Our experts travelled for weeks, eating, looking and letting people try to entertain them just to bring you the very best of America. There was so much that didn't make this list, because, frankly, we needed to ensure we kept our extremely high standards (we ran out of energy and decided it was time for another cookie). 

Best Sandwich - Caprese at All About The Bread, Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles 

Heirloom tomatoes, fresh basil, sundried tomatoes, fresh mozzarella. Just thinking about this sandwich makes me hungry. And desperate to buy buffalo mozzarella. www.allaboutthebread.com

Best Restaurant (fine dining)- Picasso, The Bellagio, Las Vegas 

Put aside at least three hours, fork out for the wine matching and get a table on the terrace so you can watch the famous Bellagio Fountains every fifteen minutes while you dine from the exceptional menu by Master Chef Julian Serrano. As www.foodfashionista.com says "If you are a lover of fine art, fine wine, and fine cuisine, there is no better place in the U.S. I can think of going for all three in one than Picasso located at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas."

Best Restaurant (family) -– Hooters

Two words: Buffalo Wings.

Best Coffee -

Seriously, don't even try. Wean yourself off before you go, because every sip is a travesty.

Best Creepy Display of the Human Body - Bodies 

Actual. Bodies. Preserved, dissected, amazing, uncomfortable and enough to make me incredibly squeamish. http://www.facebook.com/Bodiestheexhibition.

Best Activity Based on a Television Series -– CSI Las Vega

Holy Toledo Batman, you mean we get to view evidence, test blood and solve a crime? We can get a certificate and even better purchase CSI crime scene sellotape to make our desks back home less humdrum? http://www.csitheexperience.org.

Best Fake International Landmark -– Eiffel Tower

The Eiffel Tower at Paris must win, but we recommend you do not scale it in 47 degree temperatures. The pyramid at Luxor, the canal at the Venetian (points for the singing gonadliers) deserve an honourable mention.

Best Shopping Centre –- Fashion Show Mall

They're all the same really, but this one has fashion shows. Awesome. www.thefashionshow.com. When it comes to shopping in America, more is more.

Best Suburb –- Venice

The LA people think it is bohemian, but for a laid back lifestyle where you can cycle around, head to cute boutique bars and not have to spend hours perfecting your look, Venice is the place to be. The beach is pretty spectacular.

Best Bar -– The Edison

I really liked this place for the decor, crowd, ambience and the divine cocktails. And, it's like totally historical! http://www.edisondowntown.com/  

Best Lions -– Siegfried & Roy's Secret Garden

These may have been overgroomed until they looked like powderpuff, but they beat the MGM Lions hands down. http://www.mirage.com/attractions/secret-garden.aspx

Best Live Act (Musical) - She & Him

Talented, stylish and basically awesomeness personified. Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward know how to play music and keep an audience charmed. http://www.sheandhim.com.  

Best Live Act (Comedy) - Jerry Seinfeld 

Older at 56, possibly wiser, but still with the great dry wit that made Seinfeld one of the most loved shows of a generation. There's something strange but awesome about hearing a voice you know so well in person, if that makes sense. His opening comedian Tom Papa was also excellent.

Best Cirque du Soleil Show - LOVE 

Seeing a Cirque du Soleil show in a purpose built venue multiplies the coolness of the show. I was impressed by everything to do with the show, but for some reason it was the use of hydraulics to move sections of the stage. Of course the music was spectacular, being by The Beatles. The whole experience was enchanting. http://www.cirquedusoleil.com/love.  

Best Outdoor Venue - Hollywood Bowl

17,000 people comfortably seated, views of the Hollywood sign, epic lighting, lots of bathrooms, great ushers. www.hollywoodbowl.com.

Best Late Night Bar - Dueling Piano Bar at New York, New York

The perfect location for a spontaneous night out with crowd participation, 21st, stag parties and that song from Glee by Journey three times in one night.

Best Television Show – The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

Hilarious comic and presenter Craig Ferguson delivers quips to the cameras and studio audience, has a robot for a sidekick, riffs on the issues of the day in an entertaining manner and interviews legends such as Morgan Freeman. The writer of this review managed to not yell out anything about that awful rugby movie and enjoyed being in the presence of the man who plays God. It should also be noted that Craig Ferguson will play Owl in the 2011 movie Winnie the Pooh. 

Here' is She & Him on The Late Late Show. I wasn't there for the recording, but I was there for the bit with the giraffe puppet. Odd.

For more on the Vegas leg of the trip visit www.vegasforlife.posterous.com.