hey there world travelers hey there i'm tanya and i'm dave and we are
turn it up world welcome back to . . . Las Vegas
so dave and i have been exploring and sharing many of our experiences at the new circa las
vegas since it opened back in late october from a full-on opening day 4k walkthrough
our stay in one of their corner suites to diving into a few of their top restaurants
if you haven't seen any of those videos you should and here's where you'll find them now many of you
asked what the Circa pool called stadium swim was like at night during the cooler weather months
here in las vegas since it is known to have one of the best heated pools in las vegas so let's
find out but first we're hungry y'all and there's a restaurant here that we've been dying to try so
let's see welcome to eight east you guys were so excited to be here this tapas-style pan-asian
cuisine is said to be inspired by metropolitan asian food markets basically small bites with a
ton of flavor so let's kick things off with a few recommended cocktails we have our menu so
you know exactly what they are but boy they look delicious super sweet and uh i mean it's being
strong just like me exactly am it might have like an old-fashioned manhattan right with some
rye whiskey yes and that as well so looking forward to that that is the wise man that's
got an old forest to ride whiskey 100 proof oh my gosh right up your alley with montenegro amaro
and sweet vermouth and i end up getting here um let me see it's called heart of
gina which looks really really good patron based which is nice agave lime blood orange
passion fruit pomegranate and cardamom bitters cheers for a wonderful night absolutely great
well looking looky poop what a ride this is awesome so what do we got here these are
short rib dumplings a special dumpling item on the menu today yes let's met looks and smells
amazing yes and you can actually have these two ways you can either get them steamed or pan-fried
the recommended choice bar waiter was getting them pan fried and what's nice about these too
is it has like a horseradish cream sauce you don't need any additional sauces of course
with a little bit of radish on the side so all right i'm going to say right now is let's give
this a shot you ready give it a shot come back and hold it it's kind of heavy ready here we go
wow oh my goodness gracious yeah what do you think i love it the short rib really tastes
sort of really nice and i love the horseradish sauce that spicy little kick to it is great i
think you're absolutely right there's a there's a nice flavor going on it almost has like a
a hidden little vinegar like a little twing of a taste of that horseradish
it doesn't really taste strong usually fresh freshly gonna get a little pop or horseradish
it's really nice and i love how the dumpling has a little bit of a crunch to it yeah isn't
that nice there's only one problem there's five there's five i'll give you three don't worry babe
most likely i'll be sharing with the
what's up guys i'm daniel coughlin uh owner and operator at eight east turn it up world
this ramen looks great yeah right flaming on ramen and smells really good broth looks nice
yeah and they bring you out a couple of small bowls because this is kind of a shareable now
these are definitely more on the mealy side which is nice now i like dave said it's all
about the broth in here and then of course we have under the plate which i like to keep warm
is the brisket fried rice brisket fried rice y'all that is crazy that is mealy meal
let's see what we think about this nice bone broth it looks wonderful
i'm going to use my fork on this one though guys you know
i apologize in advance exactly but it looks really good you got the meat in there oh my gosh this
i think that is so so good i really do like the broth the broth is wonderful
the mushrooms with a little bit of that crunch and the uh wow the flaming yum is actually pretty nice
it doesn't taste you know i think it's going to be a little bit more like lean like you said leaner
side but the broth complements it all exactly and it's very thinly sliced too yes so the broth just
absorbs you know the meat absorbs all that broth we have the flavor in the broth and it's really
it's lighter than you expect it's actually quite light you know and so at first you're looking oh
that could be heavy it actually takes that first bite tastes quite light right yeah really nice
oh here we go hold on
nice little not too spicy but a nice little spice kick which we like i guess i would say
i would highly recommend getting that extra sort of traditional thai sauce really good all right
so dave i know the traditional ramen way which i have not been doing this far i've been kind
of trying to be a little kind of absorbent yeah first try the wrong ramen how to eat ramen from
oh there we go holy moly you got it right here yeah no that was a slurp
now that was a slurp i mean goodness gracious first good fried rice fried rice here we go
this is excellent you really can taste the kind of the griddle on it
it's super fresh so good i love the brisket in there mixed in with the rice
perfectly done this is really some of the best fried rice
i've ever had you know what we're trying for us to dive diving y'all sorry we gotta eat cheers
so we ended up getting a lovely dessert from chef dan which is sort of a green tea tiramisu
right yes it looks amazing it looks wonderful and it has a lychee fruit on top and it's got
a little sort of coffee bean so it's got a lot of different flavors going on in there cheers
it's very rich yes right it's not a light dessert not at all but it's good definitely
good for splitting for two folks yes and it's it's got a nice creamy texture to it
and you really do taste like the green tea it almost has like a matcha kind of flavor spread on
top of that oh my goodness gracious i am so stuck that was wonderful oh so good highly recommend it
yeah for sure now we're gonna probably sit on these cocktails wrap it up as the sun starts
to set here at the circa las vegas so we can check out those it's going to be cold outside
but those pools are supposed to be really warm so let's try it it's going to be fun ready for us
oh my god
it was certainly a chilly night however a good night to put stadium swim's heated pools to the
test you can literally see the steam on top of the water that's how warm the pools are now it
wasn't a busy night as we went on a weekday and about an hour before they closed well
besides it was 43 degrees out hey that just gave us a little bit more room to play around
oh it feels really warm out here we have to say this rooftop pool area ginormous hd screen
multitude of chase lounges cabanas and daybeds not to mention an atmosphere built ready to party
you can certainly see how circa las vegas might be taking over downtown vegas as the place to be
well that was a lot of fun you guys i am so so cold right now yeah it is a little chilly out
here about 40 degrees yeah for sure so so advice if you come in the cold stay in the pool yes and
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