Monthly Archives: July 2024

Our Trip to NdUlegence Restaurant – Las Vegas NV

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

Every THING is subject to change.

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Yoshiya Kitchen North Las Vegas NV – Worth a Try!

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

Every THING is subject to change.

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Cevicheria El Diamante Las Vegas NV – VERY GOOD Ceviche – Worth a Fork!

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!

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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Notable Dish Of The Week – The Truffle Garlic Mushroom Brie Taco with Spicy Raspberry Sauce from The Meat Wagon Las Vegas NV

We both enjoyed our meals from a Unique American restaurant in Las Vegas called The Meat Wagon.

I tried an assorted Taco Plate ( mushroom, fish, chicken). ((It comes with house made chips and are on house made grilled pita breads))

All three tacos were delicious but the most out of the ordinary taco was the –

Truffle, garlic, mushroom, brie, taco with spicy raspberry sauce.

I’ll be honest…….since I tell the FORKING Truth….I don’t really get the truffle but the combination is so oddball and so unusually delicious I have to give it to this one.

The Notable Dish of the week was the Truffle, Garlic, Mushroom, Brie Taco with Spicy Raspberry Sauce from The Meat Wagon.

The Meat Wagon

7905 W Sahara Ave Las Vegas NV

725-735-7381

www.TheMeatWagon.US

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NEW WEIrd difFERENT Limited and Special Edition Foods Out There July 2024

There is always something new, weird, different, limited, or special edition out there in the wonderful world of food. We just never know WTFork we’ll come across when we shop for food.

Up above is –

Limited Edition – Post Summer Fruity Pebbles. You are going to want to try Pebbles Cereal because “Everyone must get stoned.”

DIFFERENT – General Mills Trix Loaded cereal with vanilla cream filling. The vanilla cream must be smoking hot?…….

DIFFERENT – Post Waffle Crisp – So you can waffle between work and play.

LIMITED EDITION – Kettle Brand Sweet & Spicy GoChuJang Potato Chips. Dip-cisions Dip-cisions?

DIFFERENT – Trader Joes UBE Pretzels

DIFFERENT – Trader Joes UBE Joe-Joes vanilla and UBE sandwich cream cookies

DIFFERENT – Trader Joes UBE Tea Cookies

DIFFERENT – ARBY’S Horsey sauce and Arby’s Sauce…….

DIFFERENT – Chick-fil-a sweet and spicy stiracha and Barbecue sauce. Your food might get a little saucy?

DIFFERENT – Subway Baja Chipotle Dressing – wait there’s more-

DIFFERENT – Subway Creamy Italian and Roasted Garlic Aioli sauces

DIFFERENT – Theo’s Beet Jerky – It’s either good or beat.

DIFFERENT – Garlic Herb Sweet Potato Jerky…….This one might also be WEIRD?

NEW – Kellogg’s Pop tarts in frosted banana bread flavor……Instead of frosted banana flavor?

DIFFERENT and maybe NEW – Skippy PB Minis…..Might be good…Maybe I’ll find out?

WEIRD – Imperial Nuts Naturally Flavored Dill Pickle Macadamia Nuts….Why would anyone want their macadamia nuts to be dill pickled flavored?

I also found some DIFFERENT, maybe Weird, and possibly NEW Foods for DOGS!

DIFFERENT – Bark – Fruity Toot Loops with a ? surprise inside?…I don’t know about this…..Fruity TOOT Loops…sounds like possible Fart Treats?

DIFFERENT – Bark – Frosted Socks yogurt berry flavored treats with a ? (questionable) surprise inside……..Fruity treats that look like socks….guess that is kinda funny?

DIFFERENT – Bark – Go Nuttys Peanut Flavor with a ? questionable surprise inside….OK Moving on to the next one.

DIFFERENT – Bark – Lucky Duckies turducken soft dog treats with a questionable surprise inside????? Ummmmmm

Maybe NEW – Bark – Beefy Meat Hunks soft and meaty treats….Well this one sounds normal……

And there is usually something Oreo…..

LIMITED EDITION – The Most Oreo Cookies – N – Cream……Scan to dunk into the Oreoverse……

Here’s the Oreoverse

You can live a virtual life as an OREO!

Well that was the New, WEIRD, Different, limited and Special Edition Foods for July 2024. Who know WTFork we’ll come across next time…..

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Dining IN with DOGS July 2024 – Dogs Eating Cheeseburgers

I try to take my dogs out to eat at least once a week. It’s good for them. They enjoy going out. But it’s only safe to do when the weather is right. Lately it’s been too hot to dine out with dogs so we take them for a car ride and pick something up for them.

Today we took a car ride to Carl’s Jr.

The Giant Aussie/Cattledog just shoved the Beagle/Chihuahua out of his seat so she could watch the people working at Carl’s.

Look at her face she looks like she is watching television.

Here is their burger.

Onions and bread are removed. The dogs eat a quarter of the burger once a day as a treat.

The dogs always enjoy dining out but also always enjoy a Carl’s Jr Cheeseburger.

Then we took them out to In-N-Out Burger.

They always enjoy a cheeseburger from In-N-Out.

The next week was boiling hot again so the dogs went to In-N-Out Burger again. They seem very interested with the In-N-Out action.

At home they get to eat about 1/3 third of the cheeseburger as a treat for the next two days minus most of the bread.

They always enjoy eating cheeseburgers.

We also did take out from Lino’s Italian.

We took out a couple pizzas and a CHEESEBURGER for the dogs….

Lino’s Special Pizza MINUS the green pepper and onion.

Dog with spinach pizza

other dog with spinach pizza…

You know how it goes.

Dogs always love cheeseburgers

Lino’s Italian Restaurant

4210 W Craig Rd Las Vegas NV

702-655-1003

www.LinosPizzaItalian.com

That was Dining In With DOGS for July 2024. We hope that you have enjoyed and we hope to see you next month.

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In Memory of Louie 5-5-2001 – 3-3-2017

Yukon Pizza – Las Vegas NV – Very Good Pizza but seating is limited

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 Las Vegas NV – DIFFERENT maybe WEIRD but Worth a Fork!

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!

Worth a Fork!

The Meat Wagon

7905 West Sahara Ave Las Vegas NV

725-735-7381

www.TheMeatWagon.us

Every THING is subject to change.

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Notable Dish Of The Week – The House Made Bread & Ricotta Cheese from Monzu Italian Oven & Bar Las Vegas NV

The House Made Bread with House Made Ricotta Cheese is a very special treat that you get when you dine at Monzu Italian Oven & Bar in Las Vegas Nevada.

The Delicious craft bread gets its unique developed taste from an all natural over three hundred year old family mother starter made from apricots. This very special bread takes five days to prepare.

Then you get to dip the crusty bread into the oil and perfectly seasoned creamy house made ricotta cheese.

YUM!!!!!!!!

The Notable Dish of the week. The House made Bread & Ricotta Cheese from –

Monzu Italian Oven & Bar

6020 W Flamingo Rd Las Vegas NV

702-749-5959

www.MonzuLV.com

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Squeeze Cheese, Chicken Liver & Peanut Butter are helpful to give Medication to difficult Dogs

One of my dogs is older and is now on a lot of medications. This dog is difficult to give medication too. She even spits out pill pockets. She even spits out pill pockets without medication in them. When my last dog Louie was elderly and on lots of medications he was good with special doggy safe meatballs I used to make for him to hide pills. My current dog figured out that pills are inside the meatball so meatballs don’t work for her. The last few weeks chicken liver, squeeze cheese, and peanut butter are the only things that she will take pills in.

Here’s the squeeze cheese.

Squirt a small amount on your palm and insert pill.

Now squirt a little more to hide the pill.

Offer to dog.

Dog takes medication.

Then the slightly bigger pills I try to incase in Chicken Liver (just dump chicken livers from container into a baking dish in a preheated 350 degree F oven for around 30 minutes…you can season sparingly with a very small amount of sea salt and a very small amount of pepper)

Then I use squeeze cheese to coat the pill.

For bigger pills I use peanut butter.

I wrap the peanut butter around the pill and then offer to my patient.

Chicken Liver, Squeeze Cheese, and Peanut Butter are Helpful to give Medications to difficult dogs.

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