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A Taste of 138 degrees Craft Chophouse Killer Burgers Bourbon & Brunch – Henderson NV – Worth a Fork!***UPDATE NOW CLOSED FOR BUSINESS

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******UPDATE NOW CLOSED FOR BUSINESS*****138 degrees Craft Chophouse Killer Burgers Bourbon & Brunch is located in Henderson Nevada a short distance from the Las Vegas Strip.

This is a high quality globally inspired Brunch & Steakhouse and more sort of restaurant. They do their own in-house dry aging of steaks. They also offer house cured salmon.

A few of the other in-house chef crafted items are….. house smoked bacon, house cured 21 day brisket, house cured ham, house made English muffins, and house made heirloom corn tortillas. They offer a weekend brunch and happy hour, and dinner.

You have your choice of bar seating, a small outside patio, and indoor seating.

We started out by sharing the blackened king salmon street tacos. (Brunch menu)

They are very well packed for street tacos and have beautiful medium-ish rare king salmon on top of the most flavorful double shelled thin corn tortillas I had in a while. The tacos are topped with finely shredded red cabbage and a spicy fresh mango pico.

My husband tried the pupusa. (Salvadorian style stuffed soft corn pancakes) (Brunch menu)

He received two fresh made pupusa that were stuffed with cheese and some of the shredded house brisket. This was topped with a little more brisket, slaw, red salsa, a soft sunny egg, cheese, and caramelized bananas on the side.

I tried the avocado toast. (brunch menu)

The toast is a rich slightly sweet bread that seems like challah. it’s topped with smashed avocado, house cured king salmon, peppery arugula, infused cherry tomatoes, rich sweet balsamic, and chives. It’s a mix of sweet, savory, and other things in-between.

This was a high quality detailed brunch and it was reasonably priced too!

******UPDATE NOW CLOSED FOR BUSINESS*******

That’s Worth a Fork!

Worth a Fork!

138 degrees Craft Chophouse Killer Burgers Bourbon & Brunch by Matt Meyer

1450 W Horizon Ridge PKWY Henderson NV

702-272-0839

www.138Restaurant.com

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The Forking Truth

HAPPIEST Happy Hour (so far) at The Pepper Club Las Vegas NV – Worth a Fork!****UPDATE Menu and prices have changed

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The Pepper Club is an Artsy Type of restaurant by James Beard Award Wining Chef Todd English. The restaurant is located in downtown Las Vegas in the arts district.

The restaurant is named after the chef’s dog Pepper.

The restaurant offers a full bar with cocktails and a fresh seafood and sushi heavy menu that’s laced with Asian inspiration.

There are many choices to suit most people’s tastes. The majority of the food and drink choices are $8.00 each.******UPDATE MENU and PRICES HAVE CHANGED

Over a few visits we tried –

Lets taco about it – spicy tuna tacos with garlic aioli, fried garlic, and scallions – YUM!

Taco Belle – Pulled Teriyaki short ribs, serrano rings, spicy citrus slaw, micro cilantro – really delicious!

Crispy Rice – Coconut rice, spicy tuna, avocado, microgreens – just tasty

Salmon Spring Rolls – avocado, Philly cream cheese, honey mustard miso – just tasty

(2) yuzu hama – yellowtail hand rolls with yuzu kosho -YUM! the yuzu kosho (Japanese condiment of hot pepper, garlic, and yuzu) adds something so special to sushi. It should be offered everywhere that offers sushi.

Spicy Tuna Roll – As fresh as can be! Today not very spicy but today I noticed how truly FORKING AMAZING that this was. This had to be the best wasabi that there is anywhere. It really elevated the whole thing.

oishi shrimp – I didn’t eat the shrimp but I tasted the Japanese cocktail sauce and OMG! YUM! it’s the best cocktail sauce that I have ever tasted……IDK but I think it was made with yuzu kosho and rice vinegar? (I’m going to have to try making this myself.)

super smashed taters – with kizam chimichurri – Just delicious with creamy textured potatoes.

Toga Onions – Tempura battered onion rings that are seasoned just so…….and comes with shish ranch and gochujang cream…YUM!

JFC (Japanese fried chicken) sliders – with Nippon coleslaw and pickles……SUPER delicious but ask for extra pickles next time….The pickles are really amazing and make the sandwich BURST into a party in your mouth. They put enough pickles on the full size JFC sandwich but the sliders do need a second pickle so you can get the full experience.

I do have to say that the Happiest Hour menu from The Pepper Club is certainly Worth a Fork!

Worth a Fork!

The Pepper Club

921 S. Main Street Las Vegas NV – 725-228-2393

www.ThePepperClub.com

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The Forking Truth

FORKING Great Deviled Eggs Recipe

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This is how I make my basic Deviled Eggs. If you eat two halves as a serving then this will make 9 servings with a few extra whites that you can snack on.

Ingredients for around 9 servings.

12 eggs – boiled till hard (10 minutes) soaked in ice bath till cold, then peeled, cut in halves. Rice the yolks.

1/4 cup mayonnaise

1/2 teaspoon piment d’ espelette + plus extra to sprinkle the cooked whites

2 Tablespoons Dijon but preferably Amora Brand

1/2 teaspoon dry mustard

1/4 teaspoon ground white pepper

1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper

2 dashes Worcestershire sauce

smoked sea salt – to taste

9 small celery leaves

Directions

Lightly sprinkle the egg whites on both sides with smoked sea salt and piment d’ espelette.

In a medium bowl the riced yolks, mayonnaise, 1/2 teaspoon piment d’ espelette, Dijon, dry mustard, white pepper, cayenne pepper, and Worcestershire sauce together.

This mixture gets spooned or piped into the egg whites. Finish with a piece of celery leaf.

Everybody loves them. You will be a hit!

FORKING Great Deviled Eggs

ENJOY!!!!!!!

The Forking Truth

Goodby to Sir Kensington’s Ketchup and Thanks for the Condiments

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Sadly I just found out that both varieties (classic and spicy) of Sir Kensington’s have been discontinued. I’m on my last bottle that happens to be spicy. I liked both flavors the classic and the spicy and used to switch between them. But no more…..not a bottle to be found on any shelf. But this ketchup is for sale on the black market…I mean Amazon.

I can buy it there for a little over $20. a bottle.

Now I will have to buy the less expensive most popular ketchup again that doesn’t taste as good.

Bah!

Oh well tomato is another day!

Goodbye Sir Kensington’s Ketchup and THANKS!!! for the condiments.

The Forking Truth

My Trip to Lulu Hawaiian BBQ – Las Vegas NV

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Lulu Hawaiian BBQ is a casual Hawaiian Restaurant with three locations in Las Vegas. The Decatur Road location is very casual. You order and pay at the counter and seat yourself. They make the food fresh to order so you must wait for it to be prepared. There are many Hawaiian restaurants in Las Vegas. Someone from Hawaii told me, “Didn’t you know that Las Vegas is the 9th Hawaiian Island? ….anyways…..Not all but some of the other Hawaiian BBQ restaurants in the area are more “Chipotle Style” as the food is already prepared like a buffet behind glass.

We tried a variety of things.

Side order of bbq beef.

It’s a generous size and is infused with flavors and is very tender.

Here’s a combo of seafood and bbq chicken.

The chicken is tender, and the shrimp are fried nice. The fried fish is very thin and isn’t the freshest. This all is on a bed of finely shredded cabbage and also comes with a soy-like condiment, tarter sauce, and a side cup of creamy macaroni salad.

We also tried the spicy chicken.

The dark meat chicken is wonderfully tender but some of it is covered in soft chicken skin. Although it has many flavors to it but it runs a bit oily today. It isn’t very spicy but does have some heat to it. It also sits over finely shredded cabbage and comes with a soy-like condiment and a side cup of creamy macaroni salad.

Portions were extra large. Prices were low. We were checked on and the cashier around me a bag on her own to bring home the leftovers.

That was my trip to Lulu Hawaiian BBQ.

6512 N Decatur BLVD Las Vegas NV – 702-784-0318

www.NVLuluHawaiianBBQ.com

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The Forking Truth

My First Trip to The Sundry Food Hall Las Vegas NV

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The Sundry Food Hall is located in the $850 Million Dollar Uncommon Mixed Development around eight miles away from the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada. This is a higher end food court where all the ordering is done by QR codes on your cell phone.

You can order food from multiple James Beard nominated chef and other prominent chefs from over a dozen choices.

What to pick????

We tried Kowbird –

We got a very large Nashville Style Chicken Sandwich with creamy slaw.

We also got to try Easy Slider –

We tried a ground in-house burger with American cheese (not much cheese) and sweet onion. We also tried a maitake mushroom with gochujang glaze and kimchi slaw and chicken fried onions.

We were also able to fit in smoked amberjack dip with trout roe and pickled onions from Bar Oystetette.

That’s just a small sampling of what you might find at The Sundry. All was good but people kept trying to clear our plates several times before we were finished….Maybe an opening hiccup?

6840 Helen Toland St Las Vegas NV – 725-231-0399

www.TheSundryLV.com

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The Forking Truth

A Taste at Jerry’s Famous Coffee Shop – Las Vegas NV

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Jerry’s Famous Coffee Shop is located in Jerry’s Nugget Casino in Las Vegas Nevada.

Jerry’s Nugget Casino is privately owned by the Stamis Family since 1964. This casino has over 700 slot machines, a bingo parlor, a poker room, a sports book, a dance floor and stage. There is also Jerry’s in-house bakery that offers breads, cakes, pies, and cookies.

There is also Jerry’s Famous Coffee shop that offers a wide variety of mostly American Diner type eats and daily prime rib specials.

It isn’t a fancy place and looks diner-ish inside.

They have one of their early slot machines preserved on the wall.

I’m not usually a hamburger person but I read that Jerry’s Burgers are ground in-house daily from New York strip steaks and top round and are served on in-house made buns so burgers seemed like the way to go today.

I got the classic (lettuce, tomato, onions, pickle) with sweet potato fries. The burgers come in 4oz size and 1/2 lb size. The 1/2 pound is only something like $2 more so it makes sense to get the 1/2 pound burger. (I only ate 1/2 and had a meal for another day.)

The burger was prepared slightly less than medium in my opinion but it is good and is a juicy burger. The bun maybe is bigger than I like but is good, made in-house and doesn’t fall apart. But the sweet potato fries are especially good. I never had them before that stayed crisp and they have a great sweet potato flavor.

My husband tried a Western burger (2 slices bacon, spicy BBQ sauce, pepper jack cheese, and an onion ring with potato salad).

He thought it was a really good burger and liked the potato salad.

I made sure to save some room for dessert…..I was all set to try the signature dessert but they had lemon meringue pie as a special dessert today so I went with that.

The meringue is perfect with that just right taste. The lemon curd is tart with enough sweetness and the crust is thin like it should be.

Decided to come back and try dinner……..

Tried what I heard the waitress said that her favorite dish was ………The flame grilled rainbow trout….They start it off with a soup or salad. I picked the salad with blue cheese dressing.

The dressing is made in-house and is good. I was surprised that this salad also contains a good amount of cheddar cheese.

My husband started out with the soup of the day. It was a corn poblano chowder that he said was good.

In reasonable time the dinners arrive with garlic toasts.

The flame grilled rainbow trout with baked potato.

Chicken fried steak with hash browns.

Both were kind of average. Burgers and prime ribs and dessert are the recommended dishes here so far. (note we did not try the prime rib as of yet but on both of my visits I noticed that not all but most people were ordering the prime rib also other people I spoke to said they only go here for the prime rib special and dessert)

This time we tried the signature dessert. The strawberry ring.

If you enjoy cream puffs and strawberries then you’d like it. It’s kinda big. It’s enough for 3 or 4 people.

That was a little taste of Jerry’s Famous Coffee Shop at Jerry’s Nugget Casino.

1821 North Las Vegas Blvd North Las Vegas NV – 702-399-3000

www.JerrysNugget.com

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The Forking Truth

Quick and Easy Sweet Potato Hand Pies Recipe

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I got some sweet potatoes so I threw them in the oven with a little water to steam them till they got soft. Then I got the idea to make them into hand pies. I made them up real fast. I did have extra filling left over that you can heat and then eat. I got lots of compliments on my unique crust. If you mix it up by hand real fast like I did it comes out light and flaky like from a master baker.

Ingredients for around 10 servings

2 cups flour

1/2 cup canola oil

1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar

1 teaspoon course sea salt

1/3 cup water

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

2 eggs separated (egg whites for inside dough for sealing and yolks for glazing)

1 lb sweet potatoes – cooked, peeled, and mashed

1 egg – lightly beaten

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1 teaspoon ground ginger

1/2 cup dark brown sugar

1/4 cup sour cream

Directions

In a large bowl mix together the flour, oil, vinegar, salt, water, and baking powder. Make it into a short fat log and wrap with plastic wrap.

Mix together the sweet potato mixture (sweet potatoes, 1 egg, cinnamon, ginger, dark brown sugar, and sour cream. If it’s lumpy use a mixer.

Preheat oven to 350 F.

Either divide into 10 equal pieces or pinch off around a golfball 1.5-2oz piece of dough and roll it thin and flat and close to a round shape.

Brush the whole top with egg white.

Add small scoop or teaspoon of sweet potato mixture.

Bring up ends together.

crimp ends with your fingers or just use a fork.

These all go on a baking sheet lined with parchment.

Brush the tops with all of the egg yolks.

These go in the oven till golden……depending on your oven around 30-40 minutes.

Sweet Potato Hand Pies

ENJOY!!!!!

The Forking Truth

My FORKING Thoughts on Brad’s Vampire Killer Air Dried Crunchy Kale

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I came across these bags of Brad’s Vampire Killer Air Dried Crunchy Kale at my local Smith’s Grocery on a Woo Hoo Sale so I picked them up. I thought I remembered coming across them at Sprouts Grocery but never bought them until now. Under the name it reads Buck County…..WOW I know where that is! …..Anyways……They sound interesting. Maybe they are garlic-ee because of Vampire Killer in the name? Or maybe they are spicy?

The ingredient look mostly natural so I thought it might be worth a try.

WTFork are Koji Spores? Ummmm I had to look that one up…….It’s a fungus that might cause irritation…….

Well I bring this home anyway……

My husband greets me on my arrival and asked if I picked up any snacks. I pull this out and he tries it. He goes this is weird I don’t want anymore and leaves.

I try it……..It’s in tiny small pieces that are crisp…….It’s not very garlic-ee or spicy……..It doesn’t taste like anything I can compare it to………It’s crisp little bits that are citrusy, nutty, and sort of a raisin kind of taste. It’s not so great to eat plain but I think it would be best to sprinkle on a salad or maybe a vegetable dish or pasta.

Those were my FORKING Thoughts on Brad’s Vampire Killer Air Dried Crunchy Kale. Your FORKING Thoughts may indeed differ.

The Forking Truth

My Trip to Bob Taylor’s Ranch House – Las Vegas NV

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Bob Taylor’s Ranch House is a barbecue restaurant located in Las Vegas Nevada. This restaurant has been around since 1955. WOW that’s a long time…..It actually smells like barbecue as you get to the entrance.

On your way in you pass by a big bar and a wood fired grill.

Country tunes are piped into the dining areas.

It was lunch time so I went with a bbq chicken salad.

It was made of warm soggy iceberg lettuce.

It’s also surrounded by tender white meat chicken covered in a sickening sweet bbq sauce and then the soggy warm lettuce is topped with parmesan cheese.

My husband tried a Western BBQ burger (and asked for it medium – rare).

The onion rings are fried crisp and are good….but the burger is cooked till all dried out and grey inside.

Maybe it was better in 1955?

That was my trip to Bob Taylor’s Ranch House in Las Vegas NV

6250 Rio Vista St. Las Vegas NV – 702-645-1300

www.BobTaylorsRanchHouse.com

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The Forking Truth