January 2, 2007 - Worst Dinner of the Year?

Breakfast:
Look at this healthy cereal! I started my day so nicely.










Lunch:
I'm too chicken to take the picture in the actual break room, so all you see here is the packaging. It's an instant noodle dish that's actually really great, and blueberry yogurt. In the background is a Jack Russell Terrier tote bag my boss gave me as a thank you for watching her dogs during her vacation.

Dinner:
It's Randy's last night in Vegas, so Brian and I invite him and Nick out to Burger Bar, a restaurant in the Mandalay Bay Casino. I beat all the guys there and decide to window shop for a while in the "Mandalay Place" shopping section. I saw this $295 teapot in a store near the restaurant. It was on the Sale Shelf.
The concept of Burger Bar is simple: you choose your protein, choose your bread, choose your toppings and build your own burger. They offer Kobe Beef, Salmon, Veggie Patties, Free Range Turkey and Chicken, Foie Gras, Fried Eggs, and Lobster. You can go basic or go crazy. (Nick ordered the Kobe with a fried egg.) I went with the turkey burger, with cheddar and avocado on ciabatta. It was served with onions, tomato, lettuce, and a dill pickle. I was intrigued by the pickled green tomatoes, so I ordered those on the side. I also got the "skinny" fries, so named for their shape. I also ate two of Brian's zucchini fries... they kind of look like mozzarella sticks!
All in all, my food was pretty tasty. Brian didn't like the pickled tomatoes, but I thought they were pretty good. They tasted like pepperoncinis. However, the horror began when about half way through my burger, I was chewing and I bit something hard. Really hard, like a pebble. (I tried to find that Roseanne Rosannadanna bit about that, but all I found was this .wav site. They ask nicely that you not directly link to the wav.) I pulled it out of my mouth, and I'm pretty sure it was a bone piece. They grind the turkey in the restaurant, so maybe that's what happened. I was hesitant to swallow, and ready to gag. I felt another piece in my mouth so, eww, I spit it out. (Sorry.) I explained the whole thing to the waitress, and the manager came over, apologized, and they took it off the bill. They also offered me something else, but I wasn't into it, for obvious reasons.

They have these very cute donut dessert burgers on the menu, so Brian and I decided to try one. They looked cute, but they didn't taste good. Ours had this peanut butter jello type stuff on it, and a fruit rollup, and some kiwis. And the donut was a little stale. God, was I disappointed.
Nick got this amazing milkshake, chocolate and peanut butter. It was the best thing there. This is the front runner for the worst dinner of 2007. Sucks. I was so looking forward to trying this place. At least the servers were nice. And everyone enjoyed their food but me.