Sin shitty cuisine
Posted Tuesday, June 12, 2007, 4:25 PM by Lonely Planet
They say that what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, and maybe that's a good thing. Some of the food and drink you find there just shouldn't make it home.
America's infamous bastion of dirty feel-good hedonism dishes out some seriously sinful culinary creations. Away from the glitzy dining at the Strip mega-resorts, meal prices drop and your cholesterol may spike to previously unimaginable levels. At one Downtown area casino, the fast food could be referring to the immediacy of your next coronary. For a mere 99 cents, treat your refined palette to some deep-fried Oreo cookies, and taste what happens when a sandwich creme cookie drowns in oil. Or sidle up to a deep-fried Twinkie, America's favourite shelf life-indeterminate sponge cake. 
After a dose of comfort food that feels so wrong and tastes so right, a little liquid nourishment is in order. This being Vegas, it's got to be B-I-G. How about your favourite cocktail supersized beyond your ability to carry it? The Carnaval Bar sells drinks so gargantuan that the hookah-sized glasses attach to your neck with a leash. Almost three feet long, they're salaciously called a 'full yard with a strap-on'.
Bon appetit!
Next stop Utah for Beth Kohn - if she can get off the toilet in Vegas. Beth is exploring the Southwest States researching the USA guidebook.
Labels: The Americas
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2 Comments:
great post!
I love Vegas. The food was awesome. But I spent two days there and put on five kilos. I can't imagine what would have happened if I stayed any longer - or - lived there... imagine! It is no wonder we hear of these unhealthy Americans - it is too tempting and too cheap to just chow down something completely unhealthy.
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