A Few More Disney Photos

Here are a few pictures I ordered off Disney Photopass. These are the guys always asking to take your picture. Kind of annoying but also pretty handy when there are just two of you. Looking at these pics makes me want to go back.....

Pictures to Make You Hungry

BoBo Brazil Roll: seared kobe beef, avocado, kaiware, shiso, red onion, chimichurri with Eel and King Crab on the Right. This was all very tasty. The roll sounds kind of weird but everything went together really well.
Sea Bass and Miso cooked over charcoal with Peruvian Corn. This could be the best fish I've ever had. It was mild and buttery with a hint of charcoal flavor. Just thinking about it makes me hungry.

Assorted Tempura on the Left Mane Lobster Taquitos on the Right. The lobster taquitos weren't quite what i was expecting but still very good. It was kind of like a chilled lobster salad in them. The Tempura was good too.
An old favorite...Yellowtail with Jalapeno and lemongrass
Macarons from Payard's These were a bit of a disappointment. Wolfgang Puck said they were his favorite thing on the food network so we had high expectations. They were just ok though.

Those sundays are as big as their heads!
The Euphoria Peanut Butter Chocolate Fudge Sunday: Deep Chocolate peanut butter ice cream, dulce de leche ice cream, carmelized toffee bananas, pure chocolate chunks, milk chocolate sauce & warm peanut butter sauce garnished with whipped cream and crunchy hazelnut bits. served with extra peanut butter sauce and pure milk chocolate ganache. My mom and dad ordered this and loved it. I tried a bite and it might be what i get next time.

Dawn and I had the sharing tasting for two. This was the fondue portion of it. The black grill in the back is to roast the marshmallows over before dipping them in the white chocolate. This was awesome...so sweet but so good.

This was the other portion of the sharing plate. It was banana split waffle, milk and white chocolate bark, chocolate sponge cake, chocolate egg roll and a shot of chocolate ganache. The waffle was really good, sponge cake a little too chocolaty for us, egg roll was just ok and the chocolate bark was really good. All in all Max Brenner was a hit.

Lunch at Swish, Dawn's favorite restaurant. It was so good we went twice
Shabu Shabu, I had Sukiyaki

Pot Stickers, Dawn said they were good
Chicken Tom Yum Soup from the Thai Style Noodle House. It's off the strip in Chinatown but it's worth the drive and my favorite soup bar none. So good but so, so spicy. It will have tears running down your face...literally.

Our favorite thing about Las Vegas is the huge variety of great food. We have a few favorites we try to hit every time (Swish, Thai Noodle House, Sushi Samba, Nine Fine Irishmen) then we like to try someplace new every trip. I think Max Brenner will be moved to the favorites list. I highly recommend it for dessert. Don't forget to grab a cookie to go afterwards. Mom and Dad took us to dinner at Landry's Seafood. The pictures didn't turn out too well but the oysters I had were great. Hope you enjoyed the pictures...I can't wait for the next batch.

NASCAR Weekend in Las Vegas!

Dawn getting ready to blast some shit on the Strip
Fun times at the Carnival Court Bar

Brady and Kristy at Carnival Court

Joe Montana at Caesars. Hope his son does good for the Griz this year.
David Reutimann before the race
Getting ready to drop the green flag
The view from our seats

As usual we had a great time on our annual trip to Vegas for NASCAR weekend. We made it in time on Thursday to catch the hauler parade. It was pretty sweet. I'll have a video of it on my you tube page. Friday dawn and I drove to Chinatown to check out a few stores and a couple of our favorite restaurants. I'll do a food update next. Friday evening my mom and dad flew into town. Saturday we and lunch at the Stage Deli at the Mirage and lunch dessert at Max Brenner in the Forum Shops. Wow Max Brenner was good. For dinner Saturday we had planned on driving to Joe's Crab Shack but the gps took us to a closed location so we ended up at Landry's Seafood. I had some great Oysters there. Sunday was race day and even tho Jeff Gordon blew a tire and slammed the wall we still had a great time. We finally have some really good seats after going to the race for 10 years. Sunday night and the drive home were rather taxing but that is for another post. We can't wait for our next trip to Vegas...the best place for a quick get a way in the country. We may take the kids in July or August. They love the pool at the Mirage.