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Ok my blood is not boiling anymore and I am not late for work. I am just staying away from that pump where I had an incident plus their $3.99 car wash on weekdays is just hard to pass up.

After having an awesome experience with Korean-style fried chicken from Bon Chon, we saw Coco Chicken in Fremont; which is much closer to my friends house. Since Coco offers Korean-style chicken we said 'why not?' Let's try out other places and compare.

Boy did we made a mistake.

Coco absolutely have nothing on Bon Chon. Not even close. We opted to have the sauces on the side and not on the chicken. That did not help at all. Even if we asked to toss the sauces with the chicken, I believe that would not help much either, as their 'hot' sauce did not even tingle my taste buds. Garlic soy tasted good though, and their honey mustard tasted like any honey mustard that you would get. Their chicken though was very well fried. Another thing that we still cannot comprehend is how expensive their chicken wings are! 8 pieces wings for almost $14 bucks?!!? That is highway robbery! We were so disappointed that we went to Bon Chon after. I am still open to explore other Korean-style fried chicken, but I will not come back here.

Two stars for what I think is a well fried chicken and that's it.

Absolutely delicious chicken!

My cousin from the Philippines was raving about Bon Chon chicken. I Googled Bon Chon and Bay Area and I led me to this place. I love their spicy hot garlic chicken. The chicken is so crunchy on the outside, yet so juicy on the inside. Kimchi coleslaw was yummy too. Pair a large order of wings with a pitcher of Blue Moon, and it is a match made in heaven.

The flavor of the spicy garlic soy is not on the chicken, so you won't have that messy sticky fingers going on. It seems that they tossed the sauce on the chicken and re-fried it again. I guess this is the Korean-style of fried chicken that I really started to be a fan of.

Bon Chon is my 1st Korean-style friend chicken. It sets the bar high as I will continually explore other Korean-style fried chicken restaurants.

They have good ribs and chicken. Ribs are moist and tender. I like the crunch on their chicken wings. The sauce is sweet, a little too sweet for a wing. It bet it would taste much better if I asked to mix sticky and hot sauce. Their garlic fries were really good, strong garlic on a crunchy fry is a great combination. Not much a fan of their tri-tip though. It was dry, bland, and almost served at room temperature. Overall, a nice option to get your bbq rib fix.

Loved the show! Holly is so gorgeous! Lot's of T&A, and beautiful bodies. The whole show is a stimulation to the eyes. The show is a sultry spin-off to the stories of Mother goose. Great dancing and the singers were good too.

The would be awesome for a bachelors or a few couples (us) that want to see some burlesque fun.

Move over Frozen Hot Chocolate, hello Frozen White Hot Chocolate!

We decided to have breakfast here when we saw it the night before while strolling the Vegas strip. We came in a little earlier than usual. That helped because it got really packed later on. I had a Chorizo Quiche and me and my wife shared a Frozen White Hot Chocolate. The Chorizo quiche was delicious. The greens are fresh and evenly dressed lightly. The quiche was perfectly baked. Eggs were fluffy and the crust was flakey. The chorizo can use a little more 'chorizo' flavor. The highlight of our breakfast was the Frozen White Hot Chocolate. So delicious!!!

5 stars all the way! Impeccable service and the food is absolutely delicious. Me and my wife along with our friends decided to splurge ourselves with a nice dinner before see a Vegas show. And boy Alize did not disspoint.

We started off with Foie Gras, 3 ways. The terrine and the sandwich(?) preparation was delicous but the seared foie gras was a homerun. Succulent, juicy, and mouth-watering. After that we had a tiny peach-like sherbet to cleanse our palette. That 'tiny' sherbet is exlpoding with flavor. For the main course, I had a wagyu NY steak and my wife had Pan Seared Muscovy Duck Breast. Now I know how wonderful wagyu beef is. If I were to describe it ,it's like the full flavor of a rib-eye with the butter-iness of a filet mignon. With smoke bacon and a Pinot Noir sause, it is everthing I can imagine that perfectly compliments the steak. The chamonix potato though is somewhat lost with all the full flavors around it. My wife's Duck breast was excellent too.

For our dessert, we shared a warm chocolate fondant. For me, thay have taken cocolate to a new level! the chocolate fondant was so delicious, it even topped itself when it was paired with the lime sherbet, a perfect combination.

The wait staff have a flawless attention to detail. We felt pampered. The sommelier even has an iPad for you to use to brose their selection of wines, cool! Lest I forget the absolutely stunning scenery of Las Vegas, the atmosphere in this resturant is romantic and scerene, especially during sunsets. Alize is 5 stars across the board.

I tried Spirit Airlines because they were about $100 cheaper than Southwest from Oakland to Las Vegas. I wish I knew that they charge every step that you take. Other than a purse or a small backpack, everything is charged. Having two carry-on's already negates its lower price to SWA. If we had checked-in bags, its already more expensive than SWA. Want some nuts and water in flight? Better pony up that credit card. And the legroom on Spirit is less than SWA or JetBlue. I'm 5"10 and I had to sit up straight like in boot camp just to clear my knees form the seat in front of me. SWA and JetBlue seems much more comfortable.

Clean room, clean sheets, clean bathroom. Refurnished the hotel to modern taste. Has ample parking and free internet connection. I can't say much because I literally stayed in the hotel for 4 hours to sleep. Good experience overall.

With our interest for Mad Fish Fremont waning, my friend took me here for his lunch break. I did not expect a lot but wow, their rolls (limited) were very cheap during lunch! We had 4 rolls for less that $20!!! Their rolls aren't as extensive as Fremont's. Tasted good as well; reminiscent of Mad Fish in Fremont. Definitely will have lunch here if I were around the area.