New Year Eve

no firework this year~ i spend my new year at a friend's house for potluck dinner and count down in font of TV. very cozy and relaxed new year eve. my other friend went to queen mary for firework and i can't think of anywhere else for firework in LA expect Disneyland or Universal city walk.... orz..

上海僑家珊

i wasn't really looking forward to this restaurant before coming. it's a rather small and family-style restaurant. located in the same plaza as 避風塘. people told me they rather go to 避風塘 instead of here~ lol~ but the taste was alright and i like the dishes they served.

Providence

4.5 ★★★★ for the ambiance and the service
5 ★★★★★ for the food
$$$$ 100 and above
we had the 5 courses tasting menu for $85.
japanese kanpachi
Sea Scallop
halibut with cranberry bean
veal tenderloin
bread pudding w/ barley ice cream
i love the bacon rolls and seaweed bread they served. i couldn't really remember how does the scallop taste. the fish was good, but i didn't eat the bean... i wish they could substitute it with corn.. too bad i forget my camera that day and couldn't take any pictures...we also had the foie gras. i was a bit disappointed b/c it looks so dry and hard from outside. but it was really soft and even better than the one i had before. the course remained me of the Bazaar. nice food presentation and interesting tasting experience. it was very impressive on their Mojitos & screwdriver. and they treated us Macaroon & chocolate jellies at the end.

Paris Buffet

buffets 3 days in a roll. we had buffet every day while we were in vegas. our last stop was Paris. we went at 10am and thought we were early, but the line was even longer!!! so we thought it better be good. we finally got in after 2 hrs wait and i was so disappointed at it b/c the selection was a lot smaller compare to other buffet on the strip. They offer free champagne for brunch and have crepe for dessert. but it didn't really make up my 2 hours wait. the highlight was the stone crab came out when we were almost done. i was so full at that time, but still, the stone crab was the best they had in Paris buffet.

Rio Buffet

we was planing to eat at Rio on Friday night for dinner. we arrived around 8pm and thought it's after peek hours, but we were wrong!!! i guess b/c it's x'mas eve, so the line was supper long, almost a 3~4 hours wait!!! we decided to come back the next day for lunch since Rio serves dinner all day on X'mas. We came around 12pm and there's still 2 hours wait. awww~~ bad timing to get buffet pass on holiday >:S
they got crab leg, prime rib, lamb, and also gelato, but compare Rio's gelato to M. M is still better. But the selection in Rio is huge.
we shopped around cosmopolitan after dinner. i think it's just opened a week before we came and they haven't really start running their pool area yet. so they open it to public. we also checked out their buffet. looks so much better than what we just had. lol~

M Buffet

@ Vegas for x'mas weekend. return to M buffet after 1 year when i remember i swear i won't come back to M buffet again after 4 hours wait last year... the food there is pretty good and highly recommend, it's the long wait that makes me hate M buffet so much. but this time we went for lunch, so no wait! a lot variety and love their gelato ice cream.
we brought the hotel package Buffet of Buffet included the buffet pass for 2. after we checked in, they gave us the wrong room. I booked GO DELUXE, but they put me in regular guest room instead. I was so mad and about to complain, but the flamingo lady upgrade us to a mini suite. haha~ even better
went to see volcano at night. the TI show get cancelled again due to renovation on their pool. i felt like i am never gonna see it orz...

Mastro

5 ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ for the ambiance and the service
5 ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ for the food
$$$$ 100 and above
the best part about our vegas trip is the xmas dinner!!! we had Mastro~~~ wa~~~ i've waiting for it since the day i heard we are going to eat Mastro! it's a 3 course dinner comes with calamari & sear tuna for appetizers, Casar salad, main entry which you can choose from Mahi mahi, salmon, chicken, or steak. of course i go for the steak and chose filet Mignon.
they served their plate hot like ruth chris, so i ordered my medium rare. the 1st bite came into my mind is "this meat is way too salty" lol~ they didn't marinate the meat, it's the salt they sprinkled on top of the meat. the meat itself is perfect~~~ so juicy and soft. i also tried their rib eye and new york steak. their rib eye is so fatty~ a little too fat for me, but their steak all getta a strong grill taste which i love a lot. i wast planning to finish my steak, but the service was very fast and they took away my plate before i finish my last piece. awwww~~ i miss Mastro steak~~
the meal ended with chocolate cake and cheesecake and finished with coffee. we to go our dessert since we were too full...

Xmas Company Trip

actually it's Xmas trip from my dad's company. it's a 2 days 1 night short trip. 1st time stay in Mairage and the hotel is pretty decent.
we also visit the Beatles shop downstair.
visit the bellgio at night for the show. i was thinking to watch the show from TI and the volcano at night. but we got too little time for those...

Spearmint Rhino

came here on a friend b-day. 1st time experience is so so~~ the club is not as hyped as I imaged. it's pretty slow and quite at the beginning. it only got heat up toward the end when the special guest showed up. we got the VIP package since there were 24 of us. each of us end up paying $27 for the entry. the girls in Spearmint are mostly white and most of them are nice looking. the show in the end was just so out of ordinary~~ we left around 12pm, just right after the show. i guess i am ready for chippendale. =P