Marché Bacchus is a contemporary French Style Restaurant and Wine Bar and Store located about ten minutes away from the Las Vegas Strip. The restaurant has changed ownership a few times over the years. I read on www.360Vegas.com that Celebrity Chef Alex Stratta and his Executive Chef Dave Middleton created the menu but those chefs are no longer with Marché Bacchus. The restaurant offers a stunning lakeside atmosphere. It also offers over 950 choices of wine.
After multiple visits I can recommend getting The French Dip and the ever changing menu of desserts because both were so far delicious and top notch on all our visits.
Below is the chocolate tart with blood orange sorbet
The most disappointing plate here might be the HK Burger
The roll tastes burnt and the burger has almost no flavor at all. I was told that the burger is ground in house and the menu reads that this is a Linz (from Chicago) Angus patty. The burger comes with your choice of fries or a salad and at the time of my visit was $28.
Pictures below are from previous visits. All the desserts and the beef bourguignon was very good.
Stunning Atmosphere and lots of wine to try.
Some things are better than other things here so enjoy the lovely atmosphere, maybe drink some wine, and get the French Dip and the desserts!
The BEST of the week certainly was the multi course dinner from Bar Boheme.Everything was superb from service to food to wine pairing. Here are pictures from a couple visits.
Unfortunately there also was a worst of the week. The house made pastrami rueben from Fine Company was awful.
The pastrami wasn’t coked enough so the fat on the ends was so hard that you could use it as dental floss. The flavors were messed up too and were so unbalanced that you really mostly taste liquid smoke and black pepper. PLUS they don’t put much in the sandwich. Don’t know why but I brought half home and the pastrami and scant amount of cabbage inside only weighed LESS THAN ONE OUNCE.
Anyways in other FOOD News –
Las Vegas finally won another James Beard Award and it went to chef Sarah Thompson of Casa Playa
Another different James Beard Award something called “Classics” went to Bob Taylor’s Ranch House
Just thought I’d share what we tried at Bob Taylor’s Ranch House.
Moist tender chicken but – Soggy warm salad with a sickening sweet sauce Burger over cooked from frozen till grey inside
Coming Soon –
June?- Better Buzz Coffee – 10020 W Sahara Ave
June? Better Buzz Coffee – 110 E Lake Mead Pkwy (Henderson)
June? Shang Artisan Noodle – 211 S Las Vegas Blvd
July 3 The Largest Ice Cream Museum in the World – Area15 (near strip)
Summer? Le Umu (Samoan) 5181 W Charleston Blvd
Summer? Yu by Sijie (Chinese Fusion) Tivoli Village
Summer? French Riviera – 401 S 6TH St
Summer? Club Fortune Casino – 2757 Las Vegas Blvd -NORTH Las Vegas
Summer? Lit Wing Express Ghost Kitchen – 333 W St Louis Ave
Summer? Siegel’s 1941 (breakfast/lunch) Alex Steakhouse (same spot dinner) El Cortez
Summer? Grounds and Sounds (coffee) – 2747 N Rainbow Blvd
August 26 Michelin Guild Ceremony – INVITATION ONLY – Fontainebleau
September 24-27 Drink Las Vegas Festival – Bigger Named Chefs & Mixologists – about 50 events – Bellagio, The Cosmopolitan, Aria, Park MGM, (most single events cost around $300. each)
Fall? Arty’s Steakhouse – 953 E Sahara Ave
Fall? Stix Asian Food Hall – Uncommon’s
Fall? Pizza Rodzio – Miracle Mile Shops
Fall? Sour Dough & Co – Miracle Mile Shops
Fall? Finney’s Craft House & Kitchen – Town Square
Fall? Poke House – 7175 W Lake Mead Blvd
November 14 – Las Vegas Pizza Festival 1-4pm – The Industrial Event Space
Fall/Winter? House Rules Bar & Restaurant (Competition Multi Sports) 3071 S Rancho Dr
Fall/Winter? Greek Heaven – 6010 W Craig Rd
Fall/Winter? Slice Deli (Italian) 1563 S Commerce St
This Year? Ampm Hookah Lounge & Restaurant – 4850 W Flamingo Rd
This Year? Shang Artisan Noodle – 6491 N Durango Dr
This Year? Better Buzz Coffee – 445 E Lake Mead Blvd
2027 Netflix House – 400,000 square foot entertainment complex restaurant – 3747 S. Las Vegas Blvd
And in Silly and or Cute FOOD News – My dogs eating In-N-Out Cheeseburgers
This was The FORKING Las Vegas FOOD Buzz of the Week
I was gifted with a bunch of Gavottes Crispy Crepe Biscuits so I wanted to make them into something special. I know about no bake cookies. I also know about Kadorei Shokolad cookies, I also know how to make both recipes much better. Somehow I turned the Crispy Crepe Biscuits into FORKING AMAZING Chocolate Truffles. This is very easy and anybody can make these. All you do is melt butter and chocolate and mix the ingredients into it. They need to soak a little and firm up slightly. The embellishments are up to you!
Recipe for around 20 truffles
8 oz crispy crepe biscuits – crushed
10 oz unsalted butter – melted
6 oz chocolate chips (melted with the butter) + optional more for embellishments
1/3 cup dark brown sugar
1/3 cup cocoa powder
2 teaspoons vanilia extract
1 teaspoon cinnamon
3/4 teaspoon course sea salt
Embellishments
optimal – coconut shreds
optimal – crushed sweetened nuts
optimal – sprinkles
optional – sugars
optional – chocolate shreds
optional – chocolate drizzle
EASY just mix the ingredients together. Let sit 20-30 minutes. Scoop into small meatball sized balls and don’t worry if not perfect because they will stick together better on the next rolling. Roll into embellishments of choice. Refrigerate. (I did chocolate chips crushed, a few chocolate sprinkles, red sugar, and chocolate drizzle)
These came out really FORKING Amazing. My husband usually doesn’t even like sweets but said, that he could eat all of them.
FORKING Amazing Chocolate Truffles
For serving I’d suggest pulling them out of the refrigerator and bring to room temperature.
Spicy Hero Sichuan Cuisine is located in a small but busy mall in Chinatown.
Below is a small part of the inside. Before we ordered our server warned us that everything here is very spicy.
We started out by sharing the Sichuan Spicy Chicken with Chili Oil.
It’s sliced up chicken with bones, bone fragments, rubbery boiled skin, topped with mild chili oil and cilantro (this sure isn’t for everyone) It looks spicy but isn’t. It looks and tastes like they used sesame seeds instead of Sichuan peppers here.
Next was Eggplant in Chili Paste.
This is mainly eggplant in mild chili oil. Not spicy and not flavored with much.
Next was Spicy Stir Fried Beef (my husband asked for extra spicy hot)
This is the only one that had some heat to it. The beef is nice and tender but this one also has little flavor to it The heat is medium-ish-hot. If this was from a Thai Restaurant I’d say the heat is 2-3 out of 5 depending on restaurant.
Gjelina is a contemporary restaurant and bar that is located on restaurant row in the Venetian Hotel/Casino. During lunch time they offer a menu with raw fish, salads, sandwiches, hand made pastas, wood fired pizzas, platters, vegetable sides, and more.
Inside are multiple dining areas and a bar.
We shared a vegetable side order of Oyster Mushrooms with Guajillo Pepper, and Cilantro-Avocado Emulsion.
Tasty – It’s almost like chicken taco filling. Somehow I almost wish this was a taco.
My main was the Blackened Sea Bass Sandwich withBlack Garlic Aioli and Slaw and house made potato chips.
This is harder to eat than it looks. There is a very generous amount of pickled vegetables under all that fish. It’s all very good but also hard to eat. The house made potato chips are also very good. Nice and crisp and seems free of oil.
My husband tried a Cured Chorizo Pizza (pomodoro, Calabrian Chili, Red Onion, Mozzarella)
They bring him seasonings too.
He said that this pizza was delicious and very good.
Bar Boheme is a contemporary fine dining French Style Restaurant located in downtown Vegas in the Arts District. The chef is very well seasoned Vegas Native James Trees. He has worked for many of the biggest name chefs on the Las Vegas Strip.He also was a James Beard finalist and has worked for chef Gordon Ramsay on a few of his TV Shows. For dinner you can order a la carte, Prix Fixe, and a seven course tasting menu. Right now he is offering his Prix Fixe ,Menu for restaurant week.
You will start off with some amuse bouche that’s ultra fancy with several layers of flavors and textures.
Then you get French Baguette and French Butter and you can add on an even fancier French Butter.
Now the first courses come.
Gnocchi a la Pareienne
Salade Nicoise
Main Coures –
Barramundi Cuit a la Vapeur (lentils & mushroom stock)
Sautéed Filet of Ocean Trout
Desserts
French Cheeses
Croustillant Chocolate Cremeux
more sweets with the check
This was the amazing Prix Fixe Menu that was also offered for Restaurant Week. Extended to June 19
Worst of the week (and one of the worst of the year) was Mountain Mikes Pizza. It was like a horror movie and also so bad that it was torture trying to eat it. Just terrible dense dough and the worst cheese that tasted and felt like it was mixed with saw dust. My slices didn’t have and sauce. Just the most terrible tasting pizza that I have ever tried.
Mountain Mike’s Lunch Buffet Pizza
So bad it made the birds sick by the front door.
Also tried the brand new Able Baker Bomb Shelter in Centennial. Not perfect but very good with lots of potential.
Spring???/Summer? Shang Artisan Noodle – 211 S Las Vegas Blvd
Summer? Le Umu (Samoan) 5181 W Charleston Blvd
Summer? Yu by Sijie (Chinese Fusion) Tivoli Village
Summer? French Riviera – 401 S 6TH St
Summer? Club Fortune Casino – 2757 Las Vegas Blvd – NORTH Las Vegas
Summer? Lit Wing Express Ghost Kitchen – 333 W St Louis Ave
Summer? Te’Amo Boba & Desert – Miracle Mile Shops
Summer? Sbarro – 3717 S Las Vegas Blvd
Summer? Wagyu Factory – Boca Park
Summer? Siegel’s 1941 (breakfast & lunch) Alex Steakhouse (same spot dinner) El Cortez Casino
August 26 Michelin Guild Ceremony – INVITATION ONLY – Fountainblau
September 24-27 Drink Las Vegas Festival – Biggest Name Chefs & Mixologists – about 50 events, Bellagio, The Cosmopolitan, Aria, Park MGM (most single events cost around $300. each)
Fall? Stix Asian Food Hall – Uncommon’s
Fall? Pizza Rodzio – Miracle Mile Shops
Fall? Sour Dough & Co – Miracle Mile Shops
Fall? Finney’s Craft House and Kitchen – Town Square
Fall? Poke House – 7175 W Lake Mead Blvd
November 14 – Las Vegas Pizza Festival – 1-4pm – The Industrial Event Space
Fall/Winter House Rules Bar & Restaurant (competition multi sports) 3071 S Rancho Drive
Fall/Winter Greek Heaven – 6010 W Craig Road
Fall/Winter Slice Deli (Italian) 1563 S Commerce St
This Year? Shang Artisan Noodle 6491 N Durango Dr
2027 Netflix House – 400,000 square foot entertainment complex restaurant – 3747 S. Las Vegas Blvd
And in Silly and or Cute FOOD News- My dogs enjoying an In-N-Out Cheeseburger.
We can thank Albertson’s for this because I was buying chicken breasts on sale and they had a limit of 8 pounds. They would only sell me 7.5 pounds. I fit all I could into my Sous Vide and had one big breast left so I thought I would fry it. I think this recipe will coat two large chicken breasts because I did one and had extra. First the chicken gets pounded and marinated for two hours.
Marinate for two hours –
one or two breast of chicken pounded and rubbed with about 2 Tablespoons Italian Seasoning (My mix is – I Tablespoon each c- ourse sea salt, black pepper, oregano, basil, fennel seeds, 1+1/2 teaspoon each of granulated onion, granulated garlic)
1 can coconut milk
1 Tablespoon Apple Cider Vinegar
2 teaspoons Bomba (Italian chili paste condiment)
1/2 teaspoon course sea salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
This goes in a Zip Lock Bag with the air squeezed out in your refrigerator for 2 hours.
Make flour coating
1/2 cup cornstarch
1/2 cu flour
1+1/2 teaspoon course sea salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1+1/2 teaspoon paprika
mix together
After two hours pull out the chicken and shake off all the liquid that you can and discard liquid.
Pat the flour mixture as much as you can on both sides of the chicken.
Put on a fry pan on medium-high heat with canola oil enough to cover a little more than 1/2 of the chicken.
Fry on both sides – You need 165F to be safe.
It’s super moist and extra juicy. It’s also crispy and tasty.
Zippy’s is a Hawaiian Based casual Fast Food Chain of Hawaiian Comfort Food restaurants with wait service and a limited bakery. They also have a very organized take out area.
A new location recently opened in North Las Vegas.
When dining in you check in at the hostess desk.
Then you get seated somewhere in the dining room.
I decided to try the Korean Salad today with house dressing.
It’s a plate of plain soft greens surrounded by tomato wedges and cucumber slices. It is topped with crispy sweet chicken nuggets. I note than I am not an expert on Korean cuisine but have had what they call Korean Chicken several times and none of the times did it taste just very sweet like it does here at Zippy’s. I think children would love this chicken but it is maybe a bit sweet for most adults. The house dressing is creamy but taste mainly like sesame oil.
My husband tried the popular plate what they call Zip Pac (pickled radish, rice topped with furikake, fried chicken, fried fish, Spam, teriyaki beef and chili)
My husband said his favorite meat was the Spam. He said the chicken was alright but a little dry today. The fish was a little fishy. The beef was tender but also was very VERY sweet (like the Korean Fried chicken). Macaroni salad was creamy like it is suppose to be. The furikake was a nice embellishment to the rice that you usually don’t get at most Hawaiian places.
We felt the need to try a dessert so we tried the dobash (chocolate chiffon cake with a chocolate pudding type frosting.
Arata Sushi has two locations in Las Vegas. We went to the North/West location at 3250 N Tenya Way. It’s a smaller sushi restaurant that only offers soft beverages.
We started out by trying the tempura vegetables.
Everything was tasty and fried very well all shattering crisp and seemed free of oil. We got onion rings and all fried sweet potatoes.
For our sushi we got fresh wasabi.
Here’s the Nevada Roll (tuna, salmon, yellowtail)
All the sushi held together well and all the fish used seemed reasonably fresh.
The Spicy Tuna isn’t too hot and has a bit of a kick to it.
The Salmon Lover Roll came with a fruit sauce that was not mentioned on the menu. This roll has the most flavors going on with it but has an unusual creamy texture to it that was odd to us.
