Review: Incredible Edible America “Outrageous Vegas Eats”

Lots of food…not lots of Jeff’s characters.

I believe that Las Vegas has some outrageous food, and even that a trio of puppets should be who shares it with the world. The meals in this episode of Incredible Edible America are suitably outrageous, but I still don’t believe it’s the craziest the city has to offer. Also, a significant lack of puppets.

There’s a burger at Burger Brasserie that costs $777. It’s topped with Foie gras and lobster, but also comes with a bottle of Dom Perignon. That’s not $777 going into a burger at all. So, it’s a fancy burger, it’s delicious. At least this is something new and not just another round of huge food items.

Sugar Factory’s King Kong Sundae has 24 scoops of ice cream, toppings, and shooting flames. This thing has lollipops sticking out of it and I kind of feel sick just looking at it. But the Dunhams say it’s good, and Audrey particularly enjoyed the “salt elements”. This show does move fast, so maybe I blinked and missed it, but I believe this segment featured zero puppets. The producers never had the “define the concept” talk with this show.

Hash House a Go Go has a Sage Fried Chicken Benedict – it’s a big Chicken Benedict. First, we take a detour for Red Velvet Pancakes that are so big they use a drywall spatula to flip them. Then on to the main dish: it looks good, but it’s a huge brunch. I bet you have a huge branch in your city. To make your huge brunch as outrageous as this huge brunch, add mashed potatoes.

We’re all here for the puppets, so here’s the puppet rundown:

• Old man Walter balks at the burger’s price but decides it’s delicious
• Suspicious lack of puppet
• Old man Walter criticizes the size of brunch
• Bonus credits-scene appearance by Peanut who doesn’t do anything

Total puppet runtime for this episode was about 45 seconds. Along with fewer puppets, there was also just less that I cared about in general. Fancy burgers are cool, ice cream pyrotechnics are cool, your standard brunch is cool. But the focus on everything is so flat that nothing looks that impressive. “Edible America” would be a perfect title for the show.