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| - Next to Commercial Center and across from the new location of the Sci Fi Center hails Eureka Casino, a better than average small scale casino. But it has really stepped up with the addition of Fat Choy, the Asian American comfort food diner inside. Open til 10pm Sun-Thurs, midnight Fri-Sat you'll find a clean and dazzling place to crash, recover and certainly chow down with a menu amazing with flavors and well thought for the cultured pallete.
Usually the place fills up but I was lucky to hit it late night and it's so comfortable. You have a counter, tables and booths. Big screens with sports and the Food Network. Staff are fast,friendly and love to describe the dishes and the quality they put into them.
For what you see being served, you pay half of what you would find in fancier spots on the strip but get ALL the taste and portions. Expect to spend from $7 - $14 depending on appetite; My bill with tea was $12.
They even have one of those 100+ Coke mix machines! I ordered the Fat Choy burger with fries: 1/2 lb burger made with (over night marinated) short ribs, bacon and a perfect sunny side up egg.
The Chef Sheridan Su is a perfectionist; even the fries were perfectly crisp and light. See, a cook moves out food; a Chef will not put anything out UNLESS it is something THEY would eat. They stay in control of the prep, purchasing and delivering the finished product. He put in time at some of the best places on the strip and has struck out on his own with this; you should take advantage of it and avoid fighting the strip to "eat gourmet at a Denny's price". If there was one thing I could ask for it would be for Chef Su to teach a class for other restaurant cooks on how to correctly make bacon.
Anytime day or night, this is a place to hide from high prices and so-so food. If you haven't been... don't be so hard on yourself!
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