Visiting Las Vegas (2)

This is a continuation from the previous post: We then spent a little time to look around, but we needed to get our stuff out as we had planned to stay only for one night. I'm not a gambler. So there was no stopping at any tables or machines, but Alphonse was being tempted and played a couple of times. The next challenge of ours (the first one was finding a good breakfast place!) was to get the damn rental car which Alphonse had booked because he didn't want to drive his fancy SUV on a mountain road! The fact that he later denied it! We had to get the damn car and then drive to where Alphonse had parked his car, transfer the personal belonging to the rental, park Alphonse's at a free(!) parking spot and drive the rental. By the time we did that and had our lunch it was almost 17:00, two hours after the planned time to head out of the city and drive to the town of Tonopah! I saw two Gordon Ramsey places quite close to each other and they both were in or within the vicinity of the Caesars Palace. One of the reasons that I preferred to have our breakfast outside the hotel or outside any gambling area, for that matter, is that smoking is allowed in all these places, and you can feel the smell and see the smoke inside! For lunch we simply ignored this fact and when I approached Gordon Ramsey Pub and Grill, I was told we had to wait half an hour. We didn't mind. Alphonse used this opportunity(!) and played one of the machines. 

You see lots of nice and luxary cars in Las Vegas, many from California as it's close and many people come for entertainment. This electric BMW caught our eyes. Alphonse liked it a lot although he drives an almost Porshe SUV

An investment of $20 gave him $0.56(!) he didn't even bother to go to the cashier and handed it to a guy who was sitting close to us!We then went to Gordon Ramsey's Pub and Gril as our time had come up. The first impression was nothing special: Regular Western Bar, ill lit, to save money on electricity bills and probably make it romantic(!) at the same time. The service was prompt though. Menus were brought over quickly, and the servers were pleasant. The prices were and still are(!), Gordon Ramsey's prices! I think we both ordered, the least expensive or the second least expensive item on the menu! I had Fish & Chips and Alphonse had the Chicken Tikka Masala. Both the meals came after not much of waiting and they look and tasted almost fresh. My meal was very filling and that was mainly because of the amount of potato I had! The only problem with the meal was its Green Pee Puree which lacked any seasoning! Gorson Ramsey fans who watch his shows know how many times he says SEASON & TASTE, SEASON & TATSE. 

My Fish & Chips dish at Gordon Ramsey Pub and Grill. Now I regret that we did not try Hell's Kitchen! It has already been added to my list

This was forgotten for this part of the meal. Then we decided to have Apple Pie and coffee for our desert and this time it took a bit longer than what we expected. When the pie came, I didn't notice that they were not actually pies! Alphones actually pointed at that, and I ignored it because were at Gordon Ramsey's! It was warm and delicious with a scoop of ice cream on the top! It definitely was not the Apple Pie we had ordered(!) but silly me already had started and it was too late to ask to take the Puddings back! After the disappointing hike to Boundary Peak, which in fact was not a hike, was only a drive up a very narrow mountain road, we head back to Las Vegas and there were a few hours to spend. We decided to go to Strat which is the tower, and we went but because the net says $24 and they wanted to charge us $36, we didn't! While it sounds cheap, it was mainly Alphonse who seemed disgusted by these cheaters who advertise something and charge something else! I'm aware that it is a selling technique. People go all the way to the place (restaurant, supermarket, etc.) and see the actual price is way higher than what they had read. Mostly go ahead. Alphonse though despite having a steady and secure job, which he said he would retire there, having a second part-time job which makes him a good chunk every month and his wife working, still is very careful with what he spends on! We then went back to Luxor, the hotel-casino which has been designed based on the Egyptian Pyramids and Sphinx. The design inside and outside is not bad, but we wanted first to eat something and that turned to a disaster! We looked around and we were not searching for a whole meal, we were just looking for something light and found a few places on the second floor including a pizza place and that was a bad mistake! The piece of shit was asking $9 for a slice! Alphonse got something else, a little cheaper from the assholes and I ended up in the nearby Starbucks! I don't mind spending money on good food but that much for a slice of shitty pizza? No way! I was given a ride to LAS airport after that. I'm not a shopping maniac but I found some of the items in the airport as much or even better than the city.

(Photo, top: Trump Hotel in Las Vegas is off the boulevard but must be nice to stay in. Expensive though. Maybe I try the next time I'm in Las Vegas!)