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.
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
USA Today Wine and Food Experience is a food and adult beverage festival with music and live demonstrations. This year it happens on 900 E Fremont Street in downtown Las Vegas Saturday October 12TH.
These were the latest list of expected food venders-
Others such as The Golden Tiki, Echo & Rig, Ferraro’s Ristorante, North Italia were on the list when I purchased my tickets. I didn’t notice Bowltastic or Craving Creole there but it is possible that I missed them?
Anyways
between my husband and me we got to sample almost everything food available. There was lots of wine and booze but we skipped that because it was 95 degrees here so it was too hot to enjoy booze outside.
First bite was something steak with Chile crisp from Project BBQ that was tasty and tender.
Next bite was very different than what I enjoyed from this restaurant previously.
Crack Shack Chicken sandwich was cold, unseasoned, and tough……
Peinto Thai served cold orange chicken, cold chicken wings, OK Asian pasta and fried rice.
Evel Pie served Pizza Cup Cakes
Off The Vine served only two vegan empanadas every 15 minutes……So almost nobody got to try this……..
Anima By Edo served very good detailed crab appetizers
Slater’s 50/50 was serving bacon macaroni and cheese balls and had the longest line of all the food venders.
But their balls were dry inside.
California Fish grill served a reasonably good mini fish platter.
Caviar Cartel Club served Italian Beef Sandwiches that weren’t so flavorful.
Not the best funnel cakes from Braud’s Funnel cake cafe (heavy and only a little powdered sugar)
Scallop plate from Water Grill Seafood Co
Refrigerator COLD pork sliders from Grillin McMillian
I am not planning on attending this festival next year.
One of the all-time-BEST recipes I ever came across was the Cook’s Country Cheddar Pierogi Recipe. (Published on here but slightly different I think the only difference was that I fried mine). Usually Pierogi are served like ravioli (just boiled) and the next day get served fried but I think pierogi are always tastier fried.
My ****UPDATE**** is that I just learned by accident that the pierogi come out even better if the filling is chilled hard. When the filling is fresh made it is too soft to shape and stuff well…..
I had chilled cheddar potato filling that I made for stuffed potatoes and I thought the leftover I’d make into pierogi. That is how I figured it out.
That is my update to Cook’s Country Potato Cheddar Pierogi Recipe.
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.
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.
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.
This was a better than average week with a lot of great food. One of the dishes that is always incredible is Emeril’s Banana Cream Pie. It’s so life changing that even if you hate banana cream pies you will love this one. My husband HATES banana cream pies but also loves Emeril’s Banana Cream Pie because it really is FORKING AMAZING and like no other. It’s just FORKING DELICIOUS. It is a sin and a shame if you go anywhere where there is a Emeril’s Restaurant and don’t get the Banana Cream Pie.
Available in several states but my last one was at….
