Saturday morning - In-room American Breakfast. The package deal we got included "American Breakfast" for each of us one morning. First of all, the waiter who delivered it was great. Very charming as he brought it in and set it all out on the table. He had brought the wrong juice, so he disappeared for a bit and brought back a full carafe of apple juice - which we kept iced the entire time and had for the next two mornings. Each of us got 2 eggs, potatoes, pastries (we each got two croissants and two English muffin halves), bacon (FIVE pieces each), and a broiled tomato. Plus coffee and juice. It was more than I usually eat for breakfast in a full weekend. Seriously.
Saturday afternoon - Paris hotel Creperie. We'd gotten a suggestion that the Creperie in the Paris hotel was a good place for a quick snack. And it was. We got a very nice Nutella crepe and a couple of drinks for about $15. The only issue was one that we stumbled across multiple times: There was never enough seating. Tons of tables, but never enough chairs.
Saturday afternoon (later) - Jean-Philippe Patisserie at the Bellagio. It took a little searching, but we found the massive chocolate "waterfall" and each went down one side of the case. Christopher went for a Napoleon from the pastries, I went for an Almond Croissant from the "bready" side of the case, and also picked up a Madeleine while I was at it. It was really quite good, but the combination of problematic servers (on Christopher's side) and annoying customers (on my side), made this quick bite take a lot longer than expected. And, again, really hard to find anywhere to sit and eat.
Sunday morning - Bouchon Bakery in the Venetian. Christopher had much better luck with his coffee and pastries at the Bakery than he had at Bouchon the night before. Fairly quick service, and the pastries were fresh. I kept meaning to get back there for macarons, but never quite got there.
Sunday afternoon - Max Brenner (Chocolate by the Bald Man) in Caesar's Forum shops. We'd had multiple people say we had to go there, and we'd stopped in to look around the shop on Saturday, so we went back on Sunday to actually have something to drink. Christopher had the Italian Thick Hot Chocolate, while I had the Choco-Pops (which has little balls of crunchy in it). They were both good, but... well... maybe not quite outstanding. (Of course, this didn't stop me from buying chocolates from the "shop" and bringing them home with me.)
And, honestly, I think that might wrap up the food listings from the trip. I've got to say that it's a really good thing we walked all over the place - fighting the wind all day on Saturday - otherwise, I think I'd have come home about 20 pounds heavier.
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