Fat Choy is an American – Asian sort of restaurant located in the Eureka Casino near to the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada. If this restaurant seems familiar it might be because it was featured on Food Network’s Diners Drive Ins and Dives.

The Chef is well seasoned and has worked previously at high end restaurants from New York to Michelin Stared Joel Robuchon in Las Vegas.

At Fat Choy you can find daily specials, appetizers like nachos, bao buns, and Buffalo wings. You can also try salads, soup, a variety of burgers, fish tacos, teriyaki entrees and more.

It’s not a fancy place. It looks kinda like a Diner.

My husband started off by trying the pork belly bao buns.

They look like they are missing the crushed peanut topping but according to my husband they are still tasty.

I tried a salmon teriyaki rice bowl.

It’s a generous serving of rice and salmon. The salmon is slightly over cooked so it taste a bit fishy. I’m not liking the taste of this dish…It’s just not for me.

My husband’s meal is worst.

It is suppose to be crispy beef Korean BBQ Style rice bowl. We’ve had Asian Crispy beef before but this was different. The beef here is undeveloped with flavor and the texture is like dehydrated beef jerky. My husband did complain to our waitress about the dry beef and she said just pour some sauce on the beef to fix it up.

That was my trip to Fat Choy.

I don’t plan to return to Fat Choy

Fat Choy

702-794-0829

595 E Sahara Ave Las Vegas NV

www.FatChoyLV.com

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Sicilian Guys Trattoria is a full service Italian restaurant and bar located in the North – West part of Las Vegas Nevada. They offer pastas, sandwiches, salads, entrees, a variety of pizza, and more. Inside they have booths, traditional tables, and bar seating.

We started out by sharing the beet and arugula salad (arugula, red onions, beets, pecans, feta cheese, cranberries.

It’s large and tasty. It’s a good starter.

They also served us complimentary crusty bread with olive oil and balsamic that I forgot to photo.

I tried the Vega Specialty White Pizza (ricotta, mozzarella, blend, garlic, spinach, garlic oil).

The crust is very mild tasting. On top they are very generous with the cheese toppings. It taste like they use a quality ricotta. It’s tasty but does run a bit garlic forward.

My husband really enjoyed the Sunday Braciole (only served on Sundays) (thin beef rolled and stuffed with prosciutto, provolone, parmesan, garlic, hard boiled eggs, herbs) and also comes with Sicilian Herb Potatoes.

We finished with a cannoli sweet ending.

Went back and tried a few more things.

We did start with the beet salad again so I will skip that.

For my main I had the Pollo Vesuvio (white meat chicken in an oregano white wine wine sauce with garlic and peas. Served with Sicilian herb potatoes).

My husband tried the Chicken Piccata (white meat chicken in a butter white wine sauce topped with lemon zest and capers and served with pasta)

Both dishes were A-OK.

Sicilian Guys Trattoria is Worth a try!

Sicilian Guys Trattoria 9800 West Skye Canyon Park Drive Las Vegas NV

702-285-1048

www.SicilianGuysTrattoria.com

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Wolfgang Puck Bar & Grill is located in the MGM Grand Hotel/Casino on the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada. They offer a mostly American type menu and are open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

It’s nice and bright inside. You can sit at the bar, a traditional table or a comfortable booth here.

We started out with the Truffle Potato Chips with Blue Cheese Cream and Chives.

I have to mention that over the past few decades we’ve been to and enjoyed lots of Wolfgang Puck Restaurants. This dish is the only dish that we both didn’t enjoy at a Wolfgang Puck Restaurant. I honestly believe that this dish was made incorrectly. The sauce was very thick and a very heavy white sauce. The potato chips were extra thin and delicate and could not support the heavy white sauce. It tasted like blue cheese when you came across a chunk of cheese. The fresh parsley brightened it up some.

The Chinois Salad was good.

The salad is dressed in a tasty sesame soy mustard vinaigrette. There are really great candied cashews that aren’t too sweet. The white meat chicken is very moist and developed with flavor. If I were to guess I’d say it came from a sous vide. The red endive is slightly bitter but it looks pretty.

The Italian Sandwich is made with Artisanal Meats and Cheeses and is served on Rosemary Focaccia with basil aioli and balsamic.

Today the focaccia is a bit greasy. The meat filling is very good but is all squished tight together like it was premade and set a side. That’s ok but when your sandwich cost $23. you want it fresh made.

They weren’t big on clearing plates today. The server and also the bus person didn’t offer to remove our appetizer plates.

That was my trip to Wolfgang Puck Bar & Grill.

Wolfgang Puck Bar & Grill at MGM Grand Las Vegas

3799 Las Vegas Blvd S Las Vegas NV

702-891-3000

www.WolfgangPuck.com

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Siegel’s 1941 is an American Restaurant located in the El Cortez Hotel/Casino in Fremont Street in Las Vegas Nevada. They offer an all day menu that includes breakfast like matzah ball brei, challah French toast, and smoked salmon bagels. They offer starters like shrimp cocktail, chicken wings, and matzah ball soup. They also offer salads, and Delicatessen like house roasted ham, turkey, pastrami, and roast beef sandwiches. They offer many dinner entrees. A few of them are the Meyer Lansky Burger, Siegel’s Fish and Chips, Roasted 1/2 Chicken, Prime Rib Special, Salmon, and Liver and Onions.

In case you don’t know the theme of the restaurant is the American Mobster Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel.

They say he was handsome and charismatic besides being a hitman.

But most importantly Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel was credited for being the dreamer that started the development of the Las Vegas Strip.

Today I tried a pastrami sandwich.

The pastrami tastes slightly under seasoned and seems kinda bland for pastrami. It’s also slightly undercooked because the fat is hard. It is also served on mild rye without seeds and came with skinny fries.

My husband tried a chicken fried steak.

He said that it was ok but not the best. I have heard that most people enjoy the Prime Rib Special so if you are into that you might do alright.

Siegel’s 1941 at El Cortez Hotel/Casino interesting atmosphere but not the best.

600 Fremont St Las Vegas NV – 702-385-5200

www.ElCortezHotelCasino.com/dining

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Carmelita’s Mar Y Tierra is a Mexican Surf and Turf type of restaurant located near to downtown Las Vegas Nevada. It’s in not the prettiest part of town. But inside is bright, fresh and new.

They offer a shrimp heavy menu with many seafood plates and a few steak plates. In the corner is a bar and around the room are booths. The middle is filled with traditional tables and a karaoke bar.

Complimentary chips and spicy salsa is included here.

We started with tortillas de pescado (snapper) They call them croquets but I think they are more like pancakes? They were served with tortillas, lettuce, pico, lime wedges, and chipotle aioli.

I tried the Torre De Tuna – Ahi Tuna, rice, avocado, cucumbers, lime salsa negra Chile sauce, and tortillas.

It’s more like a humungous appetizer that can serve several people. It taste fresh,,,It’s enormous……They forgot the rice…oh well more fish to bring home.

My husband tried the Camarones A La Diablo (spicy shrimp with rice and beans)

He said that it was very good! Delicious rice, delicious beans, shrimp perfectly cooked in a delicious but CRAZY SPICY HOT SAUCE……Very good but too spicy hot for nearly any human.

Carmelita’s Mar Y Tierra is Worth a Try!

725-214-9745

2021 E Charleston Blvd Las Vegas NV

www.CarmelitasLV.com

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District Deli & Coffee is located in a not too pretty part of downtown Las Vegas Nevada. They offer breakfast sandwiches, Monzu Bread toasts, a variety of sandwiches, chef salads, deli sides, pastries, coffees, smoothies, and teas. They have a few indoor tables and a few outdoor tables. It’s casual. You order and pay at the counter.

Sandwiches are the way to go here but I ordered the Panzanella Salad with Smoked Salmon because I don’t come across them often. (fresh mozzarella, toasted garlic focaccia, cherry tomatoes, arugula, red onion)

It’s a bit of a fail because the croutons are hard as rocks and Panzanella is suppose to be bread salad……..Soaked bread like in tomatoes and vegetables…..Not always but often oil, vinegar, basil…….These croutons stayed so hard that they couldn’t be penetrated with a fork. I’d go back but would have to go with a sandwich next time.

My husband had a sandwich and also took out a sandwich for latter. The sandwiches actually are quite good. Below is the Mortadella Sandwich (Pecorino Romano, arugula, Monzu Focaccia with Caponata) and house made chips.

He also took out a Italian Sandwich (fennel salami, capicola, mortadella, provolone, lettuce, tomato, red onion, pepperoncini, herbed vinegar, pickled pepper spread, sesame roll)

Sandwiches are the way to go here.

District Deli & Coffee is Worth a Try!

1504 Main Street Las Vegas NV

702-625-4323

www.DistrictDeliandCoffee.com

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Delmonico Steakhouse in Las Vegas Nevada is located in the Venetian Hotel/Casino on The Las Vegas Strip. This restaurant is owned by Multi Award and James Beard Award Wining Celebrity Chef, Restauranteur, Television Personality, Cookbook Author and MORE Emeril Lagasse.

This Steakhouse is open at lunch time and does offer a lunch menu. At the time of my visit they were offering a three course Prix Price Menu for $50. The Lunch Menu offers starters like gumbo, salads, and Emeril’s New Orleans’s Barbecue Shrimp. Lunch Entrees are things like a tenderloin salad or sandwich, a petite filet, fried chicken, king salmon, smash cheeseburger, and spinach spaghetti. They also offer various side dishes, desserts, and a section of Steakhouse Selections.

It’s very formal and rich looking. it’s filled with comfortable seating and interesting light fixtures.

They start you off with airy popovers and soft butter.

At any of the Emeril Restaurants my husband ALWAYS gets the gumbo and says that it is always very good.

On the lunch menu is a $26. Smashburger (price subject to change) that is very large and is served on HOUSE MADE Potato Brioche Bun. The burger is ribeye brisket with trim + wagyu + dry age and lettuce, tomato, red onion, bread and butter pickles, American Cheddar Cheese and Fry Sauce.

I got mine without cheese. I don’t know why but the smashburger without cheese came out much juicier than the burger with cheese………….

On the very ends some of the beef is very crispy but mine is very juicy and flavorful. For me this is two meals because it is very large but my husband ate all of his.

We also shared some truffle parmesan potato chips.

The chips are light and very thin. They are crisp and seem free of oil. They taste good…Cheesy and a bit truffle-ly. They are also a very large portion.

Emeril’s Banana Cream Pie is always amazing. I do think it is one of the best desserts that you can get anywhere in Vegas.

It’s also a very large portion.

The Gumbo and Banana Cream Pie are Always a Hit!

Delmonico Steakhouse at The Venetian By Emeril

3355 Las Vegas Blvd S Las Vegas NV

702-414-3737

www.DelmonicoSteakhouse.com

www.EmerilsRestaurants.com

www.VenetianLasVegas.com

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Flecha Cantina is a Modern Mexican Cusine type of restaurant by Actor and Las Vegas Resident Mark Wahlberg. The original location of Flecha Cantina is in Huntington Beach and the Las Vegas Location opened up mid September 2024 in Town Square. This restaurant offers many Mexican Favorites that you expect it to offer like guacamole, tacos, enchiladas, burritos, and fajitas. This restaurant also offers many dishes that are unique to most Mexican Restaurants like guacamole hummus, pistachio goat cheese, potato poblano soup with bacon, balsamic beet salad with puffed rice, and a salmon fajita salad. Some of the entree offerings here are braised short ribs, steak with chimichurri sauce, sea bass, rib eye, cochinta pibil and birria.

It’s a large restaurant with a large bar lounge, a bar, traditional tables, booths, and some outdoor cocktail tables.

Whatever you order they start you off with fresh salted chips and very good spicy salsa.

Today we tried the pistachio goat cheese with tamarind sauce. It came with fried crispy pita bread.

My GOSH it’s delicious! I wish you could taste some. It’s also a very large portion so we took some home for another time.

I tried the balsamic beet salad with achiote tequila chicken (beets, balsamic, spring mix, spinach, jicama, cucumber, carrot, cotija, almond, corn, puffed rice, queso fresco, scallions, tomato)

I’m not 100% sure if every ingredient is there but it is certainly delicious. It might be the most delicious salad I ever had at any Mexican Restaurant. The chicken is unusually moist and delicious too….This is a really great salad.

My husband tried the Chile Relleno with shrimp (poblano, jack and chihuahua cheeses, enchilada rojo sauce, crema blanca, picaeta)

Again everything is unusually delicious and the shrimp are prepared to perfection.

Everything was so great I felt the need to try a dessert and tried the fried ice cream (fried ice cream, whipped cream, berry sauce, lemon hart 151 rum)

It’s not in the description but the ice cream sits on a bowlful of some sort of cinnamon crunch cereal. Not my favorite fried ice cream out but it’s not bad either.

Flecha Cantina – Mostly Unusually Good!

Worth a Fork!

Flecha Cantina

6683 S Las Vegas Blvd Las Vegas NV

702-728-2774

www.FlechaCantina.com

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Aromi Italian Restaurant is located in the Summerlin area of Las Vegas NV. They offer most of your favorite Italian dishes but also offer a very large lunch menu with lots of choices.

They also started us off with toasted bars of rosemary bread and our choice of oil or butter (we picked oil).

I thought that the bread was good but the oil had something bitter in it that I found unappetizing….

I tried the lunch Branzino.

The fish was prepared reasonably well and did come out with a shattering crisp skin, fancy carrots and asparagus spears in a lemon butter caper sauce. It looks nice this way but the skin would have stayed crisp if the fish wasn’t placed skin side down.

My husband got the mushroom raviolis with short rib.

He said that the ravioli were made nicely. The short rib was good and succulent. Probably great for most people but fattier than I can eat.

That was a Little Taste of Aromi Italian Kitchen

2110 N Rampart Blvd Las Vegas NV

725-204-6196

www.AromiLasVegas.com

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Bazaar Mar is a Seafood Tapas Restaurant with Spanish Embellishment by Multi Award Wining and Michelin Stared Chef and Restauranteur Jose Andres and Team. The Las Vegas Location is located in The Shops At Crystals on the Las Vegas Strip.

There’s a large bar that sits in the middle of the restaurant.

At the end of the bar area is an open kitchen with today’s fresh flown in fish on display.

We start out with two River Trout Cones embellished with very light smoke, preserved lemon, and fresh dill.

My husband enjoys Jamon Iberico ham so he had a Jose’s Taco (Jamon Iberico De Bellota, Ossetna Caviar, gold leaf, and nori)

This one was hard to share but possibly was my favorite small bite of the evening.

This is listed under mini sandwiches. It’s called bagel and lox and is made with Russ & Daughters smoked salmon. It’s a hallow but very crisp fish shaped bread with seeds. It’s filled with the airiest cream cheese ever. The bread is topped with silky lox that is embellished with crisp capers and fresh dill.

This one was great too but also was my husband’s favorite small bite plate. It’s the Bluefin Tuna and fried quail egg. It’s in a soy dashi broth with nori.

It might not look so small but you roll up the fish around the quail egg to eat it and it turns into a small bite.

Next was our main plate. We shared a grilled branzino type fish. it sits in a donostiarra sauce (Spanish sauce possibly made with parsley, sherry vinegar, garlic, and paprika) and is topped with sliced garlic and sea salt.

I accidentally got a few bites with too much salt for my taste but most of the fish was very good and melted in the mouth.

We also shared an incredible plate of Japanese Baby Peaches (with stracciatella cheese, hazelnuts, something crunchy, and za’atar).

It’s so interesting and so different! It’s also sort of light and refreshing. You are suppose to get a little bit of everything on your spoon and try it that way.

I thought the perfect dessert for tonight was the Arroz Con Leche Merengon (Meringue, Arroz Con Leche Espuma (foam), blood orange granita, Thai Basil)

It was light and refreshing. I thought it went perfect with all the plates we tried.

Then it was somebody’s birthday so they gave us this and two complimentary sparkling wines.

Service was amazing and the food was just incredible!

Bazaar Mar is certainly Worth a Fork!

Bazaar Mar

3720 Las Vegas Blvd S Las Vegas NV

702-803-1100

www.TheBazaar.com

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