One of the places we try to always get to in Vegas is Lindo Michoacan. They used to have a website but I couldn't find it this time around. That's a pretty good overview, though. I think I first read about them in a Time Out guide. And even though the Mexican food in the Triangle has gotten much, much better over the last few years, we still love going to Lindo Michoacan. This time we went on Thursday for a light lunch and had an order of sopes (with chorizo -- awesome!) and guacamole. The guac is really fun and prepared tableside. I first remember seeing them do this at Bonito Michoacan where they used a molcajete. Here they just used a bowl but it was still amazingly good. Nothing like super fresh made guacamole.
Another classic Vegas thing-to-do is a buffet. We actually skipped the buffet experience last trip and I thought we were going to this time as well. But we made a last-minute switchup on Friday and passed on Hash House A Go Go. Which is awesome but I just didn't feel like schlepping all the way out there after we'd checked out Friday morning. Instead we opted for the Wynn Buffet. A buffet's never gonna be as good as a top flight restaurant. But this was pretty damn good. I'd say it's right up there with Bellagio for best buffet in Vegas. For me, the high points were the salads (balsamic mushroom; jicama; roasted beets; pear/gorgonzola). I made a couple of dud selections (ceviche was just meh; pizza would have been better if it had been fresher out the oven) and realized after I was full that I'd missed a section of seafood entrees. But that's sorta what the whole buffet experience is about. They did have very nice steamed pork buns. Kobe beef meatballs that, while I couldn't tell you what the Kobe was adding, were quite tasty. And a bunch of other stuff that I can't remember now cos I didn't write anything down. Oh, and this chocolate banana mousse cake that was up there with the best desserts I tasted all week.
So, yeah, these posts have all yammered on longer than I've expected them to. Which is why the "next time" announcements have been consistently wrong. Live and don't learn...
(still to come: Neon Boneyard, Bouchon)