten at Roberto's and their many clones, and for those of you that have, the serving sizes are about the same, if not a little bigger. The main difference is where Roberto's is "Yeah that was good.." this place is more of "Nom.. Mmm yeah Nom nom nom nom good.

It's a small joint, I think I've seen three workers total, and it's fine by me. It's open early, and late until 11:00pm. I think the longest I've waited for food was about 10 minutes. It's worth the jaunt over any time, and they always seem happy to have people coming in.

Thai me to the moon...

I couldn't resist the awful pun. I apologize profusely but it couldn't be helped, especially since we're becoming such good friends.

Ahem.



The subject today is Thai food and aside from the fact that I know I'm going to get crap for this, I've currently got two favorites in town: Royal Thai and Thai BBQ (the Original).

First up, Royal Thai. It's on Sahara just West of the Strip (can you tell this is our general neighborhood area? Yeah.. deal with it) and it's neatly situated in a strip mall filled with other cuisines that we've been meaning to try but have yet to venture toward because, well... Royal Thai is amazing. Menu and info for you here

The staff is O.M.G awesome and despite the fact that we're usually the only ..er... white people in the place (isn't this a good measure of the cuisine? If other people of that ethnicity love to eat there?), we've never been treated with anything less that excellence.

Not only this, but the food? The food makes me squee in my pants. Almost literally. I'm a big fan of Pad Thai in particular and this place makes me quite happy about it. Portions are huge and prices are absolutely affordable. I always start out with the appetizer - tempura vegetables (because despite the fact that I'm a fatty and don't generally eat a lot of veggies, I can't pass up deep fried eggplant, zucchini, broccoli and carrots with sweet sauce for dipping!) and then move on to the Pad Thai. I have also tried the eggplant main dish as well as the orange chicken. Everything to date has been absolutely delicious. Not a single complaint from me or any of the poor intrepid souls that have ventured here with me.

The best thing about Royal Thai is the dessert. Seriously. I'd punch babies for this dessert. I believe they call it sweet rice... I'm not sure how to say it in Thai, so I fake it and tell the server that I want the green rice (yeah, it's green, but totally worth the shock value) with ice cream. And by ice cream, I mean coconut ice cream which is not too sweet - actually, not as sweet as the rice - and still has bits of coconut in it. It comes in a little dish and you may want to share it, but not.. if you know what I mean. It's incredibly rich and it may be too much for you to think about eating, but you'll want to anyway. Also, the rice is served warmish and of course the ice cream is not. Great combination. NOM NOM NOM!

The other favorite thusfar was attempted just this week: Thai BBQ on Jones and Flamingo. Menu and location details here Whilst waiting for our showtime for Sherlock Holmes (which, BTW, was quite good indeed), my friend Ghryc (that's pronounced Freak... don't ask) and I ventured to the intersection of Jones and Flamingo for a bit of food before we sat around on our rears for 2+ hours.

Being that the co-author, Kobold has this silly allergy-to-shellfish thing, I often try to avoid eating things with .. you know, animals that could kill him while we're out and about, but my company tonight would not be spared the tragedy of killing small crustaceans. We ordered the appetizer called "Wings of Angel"... which is a little disturbing if you're super-religious, but we're not so we were all about cherubic cannibalism. The order comes with 2 boneless chicken wings which are stuffed with shrimp, pork, chicken (of course) and clear noodles, also served with a side of sweet and sour cucumber sauce. Y.O.M! Not just yum, but YOM. Whilst my companion was given to eating the sauce all by itself, it did indeed lend to the taste of the shri-por-ken (like tur-duck-en, get it?) and sort of helped cut the very minimal greasy edge of the deep fried goodness.

I, being that I have decided this is my standard fare at Thai places, had the Pad Thai, which was an enormous helping (hello, lunch for 2 days afterward) and though there were no substitutions on the shrimp on the menu - as I would have preferred chickens - I was quite pleased with the overall taste. Very well done indeed.

My companion is of the opinion that you can't go to a Thai place and not have curry - I'm not entirely sure what he ordered, but he ordered it in the "please hurt me with the level of spice" area and was pleasantly surprised that not only did it "eviscerate" him as he had wanted, but it still had excellent flavor. All I remember is dabbing my finger in a bit of the sauce, putting it on my tongue and being incredibly sorry afterward. Please keep in mind, I'm from the Midwest, which means spicy things aren't really my specialty.

We were remiss and didn't order desert, as we did have a flick to catch, but we were both heartily satisfied with our meals and we left without too much of a dent in our pocketbooks.

Mmm Pizza makes me fatter

Ahh the joys of Pizza Joints in Vegas. There are of course the mandatory chains, you know, the Pizza Huts and the Papa Johns and the Little Caesars, but there is at least one place in this town that makes me happy.

Rebels Pizza.
It should come as no surprise at this point that it is, of course, by the college. What can I say, most people die within 20 miles of home, I eat within 5 if I can. Here they have a cheese pizza for under four bucks ($3.50). It's gooey and yummy, but not overly greasy. That's my biggest beef (Hahaha beef) when talking about a cheese pizza: Normally it's cheese and grease. While I'm a fan of using grease to get the job done, when you eat a pizza and have to wash your shirt afterwords, it's not nearly as fun as it should have been.

Their peperoni isn't as great, in my none too humble opinion, but it's pretty awesome in it's own right. They smother these things in meat. It's marvelous.

There are college specials, sammiches I've yet to try, and random sides (such as decent mozzarella sticks) . I'm a pizza fan, and need to break this habit and try more, but for now that's where I'm at. Though I have one negative: their cheesy garlic bread. It's kind of blah. It's the one thing this little joint failed on, that I can tell. It's open quite late, is decked out in Red and Grey (Go Rebels), and is definitely worth traveling to this part of town for.

I eat many noodles.

I am a fan of Asian food.
Then again, being a tried and true fatty, I really am a fan of any food. But for now, a triple decker for everyone.

1: Noodle House in the GoldCoast.
This was a good little place to come upon inside one of the classics of Las Vegas. It's off the strip just a tad, has good prices, and me and Rabbit both nommed hard. The food took a minute to get to us (it's all prepared nice and fresh) so the nice manager brought us an extra appetizer. Now, it was a few weeks back, so hopefully Rabbit will come through with remembering what we ate.
Update: Rabbit came through for me. She had Sweet and Sour chicken, that was good. I had Chicken Chow Mein and was impressed. Our appetizer that was ordered was crispy duck (mmm duck), and the freebie was orange chicken, that was really good too.

2: Thanh Huong
This is a place not far from UNLV. I've eaten there probably far too often in the last year. I've eaten many of their wonderful sammiches, their noodle plates, and of course, pho. This place definitely rocks up there as one of my favorite places to get lunch. It's quick, clean, and close to work. Me and a coworker eat here normally for under $15 total, but have yet to spend more than $20.

3: Chow King
This is another joint near the college. It's essentially fast food. They have sio pao, noodle plates, and the thing I go there for the most: Spicy chicken. They have a schezwan style powder they coat the fried chicken in, and it's just good. It's not overly greasy, it's cheap (2 pieces and a side for around $5), and it's good. The side is rice and a mushroom gravy. I'm not sure, over all, what the deal with the mushroom gravy is, but I'm not knocking it.

These are three quick and easy picks for the day. Definitely make me nom.

Pasta Nommy!

It wasn't too terribly long ago that Kobold and I ventured to our newest favorite Italian food place. It's called Pasta Mia and it's on Flamingo and Arville, just west of the strip. I have to say it, OMG it's delicious. It's Zagat rated/approved and though it's in a sort of weird looking strip mall-ish location (right next to the Loose Caboose, if you're interested), it's absolutely lovely inside. It's definitely a good place to take a date. It's the sort of place that has real (oh no, not that!) table clothes and napkins.

Moving on, while we were there we happened to be one of very few customers, but we did hit it off-hours, so we'll go ahead and assume they have healthy traffic flow, despite strange location.

I chose the Lasagna - as I'm told that the true measure of an Italian place is, of course, the lasagna (and I'm more than slightly partial to such things) and Kobold had the Penne Arrabbiata (15.99 and 12.99 respectively). While we waited for our meals, we were treated to Richard Cheese Christmas music (OMG amazing) as well as garlic bread that I would have killed babies to get again. Seriously. Babies.

Also, our waiter was very courteous and had an excellent sense of humor. This rates highly in my book, as I spent many (many... many...) years as a server and I know how restaurants and servers/chefs should behave. Beware, I tip well if you do well and if not, I feel no pity whatsoever leaving no tip at all.

Moving on, my lasagna can best be described as a "food-gasm." The portions here are absolutely humongous and despite the slightly-higher-than-I-was-initially-willing-to-pay prices, let me tell you.. you will stuff yourself and still have leftovers. Let's not forget - Kobold and I are fatties, we can pack away some food if we want to, and believe me we were trying.

It was some of the best Italian food I've ever (yes ever) had... the sort of food that you eat until you're full and then-some. I could not stop eating, it was so good, I ate past the point of full and almost made myself sick.

I don't suppose that sounds terribly appetizing, but that's the way it is.

Here be a link to their website: Pasta Mia!

Please be advised. If you go here, you will eat too many.

We Eat Too Many, on the third try, that is.

So most of Ms. Rabbit and my adventures happen in the wonder that is Las Vegas. We drive around looking for food and randomly stop to, as she would happily say, "Nom, nom, nom." Our latest adventure took us down Boulder Highway at 9:00 pm on a Sunday, looking for the afore mentioned "Noms." We started with Sam's Town. We figured they should have a 24 hour Cafe, and we fail. Continue down the road a bit and we get to the East Side Cannery. Their little hole in the wall Cafe ("Snaps") is a bit busy, we wait in line for 10 minutes like good little fatties. We get inside, order our drinks, and begin to wait. And wait. 15 minutes pass, we've gotten a refill, and no Server. We watch as tables around us begin sending cold orders back. I'm guessing they were just understaffed and having a bad night, at least that's what I hope was happening.

We made like a tree, and got the F out. Across the street we go, to the Long Horn, where it's not a palace and it's not a town, and some other lyrics to the radio song. We get in, get seated, and get to order. Their menu is a bit small, but it's decently priced and worth it. I got the Finger Food Basic. Mini Burritios, some cheesy taquitos, wings, fingers, and onion rings. Everything tasted great, for the price. The wings and fingers were medium, but had a great flavor for medium. And I seriously got a plate full of ranch, sour cream, salsa, and ketchup. Rabbit got a decent Patty Melt. This is all besides the fact.

The joy of our night and the orgasm of our hungry coupling was the Strawberry Shortcake. It's $3.99. It's huge. Seriously it had to be 6"x6"x6". Covered in strawberries, whipped cream, strawberry goo. It was wonderful. I do believe Ms. Rabbti "Squeed in her Pants." Even us, two professional fatties couldn't finish it, it was that freaking large.

So, for all of you with a sweet tooth in the middle of a Sunday Night, hit up Longhorn on Boulder Highway. It'll make your noms come true.