ai Pazzi is a fine dining Italian Restaurant located in the Resorts of Summerlin in Las Vegas Nevada. This restaurant is by celebrity chef Fabio Viviani. If he looks familiar to you then maybe you’ve seen him on Bravo Top Chef.
They offered a crazy great price ($65.00) for a multi course wine dinner with Chef Fabio Viviani so we had to reserve a spot and go.
First course was Beets with Goat Cheese and Bruschetta Romana with a glass of Gabbiano Prosecco.
Then rosemary embellished focaccia arrives. (just in time for the pastas)
Next are Lumache Vodka (Calabrian Chile Vodka Sauce with Aged Parmigiana and Burrata) and also Orecchiette (Italian Fennel & Spicy Sausage, Garlic Rapini, White Wine, Grana Padano)
We also had Gabbiano Chianti Classico Reserva with the pasta.
Main Course were-
Tuscan Style Filetto Di Manzi with herbed Demi and Roasted Chicken with potatoes and herb lemon butter sauce. This was also served with Belleza Chianti Classico Gran Selezione.
Then came a sweet ending.
Tiramisu, Fruit Pavlova, and a Lemon bomb. Everything was delicious and some things were amazing! We are glad we got to enjoy this!
That was the April 17 Wine Dinner at ai Pazzi with Chef Fabio Viviani.
It’s normal to see a spill at my local Smith’s Grocery Store but this spill is different and looks a lot like Mr. Bill. …….BUT….Don’t think it’s normal to come back a few days latter and see three more spills?
Instead of just mopping it up they laid out little orange pads and took the time to put up a cation sign.
Then I see a spill of flour.
Then I see another spill. Again instead of mopping it up they just put a caution sign up.
Last week I saw dead basil plants for sale there.
ANYWAYS
In other FOOD News-
Food out this week was all very good.
Had a nice dinner at Pho Aimie. It’s our local Vietnamese Restaurant. So far it has always been good. Below are pictures from several visits.
Just discovered a local food truck – Tres Tacos Birria De Res that parks near my local Smith’s Grocery Store. They make tasty well packed double shelled street tacos and other things. So far we’ve only tried the street tacos. Below is one of each of the street tacos they offer.
These are foods that you can make too. Most of the recipes can be found here on www.TheFORKINGTruth.com
Up above are Corned Beef and Cabbage Hand Pies. For this one I just bought already brined corned beef briskets and added some spices, onion, garlic, carrots. I cooked the cabbage in the liquid from the finished corned beefs and just stuck some in those hand pies that I make every so often.
Potato and Cheese Stuffed mini bell peppers (no recipe)
Falafel flavored meatballs (but wrapped with egg roll wrapper) embellished with hummus
Apple hand pies
Pizza-tashen
My famous chipotle rice cheese stuffed peppers with potato string crust
Mac-n-cheese stuffed potatoes (no recipe just bake potatoes, hallow them out, salt & pepper, stuff with macaroni and cheese…I always wing macaroni and cheese and make it different all the time depending on what cheeses I have but always try to make it with lots of American and cheddar cheese.
Crepes – mixed fruit – some with sweet cheese and others with chocolate cream
Spinach Mozzarella and Feta Crepes (sorry forgot twice to photo before wrap and after wrap)
Potato Knishes
Homemade crackers (crisp breads shaped different) with homemade hummus
Served the above with deviled eggs.
Made Challah Rolls
These are just some of the foods that YOU can make too!
The Mediterranean Latin Grill is a small family ran casual restaurant located near to the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas Nevada. It is not a fancy place.
They offer unusual menu of kabobs, shawarma, gyros, pupusas, baleadas (Honduras flour tortilla with beans and cheese), wings, pizza, pasta, and more.
We ordered. We waited. Nobody brought out the bottled water I ordered so my husband got up and removed one from their refrigerator.
We were waiting a long time. (maybe a half hour goes by at this point.
Then the owners sit down to have lunch.
After they finish their lunch then they play with their phones and put on LOUD SPEAKER phones.
Around 50 or more minutes have passed and then our meals come out.
I noticed that everyone inside was speaking some sort of Latin so I went with the latin side of the menu and tried the Pollo Frito con Tajadas (Fried Chicken with Bananas). (I was asked if I wanted white meat or dark meat)
Actually the salad is very good and was made with house made still warm banana chips. The fried leg and thigh are very good (flavorful and juicy). But the fried chicken breast is all dried up and stringy.
My husband gets a gyro plate.
If you look close then you can see the meat is all dried up.
My husband won’t eat tahini sauce so he complained about the sauce on his plate. The girl did bring his plate back and gave him new gyro meat that was much better.
I haven’t tried Main St Provisions until now. I thought I’d better give them a try since their chef Ellie Parker recently won Hell’s Kitchen and also was James Beard Nominated under emerging chef. This restaurant is located downtown in the Arts District not far from the Las Vegas Strip. They have bar seating and traditional table seating with a view of the open kitchen. The menu is mostly American and features fresh seafood and steaks.
We went with a side dish of Maitake Mushrooms in a rich Bordelaise Sauce with Blue Cheese as our appetizer.
My husband really enjoyed this. It was his favorite plate.
For my main I went with the Fish of The Day (Sea Bass) in an English Pea Mint Sauce with Fennel and Asparagus Salad.
The fish is flaky and moist. The skin came out crispy but didn’t stay crispy. For my taste it’s the salad that pops with flavor the most. It’s quite good. The pickled fennel with the perfect texture of the asparagus is great. It has more flavor than the pea puree. But I enjoy the crunch from the panko.
My husband tried the Duck Breast.
He said this dish lacked flavor. He said he could hardly tell that there was suppose to be an orange BBQ sauce. Also the duck was a little tough and he thought that this was a very small portion of food for him. He left hungry and mad and mad himself a hot dog when he got home.
Haochi translates to delicious or good eats and the Crispy Eggplant Strips are certainly that. As of January 2026 there are 6 China Mama locations serving up Chinese and Chinese Fusion Foods. I’ve read that each location offers a slightly different menu. So far I’ve made it to three different locations. YES each experience was different. Here is the most different and might not be for everyone because you order on a tablet. (This can be difficult for some people) PRO TIP They are slow on Sundays at Lunch Time. The Server has more time to help you on Sundays at Lunch Time.
Anyways –
We tried three plates. They also came out at various times.
First came out the Kung Pao Chicken (you can order mild, regular with heat, or extra spicy. I ordered regular heat and it was plenty spicy) (Rice is $1. extra)
The chicken is nice and tender. It’s infused with flavors and heat and isn’t too sweet. It really does tastes better than many other kung pao dishes we’ve tried.
A good ten minutes latter the Sizzling Beef in Black Pepper Sauce comes out.
The Beef is nice and tender but tastes more like soy sauce than black pepper.
Then maybe 10 or 15 minutes latter the Crispy Eggplant Strips Arrived.
They should re-name this dish to HAOCHI EGGPLANT because it is INSANELY DELICIOUS!!!!!!!! It’s sweet and spicy and everything wonderful. The eggplant is so creamy and sweet and is surrounded by a thin caramelized crunch. You can mix this with almost any other Chinese Dish to make it taste better. We ate almost 1/2 of the dishes and took the rest home for dinner. The Kung Pao Chicken and the Sizzling Beef in Black Pepper Sauce both re-heated perfect. The Eggplant dish still was amazing tasting but lost the caramelized crunch.
I’d say Haochi by China Mama is Worth a Fork! (if you get the crispy eggplant strips)
Worth a Fork!
Haochi by.China Mama
Wilshire Plaza 5247 W Charleston Blvd Las Vegas NV
Another WORST of the year came from Fox Smokehouse BBQ. It was their macaroni and cheese and their pulled pork. The macaroni and cheese maybe can win a prize for WORST ON THE PLANET. It was mushy pasta mix with something like Velveeta, topped with some real cheese that didn’t melt in.
from Fox Smokehouse BBQ
And LOTS of BURNT CHEESE mixed in.
From Fox Smokehouse BBQ
NOBODY wants lots of globs of BURNT CHEESE. How the FORK did something like this come out of the kitchen? This is TRASH!
The pulled pork was so dry and stringy that you could use it as dental floss. This is also a big fat miss.
from Fox Smokehouse BBQ
Best of the week was the Bulgogi Steak from Moo Woo Korean BBQ.
Bulgogi Steak from Moo Woo Korean BBQ
Gosh this was tender and SOoooooooooooooooooo Delicious!
And in other FOOD News –
Any Day? Aroma Latin Cocina – 3355 Spring Mountain Road
April 11,12 – Taco and Tamale Festival – Desert Breeze Events Center – 8455 Kids Zone Pkwy
April (Mid) – NSDC (Not a Damn Chance) Burger 124 S 6TH St
April 16-May 31 – Michelin Stared & James Beard Awarded – Alinea POP UP in the Bellagio in the Micheal Mina Restaurant
April 18 – A Taste of Station – Red Rock Pool
April 24 – Maroon by Kwame Onwuachi (Bravo Top Chef) Caribbean Steakhouse – Sahara
April 26 0 Unstripped Food Festival – Palms
May 2 – Indian Food Festival – Clark County Government Center Amphitheater
Rumor Read on Facebook – May 9 Tony Roma’s to close? Rumor?
May 16 – Tailgate Beach Club Opens in Mandalay Bay – Snoop Dog is expected to preform
In Silly and or Cute Food News – My dogs enjoying Fried Chicken from Those Guys Pies.
That was The FORKING Las Vegas FOOD Buzz of the Week and this is –
This has happened several times previously but it just so happens that in the last three weeks I experienced three restaurants opening late and a fourth restaurant not open after a day after a grand opening.
Anyways
We were going to Pizza Nation. They were suppose to open at 12:00 on Sundays. We arrived just after 12:00 and saw chairs up on tables, nobody inside, and locked doors. We left and went someplace else.
The very next week tried to go to Hummus Vegas. They still (as of me typing this) have hours posted of 11:00 – 7pm Sunday – Thursday
SEE SIX LINES DOWN
We arrived a little after 11:00 and someone in there tells up that they don’t open till 12:00 s we left and went someplace else.
The following week.
Wanted to go back to Taste of Gujarat. The OPEN sign was on but the doors were locked. We knocked. My husband called. Nobody answered. They opened an hour latter.
Across from Taste of Gujarat was Grill Nine. I heard many great things about this restaurant so I thought it was a convenient second choice.
It was suppose to open April 1st. We were here April 2nd and it’s still not open.
The FORKING Truth is that many Las Vegas Restaurants open later than posted.
With Love Always is a casual Smash Burger and soft frozen Custard Shop with a few locations in Vegas. They offer a very basic menu of burgers, a few sides, and of course custad.
Usually at all locations you will find a long line out the door to get in. We came in the afternoon just for the frozen custard.
There are only a few tables inside and a few outdoor picnic tables.
We ordered and paid at the counter and in reasonable time someone runs our order out to us.
I try a vanilla custard with cherry dip.
I think that it is pretty good. I even like the cherry sauce embellishment over the cherry dip. I think that I am a pretty good eater but for me the only problem is that this dessert is ENORMOUS and sadly I have to throw from the cone down away. It should come in a smaller size.
My husband tries the chocolate cone.
I’d also very large. But is only mildly chocolate flavored so it leaves you yearning for more chocolate.
