Xmas in Vegas. The Plan part Deux (involves cows).

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Starting to formulate the gurgling, bubbling protoplasm of a plan for the Xmas Vegas trip. It involves meat. Lots of meat.

The big meaty extravaganza will be on Xmas day, as my Xmas dinner reservations will be at Gallagher's Steakhouse in NYNY. It has good recs on the review sites, and seems to be fairly unpretentious, which is what I look for in steak joints. If I have to wear a tie, it just ain't happenin'. It's certainly local to where I'll be staying (uh, NYNY), and fills my desire to have more than just a taco and a Corona on Xmas. I'm not remotely a religious person, but the holiday is the biggest in the US, for better or worse, so I feel like I kinda have to not just slum it. Doubt there'll be any turkey happening, but I'll definitely kill me a sirloin that night.

So that's Xmas dinner, but that leaves me with at least 5 other meals to be had during the 3 1/2 days I'm there. I'm reading a lot about Vegas becoming one of the burger capitals of the World. I've seen reviews lately for BurGR by Gordon Ramsay at PH, and there's the new B&B (Batali) at Venetian that looks like it deserves a solid poking. There's also Burger Bar at Mandalay (Hubert Keller) and BLT Burger at Mirage.

So I'm thinking I really make this the trip that I cow the fuck out and try to find the best burger in town. As bemoaned on previous posts, I don't always (read almost never) take advantage of the great food that Vegas has to offer, and I'm certainly not a foie gras and truffle guy (nor can I afford it) so I will step down and polish me off some gourmet-ass burgers.

Aside from slaughtering cattle, I'm not going to have a rigid plan for my days like I had last time. I just went off the reservation last trip and felt slightly disappointed for not sticking to my plan, and since I really don't know what to expect of Xmas in Vegas anyway, I'm just going to walk out the door every day, pick a direction and see where I end up.

Chasing quality meat around sounds like a good start.

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