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This is either gonna suck, or it’s gonna rock. James Deen and his friends head out to Culinary Dropout in Las Vegas to check out their menu. At their table, James introduces himself to Alex, the waiter in-charge of serving them their food. According to Alex, Culinary Dropout is a gastro pub. He then begins to present their menus—their antipasti menu which contains their cured meats, cheeses, vegetables and snacks and their ‘raw bar’. He adds that the oysters they are serving for that night are Kumiai oysters from Baha, California. James orders the oysters and follows Alex’ recommendations for the cheeses, which are the dolce gorgonzola and the Tête de Moine. He likewise orders artichoke and pretzels. The pretzels were served with hot provolone fondue. It bothered James a bit because apparently, his first instinct when he sees cheese is to bury his face in it. James enjoys the pretzel and cheese. Served next was the grilled artichoke with garlic butter dip on the side. James grabs one of the artichokes and chomps down on it. Realizing he had to make at least a comment about the food, he pauses mid-way through his meal and with big, delighted eyes, he exclaims, “Oh, it’s good! In case you were wondering, I really like [the artichoke].” Come on. As if James’ swift reaction wasn’t enough to tell how good the food was. Next was the entrees. At Culinary Dropout, they serve 36-Hours Pork Ribs. Alex explains that the ribs are baked for 36 hours to make the meat really tender and when you bite into them, the meat just falls off the bone. Ecstatic about how yummy that sounds, James next order included the fried chicken, the 36-Hour Pork Rib, and trout. James adds that he prefers trout over salmon, because salmon has a very strong flavor, whereas trout gives more opportunity to let diners taste what a chef can do with a fish. Served next were the oysters. James, who was clearly having a wonderful time at the gastropub, jokingly remarks at the waitress, “Will you marry me and just serve me cheese?” His comment on the oysters? They should have given him an oyster fork. He did not let that tiny detail pass. Of course, the appropriate utensil would have elevated the experience more. Nevertheless, James Deen is clearly impressed. “I know we’re not yet done with the restaurant review, but I like this restaurant a lot! I mean it’s really good food, it’s high quality, it’s well prepared…it’s insane!” James motions to the elaborately prepped plate of Tête de Moine on their table. Upon finishing their exquisite plate of Tête de Moine, Alex returns to their table to serve James a huge glass of whiskey. Minutes later, James is craving for more food. “I’m fucking hungry!” he yells. Conveniently enough, Alex comes walking right in and serves the fried chicken and rainbow trout. “How fucking convenient is that!?” a pleasantly surprised James Deen is all smiles. How fucking convenient indeed! Alex also recommended that the fries that came as a side to the fried chicken should be dipped in the cheese. The combination was astronomical. As James chomps down on the ribs, the effortless way that the meat tears away from the bone is very visible. It was super tender (except it was really hot and James ended up burning his tongue). After tasting the trout, James decides that his favorites so far are the ribs, chicken and the fish. He wasn’t as much a fan of the trout as he was with the chicken and ribs. James thinks it is probably because he doesn’t really like fish. For him, fish seems like fake food. Once again, Alex walks to their table to check on their dining experience. “How was everything?” he asks James and his friends. James replies with exuberance, “Amazing! Great recommendations, awesome food…wish I had an oyster fork…not gonna lie.”, then smiles mischievously at Alex. Alex apologizes, but in the end, James was pretty cool about the whole oyster fork. For dessert, they had monkey bread with a side of vanilla ice cream. Alex cautioned James that the bread is really hot and that he should be careful. Apparently, James was too hungry to even wait for the bread to cool down a bit. He burns his tongue for the second time. Instead of being baked until the bread was firm, the monkey bread was baked into a consistency until it turned gooey. All in all, James clearly had a wonderful experience at Culinary Dropout. He sums up his experience with two simple words for his viewers, “Eat here.”, followed by two thumbs up. Before the video cuts, James manages to sneak in a joke, “I’m gonna go vomit now.” Thanks to Culinary Dropout, James’ stomach is full with awesome food and his heart, with great customer service.