Were off to see the fishes....

Well the cosmos have aligned properly and finally me and my lovely wife get to have a day off on the same day today, so we've decided to take the kids to see the giant catfishes at the Bass Pro Shop at Silverton Casino. The kids always love to see and try to talk to the whiskered ones who are about their size, while I look around for the ever elusive hunting socks that only they (bass pro) carry. (last time I was here they were out of stock) No luck today.

Got hungry so we immediately proceeded to the "All American Buffet" here at the Silverton, got our seats and politely informed by the "hostess" that someone will stop by to set out table. No problemo, got our drinks and looked around to check out their selection, and then it hit me... They have nothing. I was hoping for some seafood, especially some sushi, I know, i know the name should have tipped me off, but then again this is Vegas.. Well, there is nothing, just the usual stuff you'd find in the Air Force chow hall, correction.. US Air Force Dining Facilities, except it cost about 85 percent less than the unfortunate buffet.

Well, in the restaurant's defense they did have an "All American" menu, consisting of ham, roast beef, corn, corn bread, some salads that I refused to touch, fruits, skinny king crabs, some weird looking clams, jambalaya, and some other "All American" cuisines. If you can call them cuisines. It sucked, and it sucked pretty bad. Looking at the bright side of things, while I am blogging this, my 'estomago' seems to doing fine.. for now. (but just in case I have some bug beating Maalox in the fridge ready and prepped)

So I ended up eating my overpriced "so so" dinner, Hoping that the desserts would not fail me. They did. They was nothing there, I was looking for Pecan pie, and all i found was some sugar free crap that looked like cordon blue students failed midterm projects. As usual my resourceful wife never failed to amaze me as I wondered where she got the Strawberry Cream Dessert, I did not remember seeing it, for I have probably studied their food area and hovered three times. And so I tried again and there it was by the shrimp, some jellied strawberries and beside it whipped cream/cheese? a foot a way from this setup stands the fake ice cream "frozen yogurt" machine. No vanilla just the chocolate variety and the way it looked coming out of that machine did not increase my enthusiasm. Dammit! No vanilla, as I think about the strawberry jam. Oh well, At least the kids liked the skinny "KING CRAB" and I found out a way of amusing myself by expertly de-shelling the sea-insects and those proactively provided sustenance to my younglings.

To wrap it up: The place sucks @$$. Probably they're only saving grace was one of their staffs extreme hospitality, Jorge, clearly did not belong at this place, you usually would find service and dedication like the one he has shown at a five-star hotel, maybe somewhere in the Carribeans, Aruba or Ecuador perhaps where they treat you like a king or some very influential drug lord. Anyway, the food.. I can do better. In fact, me opening up a can of tuna and eating it up straight out of the can is better than going back to this place. It would not surprise me if everything in their menu once resided in a tin-can condo. But Jorge topping off the evening with an excellent cup of Lipton Tea had justified and made the whole thing seem all right.

Oh yeah, and the aquarium show at the Silvertons with the mermaids was great. :) The kids enjoyed watching the different species of tropical fish and watching the lovely ladies feed the Manta Rays, and doing amazing things that would probably turn untrained swimmers blue.

Lovely creatures.