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?
Crispy rice patty topped with beef bulgogi, Komex Slaw, Pico De Gallo, Korean Hot Sauce
Komex Fusion Restaurant
633 N Decatur Blvd Las Vegas NV
702-646-1612
www.KomexFusion.com
I came across these San Carlo la Vita e Buona Pesto Flavored Potato Chips from a specialty on line food store called Yummy Bazaar when I was there buying something else. It says on the bag that this is Italy’s #1 potato chip and I like pesto so I wanted to give it a try.
The ingredients look safe.
I open it up and take a whiff……
It smells something like dried basil………..
I spill some out….
The chips are on the small side.
I eat a few.
They taste almost like pesto…………but a little different……I almost never say this but I think that these chips can use some salt.
The texture of the chips is very different from most chips that I have tried.
The chips are extra thin and have like a hard thin but delicate styrofoam texture that is very strange.
The flavor is a little off………… but because of the texture I might not try this brand again.
That was my FORKING Experience with San Carlo La Vita e Buona Pesto Flavored Potato Chips.
But your FORKING Experience may indeed differ.
Forking Fantabulous means life changing. It’s crazy amazing. It’s the reason why you must try this restaurant.
I had the very best tuna steak that I have ever had in my life at Mother Wolf in the Fontainebleau on the Las Vegas Strip. No other tuna steak can even compare…To the taste and tenderness. Maybe it was fresher than I am used to?
The sauces around it were magical…..There was a cherry tomato sauce called pomodoro e pomodorini, They were the most tomato-ee sweet tomatoes ever.
It had olives that never had before that were really different called taggiasca olives.
The dish also contained capers and LOTS of basil.
This was the very best tuna dish that I have ever tried anywhere.
P.S. or PRO TIP – You have to order the chef’s signature focaccia bread called sfincione to mop up all that goodness.
The Tonna Alla Puttanesca from Mother Wolf is Worth a Fork!
Mother Wolf at Fontainebleau
2777 Las Vegas Blvd S Las Vegas NV
702-678-9170
www.MotherWolfLV.com
The Dish Of The Week that impressed me the most was the Grilled Salmon from 1228 Main. This Restaurant is in the family of Wolfgang Puck Restaurants and is located in downtown Las Vegas Nevada. The Grilled Salmon dish impressed me for several reasons.
1 – They didn’t even ask how I wanted it done and prepared it medium-ish
2 – They removed most of the bloodline that gives fish a fishier taste
3 – They crisped up the skin so much that it was like eating a crispy potato chip
4 – the fish was great and sauce and vegetables were unusually FORKING DELICIOUS
Everything we had on all our visits to 1228 Main were all VERY GOOD but I do need to mention that the menu changed on my every visit there. In case you don’t know 1228 serves daily made fresh baked goods, breakfast, lunch, brunch, dinner, and also has a bar.
The other plates we enjoyed on our last visit were –
Focaccia with provolone cheese and mortadella on the side
Spanish style cheese cake
This time we sat in the bar area
The Dish of the Week came from –
1228 Main – at – 1228 S. Main Street Las Vegas NV
702-602-0531
www.1228MainLV.com
Just showing off some things I made recently for the once a week get together we have here. Made two kinds of crostini from some rolls I previously made that I kept in my freezer. Some are topped with onion goat cheese with fresh scallions. The other crostini it topped with my fresh pesto, fresh marinated mozzarella and tomatoes, balsamic, and basil.
Next to that are sweet potato hand pies.
Here are cannoli (home made ricotta & home made shells) and more crostini with basil, pesto, marinated mozzarella cheese, balsamic, and parmesan
For the next gathering I made cookies and had leftover cannoli shells and cheese so I also brought some cannoli. The cookies were butter cookies, chocolate chip cookies, pistachio cookies, and peanut butter with strawberry jam cookies.
Made Brownies and Hasselback Potatoes with smoked mushrooms and crispy onions.
Spiced (5 spice & cinnamon) Butternut Squash filled crepes and bread crisps with spinach artichoke dip.
What I made this past month for gatherings and parties.
I came across these Manischewitz Dark Chocolate Peppermint Patties on a clearance table at my local Smith’s Grocery Store……I don’t recall ever coming across Manischewitz Peppermint Patties before?….Well They only had one bag of them and I do love peppermint patties so I thought I’d give them a try.
I open up the bag.
I’m disappointed because the chocolates are all busted up and stick together.
Then I do take a whiff into the bag…It does smell like peppermint and chocolate.
I try one even though they are damaged.
UMMMM…….The chocolate is thick and good but not real deep like dark chocolate….It’s more like very good milk chocolate with a nice mouth feel…..The peppermint is Really Strong but good……This is like an upgraded Jr Mint…….It’s like Jr Mints but better quality with better stronger mint and better thicker chocolate….
It’s so good that one is satisfying.
I’ll be sad when they are gone.
Those were my FORKING Thoughts on Manischewitz Dark Chocolate Peppermint Patties.
Your FORKING Thoughts may indeed differ.
Just showing off some foods I made lately.
Up above are deviled eggs.
Above are Pate A Choux Pastries filled with vanilla cream topped with chocolate, chocolate pots de creme, and a cherry
These are what I call potato stuffed potatoes…..Basically mashed potatoes with an egg piped into hollowed out baby potatoes or parts of regular potatoes.
Brown Butter Sea Salt Chocolate Chip Cookies
Thought I’d feature some oldies but still goodies.
At my local Sprouts Grocery Store I came across these Kimchi Dill Pickle Cranberries. I thought I was seeing things. Why would anyone want Kimchi Dill Pickle Cranberries?
You may not agree but I think someone was on drugs to think this one up.
Kimchi Dill Pickle Cranberries just might be the FORKING WEIRDEST Food Find Ever!
Las Pupusas is a casual Salvadorian/Mexican restaurant with a few locations in Las Vegas Nevada. I went to the North Las Vegas Location on Craig Road and had the grilled salmon there.
It’s not a fancy plate of food and is very basic but is a large portion and the salmon was prepared nicely with a soft moist center.
I was surprised that this $15. meal was prepared this nicely.
On another night we went to MRKT. It’s the nicest restaurant at Aliante Casino Hotel. It’s a steak and seafood restaurant. I’ve previously enjoyed steak here. I thought tonight I’d try the salmon.
It came out with a great sear on it and shattering crisp skin but was terribly over cooked and very dry. Incase you don’t know…salmon doesn’t taste good when it is over cooked.
What a shame…….the quality of this fish means nothing when it’s over cooked like that.
I send it back since it was $38.00. (without sides)
Then I get this……
It’s raw in the middle and like seared sushi…….
This got sent back too…..
Was waiting for a third one but it took so long we left.
Incase you don’t know what a quality perfectly cooked salmon is like …….here is what you should expect to be at a nice restaurant.
The salmon should have a nice sear. When it’s cooked like this you get that special silkiness in your mouth and the salmon flavor is its best. Also at better restaurants the blood line is removed (that is the dark meat on the bottom of filet).
The $15. Salmon from Las Pupusas was prepared better than the $38. salmon from MRKT.
Las Papusas
945 W Craig Rd North Las Vegas NV
702-648-6200
I have not found a working website for Las Papusas.
MRKT Sea & Land at Aliante Casino/Hotel
7300 Ailante Pkwy North Las Vegas NV
702-692-7320
www.Aliante.BoydGaming.com
Every THING is subject to change. (maybe the chef at MRKT will learn how to cook salmon?)
The FORKING Truth is that Facebook & Jetpack (a WordPress Plugin) wants a LOT of Money from food bloggers that don’t make a dime on their blog.
Recently I published a story on BBQ Mexicana. Facebook suggested me to pay them $91. for 385 views…….
Everyday they ask for a different amount of money for a different amount of views.
A few days latter-
Facebook asked for $168. for 11,149 views.
Then on another day-
Facebook asked for $147. for 15,465 views.
Jackpack doesn’t really ask for money on a daily basis but periodically they upset me.
Sometime in the last year or two I wasn’t able to “Like” other people’s blogs. They said I ran out of “free” likes and needed to pay them another $200. yearly to like other people’s blogs. Since I couldn’t “like” other people’s blogs many of those people stopped liking my blog. But also many of those people also discontinued their blogs…(I wonder why….only kidding)
I don’t know why or how but sometime latter I was able to “like’ blogs again but most of my old “blogger” friends are long gone now.
Now Jetpack wants more money from me again. They want $4.50 monthly so I can view my statistics.
I figure this is the reason why most people are switching to Pod Casts, You Tube, and Tic Tok.
I have to tell you I AM JUST SICK OF THIS! ……..(Thank You for listening…I feel slightly better now)
And this is what Facebook wants today.
And that’s The FORKING Truth
