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Hash House A Go Go: Huge Portions for Breakfast in Vegas

April 15, 2014

Hash House A Go Go is a 24 hour restaurant in The Quad. They are known for their breakfast in amazing large portions. It’s been featured a lot on Food Network and it was recently featured on Man vs Food for their Andy’s Sage Fried Chicken Benedict.

We got there at 10am and there was already a line up. We waited about 45 minutes for a seat. If you hate lines, it always best to come at non-peak hours.

There’s a lot of seats inside but not all of them were occupied.

Ground turkey, mushroom & broccoli Farm Scramble is served with mashed potato, fresh fruit and biscuit.

House smoked salmon benedict with asparagus, sun-dried tomatoes, chili cream and two basted eggs.

It’s huge and tastes decent. This isn’t any normal eggs benny. My mom commented that the salmon was dry.

HH Famous Meatloaf House Hash has roasted red peppers, spinach and smoked mozzarella. It is tossed with crispy potatoes & topped with 2 eggs, served with fruit and biscuit.

Its served in a huge pan too.

Roasted Chicken House Hash has garlic, onions, asparagus and rosemary. Then tossed with crispy potatoes and topped with 2 eggs, served with fruit and biscuit. My dad enjoyed it.

Andy’s sage fried chicken benedict with fresh spinach, hardwood smoked bacon, market tomato, griddled mozzarella, chipotle cream and scrambled eggs.

They threw a knife in there to hold it all together.

The knife was huge and this was just oozing with calories. I didn’t mind, so i just dug in to enjoy all its flavours.

It has everything but my favourite part was the bacon and scrambled eggs on top. The chicken was dry.

Overall, the only thing it has going for them are the huge portions. Tastewise, it was ok. It’s not a place for everyone.

We Rate Hash House A Go Go:

Address:
3535 Las Vegas Boulevard S
Las Vegas, NV 89109

Website:
http://www.hashhouseagogo.com/vegas/menu/

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Coca-Cola Store Las Vegas: ‘Around the World’ Tastings

April 7, 2014

If you are a Coca-Cola lover and visiting Vegas, you can’t miss the opportunity to visit the Coca-Cola store on The Strip. It’s right across the street from Monte Carlo. It is two floors and has tons of Coca-Cola products to purchase. Also, there is a cafe on the second floor, so you can enjoy some different Coca-Cola drinks.

One reason why tourists come here is for their ‘Around the World’ taste test of the different Coca-Cola products around the world. You won’t find this anywhere else except here. $7 for 16 different samples.

Plus, there’s really cool mugs to buy.

The bottom floor has clothing, merchandise, and even take a picture with the Coca-Cola polar bear.

Upstairs, you have more of their vintage merchandising.

It’s a large area, so there’s lots of seats and so many things to buy.

They have Mexican Coca-Cola, Coca-Cola Floats and a bunch of other Coca-Cola inspired items, but there was one item that catches everyones eyes…

Around the World Tray ($7) has 16 different flavours of Coca-Cola products from around the world.

Inca Kola (Peru)
Fanta Magic (Estonia)
Stoney Tangawizi (Tanzania)
Sprite Ice (Korea)
Vegitabeta (Japan)
Ciel Aquarius (Mexico)
Smart Watermelon (China)
Kinley Lemon (England)
Fanta Kolita (Costa Rica)
Thums Up (India)
Lift Manzana (Mexico)
Bibo Kiwi Mango (South Africa)
Sunfil Mint (Djibouti)
Smart Apple (China)
Beverly (Italy)
Mezzo Mix (Germany)

It comes on 2 trays. It’s huge. If you are going with a group of people, only order one….or else you will regret it. You only really need a sip since there are 14 flavours to try.

You get pieces of paper with the flavours so you know what you’re tasting. The Inca Kola and Fanta Pineapple were my favourites.

Tray #2 definitely tasted worse than Tray #1.

It was a good experience, but there were some good ones and lots of bad flavours. It’s not really tuned to our North American taste buds. This is something your try once…but you probably won’t order it again unless someone else wants it.

Website: http://www.coca-colastore.com/

Address:
3785 S Las Vegas Blvd,
Las Vegas, NV 89109

In Cafe

Starbucks in Las Vegas

April 6, 2014

When in Vegas, go to Starbucks. At least that’s what my sisters and I did. She’s really obsessed about getting those collectible Starbucks mugs from different cities around the world. While walking inside Caesars Palace, we found a Starbucks and needed a cool drink to refresh us.

The Starbucks in Caesars Palace is located to the left of the lobby.

The space is quite small, but there are these long long couches to rest for a bit and enjoy your beverage. It’s not a cafe where you can sit for a while.

Another huge difference are the prices. Most tall drinks are $6 and it has a crazy markup. I pay about half the price in Vancouver. My wallet hurt after coming here.

After going to this location, I started looking at the other location’s prices and it can vary from $5 to $6 for tall drinks.

Vanilla Macchiato was the drink that they are currently advertising. In Canada, they introduced the Maple Macchiato and in the states, they released the Vanilla Macchiato. How different right?

The Vanilla Macchiato is a multi-layered drink that has steamed milk, espresso, and the sweet drizzle made of brown sugar, butter, vanilla and some salt.

I got my drink in iced form since it was pretty hot outside. The drink was ok, but nothing special.

The other drinks we ordered were iced green tea and iced coffee. Pretty standard stuff. We spent over $20 of 4 tall drinks which sucks. But, it’s on The Strip, so always expect to pay more.

Website:
www.starbucks.com

Address:
3570 S Las Vegas Blvd
Las Vegas, NV 89109