text: When I learned of the cent shrimp cocktail on one of the hundred Travel Channel shows about Las Vegas I have been committed to try it if I ever went to Vegas It is the absurdity of discount food seafood no less and its famous status that gets to me Similarly on another show a cent giant hot dog was presented It was available at another casino Slots a Fun further south on the strip Yeah it looked like loaf of baloney yes baloney the proper word might have you think it is higher in quality or something but I was still going to buy and eat itnnSo the years have passed and the price of the shrimp cocktail has risen in and now this year when I finally do visit Las Vegas That monstrosity of a hot dog is gone replaced with hum drum standard Nathans franks Then there it was in front of me a tulip glass full of pale shrimp doused in a smooth red cocktail sauce They were cold watery and completely flavorless Any and all flavor is just the spicy horseradish and tomato of the sauce Unadorned shrimp lacked so much of everything that taking a salt shaker and sprinkling the contents into your mouth would evoke more of an oceany thoughtnnOh right about the casino All of the table dealers were nice even though I have no idea what their faces look like Craps is a low roller friendly and the machines were fairly loose I am glad I got that out of the way although I would only come back for the ample chests and gambling