Trip report: Las Vegas, June 2011
Jun 30th, 2011, 09:45 PM
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Lateagain....What is your problem? Goddessintl presented a fabulous trip report and your only concern is her cholesterol count. Lighten up or go pick on someone else. You apparently have different ideas on what one should do on vacation. What's good for you is not for everyone. Foodie types, myself included, thoroughly enjoyed her reporting. If it is not for you.....move on.
Goddessintl -- My husband and I have enjoyed Bartolotta before, but really got nailed last time when we selected a fish course. Being that they charge by the ounce or less, you never know what the end result will be regarding the bill. While the fish course was delish, we felt that $140 for the entree alone was a bit steep. HOWEVER, after reading your review, we will be dining there again next month and will be trying the tasting menu. La Cave will also be one of our stops due to you. We are staying at the Aria, which is a fabulous hotel, but travel up and down The Strip for excellent restaurants; and does Vegas ever top the charts with more fabulous, gourment chefs and restaurants than we can handle at any one time. Thus, our return. Julian Serrano's is wonderful....love the tapas and a yummy drink called a Flamenco; Grey Goose L'Orange, Grand Marnier, mango puree with Habenero chile infusion, lime juice, house-made agave simple syrup and club soda....so refreshing. We're taking note of your wine selections and are going to give them a try...always like to try something new. Your website and blog and incredible. I'll be checking in periodically. What a blessing that you enjoy life to the fullest the way you do. Life is too short!
Goddessintl -- My husband and I have enjoyed Bartolotta before, but really got nailed last time when we selected a fish course. Being that they charge by the ounce or less, you never know what the end result will be regarding the bill. While the fish course was delish, we felt that $140 for the entree alone was a bit steep. HOWEVER, after reading your review, we will be dining there again next month and will be trying the tasting menu. La Cave will also be one of our stops due to you. We are staying at the Aria, which is a fabulous hotel, but travel up and down The Strip for excellent restaurants; and does Vegas ever top the charts with more fabulous, gourment chefs and restaurants than we can handle at any one time. Thus, our return. Julian Serrano's is wonderful....love the tapas and a yummy drink called a Flamenco; Grey Goose L'Orange, Grand Marnier, mango puree with Habenero chile infusion, lime juice, house-made agave simple syrup and club soda....so refreshing. We're taking note of your wine selections and are going to give them a try...always like to try something new. Your website and blog and incredible. I'll be checking in periodically. What a blessing that you enjoy life to the fullest the way you do. Life is too short!
Jul 2nd, 2011, 11:11 AM
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"that’s where we flaunted our fancy selves."
You've gots that right toots.
Anyone who writes like that, and uses fancy shmancy words like "amuse-bouche" is either filthy rich, or just imagines they are. Perhaps your majesty made it all up for the amusement of the paupers on this list.
Would you care to recommend a capuccino cleansing treatment of the rear orifice?
You've gots that right toots.
Anyone who writes like that, and uses fancy shmancy words like "amuse-bouche" is either filthy rich, or just imagines they are. Perhaps your majesty made it all up for the amusement of the paupers on this list.
Would you care to recommend a capuccino cleansing treatment of the rear orifice?
Jul 2nd, 2011, 08:53 PM
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POMAH,
I'll assume you are being funny. Our comments are actually rather similar with you mentioning a a capuccino cleansing treatment of the rear orifice and my reference to the civet plug.
Goddess, you gave a well written and entertaining trip report about Las Vegas that doesn't deserve snide remarks.
Even for those of us who do not want to order what you did or "flaunt our fancy selves" it was a fun read.
I'll assume you are being funny. Our comments are actually rather similar with you mentioning a a capuccino cleansing treatment of the rear orifice and my reference to the civet plug.
Goddess, you gave a well written and entertaining trip report about Las Vegas that doesn't deserve snide remarks.
Even for those of us who do not want to order what you did or "flaunt our fancy selves" it was a fun read.
Jul 3rd, 2011, 08:09 AM
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Was the fabulous report actually about Las Vegas or was it about any city with fabulous restaurants? I think this is a foodie report not a trip report and would have been better placed on Chowhound, after all, the OP even called the desert sun the "dessert" sun.
And how exactly is it a "vacation" if you're taking meticulous notes on how much everything costs and how everything was "plated"? And no wonder Julian Serrano was turning over 3 tables while you sat there and made notes that your wine had "notes of tar."
I'm glad, however, that you didn't leave out that one wine had notes of South African beeswax. This sort of information is invaluable to a foodie and I hope you have cross-posted on Chowhound where this report will be much-appreciated.
And how exactly is it a "vacation" if you're taking meticulous notes on how much everything costs and how everything was "plated"? And no wonder Julian Serrano was turning over 3 tables while you sat there and made notes that your wine had "notes of tar."
I'm glad, however, that you didn't leave out that one wine had notes of South African beeswax. This sort of information is invaluable to a foodie and I hope you have cross-posted on Chowhound where this report will be much-appreciated.
Jul 3rd, 2011, 12:59 PM
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So it is a foodie report? So what? I'm not a foodie but if restaurants and spas and such make the Las Vegas trip for the poster, then that's what the poster should write about.
What upsets me is when the focus is fancy food in remote locations where the purpose of going to such a location is nature not food, yet expectations are for haute cuisine. Then such emphasis on food is out of place, especially if it is critical. Similarly, emphasis on the poor birdwatching opportunities on the strip would be out of place. But Vegas is center of excess and indulgence and that's what we have with this report.
I would think these unique dining experiences will appeal to certain potential Las Vegas visitors and they'd enjoying learning what they can eat where.
Oh, and let me add a personal food experience here. The 99 cent shrimp cocktail at Golden Nugget is legendary, even though I think it has gone up a buck to $1.99.
Party on Goddess. Maybe I'll see you at the hors d'oeuvres table some day.
What upsets me is when the focus is fancy food in remote locations where the purpose of going to such a location is nature not food, yet expectations are for haute cuisine. Then such emphasis on food is out of place, especially if it is critical. Similarly, emphasis on the poor birdwatching opportunities on the strip would be out of place. But Vegas is center of excess and indulgence and that's what we have with this report.
I would think these unique dining experiences will appeal to certain potential Las Vegas visitors and they'd enjoying learning what they can eat where.
Oh, and let me add a personal food experience here. The 99 cent shrimp cocktail at Golden Nugget is legendary, even though I think it has gone up a buck to $1.99.
Party on Goddess. Maybe I'll see you at the hors d'oeuvres table some day.
Jul 3rd, 2011, 03:42 PM
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Everyone travels differently, and this report illustrates exactly what many people go to Las Vegas for...relaxation, food, shopping. Sorry, not everyone wants to tour the dam and Lake Meade, fly to the Grand Canyon, or wander in the desert.
Some of you people need to get over yourselves. I found Goddesses report to be interesting and entertaining, some of you didn't, so then just move on. People write their personal experiences, they aren't writing a travelogue.
Some of you people need to get over yourselves. I found Goddesses report to be interesting and entertaining, some of you didn't, so then just move on. People write their personal experiences, they aren't writing a travelogue.
Jul 3rd, 2011, 04:32 PM
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Wow, I can't believe the snotty responses to this trip report. And people wonder why some travelers don't post reports, which by the way take a lot of time and effort.
It is a wonderful report, full of interesting information and gives a sense of the fun visit these two had. Thank you Goddess for taking the time, it was a fun read.
It is a wonderful report, full of interesting information and gives a sense of the fun visit these two had. Thank you Goddess for taking the time, it was a fun read.
Jul 3rd, 2011, 07:07 PM
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"I think this is a foodie report not a trip report and would have been better placed on Chowhound,"
I agree 100%.
And why is her blog written in the 3rd person? Did someone else write her bio? Is she some over educated, French speakin', amuse-bouche eatin', snub who thinks a trip to Vegas is about food?
This could be a prank ifcourse.
I agree 100%.
And why is her blog written in the 3rd person? Did someone else write her bio? Is she some over educated, French speakin', amuse-bouche eatin', snub who thinks a trip to Vegas is about food?
This could be a prank ifcourse.
Jul 3rd, 2011, 10:04 PM
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Trip reports amaze me, all the details that people go into. I could never do that and wonder how they're done. Are you taking notes down into your cellphone during each course of the meal etc? Does it annoy the people that you're traveling with? Or do the people who write these extensive trip reports just have phenomenal memories about things like which wine tasted of South African beeswax.
I enjoyed the report but a title of "eating our way through Vegas" might have kept others from the disappointment of reading and reading just waiting for something to happen besides food.
P.S. What pray tell is molecular mozzarella and what is rocoto mayo?
I enjoyed the report but a title of "eating our way through Vegas" might have kept others from the disappointment of reading and reading just waiting for something to happen besides food.
P.S. What pray tell is molecular mozzarella and what is rocoto mayo?
Jul 4th, 2011, 08:14 PM
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"molecular mozzarella and what is rocoto mayo"?
How would anyone know, unless they've graduated from something called a "Wine & Spirit Education Trust". ahem. amen.
In the words of Robin Leach... "Champagne wishes and caviar dreams."
How would anyone know, unless they've graduated from something called a "Wine & Spirit Education Trust". ahem. amen.
In the words of Robin Leach... "Champagne wishes and caviar dreams."
Jul 24th, 2011, 07:09 PM
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Oh my...such incredibly childish responses to someone who took the time to write an interesting trip report that one can choose, if it doesn't interest them, NOT to read. This is what really turns me off the Fodors Forum. Grow up people...POMAH.....YOU have a real problem.Vegas flaunts it's gourmet dining and top chefs and this report focused on just that very aspect.No wonder people don't want to write trip reports.
Jul 25th, 2011, 05:29 AM
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GREAT report! Wow... this place has gotten mean...
It was wonderful and I enjoyed it all and giggled at your writing style.
We love Vegas and I do not gamble. I love a nice hotel room and enjoyed your photos and by your appearance I would say you do not dine in this fashion every day or have the best metabolism known to man-kind.
I would travel with you any day!
It was wonderful and I enjoyed it all and giggled at your writing style.
We love Vegas and I do not gamble. I love a nice hotel room and enjoyed your photos and by your appearance I would say you do not dine in this fashion every day or have the best metabolism known to man-kind.
I would travel with you any day!
Jul 26th, 2011, 07:18 PM
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My goodness, you go away for a little while, and a fight breaks out.
I debated for quite a while before posting the link to my personal website. The reason I did it is because I wanted to share my photos, I stand behind every word I write, and I do not feel I should hide behind the anonymity the Internet can offer.
When dining with a companion, I always ask if they mind my taking pictures and/or notes. For this trip, I was accompanied by a dear friend who took just as many pictures of her food as I did of mine. We went on this trip looking for an extraordinary food experience, and we found it. Neither one of us is rich (not even close!), nor are we pretentious. We each set personal goals, saved our money, and when we reached our goals we rewarded ourselves with some girl time.
To those who offered words of encouragement and support, you have my sincere thanks. For those who brought out the brickbats, I have no words.
I debated for quite a while before posting the link to my personal website. The reason I did it is because I wanted to share my photos, I stand behind every word I write, and I do not feel I should hide behind the anonymity the Internet can offer.
When dining with a companion, I always ask if they mind my taking pictures and/or notes. For this trip, I was accompanied by a dear friend who took just as many pictures of her food as I did of mine. We went on this trip looking for an extraordinary food experience, and we found it. Neither one of us is rich (not even close!), nor are we pretentious. We each set personal goals, saved our money, and when we reached our goals we rewarded ourselves with some girl time.
To those who offered words of encouragement and support, you have my sincere thanks. For those who brought out the brickbats, I have no words.
Jul 27th, 2011, 07:35 AM
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This is a great trip report. I really enjoyed it, and since I just took a very different kind of trip to Las Vegas, found a different perspective really interesting.
The Wynn is a beautiful resort, and one of the many great things about Las Vegas is that it is perfectly fine to walk around in those sumptuous environs and spend a small amount of money, even for those who cannot afford to stay there. We spent a very enjoyable chunk of afternoon walking around, window shopping and enjoying the decor, essentially for free, since we got free slot play for joining their club, which pretty much cancelled out the nine dollars worth of soda water from Parasol Up.
Envy for those who can afford a particular indulgence is ill-becoming, and it is rude to comment on other people's eating habits.
The Wynn is a beautiful resort, and one of the many great things about Las Vegas is that it is perfectly fine to walk around in those sumptuous environs and spend a small amount of money, even for those who cannot afford to stay there. We spent a very enjoyable chunk of afternoon walking around, window shopping and enjoying the decor, essentially for free, since we got free slot play for joining their club, which pretty much cancelled out the nine dollars worth of soda water from Parasol Up.
Envy for those who can afford a particular indulgence is ill-becoming, and it is rude to comment on other people's eating habits.
