Las Vegas July 2011, Part 4 - Aria Buffet

We are so-so with the food at the Aria buffet...however, their desserts are amazing! We go there just for the desserts, which are from Jean-Phillippe Patisserie. Here are the pics of some of the highlights of this Aria buffet.

Banana cream pie

Carrot cake (my favourite:-)

Strawberry cheesecake

German chocolate cake

Creme caramel

Gelato

Bread pudding, bananas foster, raspberry/blueberry cobbler

Cookies

Sugar-free chocolate cake

Snow crab legs

Shrimp

Sushi and scallop salad

NKOTBSB !!!

My cousin, Celia, and I attended the NKOTBSB concert on Saturday night. Opening acts were Neverest and Matthew Morrison (AKA Mr. Schuester on Glee). Amazing concert! Our seats (section 116, Row 1, seats 3 & 4) were perfect, right where the action was. Nick Carter and Brian Littrell of Backstreet Boys ran up and down our aisle. Joey McIntire of New Kids on the Block perched himself across from our aisle. Here are some pics of the show.

Joey of NKOTB - he's still got it :-)

Brian Littrell of BSB smiling back at me in the front row :-)

Nick Carter of Backstreet Boys passing through :-)

Great concert...if they come back to town, I'll be there again.

Las Vegas July 2011, Part 3 - Stripburger

We had a Stripburger $25 Gift Card that we bought from Restaurant.com for $6. This place is connected to the Fashion Show Mall across the street from the Wynn. This is our second time here. The food is good, and we all enjoyed it.

Mark's beer and Kiki's strawberry banana milkshake

 
Veggie burger

 
Old school beef burger, garlic herb fries

Shrimp with cocktail sauce

Green salad

Fried pickles

Las Vegas July 2011, Part 2 - Wicked Spoon at the Cosmopolitan Hotel

We ate at the new Wicked Spoon buffet at the Cosmo after we checked into the Mandarin Oriental. It was about 1pm, and we were starving after a morning of travel. Wicked Spoon at the Cosmo is about a 10-minute walk from the Mandarin Oriental. I thought this one was better than the Wynn buffet.

I'll let the pics do all the talking...

 
Salmon lox, cucumber and watermelon gazpacho

 
Green tomotoes, asparagas salad, humuus and pita bread, portuguese sausage, BBQ spareribs

 
Roast lamb, prime rib, spareribs, fried chicken

  
Breakfast sausages, bacon, eggs benedict

 
Little pots of different pastas, roast turkey, and Korean short ribs

 
Vietnamese pork buns, Chinese BBQ pork, beef and gailan stirfry, fried rice

 
Pork tacos, yam fries, miso cod
 
Omelette station, shrimp and cocktail sauce

 
Caesar salad, shrimp miso salad

 
Pizza station, paninis

 
Vermicelli noodles, cilantro, green onion, chilis, Dashi broth, Miso broth


Sushi station (California rolls, spicy tuna rolls, dynamite rolls)

 
Chocolate covered strawberries, strawberry mousse, cookies
 
Assemble your own strawberry shortcake, several varieties of gelato and sorbets

 
French pastries (lemon tarts, macaroons, fruit tarts, etc.

 
More tarts, different varieties of fudge