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Kerry Beal

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Kerry Beal

Kerry Beal

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@Alleguede and I are in the lounge at Pearson awaiting our flight to Vegas for the IBIE (International Baking Industry Exhibition).

 

I got the usually bomb sniffing swab done on my electronics - @Alleguede got the 3rd degree at customs. Anyone know what a carnet is? I believe I got that lecture the last time.

 

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Made myself a little cocktail, Maker's Mark, Grand Marnier, vintage port. I've had better! 

 

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Not a lot of choices to eat since it's rather late (not that earlier would have helped) - they also have pasta salad, Italian Wedding soup, Cream of mushroom soup, corn chips and salsa. There appear to be some cookies there as well. I'm trying to low carb as much as possible so I'm avoiding most of it.

 

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5 minutes ago, Kerry Beal said:

Anyone know what a carnet is? I believe I got that lecture the last time.

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The ATA Carnet, often referred to as the "Passport for goods" or "Merchandise passport", is an international customs document that permits the tax-free and duty-free temporary export and import of nonperishable goods for up to one year. Wikipedia

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Anna Nielsen aka "Anna N"

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LAS is perhaps my least favorite US airport. Long schleps, mediocre food, slow baggage, hideous cab line. 

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Kerry Beal

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Our luggage was the first off the plane. So no long wait there. 

 

Taxi driver a bit of a madman and he had those scented things in all the vents so I nearly choked to death. 

 

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Hot nuts - the only decent thing about the flight.

 

 

 

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Two disgusting meals - tasted but not eaten.

 

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View from the room.

 

 

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Darienne

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6 hours ago, Kerry Beal said:

 

Two disgusting meals - tasted but not eaten.

 

You would have to wonder about the incredible waste.  Coupling that to AnnaN's experience in the hospital recently.  Think of the number of folks who could eat on the food just tossed out.

 

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learn, learn, learn...

 

We live in hope. 

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Hot nuts - that is cool ;)   There are worse airports. I think one goes into the "adventure" with low expectations and can be happily surprised.  Looking forward to interesting food. Las Vegas is my least favorite city though the outskirts (mountain views etc) are lovely on a bike. 

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Darienne

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We once drove through Las Vegas on the way to see my parents in San Diego.   1985 or so.  It was 5:30 am...it was so hot that we simply drove all night.  We stopped for gas and I was stunned to see slot machines in a gas bar being played at that hour.  I'm sorry now that we didn't at least drive down the main streets and look at the hotels and casinos.  Not my kind of place either.  

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learn, learn, learn...

 

We live in hope. 

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I haven't been there in ages...DH had no interest, having been there for conventions more times than he liked and he wasn't a gambler either.

I last went sometime in the mid to late eighties with a group of friends,  I caught a cold on the flight down there and was miserable for the first couple of days.  Oddly, the highlight of the trip was a visit to what they referred to as a 'titty-bar'.

We never stopped laughing at the antics there.

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Tri2Cook

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3 hours ago, Kerry Beal said:

Breakfast at Eat - chicken fried steak and eggs for @Alleguede - huevos for Bhavani and I 


That would be an evil choice for me to have to make, chicken fried steak or huevos... I suppose it would be a bit greedy of me to order both. :D

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It's kinda like wrestling a gorilla... you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is tired.

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I'm ok with Vegas...been there, wouldn't choose to go back but it wouldn't bother me if I had to. Lots of good places to eat, though.

Don't ask. Eat it.

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Kerry Beal

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Dinner tonight at China Poblana IMG_7674.thumb.jpg.ce45e87b35a1ca81b19bf9936f5a39dd.jpg

 

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Oaxacan Old Fashioned for me, The Grass is Always Green for Jimmy - Bhavani's employee. 

 

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Tableside guac was prepared and eaten with warm corn chips.

 

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Chicharrones with salsa de Jalisco 

 

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Lamb potstickers with amaranth 

 

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Vegetarian version and chicken version of rice with 20 vegetables.

 

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Mongolian Beef Lettuce 

 

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Ants on a tree

 

 

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We ignored the dessert menu and opted instead to see what we could find at the Momofuku Milk Bar.

 

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We shared a 'greatest hits'. Sadly my opinion is unchanged from my foray into the Milk Bar cookbook that I made a bunch of recipes from up north a couple of years back.

 

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 A little walk along the strip to people watch! Always entertaining. 

 

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Rumor has it - the light from the Luxor can be seen on the moon.

 

 

 

 

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I'm still gasping at the prices even before translating them into Canadian funds.

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Darienne

 

learn, learn, learn...

 

We live in hope. 

Tri2Cook

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10 hours ago, Kerry Beal said:

Sadly my opinion is unchanged from my foray into the Milk Bar cookbook that I made a bunch of recipes from up north a couple of years back.


Kinda the same for me. I've never had the stuff made by them but I tried 2 or 3 recipes from the book that I found online while deciding if I was gonna order the book and never ordered the book. Nothing I tried was bad, it just wasn't particularly exciting either.

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It's kinda like wrestling a gorilla... you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is tired.

Anna N

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 Hope they sell like hotcakes!  

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Tri2Cook

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59 minutes ago, Kerry Beal said:

@Alleguede and I made a new friend today.

 

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Well if you can't have the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, the Pillsbury Doughboy is the next best thing. :raz::D

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