12 hours in Vegas

This past weekend we were in Vegas for roughly 12 hours, just enough time to go to a wedding. I like to think of it as Vegas on an extremely tight budget. While doing some reading about Las Vegas dining I quickly realized that we would be able to afford very little, but there was one place that caught my eye as tasty and affordable. The Jean-Philippe Patisserie at the Bellagio, which not only served pastries (savory and sweet) but crepes, sandwiches, and gelato. It was more of a shop than a restaurant, with scattered tables around the corner. Neither one of us are decisive so it took a while to pick out a pastry for us to share. I gave up and let him decide since I don't really have much of a sweet tooth anyway. And so the Opera was chosen, full of coffee chocolaty goodness, but to be honest it was a bit underwhelming. So while it wasn't the best dessert I'd ever had, it was definitely the prettiest.

It came from isle 3

sodium much?

ingredients: where's the cock?

Buddhas Hand

Today Captain Insane-o and I went to Magic Garden Nursery in search of a Calamansi tree, a type of Southeast Asian citrus. I received a tip that these trees were available to purchase in Arizona and after a bit of googling I decided I wanted one. I had a very pleasant experience and will be happily going back on Thursday to buy a Calamansi tree, because instead we came home with a Buddha's Hand Tree. I've been fascinated with Buddhas hand since battle citrus on Iron Chef America, the fruit that the tree produces is all pith and peel, it is also very fragrant. The tree has one piece of fruit and if it survives till Fall when it ripens half of it will be turned into Buddhas Hand-cello and the other half will be turned into marmalade by the Captain.

http://www.magicgardennursery.com/

/*Captain Insane-o's comments: In the picture with the fruit, yes those are thorns, very sharp very big thorns. The poor guy who took it to the car for us ended up bleeding all over our brand new terra cotta pot and he's a professional. I look forward to cooking the fruit, but not to picking the fruit.*/