Vegas Kitchen: decent American meals

I never imagine that one day Kampar would boast of such variety of food. once, it is just chinese, indian and malay food, but in the recent years, saw the uprising of fast food and different varieties coming in. the japs, even recently a korean restaurant. of course, the pseudo-western food was there all along. however, rarely u will get one that mimic the ori better than the rest.

Vegas kitchen, as the name suggest, served pseudo-american dishes. the best in the area that came to mind was Davids diner in Ipoh. then again, david have an advantage since its boss is an american. so u cant compare both.

first, the location, it is just beside kampar's Grand kampar hotel in Bandar Baru. cant miss it. situated in a corner, it appeared to be full of students everyday, especially it is next to NoNo cafe which is relatively empty. then again, at times, there are spillover effect, making both appeared to be busy. the deco is rather contemporary, mimicking some of the western restaurant out there, with a bit of poster and stuff. no big deal there. the waiter and waitress are frantically running around all the time since usually there are so many patrons.

the menu is rather long, 2 pages full of burgers, another one half of chicken chops/ steak. however, one 3 selections of spaghetti, then again, noodles came from Europe. the first time wife and me came here, we were disappointed with the burger which was rather tasteless. tat was very long time ago. so for the sunday night dinner, we decided to try something different. wife ordered a cheezy chicken (Rm12.30). surprisingly, it was really nice. deep fried in the outside, with cheese in the inside. once u cut it open, the cheese just melted out. taste like Cordon Blue, minus the ham. and it cost a fraction less. i ordered the "ball of fire" spaghetti (RM 8.90). in the menu it is warned that this dish is spicy, but when it came, it is one of the oddest dish ever. taste like dry curry mee, served with giant fishball. IF the noodle was used instead, the dish would be better, but spaghetti? plus fish ball? that DID NOT word at all. the saving grace was the potato salad (RM3.50). just the perfect blend of herbs, potato and mayo. simply tasty.

the real funny thing is the menu was written. it is one of the worst menu language ever. someone did not even bother to check what was written. fancy to eat "chicken tight" which was just drumstick? and all of the dish was chef recommendations, that equal to no recommendations at all. do come visit and have a look.

ratings: 3.5 poink!

comments: despite the funny thing i noticed in the menu, the food was rather good. crowds dun lie so the big crowd is definitely not wrong. will try their burger next. just dun order the "ball of fire"