We both enjoyed our meals from a Unique American restaurant in Las Vegas called The Meat Wagon.
I tried an assorted Taco Plate ( mushroom, fish, chicken). ((It comes with house made chips and are on house made grilled pita breads))
All three tacos were delicious but the most out of the ordinary taco was the –
Truffle, garlic, mushroom, brie, taco with spicy raspberry sauce.
I’ll be honest…….since I tell the FORKING Truth….I don’t really get the truffle but the combination is so oddball and so unusually delicious I have to give it to this one.
The Notable Dish of the week was the Truffle, Garlic, Mushroom, Brie Taco with Spicy Raspberry Sauce from The Meat Wagon.
I try to take my dogs out to eat at least once a week. It’s good for them. They enjoy going out. But it’s only safe to do when the weather is right. Lately it’s been too hot to dine out with dogs so we take them for a car ride and pick something up for them.
Today we took a car ride to Carl’s Jr.
The Giant Aussie/Cattledog just shoved the Beagle/Chihuahua out of his seat so she could watch the people working at Carl’s.
Look at her face she looks like she is watching television.
Here is their burger.
Onions and bread are removed. The dogs eat a quarter of the burger once a day as a treat.
The dogs always enjoy dining out but also always enjoy a Carl’s Jr Cheeseburger.
Then we took them out to In-N-Out Burger.
They always enjoy a cheeseburger from In-N-Out.
The next week was boiling hot again so the dogs went to In-N-Out Burger again. They seem very interested with the In-N-Out action.
At home they get to eat about 1/3 third of the cheeseburger as a treat for the next two days minus most of the bread.
They always enjoy eating cheeseburgers.
We also did take out from Lino’s Italian.
We took out a couple pizzas and a CHEESEBURGER for the dogs….
Lino’s Special Pizza MINUS the green pepper and onion.
Dog with spinach pizza
other dog with spinach pizza…
You know how it goes.
Dogs always love cheeseburgers
Lino’s Italian Restaurant
4210 W Craig Rd Las Vegas NV
702-655-1003
www.LinosPizzaItalian.com
That was Dining In With DOGS for July 2024. We hope that you have enjoyed and we hope to see you next month.
The Forking TruthIn Memory of Louie 5-5-2001 – 3-3-2017
Yukon Pizza is located near to Downtown Las Vegas Nevada. They specialize in serving wood fired sourdough pizzas made a 120 year old family heirloom starter. Besides pizzas they offer starters like chicken thigh bites, kale Caesar salads, and embellished fries. They also offer a variety of chicken or cauliflower wings, sandwiches, and lunch specials.
Recently Yukon Pizza competed in the International Pizza Festival and WON a World Pizza Champion Title in the Non-Traditional Pizza Category so naturally I wanted to try it.
It’s very small inside with little seating. There is the pizza bar to sit at, a another small bar, and one two top table inside, and two top tables outside.
I tried a small (8 inch) Grandpa White Pizza (mozzarella, parmesan, garlic oil, confit garlic, basil, and ricotta).
It has a very puffy blistered crust that is chewy and developed with flavor. The middle is thin and is covered with quality cheeses, some sweet garlic flavor and pops of fresh basil.
My husband tried the Wiseguy (sausage, roasted red pepper, caramelized onions, mozzarella, provolone, marinara sauce, basil, parmesan, garlic oil).
My husband said that this was a very good delicious pizza made with very good sausage.
I think that the pizza is good enough to be “Worth a Fork!” but with such limited seating I don’t want to to run there and get mad at me for not finding a seat to sit at.
*******UPDATE NOW CLOSED FOR BUSINESS The Meat Wagon is a casual restaurant on the west side of Las Vegas Nevada. They offer mostly cheesy sandwiches on house made flat bread and a lot of other unique “stick to your ribs” type foods. A few of the other things the Meat Wagon offers are tacos (on house made grilled pita breads, burgers, wings, chicken and waffles, potato skins stuffed with BBQ Korean beef, corn, and cheese.
It’s a very different atmosphere.
It’s hard to see in my next picture but there is a wall of refrigerators across the back wall that are decorated with space theme pictures.
We ordered at the counter and I was told to spin a wheel.
What the cluck? I won a rubber duck!
We grabbed a table and in reasonable time we were served a toilet of crispy Brussels sprouts.
I thought that the toilet presentation was really FORKING Weird but the Brussels sprouts were still tasty……The Brussels sprouts were suppose to be made with garlic truffle butter, aged parm cheese and a side of honey butter….I don’t really get the garlic truffle butter but whatever they are they are still tasty.
I tried green chile chicken taco, an ale battered wild cod taco, and a truffle garlic mushroom brie taco with spicy raspberry sauce.
I do have to say that all three tacos really are very good.
The chicken taco is mighty flavorful and wickedly spicy…..too spicy for the faint of heart…..but very good and very delicious.
The fish taco was made with plump meaty mild white fish and the taste is what you expect it to be.
The real surprise hit here is the mushroom taco with spicy raspberry sauce. I don’t really get the truffle garlic but these flavor combinations are very good.
This also came with chips and at the time of my visit each taco was a bargain at only $6.00 each.
My husband tried the Conspiracy Theory of the day – BBQ sirloin, caramelized onions, bacon, cheese, on house made pita with rocket fries.
He said it all was very good!
********UPDATE NOW CLOSED FOR BUSINESS**********
We didn’t try everything they got here but we did try a lot.
The House Made Bread with House Made Ricotta Cheese is a very special treat that you get when you dine at Monzu Italian Oven & Bar in Las Vegas Nevada.
The Delicious craft bread gets its unique developed taste from an all natural over three hundred year old family mother starter made from apricots. This very special bread takes five days to prepare.
Then you get to dip the crusty bread into the oil and perfectly seasoned creamy house made ricotta cheese.
YUM!!!!!!!!
The Notable Dish of the week. The House made Bread & Ricotta Cheese from –
One of my dogs is older and is now on a lot of medications. This dog is difficult to give medication too. She even spits out pill pockets. She even spits out pill pockets without medication in them. When my last dog Louie was elderly and on lots of medications he was good with special doggy safe meatballs I used to make for him to hide pills. My current dog figured out that pills are inside the meatball so meatballs don’t work for her. The last few weeks chicken liver, squeeze cheese, and peanut butter are the only things that she will take pills in.
Here’s the squeeze cheese.
Squirt a small amount on your palm and insert pill.
Now squirt a little more to hide the pill.
Offer to dog.
Dog takes medication.
Then the slightly bigger pills I try to incase in Chicken Liver (just dump chicken livers from container into a baking dish in a preheated 350 degree F oven for around 30 minutes…you can season sparingly with a very small amount of sea salt and a very small amount of pepper)
Then I use squeeze cheese to coat the pill.
For bigger pills I use peanut butter.
I wrap the peanut butter around the pill and then offer to my patient.
Chicken Liver, Squeeze Cheese, and Peanut Butter are Helpful to give Medications to difficult dogs.
Cipriani is a Italian with a limited Japanese Menu Restaurant with locations in Italy, Europe, Asia, and the United States.
The Las Vegas Location is located in the Wynn Casino Resort on the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada.
The atmosphere is rich and inviting but the food is mostly BLAND.
I wanted to dine here because I read on EaterVegas that Cipriani offers one of the best lunches in all of Vegas. It actually makes the 19 Essential lunch spots of Las Vegas.
Our lunch started with quality balsamic, olive oil, and bland bread and breadsticks.
Then I started with a BLAND bowl of lentil soup that completely lacks depth.
My husband started with the mortadella and high content vinegar cornichons.
He said that the mortadella wasn’t bad but not the best…..He only saw one piece of pistachio in it.
We both had the Cipriani Tagliolini with Branzino and Cherry Tomatoes. The pasta seems fresh made and is cooked perfect…..but…
It’s almost flavorless.
Except for fishy blood-line left on some pieces.
Desserts were better.
The Ricotta Cheese Cake isn’t bad but it differs from other ricotta cheese cakes out there…..It’s like cake batter mixed with lots of ricotta and mixed berries.
We also shared sorbet. We were expecting Yuzu Sorbet and Lemon Sorbet…..But we were served mango and lemon sorbet because they were out of yuzu sorbet.
Both sorbets are very good. I could come here for only lemon sorbet but I doubt I will.
Meráki Greek Grill has around 6 locations in Las Vegas Nevada (5 locations and a soon to be 6th location at the time of visit). This is a casual restaurant. You order and pay at the counter, and then grab a number and seat yourself (inside or on the patio).
We started out by sharing a side order of falafels.
The falafels are soft with soft exteriors but are herby and flavorful inside.
We both tried the signature Meraki Bowls.
My husband got his with gyro meat and rice.
Here the gyro meat is cut thicker so it’s stays slightly more moist. The bowl come with a generous amount of feta cheese, it also comes with garbanzo beans, olives, radish, tomatoes, and greens.
I tried my Meraki Signature Bowl with Norwegian Salmon and Quinoa.
The salmon has very nice grill marks on it but……….
It’s really over cooked and contains the whole bloodline that needs to be removed.
Not counting the salmon……… The salad is generous in size and is good. I just wouldn’t recommend getting the salmon. But maybe it depends on who is cooking? At the “OTHER” Greek restaurant….The one with a similar menu…..Sometimes their salmon is very good and sometimes it is dry and over cooked….Could be the same story here?
Monzu Italian Oven & Bar is obviously an Italian Restaurant and it’s located not too far away from the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada.
Besides the usual Italian Foods like antipasti, insalate, pasta, steaks, chicken, fish and more. This restaurant starts you off with their special bread that takes five days to prepare. It’s gets it’s unique taste from an all natural over three hundred year old family mother starter made from apricots.
They serve the special bread with oil and house made ricotta cheese.
We’ve so far have always ordered the 7 or 8 course (depending on how you look at it) $62. Chef’s Menu because it just might be the best FORKING Deal in Vegas.
It’s always different…..But tonight it went like this…..
First is Antipasti-
Starting top left going clockwise is – Grilled Artichokes, 4 kinds of cheese, marinated olives and pickled vegetables, Italian sliced beef, cheese stuffed squash blossoms, and fried breads.
Next were salads.
Fried kale salad with pomegranate, blood orange, and walnuts and a crispy fennel salad.
Risotto Verde with artichokes, peas, fava beans, fennel, and topped with grated cured egg.
Potato Gnocchi in gorgonzola cream sauce with walnuts.
Mortadella Pizza made with taleggio and mozzarella cheese, artisan mortadella, pistachio pesto, and basil with sides of marscapone cream and crushed Calabrian chili peppers.
Lombatello – (hardwood grilled hanger steak) with salsa verde and potatoes.
(The FORKING Truth……..This steak really was tender as butter)
Pollo I Vernizzi – chicken in wine sauce with onion, garlic, and potatoes
All kinds of desserts
This really was far more food than we could eat so we brought back enough for another dinner.
The Bulgogi Tostada from Komex was so delicious. It was made with such tender beef that was developed with flavors and just popped with so many interesting flavors from the Korean Hot Sauce. It was a great surprise Who knew?
Bulgogi Tostada from Komex
Crispy rice patty topped with beef bulgogi, Komex Slaw, Pico De Gallo, Korean Hot Sauce
