After a somewhat turbulent ride, we got home around 10:30 last night. I had the good sense to take today off work too so I could decompress from my trip. I have to admit, I’ve checked my work email several times, although I haven’t responded. So hard to unplug, especially with a smartphone.
Even though we’re back in Atlanta (and it’s my 10-year anniversary of living here!), I’m not done with the Vegas updates. I’ve got one more and it’s the food. It’s funny, being in Vegas really skews your perception of what’s expensive and what’s not. A $15 salad is a steal whereas at home, I’d balk at one that pricey! A $25 entree seems reasonable, whereas at home, we save those type of places for special occasions.
When we arrived on Sunday night, it was around 7pm Pacific time, so 10pm to us and we were starving. We went to Diego, in our hotel. I had the Ensalada Diego and Jason had a taco sampler.
Honestly, this was my least favorite restaurant that we went to our entire trip. It wasn’t bad, per se, it just wasn’t that memorable. And I ate too many chips.
For lunch, we went to wichcraft, which is one of Tom Collichio’s restaurants. I had the silician tuna sandwich. I usually shy away from tuna because of the mayo, but this sounded (and tasted) like it didn’t really have any, so I went with it because I actually really like tuna sandwiches.
Another day, we went to Burger Bar in Mandalay Bay where I had this monstrosity known as the Vegas Vegan. It typically comes with eggplant, which I don’t like, so I asked for extra zucchini instead. I maybe ate half of it and I have a pretty big appetite.
It also came with sweet potato fries and we got 5 dipping sauces – spicy ketchup, marinara, homemade mustard, cinnamon honey mustard and trufflle mayo. I liked the ketchup and mustard best. I did not try the mayo.
Another day, another meal. We actually kept it pretty light for dinner our last night and went to Seablue in our hotel for their happy hour specials. Jason had a half-dozen oysters while I had a half-dozen shrimp. I also had a salad that I didn’t really like. The shrimp were delicious though.
We wandered over to a different restaurant in our hotel, NobHill Tavern, afterward for a drink. I had the Cable Car. I don’t often order mixed drinks, but this sounded, and was, delicious. Probably because there was caramelized sugar around the entire rim.
After walking around Fremont Street for a while, we stopped in Cosmopolitan to try to find the secret pizza place. They have a little pizza place there that’s down a hallway and not marked where you can get greasy pizza slices. Hey, when in Vegas, right?
And now that we’re back in Atlanta and my pants are a little tighter (not really), I cannot wait to go to the grocery store and get back to my normal way of eating.
Do you splurge on food on vacation?
That veggie burger looks amazing (and you’re right, giant!). I do like to try new foods/be more adventurous/indulgent on vacation but I TRY not to totally blow it out of the water, picking my battles so to speak. Getting out of routine is needed now and then esp when vacationing so I’m glad you got a chance to do that (and WITH Jason, woohoo)! I do, however, like to get back to routine when I get home, especially on the home-cooked meal front so I’m with ya there!
That all looks so good! I wanna o to Vegas!!
I do splurge on food on vacation… and when I’m home.
I most definitely splurge more on food while on vacation. And one of the reasons I want to go to Vegas is for the food. After the shows and other things of course. Glad you had a good trip!
Wow, that veggie burger DOES look good!! You had some good finds and balanced it out nicely, I do think! Some splurge, some not! Glad you had a great trip!!
Jealous!
I got that exact same “burger” at Burger Bar. It WAS huge! I got a side salad with mine and that was HUGE too!! My husband quite content when we started off our last Vegas trip there!
I tend to splurge on desserts and drinks while on vacation, but try to keep my meals and snacks as they would be at home.
I always eat too much on vacation- especially on my honeymoon! Our trips always involve a ton of activity- like hiking and biking, so I can KIND of justify it… but I almost always come back a few lbs. heavier. That’s probably mostly due to the fact that I feel the need to get ice cream every night on vacation.
I’m not a big mayo fan, but I definitely would have tried the truffle mayo! Truffle ANYTHING is good to me. I love that they gave you a ton of dipping sauces.
I’ve been to the ‘wichcraft in Rockafeller Center before, and it was okay. I’d like to try some of his sit-down restaurants.
We walked a lot and I went to the gym in the hotel two days but it definitely was not an exercise filled vacation. I wish it was! And I need to eat ice cream every night while I’m not on vacation!
I kinda love that taco holder.
And that sandwich looks delicious…I’d totally get it with the eggplant though.
Yum! All looks and sounds good. Especially that pizza and Vegas Vegan.