BDay Trip To Vegas

For my birthday Jim offered to take to me to Las Vegas for dinner at Delmonico Steakhouse at The Venetian Resort. It is our favorite place to eat IN THE WORLD. More on that later. We turned it into a weekend. We got a room at the JW Marriott Las Vegas Resort. The hotel is pictured above with the pool. The resort was beautiful. One of the nicest I have stayed at. The room was large, especially considering it was a standard resort room. There was a large tile entry way, a walkin closet, a HUGE bathroom with a jetted soaking tub and a separate shower with a rain head as well as the usual wall mounted shower head. The beds were extremely comfortable, and we had a balcony.

The spa at the hotel was great. We payed the $25 dollar fee and used the steam room for about an hour and a half. There was only one other man in there so we pretty much had the place to ourselves. He came in with shaving cream on his face. He was using the steam to prep for his daily shave. What a good idea. After using the steam room and the cool plunge pools, we went outside to the main pools. They were beautiful! We swam there for a while and then went back to our room to prepare to leave. We were planning on leaving Saturday but we were having such a great time at the resort that we decided to stay another night. Best decision of the year!

That night we saw the Lion King at Mandalay Bay. The show was great. For lunch we went to The Palm. I had a free lobster dinner waiting there for me and me and Jim decided to split it.

Now on to Delmonico. It is without a doubt the best place to eat in the world. It is the Las Vegas steakhouse of Emeril Lagasse. We always order the Chateaubriand carved table side for two. It is served with garlic smashed potatoes, asparagus, and we always order garlic sauteed mushrooms. The meal is served with the best hot rolls. I ordered an iceberg wedge. The meal was incredible in every way.