P. F. CHANGS CHINA BISTRO 

Planet Hollywood, 3667 Las Vegas Boulevard, (702) 836-0955, Mon-Thurs and Sun 11am to 12:00am, Fri and Sat 11:00am to 1:00 am

During our visit to Vegas we decided to try P. F. Changs located in the Planet Hollywood Hotel.  It has an elegant and dramatic feel when you walk in.

The waiter came over and gave us a menu right away.

We chose the dynamite shrimp as a starter.

It was a good portion for sharing between the two of us, but we found the sauce a little too hot and we have had better versions of this dish.  Next we ordered some fried rice, it contained some broccoli, green onions, shredded carrot and tiny pieces of snow pea. It was a typical fried rice for sharing.

For our main we chose a dish consisting of chicken, shrimp, bok choy, snow peas, celery, carrots and water chestnut in light plain sauce.  Though filling and reasonably priced, it was rather ordinary in flavour.

We were not too impressed with the food here, however we only tried some limited selections and kept comparing it to Noodles in the Bellagio (far superior in our opinion).  However, we would give it another try in the future and be a little more daring with our selections.  The service was efficient and the restaurant is very comfortable.

 

http://www.planethollywoodresort.com/restaurants/pf-changs.html#.VC8OYSiJUTM

NOODLES 

Bellagio, 3600 Las Vegas Boulevard, Las Vegas Nevada, (702) 693-7223, open Monday to Sunday 11:00 am to 2:00 am

Located in the Bellagio Hotel is a classy clean oriental restaurant called noodles.

We began by ordering a wonderful, reasonably priced California wine.

We ordered the calamari (usually our favourite app).  They were tender crispy and were accompanied by a delicious Thai chili sauce.

We also ordered edamame and they were warm and nicely salted and there were plenty of them.

Knowing that the portions here would be large - we decided to split a shrimp pad thai.  It contained very large and tender shrimp that were cooked to perfection.  The noodles were firm not mushy and ratio of sprouts to vegetables to noodles was perfect.  It was one of the best pad thai's we have ever tasted.

We did not have room for dessert so my wife had a cappuccino.

I had a double espresso.  Both coffees came with a plastic spoon coated with sugar to stir the coffees.

We thoroughly enjoyed our meals here and would definitely recommend it if you visit Las Vegas.  The food is outstanding and the prices are very reasonable - especially considering that this restaurant is located in the Bellagio.



http://www.bellagio.com/restaurants/noodles.aspx

SPICE ROUTE 

499 King Street West Toronto, On., (416) 849-1808, Open for Dinner and Late Night 7 days a week.

On a Sunday evening (after the World Cup final) we decided to stay away from the downtown festivities and went to a quieter area of King West.  We decided to try Spice Route.  Mark, my son had been here many times but this was our first.  It is a beautiful space that has many different features to capture your attention.

There is an outside patio with lounge seating and a koi pond surrounding it.

A view of one of their renown washrooms.

Sundays are a good time to come here since it is all you can eat for $24.  So Mark, being familiar with the menu ordered a variety of appetizers from the appetizer part of the menu that included; naan bread and dips, wasabi crusted shrimp, crispy tuna dynamite rolls, lemon glazed chicken, Shanghai edamame salad.  

My wife and I ordered from the summerlicious menu.  We all began with a cool and tasty Citrus salad, that included spring mixed greens, asian pear, water chestnut and sesame ginger vinaigrette.  We also had a nice bottle of Italian red wine.

For the main my wife chose the teriyaki beef sirloin, sticky rice and wok fried asian greens.  The beef was tender and nicely prepared, while the vegetables were crisp not mushy.

I chose the lemon chicken with thai citrus sauce and kimchi fried rice.  It was good and filling.

For her desert choice my wife chose the tempura bananas chocolate caramel swirl.

I had the white chocolate coconut creme pie with a piece of strawberry.

The deserts were nothing special but they did finish our meal.
We had a tasty dinner here in a beautiful environment and will certainly return again.

http://www.spiceroute.ca/