It’s been years, maybe even decades since I last stepped foot in Las Vegas. Strolling to the gate to catch a flight out of SFO, I spied Amy’s. Totally unexpected, imagine my surprise as I stood there gaping, wishing I was hungry enough to order something, anything there.
I thought to myself, I’ll just go on my way back. As fate would have it, it was not to be, the return flight cancelled due to the airport runway construction work going on at the time. To avoid any further cancellations or delays, I ended up flying back home into San Jose instead of SFO. Who knows when I’ll be back at the airport again…
Alright, I’m done crying about the missed opportunity to dine at Amy’s, onto the vegan food that I did eat.
After checking in at the Marriott’s Grand Chateau across the street, I stuffed my face with a late night dinner of Vegan Loaded Nachos at Nacho Daddy (who has a whole vegan section on the menu). Crispy corn chips topped with black beans, vegan queso, vegan sour cream, salsa, guacamole and pickled jalapenos. It did not disappoint.
For breakfast, after walking around looking for a suitable place, only to end up right back at the start – across the street from the hotel, ChoSunHwaro which just happens to be next door to Nacho Daddy.
I think this was the first time trying Bibimbap. It’s vegan without the egg and ground beef. I’m not too familiar with Korean food and so I wasn’t sure what to expect. Pictured above is the first items to the table, a japchae and a tofu dish, both really good and a great start.
Next is an assortment of veggie side dishes called banchan. And a soup which wasn’t vegan so I didn’t bother to take a photo of it.
Then comes the bowl of rice topped with carrot, bean sprouts, spinach, zucchini, radish and mushrooms.
Mix it all up yourself with the sauce. Surprisingly good for breakfast with plenty of leftovers for another meal. Since the 2 bedroom villa I was staying at had a full kitchen complete with a refrigerator, stovetop, oven, microwave, dishes and silverware, it’s no problem to store and heat up the leftovers. There was even a washer and dryer too.
In Vegas for a fun trip of just the siblings and I, all dining options by default must include something for omnivores and vegan alike. Listed on my brother’s want-to-try places, Pok Pok Wings in The Cosmopolitan food court. Famous for their chicken wings, there’s also a vegan version, Ike’s Vietnamese Tofu “Wings” regular or spicy.
Pictured is the regular, comes with a side of vegetarian papaya salad and sticky rice. Nothing extraordinary, it’s basically fried tofu that you could find at an Asian restaurant. While nice and crispy, it’s just a tad salty and no tap water offered, but you can purchase a bottle of water for 5 bucks. I suppose that’s par for the course for Vegas strip resorts…
Ah, and I was so thrilled to get to Amy’s too, just a few days ago for my trip to visit family for the holidays! I have to say, the tofu breakfast sandwich was pretty great. I might need to hit them up again on my way back. Hopefully you get another opportunity soon!
I’ve been kicking myself for not getting something when I had the chance…
Here’s hoping they’ll be around a good long time, and you’ll have many more chances to visit!
I haven’t been to Las Vegas in so long, I can’t even remember what I ate! I’m amazed there is a bricks and mortar Amy’s – didn’t even know those existed. I hope you get to try more bibimbap – I’m a big fan. There’s a place in London that does a couple of vegan versions and they are the best!
Me too, I couldn’t believe I was right there and I didn’t get anything. I’m on the hunt for vegan bibimbap near me, it’s awesome and why didn’t I try it sooner?!!! :-)