The Cube

Nope - photo not recycled from Paris last year

People said Las Vegas come alive at night. Nothing describe it better. Even if you don't have enough time, you should always, always stay a night, just for the lights. :)


Planet Hollywood, a comfy night stay... but on/off we got lost cos it is a little big, grin.


Caesar Palace - Rome themed hotel, yup - the one in The Hangover movie.

Monte Carlo

MGM - nearest hotel when you travel from McCarran Airport, it's actually a green colour building.

Bally's & Flamingo - yea.. we walked a fair bit that night, looking for a place to have dinner.


You see the ABC sign? It's a convenience shop.




Bellagio.. looks familiar? The fountain in front of Bellagio. The one scene that I remember from Ocean 11, where Rusty (Brad Pitt) and Danny Ocean (George Clooney) were standing in front of a fountain, and I thought that's a nice fountain - Bellagio's Fountain. My friend said with 2 good looking hunks and all I saw was the fountain. Hmm...


Side note: Is it Friday yet?

According to our guide to Grand Canyon (that's for another post), one of the top 3 buffet in Las Vegas is Bellagio's. I actually stumbled upon Bellago's buffet on a blog and my friend also suggested about having lunch there. So there... we were there before heard about it from the tour guide. Cost: $21.50 including tax per person.

My friend went to get our first round of food, but she was nice enough to bring back some Asian food to share - a good share of cocktail prawns, fried noodles, veges. I didn't take a pic on that. Then, it was my turn. Um... in total.. I had 3 servings, excluding desserts.


Roast beef, mussel, salmon, chicken, mushrooms and some wrap looking thing has cheese filling. All were good except the wrap looking thingy but the winner were the mushrooms :p


Beef slider (unfortunately not nice), some beriyani with chicken and potato, pasta in pesto sauce, veges (trying to include some greens in my fattening diet)

And here's some of what was on offer... of course, there were more...

Choices of pasta - I like the pesto

Healthy wraps

Yummy seafood

Pizzas selection

Here comes the dessert, pretty little things... I think I unconsciously took more pictures of the desserts than those main meals :P








I had a couple of the sweets :P

A yummy chocolate eclair with chocolate filling

Napolean cake

Cheesecake

Somehow buffet lunch is much cheaper than our dinner meal. Hmm...



Side note: Melancholy Friday...

Vegas seriously gave the feel of what you see on TV, somewhere where you go and had fun. LOL. Somehow I got the impression people in States doesn't think much of Vegas, but I think it served as a good long weekend away place. Also somehow it feels like Genting Highlands, magnify it a few more times, but much hotter, cos I was there right smack at the end of summer. Like Genting Highlands, it could be alright for some people, but some people dislikes it.

We took a bus from McCarran Airport to the Stripe, there were a few different ones, just pick one. Approximate $7.00 one way, maybe be slightly cheaper if you purchase a return ticket. If I'm not wrong, you need to ring to inform on pick up time for the return leg. We only got one way. Another option is getting a cab. I stumbled upon this website when I was googling prior to the trip, it gives estimation of how much you need to pay for the cab, excluding traffic jam.

Here's how the Stripe look like during the day.




We stayed in Planet Hollywood, considered as midrange. Cheaper than Bellagio's, Caesar's Palace.


It was really hot during the day, bordering to 40 degrees celcius so we spent the day roaming inside Planet Hollywood, checking out Miracle Miles shop.



Bellagio, just like Ocean Eleven.



Check out the glass blown flowers at the reception area.




Inside Paris Las Vegas


A fountain at Caesar Palace.



Side note: Still can't get the service pack 2... *grumble*

Ok, this is going to be a long post. Though I hope not too long.

We stayed in Touchstone Hotel.
Address: 480 Geary Street, SF

Location wise - it is a short walk to Union Square area, pretty convenient.
Though I think it could be noisy at night. I am not too sure if it is throughout the whole night cos I could sleep with noise and light but I did hear some noisy on the not-so-deep sleep times.

We picked a 2 single beds, ensuite room.
As below, there was a small table and TV. Complimentary a water bottle each every day and wi-fi. There was also 2 computers for use, free of charge. We didn't book with breakfast inclusive but were given a 25% discount voucher if we eat at the adjacent deli - David's Deli.




(1) Daily Grill
347 Geary Street
San Francisco, CA 94102

Reason why we were there - looks pretty good from outside, and we were starving. But I do find the food taste good. Though it worry me that people has been saying how servings are very big in US. I find it alright. Am I eating too much? Deco is pretty cosy.



Tuscan Brick Chicken - Roasted Under a Brick until Crisp and Golden Brown, Served with Herb Brown Rice and Tomato Provençal $15.95


Chicken Quesadilla - Grilled Chicken Breast, Melted Cheddar Cheese, Salsa, Guacamole and Sour Cream $14.50


(2) Breakfast at David's Deli
- umm.. not recommended, so I won't put in the address :P

Classic deli feel, food nothing to rave about. For convenience sake and 25% discount, though I still feel the price is a bit too expensive.


Blueberry pancake and coffee $15. I find the salt taste is a little too strong. From memory, salt is part of the ingredient of pancakes but I find it a little too much.


3 egg salami omelette with hash brown and side of 2 pieces of toast. Ok, that was too big portion for me. Better than the blueberries pancake, so so. $17


(3) Eagle Cafe @ Pier 39Pier 39
Ste 103
San Francisco, CA 94133

Looking out to a nice view but shame it was too cold to sit outside to enjoy it. We got a table near the window anyway. This is also cos we were starving after Alcatraz but the food was good.



Oven Roasted Prawns stuffed with Dungeness Crab on rice. It was yummy though the garlic butter stuffing was a little too rich for me.

Fisherman's Platter

(4) Ghirardelli Cafe
900 North Point St.
San Francisco, CA, 94109

Some very delicious looking and sinful dessert. Per my earlier post, I only had dark choc sundae but my friend also had a cappuccino to go with the ice-cream.




(5) Deli Sandwich at Golden Gate Market
221 2nd St
Sausalito, CA 94965


This has got to be the best sandwich I had in the States. To set things straight, I wrote "the best I had", so don't go flaming other sandwiches out there. I don't know if all the cycling make me hungry and hence having illusion or what not, but it was really good. Yumm. Many thanks to my friend who gave up her order cos both my order were not available. But I did share half with her. :)
If you do the cycling across the Golden Gate Bridge, it is on the way to Sausalito after the bridge.


It doesn't even look much but let me present to you - Grilled Chicken with Bacon Ranch Dressing, lettuce, tomato.


(6) Delfina Pizzeria
3611 18th Street
San Francisco, CA 94110

We had pizza in Delfina with friend's friend. This come highly recommended. I was refraining myself from taking pictures of the food, so unfortunately this doesn't have any photos to go with it. Friend's friend has been staying in SF for a bit, so this is a recommendation from someone who can be considered as a local.

(7) Farm:Table754 Post St
San Francisco, CA 94108, United States


This is also the recommendation from friend's friend. He did mention that this is a little pricey comparatively, however considering the price of David's Deli, I think this is cheaper than David's. If I'm not wrong, they change their menu everyday. It is a very small place with only a communal table in the shop, though there were 2 smaller table outside on the walk way.


House cereal with yoghurt and blueberry. Not in picture - Latte with house almond milk.


(8) Tartine Bakery & Cafe
600 Guerrero Street
San Francisco, CA 94110

There's a Bar Tartine as well but the one we went was just a few shops away from Delfina Pizzeria. Shame there were no sandwich at that time, so I had a quiche and bread pudding. Looks small but very filling, somehow.





(9) Burger Bar
Macy's
251 Geary St, 6th Fl
San Francisco, CA 94102

We initially planned to try the Cheesecake Factory. Have you watched The Big Bang Theory before? One of the character works in the Cheesecake Factory, and silly me somehow didn't link the connection between the two till my friend pointed it out. However it was fully packed and needed at least 40 minutes wait, so we went to the nearest option - Burger Bar.

Sorry about the pictures, we were hungry and I fear if I attempt to take a few more shots, the food will disappear under my nose. Joking.


Cobb Salad - I've never had salad for a meal but this is good.


Marinated Chicken Breast burger with jalapeno as a side - so so, looks a bit dry for a burger, doesn't quite bother me, but I know a lot of people cannot stand food without sauce.


Side note: How come the blister doesn't seem to reduce in size at all...? Bleh