Mariscos El Ancla is a Nayarit Mexican Style Seafood Restaurant in North Las Vegas Nevada. They offer a variety of shellfish, ceviches, tostadas, fried fish chips, soups, fajitas, and many different seafood platters.

It’s not a fancy place but it seems clean.

Whatever you order they start you off with complimentary chips and extra hot but very good salsa.

They have a few bottles of hot sauces on the table for embellishing the food. I never saw this interesting and different Mexican Hot Sauce for Seafood.

It has radish, sardines, and chiltepin chili in it.

We start out by sharing a marlin taco.

Oh wow it’s really great! It does actually taste just like marlin tacos that I tried in Jalisco Mexico. I tasted bunches of marlin tacos at various Mexican restaurants in Phoenix and none of them compare to this one. The fish is smoked just right. It looks just like what I had in Mexico. The chipotle sauce is just right too.

For my main I tried the salmon a la plancha.

It’s a large filet of salmon that has been prepared reasonably well. The plate also includes unseasoned steamed vegetables, corn and pea studded white rice, and also is garnished with lettuce and cucumber slices. It’s kind-a very plain for Mexican Food. It’s more like a double sized weight watchers meal.

Moving on

My husband tried the shrimp in medium/hot red sauce (camarones rojo). (this plate also comes with rice and beans that were forgotten but brought out quickly once we mentioned it to our server)

This plate is good but difficult to enjoy for some people.

The sauce is good and the shrimp are cooked nicely…but…….

The whole shrimp contain digestive tracks and shells……..that are hard to clean in the sauce.

I think some people just eat the digestive tracks and shells?

The shrimp dishes aren’t for everyone.

Great Marlin Tacos!

Mariscos El Ancla

3960 W Craig Road North Las Vegas NV

702-291-8131

I haven’t found a website or Facebook Page for Mariscos El Ancia

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Rang’s Cocina Moderne is a full service Spanish, Italian, Filipino Style Restaurant. They are located not too far from the Las Vegas Strip. They are expectational because even after seven visits everything they serve is always perfect and delicious!

Recently they were featured in Las Vegas Weekly Magazine.

The Big Story to me is that they aren’t a flash in the pan. The food is always very good and always prepared perfect and always is delicious.

Here’s a taste.

Caesar Salad

Gambas Y Chorizo

Albondigas

Chilean Sea Bass in lemon coconut sauce

Bistek

Rang’s Cocina Moderne is one of the Notable Off Strip Restaurants of Las Vegas and is Worth a Fork!

Rang’s Cocina Moderne

5900 W Charleston Blvd Las Vegas NV

725-214-1188

www.RangsCocina.com

Lit Wings recently opened a new location in North Las Vegas. This is a casual order and pay at the counter restaurant that specializes in chicken wings. They offer TWENTY ONE flavors of wings or boneless that THEY CALL TENDERS. They also offer several side orders like garlic noodles, fried macaroni and cheese, rice, and shrimp chips. Soft beverages, Asian beverages, beer, and more is served here.

I ordered a 1/2 wing and half tender plate that was buffalo garlic flavored and got elote fries as my side.

I thought they made me the wrong flavor because I wasn’t expecting cheese on buffalo garlic chicken…… I try a wing first…..It’s slightly over cooked and a little dry…I don’t really get a buffalo flavor here ……it mostly taste like parmesan….

I try a tender next….The tender looks more like a nugget to me……But it does have a much better buffalo taste than the wing…….It’s also cooked better than the wings…

Then I try the elote fries.

Part of this is not edible to me because it is painful for me to eat it. For my taste this is very over seasoned.

My husband tried 1/2 buffalo hot and half Nashville hot wings with fried macaroni and cheese.

They gave him much plumper wings than what they gave me. But his wings are also over cooked and on the dry side. He wasn’t wild about the flavors either. The fried macaroni and cheese taste very similar to Kraft Mac-n-Cheese so if you like that all is good.

At the time of my visit this location of Lit Wings has an impressive FIVE STAR average on Yelp out of 49 reviews.

Lit Wings

6520 Losee Rd North Las Vegas NV

702-533-6249

www.GetLitWings.com

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La Cantine Sandwich Shop is located in the North/West part of Las Vegas Nevada. They offer a variety of sandwiches made on house baked breads. They also offer salads, quiches, salads, sides, and French Style macarons.

It’s a small place. I noticed most customers I saw did take out.

They offer a pastrami reuben and also a wagyu pastrami on rye….The wagyu pastrami cost $8. more than the pastrami reuben so I thought it would be better so I went with that.

The seedless rye doesn’t really taste like rye bread that I am familiar with but the pastrami is FORKING AMAZING! In fact it taste just like my pastrami…….(I wonder if they used my recipe?) There’s kraut, there’s dressing, There’s melty Swiss that I pulled out and ate first….Then I ate the sandwich. This sandwich is very messy but really delicious. The pastrami was hand cut. It’s tender. It’s smoky but not too smoky. It has some fat to it but not too much fat. But most importantly IT FORKING TASTE LIKE PASTRAMI.

My husband had a ham and cheese baguette.

He said that the ham is unusually great ham that you just don’t get anywhere. This sandwich also had brie cheese, pickles, herb butter, and garlic confit. This was a really great sandwich.

We tried macarons for a sweet ending.

First one was an Earl Grey.

Ummm it’s very good and really different.

Next is strawberry.

UMMMMMM!!!!! This one is really such a treat…..It has flavors of a really rich cake but with pops of strawberry…Kinda like a strawberry short cake with cream.

These are really great macarons!

La Cantine Sandwich Shop is Worth a Fork!

La Cantine Sandwich Shop

3250 Tenya Way Las Vegas NV

702-749-7400

I haven’t found a website for La Cantine Sandwich Shop.

They are on Facebook but are not active there.

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Casa De Juliette Mexican Cocina recently opened in the Centennial Hills part of Las Vegas Nevada. They offer elevated Mexican Cuisine by way of French Techniques blended with Mexican Cooking. They offer food like Mexican Street Corn in bone marrow with salsa macha. Another unique offering are the family style platters that serve two or three people.

Inside is dark but also light enough to read the menu.

They have traditional tables, booths, partial booths, a bar area, and also some outdoor seating.

We tried a Margarita and a Valle de Bravo.

Due to an opening hiccup we waited over thirty minutes for our cocktails to arrive. They came with the dinner.

We had a family style platter of Chicken Tinga and Carne Asada.

and bone marrow corn.

The flavors are all good here ……..We got all kinds of goodies here (carne asada, chicken tinga, tortillas, rice, beans, creama, pickled carrot and cauliflower, salsa morita, salsa verde, jalapeños, bell peppers, onion, radishes and bone marrow corn) but due to another opening hiccup the food arrived already cooled off…..

Casa De Juliette Mexican Cocina – Newly Opened

7585 Norman Rockwell Lane Las Vegas NV

702-665-4949

www.CasaDeJuliette.com

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NdUlegence is a unique restaurant located in Downtown Las Vegas Nevada near to the strip. It’s one of several hidden kitchens in this building. You order on-line or type in your order at a kiosk. You either take out or eat at the seating here.

They offer sides like fried green tomatoes and salads like BBQ Chicken. They also offer 1/2 pound wagyu burgers, creamy cajun pasta with chicken or shrimp. Some of the entrees that you can find here are smoked beef brisket, loaded jerk chicken potatoes, pork belly mac-N-cheese, and lamb chops. They also offer different sides like fried cabbage, grilled root vegetables, and dirty beans.

We started out by sharing some of the fried green tomatoes.

These are really tasty and good. They even got a little zip to them and come with romulade sauce.

I tried the BBQ Chicken Salad.

I have to it’s an ultra generous portion and there is LOTS of moist chicken breast. Under is mixed soft greens, onions, tomatoes, pecans, cranberries, strawberries, and tangerines. With a thin strawberry dressing. As far as salads go this is pretty good.

My husband tried the pork belly macaroni and cheese. It’s also a generous large portion of food.

For his taste the pork belly could be more tender and the rest is ok.

That was our trip to NdUlegence.

NdUlegence 809 N Main St Las Vegas NV

702-767-0723

www.NdUlegenceLV.com

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Yoshiya Kitchen is a small casual Japanese Restaurant located in the Centennial area of NORTH LAS VEGAS Nevada.

A few of the appetizers they offer are – Tako Wasabi (octopus with horseradish), Kurobuta Sausage, and Gyoza. They offer signature dishes like Japanese Chashu Omelets and Yoshiya House Kurobuta Sausage Fried Rice. Yoshiya Kitchen also offers salads, rice bowls, Japanese Curries, a variety of ramen dishes, desserts, and soft beverages.

We tried the fried oysters and chicken karaage appetizers.

The sauce for the oysters is very unique. We asked what it was but our server didn’t know. The oysters were fried nice but seemed like from canned.

The chicken karaage was fried nice and seemed free of oil. It came with a creamy sauce that might have been sriracha mayo with a sriracha dollop. It didn’t taste bad but seemed like it might have been over marinated because of the texture it had.

We both enjoyed our mains.

I had the smoked salmon salad (organic spring mix, edamame, onion, seaweed, tomato, rice, and yuzu sesame dressing.

This was a very nice salad. I’d get this again.

My husband enjoyed the beef udon with eggs.

I saw him slurping up very chewy noodles from this dish. He said that the beef was tender and tasty.

Based on this visit I’d say that Yoshiya Kitchen is Worth a Try!

Yoshiya Kitchen 8400 W Farm Rd North Las Vegas NV

702-658-8889

www.YoshiyaKitchen.com

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Cevicheria El Diamante is a Mexican Seafood Restaurant in Las Vegas Nevada (not far from the airport) that specializes in offering Ceviche. They also offer appetizers like guacamole, shrimp stuffed banana peppers and toastada platters. Some of the other things they offer are aguachiles, tacos, molaojetes, kids meals, Several fish platters and entrees like mixed protein pasta with creamy sauce and peppers, bacon wrapped shrimp, and lobster tails.

It’s a small place that fills up fast. They also have outdoor dining for when the weather is nice.

They serve us complimentary tostadas, crackers, and salsa.

This is a Cevicheria so we share a Ceviche called Pescador (salmon & tuna marinated in lime juice with cucumber, cilantro, tomatoes, onion, avocado, serrano, & black sauce…It also is topped with a creamy mayo based sauce)

The fish seems very fresh. The sauce is sort of refreshing. It does have mild heat to it but it’s tasty. I’ll get this again sometime…Actually I mean we will get this again…It’s large for sharing. I wish it came in a half size.

We also share a single marlin taco.

It’s a nicely prepared taco that is generously packed.

My husband got the Shrimp marinated in lime & onion with avocado and CHILTEPIN sauce. (incase you don’t know chiltepin are very expensive but also are more delicious than other hot peppers. They also are VERY HOT and should be used sparingly.

He said that it was very good but almost too spicy hot to eat.

What we tried was Worth a Fork!

Cevicheria El Diamante is Worth a Fork!

Cevicheria El Diamante

2457 E. Tropicana Ave Las Vegas NV

702-202-1157

www.CevicheriaElDiamante.com

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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.

Yukon Pizza is Worth a Try!

Yukon Pizza

702-509-6691

1130 E Charleston Blvd Las Vegas NV

wwwYukonPizza.com

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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!

We didn’t try everything they got here but we did try a lot.

I have to say The Meat Wagon is Worth a Fork!

The Meat Wagon

7905 West Sahara Ave Las Vegas NV

725-735-7381

www.TheMeatWagon.us

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