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5 Fictional Foods You Can Taste Right Now

Krabby PattyCome on, as much as we all like to cook here, let’s admit it… We’re all a little bit nerdy. What, it’s true, you know it’s true! We all enjoy SOMETHING that’s kind of geeky, whether it’s Marvel movies, sci-fi novels, videogames or anime. If you claim that you have nothing that you’d completely nerd out over, you’re a bigger liar than the average presidential candidate (ooooh, a political joke, bet you haven’t heard a million of THOSE today). I personally have quite a lot of nerdy passions, even if you’d never know it from just reading my blog, so I figured… What the hell, why not combine them with my love for cooking? You’ve read the title, you know what’s coming – here I’ll be telling you about 5 fictional foods and drinks that you can prepare right now, in the comfort of your own home!

1. A Krabby Patty

A running gag in the show “SpongeBob Squarepants” involves the villainous Plankton trying out all kinds of crazy, convoluted schemes in an attempt to steal the recipe for the Krabby Patty – the incredibly tasty hamburger that is keeping Mr. Krabs’ fast food business flourishing. Well, don’t tell Plankton that, but, uh… I actually know the recipe, and it’s not nearly as complex and mysterious as you might think! Really, the Krabby Patty is, at its core, just a regular old hamburger with celery, tomatoes and some seasoning! You can check out the recipe here and, honestly, you can probably find all of those ingredients at your local supermarket.

2. The Portal Cake

If you were on the Internet at all in the late 2000s and early 2010s, you’ve undoubtedly heard people stating that “The cake is a lie!” That phrase comes from the 2007 videogame “Portal”, in which you play as a young woman trapped by an AI and forced to participate in the testing of a portal device. The AI promises that if you succeed in the tests you will be rewarded with cake, but if you manage to open a portal juuust right you’ll see the infamous “The cake is a lie” message scribbled all over the walls. But, as it turns out, the cake is actually not a lie – you get to see it at the very end of the game, and it looks delicious! So delicious, in fact, that I wouldn’t tempt you if you’d like to try it yourself. Here’s the recipe if you do. You know, just putting it there, not saying you should or anything. Don’t blame me if you get fat is what I’m saying!

3. Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster

Ah, there’s nothing quite like a night of playing online casinos while sipping on a well-prepared cocktail! Maybe a martini (shaken, not stirred), or a margarita, or a Bloody Mary… Well, the next time you’re playing, why not try the Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster from “The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy”? The book describes it as the best drink in existence, “the effect of which is like having your brains smashed out with a slice of lemon wrapped round a large gold brick,” so you know it’s gotta be good! Sadly, us Earthlings don’t possess most of the materials necessary to make an appropriate substitute, but this YouTube came pretty damn close! Enjoy!

4. Butterscotch Cinnamon Pie

In the hit indie game “Undertale”, you take control of a young, gender-neutral child that, after falling through a hole in a mountain, ends up in the Underworld which is inhabited by monsters. The child is soon found by the kindly goat lady Toriel, who takes them in and asks if they would prefer a butterscotch or a cinnamon pie. But since the child, much like many videogame protagonists, is completely silent, Toriel decides to make a butterscotch cinnamon pie instead! And honestly, while I’d have absolutely no idea how that would even taste, these guys actually went and made it. And honestly? It looks delicious! I suck at making pies, but I’d genuinely love to give this one a shot sometime just because I imagine that, even if I don’t like it, it’d have a very unique taste! By the way, quick note, the guys in question, “Feast of Fiction”, are all about making fictional food real, and I could’ve easily filled this list with their videos, so go check out their channel if you want more!

5. Health & Mana Potions

We all know how RPGs work! When the hero gets wounded, even if he or she is only a papercut away from death, a health potion is all they need to bring them back to the peak of their strength! Similarly, if they’re out of mana (whatever the hell “mana” even is), a mana potion allows them to continue casting spells like nothing happened! Honestly, I never quite got exactly how this worked, but, y’know, it’s magic, so I guess it doesn’t really need to be explained! But anyway, I’m ranting here. Despite how utterly convenient health potions would be in our world (“Oh, you have terminal cancer? Drink this, you’ll be fine”), sadly it seems like their effects will forever remain in the realms of fiction… But not their taste! A company actually made real health and mana potions which are available for sale right now! Apparently, they serve as energy drinks, so… I guess they kind of work? I don’t know, I’m not brave enough to try them. But if you have, let me know how they taste!

Chunky Cheesecake Brownies – Your Path to Obesity!

chunky cheesecake browniesIn our food and restaurant-themed site we sure have written a whole lot about casinos and not nearly enough about food, haven’t we? Well, I believe it’s about time for us to correct that injustice! And boy, do I have a treat for you! I’ve got to admit, I’m not really a big cook – I love eating, and I can cook most things given the proper recipe, but there aren’t many foods that I can cook by heart, so to speak. I’m just not the type of person who memorizes this type of thing (I guess the Internet has just spoiled me too much with its 24/7 recipes and cooking videos), but then again, I’m just a blogger and not a MasterChef contender. There is, however, one dish that I can absolutely make any time, recipe or not, and that is the spectacular chunky cheesecake brownie! I’ll leave its culinary qualities to your imagination, but suffice to say, you’ll be addicted into obesity before too long!

What you need for this recipe is 1 package of cream cheese (about 220g), 100g of sugar, 3 eggs, 85g of flour, ½ teaspoon baking powder, 60g of butter, 1/4 teaspoon salt and 250g of chocolate chips (or if you don’t have any, just get some cheap milk chocolate and break it down into tiny bits, or blend it). Now, the thing about the cheesecake brownies is that it’s, shockingly, two sweets mixed into one – cheesecake and brownies. So we’ll need to prepare two separate mixtures before combining them into the Voltron of diabetes! For the cheesecake, you’ll need to mix the cheese with about 30g of sugar and one egg before stirring in half of your chocolate chips into the mixture. That’s your cheesecake! Set it aside for now.

For the brownies, melt the remaining chocolate chips and combine them with the butter until the mixture is nice and evenly blended. Stir in what’s left of the sugar and eggs before adding the flour, salt and baking powder. Voila! Instant brownies, just add nothing! Now, this is the best part! Did anybody else see “Captain Planet” as a child? Well, if you did, say with me now: “LET OUR POWERS COMBINE!” Grease a baking pan and spread half of the brownies mixture onto it evenly, then place the cheesecake mixture and finally spread the remaining brownies mixture on top of it. If you’d like you can use a knife or a BBQ pick to mix the top two layers into each other, creating a marble pattern which looks pretty, but doesn’t always work out for me, personally.

Bake in a preheated oven at 175 degrees for about half an hour, and you’re done! Enjoy the best, most caloric, but oh so very delicious dessert that money can’t buy (because you need to make it yourself). If you’d like to see a video of the recipe in action this one is actually pretty damn great. Just remember to diet for a bit after eating the brownies, and to exercise regularly, and… Ah, who am I kidding. Wanna make another batch?

Top 2 Biggest Slot Jackpots in Las Vegas

Let’s be honest, no matter how rarely you gamble, you’ve pictured yourself winning a huge jackpot in a Las Vegas casino. I know the reason I went to Vegas was a bet with a friend that if I went there, I would win the mega jackpot, then meet Justin Timberlake when I cash out and eventually marry him in a Cinderella-inspired fairytale of my own. Needless to say that never happened but at least I’m still hoping for a humongous jackpot. I can even hear the clinking-clanking sound of the coins falling from the slot machine…Oh dream on…Are you still with me? Okay, return to the reality and let me tell you about the 2 biggest jackpots ever won in Las Vegas so you can keep daydreaming later having some solid proof that some day this could be you. (And if Sin City is too far away from you, don’t give up on your jackpot dream because online slots sometimes have even bigger jackpots.

Let me first give you some background information. There’s this network of jackpots in Las Vegas – Megabucks, which is owned and run by IGT (International Gaming Technology). Megabucks is a dollar coin machines, but you are required to use 3 coins or in other words $3 to compete for the progressive jackpot. When the jackpot is won it starts growing back from…wait for it…$10 million. Got your attention already? Great, now here’s 2 lucky players you can envy to your heart’s content. Well, at leas one of them.

Excalibur – $39,710,826.36 – March 21, 2003 – It’s been 12 years and this is still the biggest jackpot ever won. We don’t know the name of the winner because he requested anonymity but we do know he is a 25-year-old software engineer who visited his family in Las Vegas. Someone told him about the Megabucks and he decided to try his luck. He had wagered around 10 bucks when he looked away for a moment and when he turned around he saw he had won the gigantic jackpot. He said that: “it doesn’t seem real” and we can totally understand how he feels. What he said he intended to spend part of the jackpot on will warm your heart, the young winner said he was going to fund his parents’ retirement fund with it .

Desert Inn – $34,959,458.56 – January 26, 2000 – This is one of the biggest slots jackpots ever won and the reason for one of the biggest urban myths in Las Vegas. Cynthia Jay-Brennan, a 37-year-old cocktail waitress, was in Vegas to celebrate her future mother-in-law’s birthday. They were joking that she would win big but no one really believed it when she racked the nearly $35 million jackpot. It was like she was on top of the world. She married her fiance and made plans for a world tour. Two weeks later she was out with her older sister Lela celebrating her marriage when a drunk driver rear-ended into her car smashing her into another one and leaving her paralysed forever. Even worse, her sister Lela died at the scene. This shocking tragedy became one of Las Vegas’ most popular urban myths – that the jackpot is cursed and if you win it bad things are going to happen to you. However, you saw that 3 years later a bigger Megabucks jackpot was won and the winner is doing pretty well. What can I say, this was just bad luck. Ironic, isn’t it?

Top 5 Casino Restaurants in Las Vegas

Las Vegas is the perfect place for…wait…everything. This time we will be presenting you a list of the Top 5 Casino Restaurants in Sin City just because you can fully savour the triumph of a jackpot over a glass of wine, mouth-watering stake, caviar and crab legs. Some difficult decisions had to be made while preparing this ranking because there were at least 10 more restaurants that were worthy of our attention but the casinos of the winners outperformed the others. So if you are wondering what to do with your poker winnings, here are some nice places to have a fancy meal.

#5 – Wynn – The Buffet Buffet – 15 cooking stations and Alice-in-wonderland-tea-party atmosphere will make your breakfast a special experience. It seems that most of the tourist praise the Buffet mainly on their breakfast which is just $20 and their weekend brunch with champagne at $39. Maybe that’s a bit pricey for a buffet, but come on it’s Wynn and it’s worth it.

#4 – The Venetian – CUT Steakhouse – This a la carte steakhouse is the second masterpiece of the world-renowned master chef Wolfgang Puck. The steaks range between $50-$100 because they are prime graded beef, the wine ranges from $40 – $100+ and desserts around $26. It may sound a bit expensive but you have to keep in mind that this is a top class restaurant with outstanding service and a fabulous food.

#3 – Ceaser’s Palace – Guy Savoy – Not surprisingly, this high-end restaurant has garnered two Michelin Stars. Named after its Head Chef, Guy Savoy redefines elegance and class. Dedicated to the French cuisine, this exquisite place has also won the Forbes Five Star Award and the AAA Five Diamonds Award. Impressed already? You should be. Just FYI the average price without beverages is $180 per person.

#2 – Palms Casino – Alizé – Situated on the top floor of the Palms Ivory Tower, Alizé overlooks the strip and so you can imagine that the view is nothing less than spectacular. This gourmet Michelin-starred restaurant serves French cuisine and is open only for dinner. Alizé was created by the world-renowned Chef Andre Rochat and Chef de Cuisine Mark Purdy. And a fun fact, Alizé boasts the largest cognac selection in Las Vegas, in case fine dining is not impressive enough.

#1 – Bellagio – Picasso – The top restaurant in our ranking is quite a natural choice because, seriously, what can beat a restaurant with 13 AAA Five Diamond Awards overlooking the Bellagio Fountains. There is a lot of artwork in the interior design, which enhances the classy feel. The cuisine is Mediterranean, inspired by France and Spain where Picasso spent his life and prepared by the native Spanish Chef Julian Serrano. There’s a patio, which is open seasonally and to make sure you feel comfortable even when you are outdoors there are cool misters and heat lamps.