Monthly Archives: September 2024

My Forking Thoughts on Pumpkin Pie M&M’s – Oy Veh

I used to love M&M’s Candies. I grew up enjoying the original and peanut varieties and latter I enjoyed the almond variety. Over the decades these candies changed things up and also introduced new flavors. Some I liked and some I didn’t care for……It’s been a very long time since I found a new flavor so I gave these Pumpkin Pie M&M’s a try.

WOW! It says on the front of bag ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR ………how good can that be?……..

Anyways

The M&M’s are different colors (Orange, Brown, White) and different sizes? Regular and mega?

I taste some…….I taste some more……

These are just too fake tasting to identify.

They sure DON’T TASTE ANYTHING LIKE PUMPKIN PIE

But even worse……

They don’t taste like chocolate either….

They are kinda sweet but not too sweet like some of them….

They just don’t taste like anything familiar.

Those were my FORKING THOUGHTS on Pumpkin Pie M&M’s I do note that YOUR FORKING THOUGHTS may indeed differ.

The Forking Truth

Famous Chicago Style Tacos North Las Vegas NV – Worth a Try!

Famous Chicago Style Tacos is a small casual order at the counter taco restaurant located in a strip mall on Craig Road in North Las Vegas NV.

Besides tacos they also offer a few breakfast items, burritos, a quesadilla, nachos, tortas, a taco salad, and fries.

I got three tacos. Two chicken tacos and one carne asada.

I got small sized but very well packed double shelled corn tacos. I like the chicken tacos more than the asada…………because the asada doesn’t have much flavor to it…..On the side are three bottles of house salsas to try with them. One of the green salsas is FLAMING HOT…..The red salsa seems medium to me, and the mild green salsa has much more flavors in it than the others………I like using the mild because of all the flavors and in the middle I use one of the spicier salsas and it works well for me that way.

My husband got four tacos with rice and beans.

Rice and beans are average. Some tacos are better tasting than others…….

(carnitas good but a little dry today. barbacoa maybe the best tasting of all the tacos. cecina ((thin salted steak)) a little dry and not as delicious as the barbacoa. chorizo good.)

Reasonably priced and Worth a Try! (Lunch for two was under $30.)

Famous Chicago Style Taco

3415 W Craig Road North Las Vegas NV

702-823-2315

I haven’t found a working website for this restaurant.

Every THING is subject to change.

The Forking Truth

Namu Korean Tapas & BBQ Las Vegas NV – Worth a Try! (If you skip the Kalbi Patties)

Namu Korean Tapas & BBQ is located in the North/West Part of Las Vegas Nevada. This restaurant offers a menu of Tapas items and also Korean BBQ. Soft Beverages and Soju, and beer are served here.

The main dining room is a mix of tables and booths. Smaller rooms are also available.

They start you off with radish, kimchi, and fish cakes.

Then it’s up to you on what to try………..

We started with the fresh “MADE IN HOUSE RICOTTA” Salad.

It sure isn’t “Tapas” sized to me but both of us thought that this was an unusually delicious salad. Something about the creamy fresh cheese, almonds, and vinegar is so good! We packed most of this up for latter.

Felt different about the next plate. It’s a BIG FAT NO!

These were Kalbi Short Rib Balls. They came out all dried out and not so tasty…..I can NOT recommend getting them to anyone 🙁 🙁 🙁

The salmon carpaccio was interesting and different with pesto on it……..This was good.

Tasty…..and have leftovers to bring back for latter.

They called this a bulgogi arancini………..To us it is not arancini but really was tasty…They should call it Korean Bulgogi and parm rice ball.

My husband can fit in another plate so he tried the Korean Sausage with a tasty honey mustard.

He called this hot dogs…..

Namu Korean Tapas & BBQ is Worth a Try! (If you skip the Kalbi Patties)

702-489-3981

3350 Novat Street Las Vegas NV

www.NamuTapas.com

Every THING is subject to change.

The Forking Truth

A Little Taste of Double Zero Pie & Pub – Las Vegas NV – Top 50 Pizza in USA

Double Zero Pie & Pub is located in China Town in Las Vegas Nevada. They say that they are a Neo-Neapolitan Tokyo Style Pizza Shop. (on my visits I noticed the double Duo does periodically change)

A few of the appetizers have ingredients in them such as yuzu kosho, aged fish sauce, and enoki mushrooms.

It’s not a big place so you might need a reservation.

Here’s the Burrata E Pesto Pizza (white sauce, for Di Latte, Dorati Tomatoes, Basil, Pistachio Pesto, Burrata, Parmesan Frico, Balsamic Glaze)

The crust is thin with a thick chewy blistered edge and is developed with flavors. I don’t really notice a white sauce but there is a very good play of flavors between the cheeses, pistachio pesto, tomatoes, and balsamic.

The Funghi Pizza has a white sauce that also isn’t very noticeable. It also contains fior di latte, mozzarella, garlic butter mushrooms, charred green onion, parmesan, chives, and sea salt. Today the mushrooms are kinda hard and slightly burnt tasting but the crust is very good.

TheEggplant Caponata also is made of red sauce, fior di latte, Dorati Tomatoes, Calabrian Chili Oil, olive tapenade, herb labneh, and chives. Tasty but I’m not really feeling caponata here….Maybe more like eggplant pizza only because I’m not getting the sweet and sour that caponata normally has.

The Diavola (Red Sauce, Fior Di Latte, Spicy Sausage, Giardiniera, Spicy Soppressata, Marinated Roasted Peppers) Is not for Tenderfoots and so far is my husband’s favorite pizza that he tried here.

That was a little Taste of Double Zero Pie & Pub.

3853 Spring Mountain Rd

702-463-0755

www.DoubleZeroPie.com

Every THING is subject to change.

The Forking Truth