Roscoe's Chicken n Waffles

One evening back in October, the hubster came home and asked what I wanted for dinner. As usual, I shrugged. "I don't know. You choose." So he said, "Okay, let's go to Roscoe's."

Um, okay. Random. But sure I'll go! I've never been to the one in Long Beach before (just Pasadena and Los Angeles (Mid-City?) locations). Now, I'm going to say something that might be taken quite like blasphemy, but... I think the food there is okay. I mean, don't get me wrong - it is good, but I'm not really picky regarding chicken. Or waffles. Although I think if I had to choose a fried chicken that I like, I might go with Popeye's.

Anyhow, we headed off to Long Beach with a couple of friends for a feast.

(Sorry, these were taken with my phone and it was kind of not well lit in there)

A couple of delicious drinks arrive first: Sunrise and Sunset. I think the Sunrise is lemonade (bottom white portion) with orange juice (top orange portion) and the Sunset was the same, except with additional fruit punch on the very top. I think, I can't remember for sure.

Arrive yummy food - we hungry!

I know I said that I think the food is just okay... it's good, really. It doesn't knock my socks off or anything, but would I return again? Of course! It's Roscoe's!

Hash House a Go-Go!

What would you have as a follow-up to the Wynn buffet while in Vegas? Well, since we didn't get hungry until 20 hours later, why not Hash House A G0-Go, located inside Imperial Palace, as featured on Man v Food???

Yes, why not?

It was delicious.

I think their idea is to provide farm-fresh food... but on steroids. The wait was about half an hour to get seated, and maybe another half an hour after that until we got our food, but it was worth it. Anna's order came out first.

Perhaps their most popular: the Sage Chicken and Waffles (14.95).

Four fresh waffles with hardwood smoked bacon, topped with two sage-fried chicken breasts and with a hot maple "reduction" and fried leeks. It needed a skewer to stand up!

When I said "waffles with hardwood smoked bacon", I mean, the bacon is cooked INSIDE the waffle. Do you see that? The bacon sticking out of the corner of the waffle? Genius!

And then my order came out: one of their One-Pound Burgers. There are a variety of their burgers, but I went with the Apple Smoked Bacon and Mashed Potatoes one (12.95).

Doesn't that look super yummy?! That is a thick sprig of rosemary and a giant steak knife stuck in the middle of the burger to hold it together. And the contents, from bottom to top:

Bottom bun - leaf of lettuce, slices of red onion, slices of tomato, slices of pickles, a juicy beef patty, a layer of tasty mashed potatoes, several slices of thick crispy bacon, another layer of juicy beef patty, and the bun top. As if that entire combination wasn't jaw-dropping enough, I had a piece of the top bun by itself. It tasted like a doughnut. No joke!

We finished almost half of our meal for lunch. We attempted to finish the remainder for dinner. That means we officially had 2 meals the entire weekend. I [heart] Vegas - see you again real soon!