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Well yesterday marked the second year of my marriage to my amazing wife. We celebrated by going to Vegas over the weekend and then going out to dinner last night.

In Vegas we dined at several places but only one is worth mentioning. The Crown and Anchor was a place that was recommended to me by a friend at work and we went there for lunch on Saturday. Apparently this is the place to see soccer matches when you are in Vegas and we got lucky and were able to avoid that spectacle.

The food is authentic English food and according to the locals, they have the best fish and chips around. Jenn and I have had a few bad experiences making our own fish and chips so we have been leery of ordering it. Jenn ordered Bangers and Mash (sausage and mashed potatoes for you Americanized folks) and I got the Lankenshire Hot Pot. The hot pot was pretty much a stew with gravy in it to thicken the broth along with beef, carrot, potatoes and celery. Looking back now, it might not have been such a good idea to order a hot stew when the temperature was over 110 degrees out but I really enjoyed it. I was able to eat a lot of Jenn's leftovers as well and hers was really good as well. The sausage was real sausage made from intestines and the beans were homemade as well. Really good stuff and I would suggest it if you ever find yourself in Vegas.

Monday we got dressed up and headed to 555 East in Long Beach. Jennifer really wanted Lobster and neither of us wanted to go somewhere like Red Lobster. I found this place through CitySearch and they got really good reviews and seemed to be the most reasonable priced place with lobster. Jennifer ordered the Australian Lobster tail and I got the Filet Mignon. My steak was amazing. It was really soft and practically melted in my mouth. I had a little of Jenn's lobster and it was really good as well. I'm not a big fan of shellfish so I wouldn't have ordered it myself and am happy I had the steak.

For dessert we had the chocolate soufflé. It was really good and I am going to have to find out how to make one. When I was eating it I told Jenn it was like the most kickass brownie I had ever had. Good stuff and I will keep you all informed on my progress in tracking down a recipe for something similar.

Jennifer surprised me after dinner with tickets to the Green Bay Packers when they play the Chargers in August. Really good tickets as well. So all in all I had a really good anniversary. After Comic-Con we should be able to get back to having a normal menu and we will try some new recipes.