Trip Diaries - Las Vegas - Day 3

Las Vegas Trip continued....

Thursday Jan 27

This is the day of much anticipated visit to In N Out Burger! I put on my new cute ballet flats and then we hit up Fashion Show Mall. After being hyped up for this In N Out, his idea is to walk there, eat and we would be so full from this magnificent burger that we could just catch a taxi back. Sounds great in theory.

After walking around in the mall, I say let's catch the bus to Tropicana and walk to the burger joint but noooo he said let's walk down the strip so we get to say we walked the strip and then eat. Hmmm....the place looks closer on the bus but we'll see.

Walking, walking, walking....more walking....45 minutes later, shoots we're just at City Centre. My cute ballet flats were apparently not made for walking as they had been rubbing my Achilles heel but we managed to take a few pics.

City Centre

More walking, walking, walking, we finally reach Tropicana Avenue. It took us a while to figure out which part of the road to walk on to get over to In N Out because from the strip, it looks like you are walking onto a highway and risking your life but there is a sidewalk and intersection with a pedestrian crossing.. While walking near the overpass, a random homeless guy was peeing in the bushes. All of this for a burger?

Ahhh we reach our destination. All in all, we walked a total of one hour and 25 minutes from Fashion Show Mall to In N Out Burger while stopping to ask for directions and few times and getting lost because we walked under the overpass instead of on the overpass. We were sweating in January and I now had two blisters on my Achilles heel from the friction of my shoes.

The place was packed. I got the animal style burger with well done fries and chocolate milkshake while he got the animal style 2 x 2 burger with regular fries. All his excitement to eat a burger so big and satisfying that we would not be able to walk back, a burger so mind-blowing and we got this:

Mind you, the burgers were really good for fast food burgers. I knew it was fast food but he didn't. He thought it was going to be one of those humongous burgers, you know the kind you pay $20 for. We enjoyed the food but men should just listen and take the bus.

We caught a taxi to Ross on the south end of the Strip and checked out the Coca-Cola store and M&M store. It was Thursday and the weekend Vegas crowd was already pouring in. There were twice as many people walking the streets as the day before and I loved the energy of the city.

We went back to the hotel to rest then dinner at Envy Steakhouse in the Renaissance hotel. We had a Travel Zoo voucher for a 4 course meal for two for only $79 (not including gratuity and tax). 

The steakhouse had a nice cozy vibe with comfortable booths and the service was impeccable. We never had to ask for anything, a refill, a fork, nothing. They started us off with a bread basket followed by an amazing artichoke and brie soup.

Bread basket

Artichoke and Brie Soup

Then we had a choice of a salad or fried calamari. We both got the calamari followed by the main course which was a choice of chicken or filet mignon. He got the chicken and I got the steak. Dessert was a choice of chocolate lava cake and something else. I am a chocolate fanatic so that's all I needed to hear.

His chicken, was good but my steak was better

My filet mignon

Sides for the table, mashed potatoes and vegetables

Chocolate cake topped with ice cream

Overall, we enjoyed the food and it was very filling. We thought it would be gourmet portions but we could not finish it all.

Back to the hotel. We were on the guest list for Tao nightclub but that long walk had us exhausted and we were so full from our food. We just slept haha. Thank you In N Out.

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Final Days