Rodeo Road Trip - NFR 2010, Las Vegas (Great breakfast at Egg Works)

mmm-yoso!!! is not only about food and meals, but how we got to find that food to enjoy those meals. Today, Cathy writes about her latest adventure.

So. It's time for my annual mini vacation to the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas. Ms. T and I left early Sunday.  Soon we were at State Line.

In another 30 minutes, we were at the hotel.
...with the beautiful decorated tree in the lobby...
the outdoor 'beach' pool area...  
 
and very large exercise room, right next to a heated outdoor lap pool.
Which was an amenity we needed to use, after we hit the Buffet for dinner.

The next morning, we needed to get to the airport (to go to Customs and Border Protection for Trusted Traveler Program paperwork completion) and were looking for breakfast. 
Egg Works.  At the SouthEast Corner of the airport. (Sunset at Southeastern).  Hours are 6 a.m. to 3 p.m.    
Seven television sets, free wifi, a coffee cup at every place setting.  Breakfast and lunches. Owned by people who own The Egg and I (a restaurant I used to go to when growing up in Detroit-the first restaurant that sent us Birthday Club Cards, the first place my parents remember getting a thermal pot of coffee left at the table... a Midwestern chain which makes and serves Cincy Chili) That black egg face flips to become yellow and is a signal for any passing waitress that you would like their attention.
You get a choice of toast or home made banana nut muffin with your breakfast.  The muffin comes out *hot* from the oven.
Pure, simple.  real banana and more nuts than in this photo. Really good. People buy loaves To Go of this banana bread.
Ms. T ordered the chalkboard special Northern California Omelette ($9.25) Four eggs, chicken, broccoli and mushrooms, topped with a cheese-Hollandaise-like sauce.  Fresh and filling and good.  It came with a side of Works potatoes and the toast.
 
I ordered the Home Made Corned Beef Skillet ($9.95).  Really meaty corned beef hash, made with green peppers and onions and potatoes, topped with two poached eggs.  Excellent. If you are in Las Vegas, this is the place to have a very good sit down breakfast. There are three locations.
By 5 p.m., we were parked and ready to go inside to see the National Finals Rodeo- the World Series of Rodeos.  The top 15 Cowboys in the world of each of seven events competeing for ten days in a row to determine the World Champions.

The women who control horses to race around three barrels as quickly as possible.

 

The men who control a horse and rope a steer in as little time as possible (three different events): Or the men who stay on a bucking animal for at least eight seconds.  
 

Long Live Cowboys.  Athletes.

The tenth and final day of NFR is this Saturday, the 11th.  It is shown live and rerun on ESPN daily.

Egg Works 2490 East Sunset Road Las Vegas 89120, 9355 West Flamingo Las Vegas 89147
Egg &I 4533 West Sahara Las Vegas 89102 Website

Green Valley Ranch Resort Website

National Finals Rodeo Website

Comments

[caninecologne]

hi cathy - cool pix of the rodeo! :) and was that a roasted pig i saw? mmmm, lechonn!

[Sherry]

Hi Cathy - Sounds like the perfect place for breakfast. Thanks for sharing this, I think we'll check it out on our next jaunt over to Vegas (going to have to get my hands on that banana bread)!

[Dennis]

Wow, rodeo live! I love how the roast pig photo was right next to the room with gym equipment. ;) Road trips rock!

[bill]

Eggtastic breakfast it should have had the roasted pig in there :-)

[Cathy]

Hi cc- We had excellent seats this year. It was a small roasted pig, with excellent flavor. Always a great buffet, with the center roasting station featuring prime rib, baked salmon and instead of a whole ham, this little pig. Station Casinos do have the best food at reasonable prices.
Yes, Sherry. Egg Works was a great find. I do love good banana bread and that they make this a signature item was just perfect.
The. Top. Rodeo. Live. I try to get a bit creative when I post, Dennis...sometimes with words, sometimes with the food and this time I had my iPhone. My arms are aching today after using all the exercise machines (the room was about 3x the size in that photo. One machine for each body part. 30 lbs is easy for some muscles and really difficult for other muscles in the same body.)You have yourself a really good road trip!
There was Loco Moco, Hale Loco and 'Islander Favorite' on the menu, bill, but no pork other than sausages or Spam. 8( The menu uses fresh ingredients and imagination in the offerings.

[Kirk]

Hey Cathy - What a nice breakfast find. That corned beef looks really good.

[Cathy]

It was an absolutely random drive and I am so happy we found it, Kirk. A tasty, fun mini-vacation.

[Sandy]

I was checking the locations for Egg Works online; they have a cute website intro.

How would you compare Egg Works to the breakfasts at Blueberry Hill?

[Cathy]

I've always been fascinated by Rube Goldberg machines, Sandy.

BBH vs EW is apples and oranges in a lot of ways. Hours open(24 vs 9), blueberry vs banana muffins (and you can get the ones at BBH grilled), any meal at anytime of the day vs breakfasts and sandwiches, price point at BBH is closer to $7 vs $10 at EW...

However. I am a breakfast person and never have had someone ask me HOW I would like my egg poached(hard, medium or runny) and would choose EW if I the other people I was with were wanting breakfast. But I would never turn down BBH. In fact, we were looking for BBH when we left the hotel...

[ed (from Yuma)]

Looks like you went whole hog.

[Cathy]

We had a very good time with food and at the Rodeo, ed.

[Carol]

I didn't get a chance to watch any rodeo. Sounds like you gals had a great time again. Yee-haw!

[Cathy]

Oh, it was fun, Carol. We both needed the vacation. Had some great food and general no schedule. The Rodeo was exceptionally good this time.

[Phoenix Edler]

The rodeo looks great in your photos. The food posted before that are mouth-watering, as well. Heh, looks like that mini vacation you guys went through was an excellent experience!