@TJ_Eckleburg12 , my friend is in Vegas for the global gaming expo. He had dinner at Matteo’s and said it was excellent. Said the ravioli was amazing.
Put it on your list if you’re at the Venetian. My friend has impeccable taste when it comes to food.
there are more boba places where I live than coffee houses
You can’t really trust Yelp reviews about ethnic dining from white people who like to post meals on Instagram.
It’s hit and miss. The Yelp reviews for the taco truck that hung out in the same parking lot as that dim sum spot were sky high and justifiably so, despite pulling no punches on authenticity.
I’ve gone to looking at reviews on Google. I don’t trust Yelp after some disappointing experiences.
You need to filter out people with white expectations about service and cleanliness.
Ravioli swimming in broth is my idea of heaven
-1k at Aria PLO, angry with myself. I played 5 hours at Resorts World, then 4 more at Aria, and not only was it not a great game, I was very unfocused towards the end of it. Didn’t help that I was pretty card dead, got dealt tons of uncoordinated hands just over and over.
But I’m not gonna blame luck or variance, I have to be honest with myself and I wasn’t playing well.
Still up on the day though. Gonna sleep, do some laundry, and maybe try Resorts World again tomorrow.
This aria plo game seems to always be infested with grinding nit regs. I’ve rarely found it a great game.
Just pretend you were down $1000 at Resorts and won $2000+ at Aria.
Also, my 14-year-old daughter had boba over the weekend in East Cobb. YOU DON’T KNOW ANYTHING!
Slight change of plans, I headed over to Venetian to try Yardbird and play there. Apparently there’s some sort of conference going on, lots of people in business attire with name badges. I’m reminded of the scene from Rounders: “These two have no idea what they’re walking into.”
Anyway, the conference must have just let out for lunch, and the line for Yardbird was out the door. In that case, I figured I’d head upstairs to the food court.
I went to Social Life pizza, and got the Mambo Italiano, which is pepperoni, mozzarella, sausage, garlic, and bacon. I added the black olives. That plus a fountain drink was $20.
Now I’m sitting in a 3/5 game, the Venetian poker room looks super busy
Maybe I’ll try Yardbird again for dinner
Ok that looks good, disregarding the black olives.
G2E, the Global Gaming Expo, is at the Venetian this week:
Green olives > Black olives AINEC.
Eh, game wasn’t great after the spot busted, so I’m proud of myself for picking up, down $56.
I’ll see how Resorts World is looking this fine afternoon
Getting kicked in the nuts repeatedly >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> green olives > black olives
Pizza looks great aside from that, though
I’ve been to the Yardbird in Miami. Chicken N Watermelon N Waffles was solid!
I went to the V one and wasn’t too impressed.
Btw, @TJ_Eckleburg12, there is an in n out on the strip (kinda, in that area behind linq). If you never had boba i assume you’re from a in-n-out-less era. Worth a stop if youre in the area over some 30 dollar casino burger
Did you hop in the 500/1000 PLO?
^^I definitely don’t roll like THAT
Resorts World didn’t go well, -1090. I started out bad, was in for 2300 at one point, battled back to even, then lost focus and doubled up a nit twice. By the 2nd time, I KNEW he was a nit, but I still doubled him up anyway. He actually had an overpair when he was representing an overpair, gotta play better than that. At least I did pick up the rest of it instead of Ray Guy-ing everything I had left like I did last night.
Wasn’t feeling taking a 2nd Uber to get food, so I found something in the Resorts World food court. They do have lots of options. I settled on a chicken and sausage stir-fried rice bowl, which was pretty good for $15.
Now I’m back at the Airbnb, doing laundry for my last week.
Tomorrow I’m gonna get a great meal at Esther’s Kitchen, probably try Resorts World one more time, and then maybe check out the uncapped 2/3 game that runs on Thursday nights at Sahara. I’ve never been there before so it would be a worthy addition to the chip collection.
