Saturday 25 May 2013

More food!



Circus Circus Steakhouse, Las Vegas.
The only good thing about Las Vegas was the most amazing steak ever!!!!  After arriving late into Vegas following a long drive from the Grand Canyon, we decided to spoil ourselves and have a dinner out.  Next to our RV park was the Circus Circus Hotel (they also have a free circus everyday at 11am - Vegas is soooo over the top with everything).  Anyhow - as it was only a short walk, we decided on the Circus Circus Steakhouse.  The boys eyes were agog - you walk through a couple of casinos within the hotel to get to the steakhouse!  The whole casino thing is revolting but the steak was worth it.  I enjoyed an "aged" petite Filet Mignon and Ben enjoyed a "aged" Rib eye fillet on the bone, Ferg loved his "aged"petite cut sirloin  fillet and Dougal devoured his rack of lamb.  The meat  melted in your mouth as it was so tender.   My mouth is still watering - it was seriously good!! The service was first rate, we sampled Californian wines before deciding which drop to have with our steaks. A patron nearby ordered  the "aged" rib eye fillet on the bone which almost completely filled his plate - he also asked for it to be cooked rare - he returned it as it was not cooked to his liking!!  Seriously it looked like a massive piece of uncooked red meat sitting on his plate still mooing - YUK!  It kept us amused!

Silver Lake's World Famous Omlettes, High Sierra (about 1hr from Yosemite)
We stayed at a very scenic RV park called the Silver Lake Resort.  A favourite of ours.  Picture snow capped mountains surrounding us, a stream running through the RV park (wild deer grazing) and a lake across the way.  The lake must be well stocked with trout as we saw a couple of proud fisherman with their catches.  I might add - the showers were the best (clean, hot and with high pressure).  Anyhow - it was made clear to us that they serve the world's best omelettes.  Ben enjoyed a Mexican Special (sausage, bacon, bell pepper, red onion, mushroom, Ortega, a few Jalapenos, Jack and Cheddar cheese inside and out, topped with sour cream and salsa), I opted for something smaller the Denver Plus (ham, bell pepper, red onion, mushroom with cheddar and jack cheese inside and out).  The boys enjoyed a Miner's Special (two fresh eggs, ham, bacon, breakfast potatoes and toast).  The coffee was even half decent (and bottomless) and the fresh juice was delicious.  Dougal reckons he has had the best hot chocolate ever - it arrived with about a 5cm layer of cream on top!!!!

1 comment:

  1. Great work Fi, I love your food reviews....please keep them coming....maybe you could incorporate a ratings system for each eating experience out of 10....you should become a professional food critic!....haha....I too loved the food in Vegas, those casino restaurants have everything you could want, 24 hours a day....bacon and eggs at 1am? Ice cream for breakfast? No problem!....I remember when I was there you could pay $30 per day for a 24 hour period, as much as you could eat(all designed to keep you in the casino so you could gamble more!)....judging by the size of some of the patrons they didn't leave the restaurant for the 24 hours....

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