This was my fourth time in Vegas in the past couple of years and I was there for several days. I realized that my previous Las Vegas trips have been Strip-Centered.... (I mean "the" strip, NOT strip club you dirty minded perv) Regardless I decided this trip to focus my eating on off-the-strip meals and activities and found Hot N Juicy Crawfish.
I had never eaten in a "Boil" style fish place. I had also not eaten Crawfish so this was a perfect experience. I ordered a sampler which had Crawfish, Shrimp, Andouille Sausage, Potato and Corn on the Cob. They asked my spice level and I said medium, always seems perfect for me. I got a beer too although the one beer that appealed to me the most was discontinued.
The meal arrived and it was an impressive amount of food. Wearing the provided gloves I negotiated the slippery crustaceans and quickly mastered the fine art of beheading and shelling the little bugs. As I popped them in my mouth they proved to be the freakin' hottest things I have ever eaten! Holy crap they were spicy. The fact that my lips were chapped from the dry Las Vegas air multiplied the spice ten fold and my lips went from cracked to blistered. I begged the server to find me some Chapstick and started looking around the room for moms with large purses... The waitress said that their heat scale might be a little on the aggressive side and suggested that next time I go with mild or even their wimpy beginner heat level of "Baby-mild" Honestly I might just have to start there.
After all of this why five stars? Because it was so damn fun!!! And in spite of the heat it was truly delicious and the portion was more than generous. I would 1000% recommend it but please communicate with your server exactly what your heat tolerance might be.