Sunday July 19-26 was the cooking demo by Chef Fabio Viviani at his restaurant ai Pazzi (the crazy ones) in the Resort at Summerlin in Las Vegas NV. He made three Italian Chicken Dishes and told stories about growing up with these dishes and how he cooks these dishes. He has a funny but honest way of describing things. He also gave us his recipes and gave us large tastings. It was a lot of fun and way more food than a person can eat.
Chicken Piccata
Chicken Parmasan
Chicken Marsala
and the sweet ending was an Italian Doughnut.
That was the 3 Italian Chickens Event with Chef Fabio Viviani at ai Pazzi
Best meal out of the week was from Aroma. Most of the dishes there are spectacular. It’s a modern Latin Restaurant with artsy foods. Here are photos from my visit and photos from their original location.
Worst of the week was the made in house pastrami sandwich from Able Baker Bomb Shelter.
I do note that the made in house bun and side salad was very good but the pastrami was awful. It tastes like dollar store lunch meat. YUK! I do note that some things are good there. Both people I know that ate the pork belly dishes said that the pork belly was very good. Lots of people also can be seen drinking beer there too.
In other FOOD News –
New places that will open anytime soon –
You by Sijie (Chinese Fusion) – Tivoli Village
French Riviera – 401 S 6TH St
Club Fortune Casino -2757 Las Vegas Blvd – North Las Vegas
Lit Wing Express Ghost Kitchen – 333 W St Louis Ave
Sbarro – 3717 S – Las Vegas Blvd
Wagyu Factory – Boca Park
Thirsty Flamingo – 104 S Jones Blvd
Siegel’s 1941 (breakfast & Lunch) Alex Steakhouse (same spot dinner) – El Cortez
Grounds & Sounds (coffee) – 2747 – N Rainbow Blvd
Blvd Bar BQ & Wings – 6435 S Rainbow Blvd
Noodle Harbor – 7175 W Lake Mead Blvd
Late July or early August? – The Vibe Tasting Lounge (Hartle Wine) – 9300 Sun City Blvd
August? -Catos Tacos – 9484 W Flamingo Rd
August 26 Michelin Guide Ceremony – INVITATION ONLY – Fontainebleau
Maybe Sept 1st – WSKY Bar & Grill – 6470 Kevin Way (Centennial Hills)
Sept 13 Fairway to Heaven – food trucks, wine, craft beer, live music, entertainment – Red Rock Country Club
Sept 25.26,27 – Great American Foodie Fest – carnival rides, live entertainment, food raffles, over 50 venders Galleria Mall – 1300 W Sunset Rd Henderson
September 24-27 Drink Las Vegas Bigger named Chefs and Mixologists – about 50 events – Bellagio, The Cosmopolitan, Aria, Park MGM, (most events cost around $300. each)
October – Sage Juice – 1511 S Camelback St
Fall expected Openings –
Hawthorne Cafe (elevated sports bar) – 10620 Dean Martin Drive
Binchotan (Korean Pork Restaurant) – 953 E Sahara Ave
Arty’s Steakhouse – 953 E Sahara Ave
Stix Asian Food Hall – Uncommon’s
Pizza Rodzio – Miracle Mile Shops
Sour Dough & Company – Miracle Mile Shops
Finney’s Crft house & Kitchen – Town Square
Poke House – 7175 W Lake Mead Blvd
November 14TH Las Vegas Pizza Festival 1-4pm – The Industrial Event Space
Fal/Winter? Expected Openings
House Rules Bar & Restaurant (competition multi sports) 3071 S Rancho Dr
Greek Heaven – 6010 W Craig Rd
Slice Deli (Italian) 1563 S Commerce St
The Sometime this year? Expected Openings
Saint Honore (Patisserie & Coffee) – 3071 S Rancho Dr
We have THREE WSKY 24/7 gaming, bar, restaurant places in North Las Vegas. Each one is different with different menus so it is almost like different restaurants. The NEW 1435 W Craig Road Location has a smaller but sort of regular WSKY menu with breakfast, bar bites, sandwiches, burgers, entrees, and desserts. On the other side of the menu they offer a limited Mexican Menu. When you walk in the main doors you walk right into the bar and gaming but can also dine there.
We walked right through to the dining area called The Cantina.
This part is set up with traditional tables, half booths, and whole booths.
A word of warning with the whole booths.
The tables don’t have rounded corners so it is different to get seated inside the booth because you can’t make it around the corner. So you sit on the ends.
They start you off with warm powdered chips and an oily salsa.
My husband tried a T&T Smash Burger with Tots.
It looks good but is kinda average. Over cooked and a bit dry.
Ten minutes latter my meal arrives.
They gave me a nice thick cut of salmon and I appreciate that they didn’t serve me soft skin or bloodline. But this fish feels hot on the ends like from a microwave. The ends are over cooked but the middle is better. The teriyaki sauce on it tastes like chemicals. This was suppose to come with bell pepper succotash but what they gave me are like that frozen vegetable mix with squishy corn, carrots, and peas with added edamame and a BIG mound of white rice.
That was my trip to WSKY Cantina & Restaurant. I read recently that another WSKY is coming to Centennial in the spot where Born and Raised was.
Lucino’s Pizza isn’t a fancy place. It’s a Philadelphia Themed Pizzeria and Cheesesteak Restaurant. It’s located in Las Vegas Nevada kinda near to the airport.
Both times that we were here I wanted to try their enoki mushroom appetizer but both times they were out of it. So both times we had their Pino’s Poppers with cheese sauce and blue cheese dressing that is very tasty and good.
A little different than what you get at other places. Tempura battered jalapeños with some carrot sticks dressing (blue cheese or ranch) and their house made cheese sauce made with Cooper Sharp Cheese.
Las time I had their Steak Hoagie Sandwich that they call a Philly Philly but this time I tried a pizza slice.
This tastes like something that you’d get in Philly. Good cheese. A rich very good sauce and a nice thin crust.
But their Cheesesteak …..
Very Good Roll (seeded or unseeded) Ribeye, fried onions, hot cherry peppers, Cooper Sharp Cheeses)
Able Baker Bomb Shelter is a Craft Beer and Sports Bar Type of Restaurant located in Centennial or what is North/West Las Vegas Nevada. The opening chef is from Fontainebleau’s Mother Wolf Restaurant and that is pretty big for Centennial. It’s not a fancy place and it’s a bit loud inside inside with big screen TV’s, a separate bar area and two outdoor patios.
bar area
Dining Room
On my first visit (Opening weekend)
We tried the cauliflower appetizer
I thought that it was slightly over cooked and possibly blander than it should be but both main meals were very good.
I enjoyed the Strawberry Fields Salad with added Salmon.
The salad was tasty and the salmon was nicely prepared.
My husband enjoyed the pork belly dip.
It was a bit short on the onions but the pork was very good according to my husband.
We even tried dessert since the chef was the pastry chef from Mother Wolf on the Las Vegas Strip.
It was the lightest cinnamon bun ever made with ube gelato. It was very delicate and also delicate flavor-wise too!
Went back with some friends and tried the Lunch Special Pastrami Sandwich (special order no mozzarella cheese) It come with your choice of salad or fries. Here’s the good. The side salad was good and the fresh baked in house bun was good.
The roll is dressed with a dijonnaise that is pretty much just mayo, a few pickles, really HOT Fresno chilies, and it’s missing the pickled onions. I’m not a fan of the pastrami. It tastes mostly like the flavor that curing salt gives and some black pepper. I also don’t like the texture. I think too much Prague powder (curing salt might have been used?) It’s missing the flavors and smoke that pastrami should have. It should have tastes of juniper, coriander, allspice, garlic, bay leaf, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, onion, mustard, peppers. This can pass as cheap dollar store lunch meat so it was disappointing.
Someone else at our table said that the pork belly tacos were good. I know my husband enjoyed the pork belly dip. I had a strawberry fields salad with salmon that was good and a friend also had the strawberry fields salad but with chicken and she said that it was good.
A couple people tried margaritas. They said that the drinks tasted like they were missing something.
Best meal out this week was the Apple Pecan Salad with added salmon from Village Pub. YES it was a pleasant surprise.
Most disappointing meal out was from Flecha Cantina. We previously loved many of the dishes here that we tried. I don’t know if the recipes changed? Or maybe it was just an off day with the chef on vacation?????? We’ve been there five times. FOUR out of FIVE times we got the Pistachio Goatcheese Ball with Spicy Tamarind Sauce because it always was so crazy delicious. It looked like picture below.
The one we just got was different.
It doesn’t look or tastes the same.
The one above was packed with layers of delicious flavors and some heat.
The one below was very flat tasting and not delicious.
I will go so far to even mention that I suspect it’s might now be mixed with mostly cream cheese.
Also instead of pistachios there is a slight amount of pistachio dust.
Unfortunately they cut out everything that made it special.
In other FOOD News
August? Catos Tacos – 9484 W Flamingo Rd
Maybe Sept 1 WSKY Bat & Grill 6470 Kevin Way (Centennial Hills)
Fall? Hawthorne Cafe (elevated sports bar) 10620 Dean Martin Drive
My Dogs eating an In-N-Out Cheeseburger
This wasThe FORKING Las Vegas FOOD Buzz of the Week
Up above are Taco Flavored Turkey Weenies (recipe here in search)
and Cheesy stuffed Potatoes (no recipe this is always winged and differs because of what cheese I use)
These are favorites here. My neighbors thank me and these go almost instantly.
On the left are my famous chipotle rice cheese and corn stuffed peppers
In the middle are mini cheesy stuffed potatoes
mini corn and cranberry muffins
and
My original famous chipotle, rice, cheese stuffed jalapeños
These also went really fast and some people did tell me that the peppers were amazing
Tomato and Cheese Pizza
Cheese & Tomato Pizza
Falafel flavored (ground turkey) Meatballs with home made Hummus
Forgot to photo this tray but had a couple macaroni and cheese stuffed potatoes left over –
Also gave out apple hand pies. WOW did THEY go fast.
Made Philly Style soft pretzels
Made mini chewy bagels.
I filled the bagels with home made Boursin Style Cream Cheese and also brought Asian Style Meatballs these I sort of winged so no recipe as of yet.
This time my non-traditional tacos, duchess stuffed potatoes, and radish slices topped with blue cheese butter and sriracha
More non traditional tacos, Deviled Eggs, Chocolate Chip Cookies
Tomato & Cheese Pizza (some with home made pesto) and Cheesy buttery Potatoes (no recipe)
Macaroni and cheese egg rolls (no recipe) Sushi (no recipe) One with fish other with wasabi cream cheese roses (no recipe)
Duchess Potatoes, Mediterranean Stuffed Mini Bell Peppers (couscous, chick peas, feta, spices, home made harissa recipe not published yet) chocolate truffles
Tomato and Cheese Pizza (some with pesto and some with ricotta) Chipotle rice stuffed peppers
Mac-N-Cheese potatoes (no recipe) Italian Inspired Pimento Cheese (Calabrian Cheese Spread) on home made Crackers (bread crisps) and chocolate covered cinnamon brown sugar chestnuts (no recipe)
These are some of the FOODS that YOU can make too!
We had THREE VERY GOOD experiences from a local food truck called Tres Tacos Birria De Res. My husband heard from that food truck owner is that her father owns a few restaurants and food trucks called Street Tacos so we thought they’d be worth a try. It just so happens that one Street Tacos Food Truck sets up across the street from the Tres Tacos Birria De Res Food Truck so we gave it a try.
My husband tried 4 tacos. A Carne Asada, Chicken, Carnitas, Chorizo. (They do have a salsa and toppings bar to finish the tacos. (we brought home some salsas and toppings)
All the meats are over cooked and dried out.
Here’s my three tacos – 2 chicken and I carne asada.
All dried up.
and –
The chicken has all the other meats mixed into it. The chicken also has grizzle.
Sierra Gold is a 24/7 gaming, bar, and restaurant type place with 5 locations in Vegas. Sierra Gold is part of the PT family of gaming bar restaurants. The Aliante North Las Vegas Location is mostly all hightop tables inside and there are PLENTY of them (around the bar, two separate dining areas and a private dining area.. We did manage to find one normal traditional table so I wouldn’t recommend any handicapped people to dine here.
Inside is the usual bar with the big screen TVs and games.
The menu is basically an American Menu that also includes breakfast dishes.
We came here because I wanted a salad for lunch and they have FIVE salads on their menu.
I tried an Asian Chopped Salad. (Napa Cabbage, red cabbage, chicken, carrots, Fresno chilies, cucumber, wonton strips, almonds, soy-ginger dressing)
Not bad It’s A-OK my only problem here is that the Fresno Chilies are abnormally hot and way too hot for a salad but I note that usually Fresno Chilies are usually only mildly hot.
My husband tried the Grilled Italian Sandwich (salami, capicola, provolone, onion, pepperoncini, vinaigrette) He was going to order a burger but they won’t give him a medium-rare burger here because they only cook burgers medium-well.
He said it was A-OK…..not the best but A-OK He did enjoy the nicely seasoned curley fries.
