"Las Vegas" comes from Spanish, which means "fertile grassland". In the vast desert, there is only a bay of spring water and an oasis here, so it is named. Las Vegas used to be a small village, and it only took ten years to develop into an international metropolis. Las Vegas is one of the four largest gambling cities in the world, with 247 casinos. It is a tourist, shopping and holiday city centered on the gambling industry. Nine of the top ten resort hotels in the world are here. There are some entertainment projects and performances that are unique in the world. It is also easy to register for marriage. Same-sex, opposite-sex, married and unmarried people can go through the marriage formalities, and it is no problem to hold an ultra-luxury wedding. Every year, there are 38.9 million tourists from all over the world, most of whom come to shop, entertain and enjoy food, and only a few come to gamble. Las Vegas is a veritable "entertainment capital of the world" and "wedding capital". The whole city is open 24 hours a day, and the streets are full of bustling people at any time. Because Las Vegas is located in the desert and the climate is extremely hot, it is more lively at night than during the day, and it is an authentic "city that never sleeps". Among the tourists, there are a group of "night owls" who sleep in hotels during the day and come out at night. If you drive to Las Vegas at night, you will find that: in the long night, over a hill, through a barren land, suddenly your eyes shine, and the horizon is full of color and lights, just like the Milky Way has fallen for nine days, that is: Las Vegas-the pearl of the night in the desert.
coming to las Vegas has subverted my understanding of hotels. In the past, I thought that the hotel was large enough with hundreds of beds; In addition to accommodation, there are restaurants, saunas, gyms and swimming pools, which are all functional. However, hotels in Las Vegas generally have thousands of beds, tall shelves and luxurious decoration, and they all have large casinos, restaurants with thousands of seats, shopping malls selling all kinds of luxury goods, theaters performing different kinds of programs and various entertainment facilities. In a word, the hotel in Las Vegas is a comprehensive pleasure place integrating accommodation, dining, gambling, shopping and entertainment. After staying in the hotel, tourists can meet all your pleasure needs without going out for ten days and a half months. In China, you can't find such a hotel except Macau.
There is another feature of hotels in Las Vegas: none of them are the same, but they all have different styles. In the Hollywood hotel where we stayed, colorful neon lights flashed at the door and giant photos of stars were hung. People who didn't know it thought it was a cinema! As soon as you enter the door, there are many slot machines and rows of gambling tables, and you can't see your head. A beautiful woman is dealing cards at a table, and gamblers are thinking nervously about how to bet. On the table stood a coquettish three-point dancer dancing in place, and noisy music resounded through the hall. I think, on the one hand, there are beautiful women dealing cards, and on the other hand, there are attractive girls. How can gamblers not be distracted and lose money? Before I went to Las Vegas, I heard a saying: "If you are poor to a few dollars, try your luck in Las Vegas!"! Maybe you can become a rich man overnight; If you can't spend all your money, come to Las Vegas! Maybe the next day you will become penniless. " When I arrived at Las Vegas Casino, I found that, unlike what I expected, not all gamblers' eyes shone with greed. On the contrary, I saw many educated old men and women sitting in front of slot machines, skillfully pressing buttons of various colors, as if playing video games, as if they didn't care about winning or losing, but were killing extra time.
Next to the Hollywood Hotel is the Paris Hotel. A visit to the Paris Hotel is another sight. The Eiffel Tower stands in front of the Paris Hotel, which has the Arc de Triomphe, French-style streets and bars. There are white clouds in the vast blue sky, and the white clouds are still fluttering, which is very realistic and has a strong sense of space.
However, the Venetian Hotel is my favorite. This hotel has spent $1.8 billion to reappear the scenery of Venice Water City, with the Sigh Bridge, Bell Tower, Slate Road and St. Kyle Square all presented here. Visitors can take the gondola and enjoy the scenery along the coast. It is said that gondola and the boatman are both from Venice. The boatman wearing a wide-brimmed hat sang authentic Italian folk songs, attracting tourists on the bridge to stop and enjoy it. Bridges, flowing water, gondola, boatmen and reflections in the water constitute a scene of the Venetian Hotel, which is not seen in other hotels. In addition, the artificial sky that changes every 21 minutes is like coming to Venice, which is really embarrassing! Who would have thought that this was the landscape on the second floor of the hotel?
Strolling along the Las Vegas Strip is crowded with tourists of different colors 24 hours a day, no matter day or night. I didn't know what "the entertainment capital of the world" was until I got here. My impression of Las Vegas can be summed up in eight words: "feasting, eating, drinking and having fun". Compared with Los Angeles, Las Vegas has a completely different style and atmosphere: Los Angeles is a city of entrepreneurship and culture, while Las Vegas is a city of consumption and pleasure. There are only things you can't think of, and nothing you can't do. All the performances are world-class, and all the food is world-class. Ordinary performances and restaurants can't mix here at all. People from all over the world come here for only one purpose, that is, to spend a lot of money and enjoy the happiness that they can't enjoy elsewhere.
A mirage hotel has a volcanic eruption performance every night. At 7 o'clock, the rocky mountain at the entrance of the hotel burst open, and then the fire burst into the sky, shaking the earth and shaking it. The fire, wrapped in smoke, hit the audience and burned the skin. After 11-12 minutes, the volcano stopped erupting. It broke out again half an hour later, until late at night. The sound, light, fire and vibration here are all controlled by computer, and the cost of gasoline consumed every night reaches thousands of dollars. It happens every day all the year round, but it's an amazing expense!
Baile Palace Hotel has an artificial lake, covering an area of 32,111 square meters. There are more than 1111 water spouts in the colorful music fountain here, and the height and angle of each water spout are different, and the highest can reach 141 meters. Spray every night, every hour. With music, colorful fountains dance, dancing with the rhythm of music, and the scene is extremely spectacular, and it is worthy of being the originator of the world music fountain. The hotel room is equipped with a luxurious marble bathroom, and there are five swimming pools of different shapes outside, where you can enjoy massage service. There are also lush botanical gardens and many art galleries in the world famous paintings, so visitors who love nature or art can get their own spiritual satisfaction.
At the Paramount Palace, we also watched an "O Show". "O" is the French pronunciation of "water", which is a high-level (high-level), large-scale (large-scale production) and high-grade performance with water as the theme. The performance theater corresponds to the "O" and has a ring structure, costing 75 million US dollars. The theater has 1811 seats and is divided into four floors. There are half a circle of boxes above the second floor for the rich to watch. Although the ticket price is high, the venue is full and unprecedented. The performance broke through the old stage concept, successfully used 3D technology and flexible stage scheduling, and instantly transformed the stage into a pool, perfectly presenting a three-dimensional performance of air, ground and underwater. The diver jumped from a height of more than 11 meters, and his movements were graceful and capable. It can be seen that the pool water on the stage is deep enough, otherwise it is difficult to ensure the safety of divers. Las Vegas "O Show" is one of the "Three Great Shows in the World", which brings together well-known Olympic divers and water ballet players as well as the world's top trapeze artists, Mongolian cartoonists, gymnastics jugglers, etc., forming an ultra-luxury performance lineup, integrating various art forms, and achieving the perfect combination of beautiful art, superb technology and modern technology, which can be described as the top feast of world cultural performances. The "O Show" performance is full of high-spirited, healthy and enterprising positive energy, and there is no pornographic performance or other low-level tastes. One after another, the difficult movements are more wonderful than the other, but none of them miss, which is really commendable. The audience from all over the world were enthusiastic. During the whole performance, there were nothing but exclamations and screams. My feeling of retrospection can only be described in four words: amazing.
In today's world, Michelin restaurant is the most famous restaurant, and Gordon Ramsay in Britain is the highest paid chef. He is the most famous chef in Michelin restaurant, and the only chef in the world who has won the title of "three stars" in Michelin seven times. He made a catering TV program called "Hell's Kitchen" in the United States, which was popular all over the world with more than 3 million fans.
Gordon Ramsay's fifth store in Las Vegas was named after the world-famous TV program "Hell's Kitchen". This is also the world's first Hell Kitchen, located at Caesars Palace Hotel in the middle of Las Vegas Avenue. There are many diners who come here, and there is a queue to eat in the kitchen of hell. We specially stood in line here to enjoy the taste of "Hell Kitchen" once.
Hell Kitchen is designed by Pierce International Design Company, which is very personalized and experiential. The sign of hell kitchen is set up at the door: a barbecue fork and a blazing flame, which vividly embodies Gordon's personality characteristics. Gordon is very strict about the production of fine dishes and has a hot personality. Working in his kitchen is like being in a "hell". He once defended his hot temper: if the fire in the kitchen is not strong, how can the chef have enthusiasm?
The design of the restaurant is bright, transparent and full of vitality, which can accommodate more than 311 people. As soon as the guests entered the restaurant, they thought they had entered the studio of TV programs. The open kitchen puts the ingredients, kitchen hygiene and operation process in full view, so that customers have the feeling of watching the TV program of "Hell's Kitchen" on the spot. The waiter is also good, smiling from beginning to end, familiar with the dishes, always patiently explaining and being a good customer's staff. Of course, the tip is higher than other restaurants, and the income of waiters is considerable.
Hell's Kitchen lives up to its reputation. Their food is really exquisite, and its taste is obviously superior to other restaurants. We tasted steak, foie gras, salmon, lobster coix seed, onion soup and ice cream ... all of them were exquisite and unpalatable. The famous Wellington steak, when served, gives off an attractive fragrance, which makes people drool. When I cut off a piece and sent it to my mouth, I felt that the seemingly red beef turned out to be so tender and delicious, and there was no feeling of raw meat at all. The mushroom poured on the steak is a perfect match with the seasoning. When mixed with the steak, it produces a special fragrance, which makes you want to stop, and you can't stop after eating it. The most popular hamburger is also quite exquisite. It's not just a piece of meat and some dishes. Instead, every ingredient has been carefully made, and a number of "small essence" have merged into the "big essence" of the whole steak. When I was tasting hamburgers, I couldn't help secretly sighing: writing articles, painting and even doing things for people are not the same! Doing every detail well, accumulating small essence into big essence, this is the way to do things for people, and the secret of Gordon Ramsay's success is probably here!
We've tasted all the delicious food we ordered, and ice cream was served at last. Eight milky white balls are packed in a circle on a plate, just like white flowers. After the waiter poured liquid nitrogen, the liquid nitrogen at MINUS 196 instantly gasified. Liquid nitrogen forms a fine layer of ice crystals on the surface of ice cream, which removes the feeling of ice residue and makes the ice cream have a better taste. It is still steaming in the mouth, and it has a feeling of smoking. White smoke haunts the ice cream, just like snow lotus in a cloudy mountain, creating an artistic conception of finding a way in a fairy mountain. I seem to forget being in a luxurious downtown and enter another cold and quiet world.