Vegas Work Eating

Here's the low-down:

- Hilton buffet by conference center for lunch - $13 I think and quite deelightful. BBQ ribs & ice cream sundae with gummi bears were highlights. Cabbage disguised as what I thought were pirogies were also quite delightful

- PF Chang upscale Asian chain was really good and reasonably priced. We had about 10 people, so we all ordered one dish and went family style. I was quite pleased with my coconut curry peanut tofu veggie...especially when they messed up and brought 2! Beef and chicken also tasty. Brown rice was not good though...stick with white!

- Steakhouse at Bally's - highly recommended! Bread was excellent and of multiple types. For appetizer, I went with the "Bally's steakhouse salad". It was a little too citrusy and the highlight, spiced cashews, tasted like bad picards seasoned cashews. Overlooking that, the beef short rib stuffed ravioli with truffle sauce was fantastic! It was a good value too since it was an appetizer. Big enough for all but big eaters. I had a bite of my coworkers humongous steak and it was very good too. We shared a few desserts among the table. The berry sundae was served in a 10 x normal cocktail glass! Creme brulee was the best I have ever eaten. Caramel without the usual burnt flavor on there. Not exactly cheap at $650 for 7 people, but the coworkers did drink quite a lot since it was out last night in Vegas, so that added maybe $200 or so to the tab.

- Voga at the Flamingo - kinda expensive, but decent food. Really could not understand waiters english though. Roasted red pepper soup really good.

- Bfast buffet at Flamingo - go with the crepes! Tasty! High marks for bacon crispiness. Was about $16 which is not bad value when you consider that I paid $11 for a crepe & small green tea the previous morning from a non-buffet venue!

Blogging from the Trenches

The burrito wars have been going in Toronto for the last month. Chipotle, Mission Burrito and others are trying to take on the incumbents like Big Fat and Burrito Boyz. I've been doing my part to survey all the options. Will blog more when the eating lets up