Tasting Notes - SEP 2010

09.06 - Since The Meat Guy still has dreams about the Buffalo he had a couple of years ago @ miX, I knew we'd have to return once I saw that it was now a regular menu item. Would it be as good as he remembered? Of course not. Once you elevate something to Best Thing I EVER Ate status, you've doomed it. It will most likely be very good, maybe even awesome, but the surprise and 'WOW!' factor are gone - you now know what to expect.
Best part of the meal? The service. We got the SAME server from our JUL trip (who had remembered us from a previous trip), so we once again got the V.I.P. service & bonus courses (Rock Shrimp & Dayboat Scallop Ceviche + the Warm Coconut Foam/Mango Puree pallette cleansing concoction). Also, our table wasn't quite ready upon arrival, so we waited in the lounge which, oddly, The Foodie had never done before, but now highly recommends. The views in the bar area (of both the landscape and the ridiculously hot servers) are awesome and while Bauer The Cheapskate might whine about the cocktail prices, we happened to be there during Happy Hour (which, in Vegas, is, like, 8-10...Prime-time everywhere else), so we got a deal on the drinks too. miX remains The Foodies Go-To Vegas Restaurant.

09.07 - After MANY failed attempts, The Foodie FINALLY got his Best. Eggs. EVER. again. I sadly found out that the Oeuf Au Gratin are too labor intensive to serve on weekends (which is the majority of our Vegas excursions) & the last time we showed up on a weekday we missed b-fast by fifteen minutes & ended up eating a box lunch by the Venetian Pool -_-

Much like The Meat Guy's miX Buffalo, I KNEW it wouldn't be AS good as the first time (and it wasn't) but it didn't matter, the eggs were still spectacularly creamy and worth getting up @ 8:00 AM for (yes, they're THAT good). The Hottie had the Bouchon French Toast which, of course, was nothing like French Toast as you or I know it. In The Kellerverse, "French Toast" is about 3 or 4 rounds of custard soaked brioche with layers of baked, caramelized apples in-between each layer sitting in a pool of warm maple syrup. Each bite prolly had about a thousand calories and it's even better than it sounds. It's "Breakfast" only in the technical sense, kind of like the classic Bill Cosby Chocolate-Cake-For-Breakfast Routine.

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Food Porn: 4505 Meats Fritolicious Dog

As many of you know, The Foodie has a tendency to go to the Ferry Building on THU's & spend way to much coin in a very short amount of time. One of the main culprits is Ryan Farr's 4505 Meats & his ridiculously good Chicharrones. ANY time I hit his stand I need at least a bag for me & a bag for The Hottie (maybe 2) plus whatever wonderful concoction he's dreamed up for that given THU. On this THU, it happened to be the Fritolicious Dog: A SF Golden Dog topped with Beef Brisket AND housemade corn chips DUSTED in Chicharrones Powder!!! He had tweeted earlier in the week that he was working on the Chicharrones Fritos earlier in the week and I knew THEN what I'd be doing on THU afternoon ^_^

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