Da Braddah’s Grindz serves Hawaiian Food from a food truck and also has two locations in Las Vegas Nevada. The North/West Location newly opened in a Sinclair Gas Station. They offer Hawaiian Plate Lunches (enormous amounts of food with rice and macaroni salad served in styrofoam boxes), all day breakfast, burgers, and more. With only two tables inside to sit at so this is mainly a take out location.

You order and pay at the counter.

I tried the Korean Chicken Lunch Plate.

The steamed rice and macaroni salad is very good. The dark meat chicken is very tender and does have good flavors to it but something is wrong with the breading because it is wet and soggy.

My husband tried a two meat plate, (kalua pork & furikake chicken).

He said that the pulled pork, rice, and macaroni salad, was very good. Same problem with the chicken here. The chicken was tender and had good flavors to it but here the breading was wet and more like a paste texture.

Maybe the breading problem is an newly opening hiccup?

For now I’d avoid breaded foods here and the rest is worth a try.

Da Braddah’s Grindz in the Sinclair Gas Station

5700 Skye Point Drive Las Vegas NV

808-895-1745

www.DaBraddahsGrindz.com

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Cornish Pasty is a growing group of British Style Pub and Restaurants. Several locations are in Arizona and one location is in the Arts District in Las Vegas Nevada. The specialty of the house is the Cornish Pasty. It’s a hearty stuffed pastry. They offer many varieties of the pasty. Typical ones are meat and potato filled but they also offer vegetarian and vegan pasty. Inside is a mix of bar area, long bench tables that look similar to church seating, and some traditional tables.

The Arts District Las Vegas location gets slammed when festivals and conventions are in town and is often out of menu items so much that they have these QR Table tents on the tables.

I thought it was weird when our waiter told us to scan the QR with our phone instead of just telling us what they were out of.

My husband is usually really good at these things but here the print on the phone was so small that my husband missed a lot of it.

They were out of my first two choices so I went with my third choice and ordered the Chicken Tikka Masala Pasty. It comes with your choice of yogurt or tahini for dipping. My waiter didn’t ask me what I wanted and brought me the yogurt. I asked him if I could exchange the yogurt for tahini since that was unique.

The pasty looks good….Inside is mostly potatoes with some green bell peppers a little bit of chicken and tikka masala sauce. The bottom of my pasty is soggy and the bottom of the dough crimp (top middle) is raw. I didn’t complain because it is a generous serving and I have enough to eat. By the way the tahini sauce is awful with this pasty.

My husband did much better with the Carne Adovada (Mexican Beef) because it isn’t saucy inside. This one wasn’t soggy or raw inside.

We shared British Style Chips.

I don’t know if they were made correctly? We received a mix of soggy and raw fry shaped potatoes. Some of them had burnt ends…….???? I thought British Style Chips had crisp exteriors and fluffy interiors?

Oh Well Hit and Miss

Cornish Pasty

10 E Charleston Blvd Las Vegas NV

702-862-4538

www.CornishPastyCO.com

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Yoshiharu Ramen is famous in Orange California. This is the flagship restaurant that is considered to be the #1 ramen restaurant by the O.C. Register. There are around 13 other locations in California, one location in Onterio, and one (at the moment) location in North Las Vegas Nevada. The North Las Vegas Location offers soft beverages, beers, and sake. They also offer appetizers like fried seafood plates, and fried calamari. They offer around several varieties of pork bone broth ramen, vegetable ramen, chicken ramen, and a variety of sushi rolls. Their website list the dishes that they offer in California. Here in Las Vegas the selection does differ some.

Inside it looks exactly the same as it looked when the last Ramen Restaurant was here. Inside is a mix of booths, and half booths with an open kitchen.

We started out by sharing the Crispy Spicy Tuna.

It taste great but isn’t spicy. But this is very hard to eat because of the way they shaped it and also because they made it so darn crispy that you might need dental work after munching some down. It’s like trying to eat rocks. I don’t know if they always make the rice so hard?

I planned to get the spicy tuna bowl that I saw on-line but none of the bowls are on the menu here so I tried the Tuna Lover Sushi Roll (Tuna, Spicy Tuna, Cucumber, Mentaiko, Ponzu, Onion Chips).

This does have a nice heat to it. At first it doesn’t seem spicy at all but then it hits you. It’s pretty good. My only peeve is that the onion chips are too small and too crisp. They are like hard shreds of glass.

My husband tried the Tonkotsu Spicy Black Ramen (Pork Bone Broth and Miso topped with Pork Chashu (he added extra), Scallions, Bean Sprouts, Wood Ear Mushrooms, Bamboo Shoots, Roasted Black Garlic Oil, House Spicy Paste, Flavored Egg, Sesame Seeds, and Ramen Noodles).

He said that the pork chashu was tender and good. He didn’t think that the broth was spicy or as deep as some that he prefers but it was A-OK.

Worth a Try!

Yoshiharu Ramen NLV

6572 N Decatur Blvd North Las Vegas NV

702-331-7190

www.YoshiharuRamen.com

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The California Fish Grill is a chain of seafood restaurants that are located in the greater Las Angeles area, the San Francisco Bay Area, Sacramento, Arizona, and Nevada. They say that they only serve responsibly sourced seafood.

On the menu are grilled plates, bowls, salads, tacos, sandwiches, kids meals, and more.

The Las Vegas Centennial (North/West) location has a dog friendly outside patio.

But inside is a mix of tables and a few booths.

The Las Vegas Centennial location has two self ordering stations and one traditional ordering counter.

You seat yourself and they text you when your order is ready.

Almost everything was very good and delicious and they serve the food on real plates.

Battered fish (swai that seemed as good as cod) and shrimp (the battered white fish is actually quite good)

Shrimp taco

Cajun Salmon Taco

Side – tomatoes and feta cheese

Side – Parmesan green beans (this was REALLY tasty)

Side – beans

Mediterranean Branzino Grill Plate

Grilled sockeye salmon salad with added avocado. This was the only plate that wasn’t perfect. The salad is delicious. They gave a generous portion of salmon but it is slightly over cooked. The other issues are that they didn’t remove the bloodline and the the salmon skin on the bottom isn’t crispy. They told me that they can cook less if I ask them too….So I’m not sure if the salmon will be better next time or not?

The California Fish Grill was Better than I expected it to be.

Worth a Try!

California Fish Grill

6440 Centennial Center Blvd Las Vegas NV

725-231-7444

www.CAFishGrill.com

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Junior’s Famous New York Delicatessen Has a location on the Las Vegas Strip in the Resorts World Hotel-Casino. Junior’s is well known for their cheesecakes.

Besides cheesecakes you can get all day breakfast, piled high sandwiches, 10 ounce steak burgers, salads, soups, and entrees.

Here’s some of the inside. (Bar area isn’t pictured)

It’s busy and energetic inside.

We shared a corned beef and pastrami combo on onion rolls (well that is what menu reads….) and a Nova lox Bagel.

They ask if you want pickles. We said yes.

WOW! they are extra sour…..OUCH!…..Too sour for me.

Corned beef on the left and Pastrami in the middle. (Onion Rolls?) and unseasoned potato salad. The corned beef is that extra mild type that is sliced so thin that it is almost shaved. The Pastrami is very unusual………It taste exactly like a hot dog……..

They came with slaw (Health Salad) and pickled beets (that are strong with acid).

Nova Lox and Bagel

Kind of below average….The bagel is like a frozen Lenders Bagel. The tomato slice is unripe and the lox is like old supermarket packaged lox.

I decided I’d try a slice of cheesecake since Junior’s is famous for that.

I was going to get the Key Lime Cheesecake but my server was very honest and told me that she is disappointed with the Key Lime Cheesecake because it lacks that refreshing lime flavor…..She thought the best one was the Raspberry cheesecake so I went with that.

In general I’m not the biggest fan of cheesecakes or anything raspberry so this is a leap for me……..Gets an A-OK from me so it’s not bad.

I did notice the majority of people dining here were enjoying traditional breakfast so that might be the other sweet spot here.

That was my trip to Junior’s at Resorts World on the Las Vegas Strip.

3000 Las Vegas Blvd S Las Vegas NV

702-676-6963

www.RWLasVegas.com

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Mama Surang’s Thai Kitchen is a small family owned and ran Thai Restaurant. They are located in the Spring Valley part of Las Vegas that is also west of the strip near The Gramercy. Their specialty dish is the Wagyu & Holy Crab Curry. Their other specialty is anything made with red curry. Mostly soft beverages are served here but I did notice bottles of beer in their refrigerator.

The Restaurant is “L” Shaped.

I asked about the Crispy Spinach Salad that I saw on their website.

The woman looked at me like I was crazy and didn’t say anything.

A waiter serves us next.

Then I ask what kind of fish is used for the Crispy Fish Dish?

Instead of finding out the waiter just says, I don’t know.

We order.

In reasonable time our appetizer the chicken potstickers come out.

They prepare them crispy all over.

Within one minute my husband’s dinner the Drunken Noodles with beef come out before we even ate any potstickers.

Next we eat the potstickers. They are OK.

He wants to wait for my meal to come out……..

We wait.

I see the owner at a table having a meal. His kids are on computers at some of the tables.

We wait.

Nobody says a word to us and we are the only customers at the time.

Over TWENTY MINUTES PASS. We are upset. My husband gets up and asks to pay for the potstickers and my iced tea. At that point the owner comes over. I told the owner that if they are having a problem in the kitchen that I should have been told. My husband says his meal is old and cold now and he wanted to eat dinner with me. The owner offers to make him a new meal but my husband declines. Then the owner offers us dessert but we decline. My meal finally comes out.

It was the Choo Chee Salmon (red curry based with coconut milk, green beans, bell pepper, ginger, & basil. It was very good.

Mama Surang’s Thai Kitchen – Good Food but not the best service.

5455 S Fort Apache Rd Las Vegas NV

702-385-0021

www.MamaSurangsThaiKitchen.com

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Mezzo Bistro and Wine is an Italian Restaurant and Wine Bar located in the NorthWest part of Las Vegas Nevada.

For when the weather is right they offer patio dining.

The patio if you haven’t noticed is dog friendly.

And of course there is indoor dining.

Whatever you order they start you off with a bread basket with olive oil that is embellished with balsamic and lemon.

You might like to try a healthy appetizer like the grilled vegetable plate.

Or try another appetizer that sound healthy called portabella mushroom.

It’s full of lots of cheesy sauce and spinach.

They also offer salads like the beet salad that is drizzled with balsamic and topped with blue cheese and candied walnuts. You can add shrimp, chicken or salmon to the salad. I added chicken. It was slightly dry but tasty.

Some of the dinners offered are –

Sausage (hot or mild) Cacciatore

Below is- Sesame Ahi Tuna with Spinach Risotto and Asparagus

They also offer Veal Parmesan with pasta

Below is chicken riggies

They offer grilled salmon with asparagus and mashed potatoes

For dessert a sweet ending could be a cannoli

Mezzo Bistro and Wine is Worth a Try!

Mezzo Bistro and Wine

4275 N Rancho Dr Las Vegas NV

702-944-8880

www.MezzoBistro.com

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Taj Palace is an Indian Restaurant and Bar located on the West Side of Las Vegas Nevada. They are open daily for lunch (11am-3) and daily for dinner (5pm-10:30). They offer a menu selections of vegetarian, vegan, gluten free, and Halal. For lunch they also offer a buffet.

Inside is a mix of traditional tables, booths, and bar seating.

We decided to try the buffet for lunch.

There are four different chicken dishes (Tandori, Tikki Masala, Chile, Curry) Many vegetarian pans, and goat.

We also received hot butter garlic naan bread that is tasty.

Here is my first plate.

I Tried Tandori Chicken, Curry Chicken, Chile Chicken, Tikka Masala Chicken, Chana Masala (chick pea curry), a Spicy Okra vegetable dish, a potato dish, and a vegetable samosa pastry. Just like at any restaurant I liked some things more than other things. I do have to give them credit because all the food seemed fresh (unlike at most buffets) and all the chicken dishes did have moist tender chicken. As far as flavors go the food seemed less Indian seasoned than what I have been served at other Indian restaurants. My favorite bite was the vegetable samosa. Maybe because I used chutneys on it and I should have used more chutney on the other dishes. My least favorite bite were the potatoes….but not because of taste. The texture of the potatoes was very strange and almost powdery inside.

I did take a second plate.

I did take another vegetable samosa and a little more Chile chicken. I thought the vegetable tikka masala tasted better than the chicken tikka masala. Didn’t care for the Medu Vada (lentil vegetable doughnut)

Just like any other restaurant out there you will like some things better than other things.

That was my trip to Taj Palace.

7175 N Lake Mead Blvd Las Vegas NV

725-205-9753

www.TajPalaceLVN.com

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