Vegas and Food

Feb 13, 2009

Vegas offers

Here's the offers we recently received.

Palace Station: $10,000 April Showers of Cash slot tournament
Includes 3 free nights

Monte Carlo:
3 complimentary nights, food and beverage in select restaurants, $200 free play

Bally's: $37,500 One to the Royal video poker tournament, April 13-16
Includes 3 complimentary nights

The Orleans: Luck of the Irish tournaments
Includes 3 nights, afternoon cake & champagne awards presentation

Kabuki Japanese Restaurant

Santa Clarita

Kabuki Japanese Restaurant. We had a coupon for a free entree, so we decided to get the free entree, plus a few other things from the happy hour menu. All the food total was $15.

Food was good, and service was good. Food started coming right away, and if you go there during happy hour, it's a really good deal.

Volcano sushi (baked spicy scallop) $2.50 (reg. $3.95)

Spicy tuna roll $2.95 (reg. $4.75)

Salmon roller $3.95 (reg. $6.95)
Daikon, cucumber, shiso leaf and kaiware sprouts rolled in thinly sliced salmon served with special yuzu sauce (4 pcs)

Salmon teriyaki with tempura dinner combination (served with soup, salad, and rice) $14.95

Freddo $5.95
Choice of ice cream (green tea) on shaved ice with fruits and sweetened milk

Dessert menu

Happy Hour menu

Rating (food): 4 / 5
Rating (service): 4 /5
Repeat: Yes

FIND MENU AND LOCATIONS:
http://www.kabukirestaurants.com/

Mon-Thur: 11am-10:30pm
Fri&Sat: 11am-11pm
Sun:11am-10pm

Happy Hour: Mon-Fri 3pm-6pm

Feb 11, 2009

Forever Geisha Sushi - Valencia, CA

Santa Clarita

Forever Geisha Sushi in Valencia, California. We went here because they were having a sushi sale. So almost all the sushi was 50% off. I know, I've never heard of a sushi sale. They're probably still doing the sale, if you wanna try it out. We got our sushi to go.

The food quality and taste was below average. Spicy tuna looked so weird, like mixed with something else. That was so gross. Even though these were 50% off, it's still not worth the money. Sushi here sucks.

Inari $2.50 (reg price $4.50), cucumber roll $3.25 (reg price $5.95)

Spicy tuna roll $3.25 (reg price $5.95)
Why does this tuna roll have colors of beige, red, pink, orange, etc? What's in it?

Gobe roll $7.95 (reg price $13.95)
Shrimp tempura, avocado with snow crab, seared scallop, special sauce

Albacore $2.69 (reg price $4.75)

Rating (food): 1 / 5
Rating (service): N/A
Repeat: No

http://www.yelp.com/biz/forever-geisha-valencia

Forever Geisha Japanese Fusion Restaurant

25373 Wayne Mills Pl.
Valencia, CA 91355
(661) 287-0081

Mon-Sun: Lunch 11am-3pm / Dinner 3pm-10pm

20109 Aurora Ave. N. Suite 2A
Shoreline, WA 98133
(206) 542-3050

Feb 10, 2009

Italia Panetteria & Deli - Valencia, CA

Santa Clarita

Italia Panetteria & Deli in Valencia, CA. Again, my husband's Yelp friends said it's good, so he got sandwiches for me and him.

You can choose a hard roll or soft roll, and we agreed the hard roll is much better. Yes, the sandwich was good. I liked my ham sandwich. He was gonna get me the deluxe ham, but he said it looked dry.

I'm not sure if it's worth the money. The website says they serve quality items. I didn't see any "quality" sandwich like their website says. I can get a double-size sandwich for $5 at Subway. This small sandwich costs $7. Total $15 for these small sandwiches?? I don't think so. I can get a similar type and size of bread, a little lettuce, tomato, and deli meat from Whole Foods and just make it myself. It would be cheaper and more food.

So yes, I liked it, but we probably won't go back unless we get coupons. Too expensive for sandwiches.

Honey Ham with hard roll $6.99

Turkey & Provolone with soft roll $6.29

Rating (food): 4 / 5
Rating (service): N/A
Repeat: Only if I have a coupon

Italia Panetteria & Deli
27674 Newhall Ranch Rd. #55
Valencia, CA 91355

(661) 294-9069

Mon-Fri: 9:30-7:30
Sat: 8:30-5:30
Sun:CLOSED

http://italiavalencia.com/

Feb 8, 2009

Wok's Cookin' - Castaic, CA

Santa Clarita

Wok's Cookin' in Castaic, California. Why Chinese food in Castaic?? It's a truck stop area off the freeway. If you want good Chinese food, you always should go to the area where real Chinese people live, like Monterey Park. So I knew this place was gonna suck. The reason we tried here was because my husband was checking Yelp and I guess his friends reviewed this place or recommended it or something, and he wanted to try. But driving to Castaic and getting Chinese food was the wrong idea. It'sa small place and inside has a vintage look. It's expensive for what you get.

Everything we ordered was terrible. But especially the fried rice was the worst. The meat tasted so weird and we put all the meat in the trash. We were joking how maybe they used dead animal meat from next door (there was an animal hospital next door). Soup tasted like canned vegetables.

They also have a lunch buffet for $8.25, 11am-2pm, if you wanna try out their food. I personally think $8 for Chinese lunch buffet is too expensive as most buffet places are $5-$6 and the food is probably better.

Szechuan Chicken (comes with steamed rice) $7.95

Wok's Fried Rice (Shrimp, Chicken & BBQ pork fried rice) $7.25

Egg Flower Soup $4

Rating (food): 1 / 5
Rating (service): 3 / 5
Repeat: No

Wok's Cookin'
31565 Castaic Rd.
Castaic, CA 91384

(661) 257-2890

Mon-Sat: 11am-10pm
Sunday: 4pm-10pm

http://www.yelp.com/biz/woks-cookin-castaic

Vegas offers

vegas offers

Here's the offers we recently received.

Caesars Palace:
2 complimentary nights, 2 tickets to see Elton John's "The Red Piano"

Total Rewards:
Up to 5 complimentary nights each month

Total Rewards: Macy's gift card giveaway
Includes 3 complimentary nights, $100 Macy's gift card

The Orleans: Springtime Shopping Spree, March13-15
Includes 3 complimentary nights, $250 Macy's gift card or $250 in free play

Palace Station: $10,000 Get Lucky Slot Tournament, March 8-10/March 29-31
Includes 3 complimentary nights

Four Queens: $10,000 Bright Lights & City Nights Video Poker Tournament, March 13-15
Includes 3 complimentary nights, complimentary breakfast buffet, a gift

Planet Hollywood:
Rates starting at $69, $50 in free play, 2 complimentary passes to the spa

Sahara:
3 free nights, $15 dining credit, $15 free play per day

Palms:
$79 room rate at Palms or $119 room rate at Palms Place, VIP nightlife pass, complimentary breakfast at the buffet, complimentary admission to Drift or Palms spa

Feb 7, 2009

Tomato Joe's Pizza - Valencia, CA

Santa Clarita

My husband saw this place and he wanted to try it out. This was back in September, 2008. It was fine, average pizza. It wasn't bad though. This place used to be Garlic Jim's. I don't know if they are still doing this, but back in September, all their pizzas come with free pepperoni.

Garden Combo 14" pizza $14.99
red sauce, olives, artichoke hearts, mushrooms, tomatoes, red onions, green peppers

Rating (food): 3 / 5
Repeat: Yes if we have a coupon

Tomato Joe's Pizza
27732 McBean Parkway
Valencia, CA 91354

661-263-8646

GET MENU ONLINE:
http://www.tomatojoespizza.com/

Feb 5, 2009

Beard Papa cream puffs

fast food

Cream puffs from Beard Papa. We had a coupon for a free puff with purchase. For the first time, we tried caramel cream, and we really liked it. We liked the caramel filling more than the custard. Recommended. The cookie puff was good, too. Cheesecake was kinda disappointing. I didn't think it was delicious. Now Beard Papa is selling mini croissants. We had a discount coupon and I wanted to try it, but it was extremely small and expensive for the size, so I didn't get it.

$1.95 each