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Quality Thai – Las Vegas NV – Worth a Fork!

Quality Thai is a small Thai Restaurant located in the Centennial or North/West part of Las Vegas Nevada. They only have six tables inside so when they get busy you either have to wait for a table or do take out.

The day I was there they only had two people to cook, answer phones, and to serve customers.

We started out by sharing the Vegetable Thai Fresh Rolls.

They are fresh salad that is wrapped in rice paper that you dip in an Asian sort of peanut-ee sauce.

For my main I tried the Garlic Thai Basil Eggplant with Chicken and I picked #6 out of 10 for heat.

The eggplants are sweet and creamy and seem free of oil. The chicken is still moist and it’s in a basil infused sauce that is lightly laced with other flavors. Some crispy shallots were sprinkled on to the dish. For me the #6 is just right for heat for this dish.

My husband tried the Thai Basil with Shrimp that is also known as Pad Kra Pao.

I hear that it was good but my husband will order a #7 for heat next time instead of the #8 he ordered this time.

No problems here and all the food was good.

Worth a Fork!

Worth a Fork!

Quality Thai

6710 W Hualapai Way Las Vegas NV

702=476-3663

www.Quality-Thai.com

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Las Vegas Brewing Company – Centennial Las Vegas NV – Worth a Fork! and they fry magically well!

Las Vegas Brewing Company (according to website…I found different info on net) Has two locations in Las Vegas Nevada. Both Locations are Craft Breweries. The Downtown location offers a more limited food menu. The Centennial Location offers many appetizers, flatbreads, salads, sandwiches, desserts and more.

The Centennial Location has a large bar and a dining room with a view of the beer production to the rear of the dining room.

We started out by trying the Beer Battered Mushrooms.

They came with some sort of onion and sherry dip. Gosh they are so light. It’s more like mushrooms that are perfectly cooked with the thinnest lightest oil free coating ever. They don’t even get soggy. They are magically fried more perfect than I ever had in my life.

I tried the seared Tuna Salad. It came with a soy ginger vinaigrette.

It’s good with a nice but light good flavor. I think again that it is good but kinda plain……When I got home I re-read the menu and now I know it was missing cucumber and red radish. Oh well.

My husband enjoyed the Steakhouse Burger (medium-rare) with house made chips.

This burger was cooked medium-rare as requested and was embellished with mushrooms, caramelized onion jam, bacon, sharp cheddar cheese, and on the side was a creamy horseradish sauce. He was thrilled with this burger and the really tasty MAGICALLY OIL FREE chips on the side.

Las Vegas Brewing Company (Centennial location) is Worth a Fork!

Worth a Fork!

Las Vegas Brewing Company

3101 N Tenya Way Las Vegas NV

702-333-4858

www.LVBrewCo.com

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A Taste of Skye Thai Grab & Go – Las Vegas NV – Worth a Try!

Skye Thai Restaurant is a sort of Grab & Go Thai Restaurant located in the Centennial Area of Las Vegas Nevada. It’s very casual. You order and pay at the counter. You either take out or you can sit at one of the four tables in the restaurant.

They offer most of your usual Thai Favorites and a few dishes not so common at Thai Restaurants like Brussels Sprouts, Chicken Pho, and Pumpkin/Zucchini with Egg. Soft beverages are offered here. For dessert they offer Coconut Ice Cream with Roti and Banana Fritters. Whatever you order the food is served in to go containers. Also most of the dishes come with your choice of heat from 1-10. For my taste 6 is plenty hot and 4 is mildly hot but my husband likes #8.

So far we tried –

Egg Rolls

Brussels Sprouts
Pumpkin Zucchini with Egg
Pad Kra Pao

Green Curry with Chicken

Glass Noodle Salad (contains shrimp & pork)

Pad See Eiw (Crispy pork with noodles)

Pla Rad Prik (Crispy Fish in a slightly sweet chili sauce with green beans and crisp basil) Everything was good but this dish was my personal favorite so far.

Skye That Grab & Go is CERTAINLY Worth a try!

Skye Thai

9650 W Skye Canyon Park Dr Las Vegas NV

702-998-6647

I haven’t found a website for Skye That but they are listed on some take out sites.

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A Taste of Lunch at Boom Bang Fine Food & Cocktails – Henderson NV

Boom Bang Fine Food & Cocktails is an American Brasserie by former Top Chef and Joël Robuchon Chef Elia Aboumrad -Page and Husband, staff and others. If the chef or restaurant sounds familiar to you then perhaps you saw the chef on Food Network’s “24 in 24 Las Chef Standing” That is currently going on at Food Network.

The restaurant is stylish inside. There’s a reflective ceiling, cactus wallpaper adorns the walls. The tables are set with wine glasses and starter plates.

To one side is sort of breakfast counter.

To the other side is a traditional looking bar.

It looked so good when we walked in that we had to try the star bread (marinara, cheese, pesto, rosemary).

It’s a richer, softer, braided type of bread.

We also tried the buffalo cauliflower with C’s Rojo sauce.

Tasty….Not too hot…and Rich Chunky Blue Cheese Dressing on the side.

For my main I tried what they call Steak Fritas with salad or fries (I picked salad).

It’s a good sized portion. Most of the steak is tender….Only a few pieces on the ends I can’t chew. The salad is fresh and has a very good but plain dressing on it.

My husband got the French Dip.

The house made bread is outstanding…….It’s like eating bread in Philadelphia……….The meat is also a generous portion with good flavor that is tender. It also has some delicious caramelized onions……..but it needs a lot of the au jus to be moist. It also comes with horseradish cream, fries, and ketchup.

We also shared the lemon meringue tart.

The lemon curd is amazing but loose. The Italian meringue is good but loose like the filling. The crust is hard and substantial.

That was a taste of lunch at –

Boom Bang Fine Food and Cocktails

75 S Valle Verde Dr Henderson NV

702-478-6200

www.BoomBang.Restaurant

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My Trip to Sparrow & Wolf Las Vegas NV – HITS & Misses

Sparrow & Wolf is a sort of fancy ever-changing Global Menu Type Restaurant in the Las Vegas Chinatown that is very close to the Las Vegas Strip. It’s dark but not too dark inside and also energetic.

We started off by sharing the Oxtail Hummus.

The Hummus came with naan bread and the hummus was embellished with shredded dry oxtail, crispy chickpeas and the tiniest amount of curry oil that was too small an amount to taste. (a miss because the hummus was very average and the oxtail was dry…..naan bread was also gummy)

Next was a Mango Crudo that came with trout, fish roe, and radish.

We also shared the Robiola Agnolotti. (Hit)

It had too much pickled ramp foam and chewy morel mushrooms. The flavors overpowered the robiola cheese. (MISS)

Our dinner was the Tile Fish for two.

This dish was delicious! It was lightly breaded and laced with epazote & santo and came with fava bean salsa verde. (Big HIT)

We also enjoyed the Honey Toast for dessert (Japanese milk bread, candied orange, cream cheese, blood orange sorbet, spiced Grand Marnier)

Hit

Some Hits and some Misses.

Sparrow and Wolf

4480 Spring Mountain Rd Las Vegas NV

702-790-2147

www.SparrowandWolfLV.com

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Panevino Italian Grill & Deli & More – Las Vegas NV – All Reasonably Good – Worth a Try!

Panevino is a large Bar, Fine Dining Italian Restaurant, Italian Deli, and Banquet Restaurant located not far from the Las Vegas Airport in Nevada.

Here’s part of the Deli.

Here’s the bar.

And here is part of the dining room. If you look to the left side in the picture below then you can see this restaurant has a view of the Las Vegas Strip.

It was our first visit to Panevino so the waiter said we get a complimentary balloon bread.

It was different and also tasty.

We also shared the Gorgonzola and Pear Salad. They were kind enough to split the salad on two plates for us.

For my main I tried the grilled Scottish Salmon with Roasted Potatoes and the Seasonal Vegetables.

It’s covered in a lemony parsley sauce. They didn’t ask how I wanted the fish done but to my surprise they prepared it just so to medium.

My husband tried the Trinity Ossobuco.

Everything was prepared just as it should be. It was also a very generous portion.

We tried dessert.

Here’s the Chocolate and Hazelnut Temptation.

The dessert was good but I thought it was odd that they garnished the plate with a frog.

Service was very professional and all the food we tried was reasonably good.

Panevino is certainly Worth a Try!

Worth a Try!

Panevino

246 Via Antonio Ave Las Vegas NV

702-222-2400

www.PanevinoLasVegas.com

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House Of Dutch Pot – For a taste of the Caribbean – Las Vegas NV – Worth a Fork!

House Of Dutch Pot is a Caribbean Restaurant located around twenty minutes past the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada. If it seems familiar to you then maybe you caught an episode of Guy’s Grocery Games on Food Network

and saw the chef of House Of Dutch Pot or maybe you caught the Diners Drive Inns and Dives also on Food Network and saw House of Dutch Pot?

Anyways –

They have a big screen TV inside and guess what channel it’s on…..Food Network.

Here’s the inside. I do warn you that the tables might be uncomfortably close to each other (they were the day we were there).

We started off with one of their new to the menu appetizers called stir fried vegetable wonton.

They are filled with stir fried vegetables and are tasty. They come with a dipping sauce that tastes similar to hoisin sauce.

For my main I had to try the jerk chicken.

WOW! The chicken is tender like butter and melts in the mouth. It’s infused with all kinds of flavors and some heat. To the side are cooling macaroni and cheese with steamed vegetables.

My husband tried the oxtail.

He said that they were delicious and very good. (I didn’t try because oxtails are too succulent for me and can’t handle the fat in them). his sides were tangy vinegary slaw and rice with peas.

Try House of Dutch Pot if you want a taste of the Caribbean.

Worth a Fork!

Worth a Fork!

House Of Dutch Pot

4255 S Durango Drive Las Vegas NV

702-485-3500

www.HouseOfDutchPotLasVegas.com

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Aloha Hawaiian BBQ Las Vegas NV – Not The Best

Aloha Hawaiian BBQ is a casual Hawaiian Restaurant located in North-West Las Vegas Nevada. They offer the usual TONS of food in a styrofoam box. Hawaiian food is usually lots of protein with lots of rice and macaroni salad served to you in a styrofoam box.

I got the fried maui maui platter with brown rice.

The fish is fried nicely and is ok. The tartar sauce not pictured to the side is pretty much just straight mayonnaise. In the corner of the platter is macaroni mixed with extra thick mayonnaise. The brown rice is kinda dry. For some reason they added raw shredded cabbage to this dish.

My poor husband’s plate is worst.

Got dried out fried shrimp, hard crispy fish, and really GROSS extra sweet weird flavored pounded thin chicken thigh with rubbery skin. The taste of the chicken is so strange and so sweet. Neither of us could stomach it and I thought it might make my dogs sick so I didn’t bring it home for them either.

Not the best. Not so good.

Aloha Hawaiian BBQ

4990 W Craig Rd Las Vegas NV

702-839-2291

www.AlohaHawaiianBBQVegas.com

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A Taste of Soulbelly BBQ – Las Vegas NV

Soulbelly BBQ is an artisanal BBQ Restaurant located in the Arts District of Downtown Las Vegas. The restaurant is by Seasoned Chef (James Beard nominated, Food Network Chopped Champion, Bravo Top Chef) Bruce Kalman.

Most of the smoked magic happens here in the smokers by the patio.

Patio (empty during the day on a Sunday but packed starting early dinner)

Bar and dining room

The menu changes from time to time and daily specials are offered.

The Belly Of Soul – Smoked Brisket, Fried Egg, Cheese Sauce, Pickled Onions, Spicy BBQ Sauce, & Crispy Onions and a side of beans

Ground-In-House Smoked Brisket Burger
Macaroni and Cheese Bites

Pastrami Sandwich with watermelon/cucumber salad

Beef Barbacoa Quesadilla with a side of Beans (Special)

Rachel (smoked corned beef with slaw, cheese on rye) with crispy Brussels sprouts (special)

Pimento Cheese

Barbacoa Taco

Caesar Salad with BBQ Turkey

BBQ Mushrooms with Chimichurri

That was just a Taste of Soulbelly BBQ

Soulbelly BBQ

1327 S Main Street Las Vegas NV

702-483-4404

www.SoulbellyBBQ.com

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My Trip to Cool Bar BBQ Fish Restaurant in Chinatown Las Vegas NV

Cool Bar BBQ Fish is a very unique Chinese Restaurant in the Las Vegas Chinatown. They have a car in the dining room blocking a live fish tank.

To the left is an attractive bar without seating. The bar holds a collection of toy cars. They don’t serve mixed drinks here. They offer beer and wine and soft beverages. During the day 7am-3pm they offer a different menu that doesn’t have BBQ Fish. So it’s a cool bar with toy cars instead of bar drinks and the BBQ fish is only offered for dinner.

Anyways-

I tried a herbal Chinese Tea.

it’s kinda sweet and I’m not sure how it’s flavored…….

We shared what they call Chicken Soup Wontons.

The soup is very good and so are the chicken wontons. The soup has a nice gentle spicy finish too.

I really came here to try the Big Plate Chicken because it is one of the most amazing Chinese Dishes that I have ever tried anywhere and I saw it on the menu here. To me it’s like what a Chinese Thanksgiving could be like……….It’s a big chicken stew laced with star anise, bay leaves, ginger, garlic, cumin, Szechwan Peppercorns. It has flat chewy noodles, potatoes, bell peppers. One restaurant I went to put chestnuts in it. It’s always a very special dish. I was surprised when I got here because I didn’t know about the 7am-3pm menu and Big Plate Chicken was not on that menu. We did ask for the Big Plate Chicken and they were nice enough to make it for us.

This is not a stew here……

This has a sort of Chinese Take Out Type Taste to it.

It can pass as Orange Chicken.

It’s not bad but it doesn’t taste like Big Plate Chicken.

We shared Pumpkin Cake for dessert.

They were made fresh to order and came out straight out of the fryer. They are sweet with a tapioca type of chew.

That was my trip to Cool Bar BBQ Fish.

4350 Spring Mountain Rd Las Vegas NV

725-209-8999

I haven’t found a website for Cool Bar BBQ Fish

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