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NEW WEird diffERENt Limited & Special Edition Foods Out There May 2025

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There is always something New, Weird, Different, Limited, & Special Edition in the wonderful world of food. We just never know WTFork we’ll come across when we shop for food

Up above is –

WEIRD – Birdman Fitmingo Blueberry Dietary Supplement. WOW who knew? Berry good?

DIFFERENT – Limoncello Mild Cheddar Cheese …….um lemony cheddar? Zestfully good?

DIFFERENT – Sunkist PINK Cara Cara Oranges. Orange you happy to see them?

It’s Just NUTS the things they do to NUTS!

WEIRD – Blue Diamond Almonds – Bold – ARTIFICIALLY Flavored Spicy DILL Pickle – They are bold and weird. The first thing that hits me is acid. Then they are spicy and do actually taste like dill. But all the flavors fade fast.

DIFFERENT- Planters Duos – Espresso flavored Hazelnuts AND Cocoa flavored Cashews ……Words can not ESPRESSO how much I think this is weird.

DIFFERENT – Planters Duos – Peppercorn flavored Pistachios AND Parmesan flavored Cashews…..Ummmm not as weird?

WEIRD – Planters Dill Pickle Flavored Cashews – NOPE! WHY? Can they do better than Blue Diamond Dill Pickle Almonds? ……..ICK!

REALLY DIFFERENT – Craize Guava Snack Crackers……..? Do they need jam?

DIFFERENT – Craize – Sweet Corn Snack Crackers – Sound tasty but kinda corny.

DIFFERENT – Popadelics – Trippin Truffle Parm Crunchy Mushroom Chips …They sound fun and tasty but are far too expensive to try….Like $9.00 for an ounce and a half bag…Maybe this will grow on me?

DIFFERENT – Popadelics Rosemary and Salt Crunchy Mushroom Chips…This one I’m not sure? Prta-hello?

NEW – Nabisco Chips Ahoy Baked Blondie Bites …..Some prefer brownies?

DIFFERENT – Foghat Culinary Smoking Fuel in Bourbon Resurrection and Cherry Tempest – I Hat a Feeling.

NEW – Skittles Pop’d in a freeze dried variety in original and sour – A bit Tart today.

DIFFERENT – Shaq A Licious XL Gummies in Peach Berry Punch & Orange – Chew love?

DIFFERENT – Sour Strips in Pink Lemonade Flavor – Bitter days

LIMITED EDITION – A&W Ice Cream Sundae Soda in Regular and Zero Sugar. Will. you scream for it?

NEW – Popeyes sauces – Blackened Ranch, Sweet Heat, & Mardi Gras Mustard

DIFFERENT – Smirnoff Spicy Tamarind Vodka

And there is usually something Oreo.

DIFFERENT – Java Chip Oreo Cookies with Coffee Flavor Cream and Chocolate Chips

and

DIFFERENT – Nabisco – ARTIFICALLY Flavored Toffee Crunch Flavor Creme Oreo Cookies

Well that was the New Weird Different Limited and Special Edition Foods for May 2025. Who knows WTFork we’ll come across next month.

The Forking Truth

Dining With Dogs in Las Vegas NV – May 2025

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Dining with DOGS is just a “Fuff” Story about taking my dogs out to eat. It all sort of started with my late dog Louie. He was elderly and came down with aggressive cancer. He couldn’t do a lot but he always enjoyed going out to eat so I took him out to eat as often as possible. Instead of his 3-6 month diagnosis Louie made it another 17 months. Today I take my current dogs out to eat when the weather is right and when I can.

We made it to Market Grill Cafe. It’s a Greek/Italian Restaurant in the Centennial Part of Las Vegas. This restaurant is really dog friendly as they even have a menu just for DOGS.

I enjoyed their signature pomegranate walnut chicken salad.

I didn’t give the dogs any chicken from this salad because I know walnuts are harmful to dogs. Don’t know about the pomegranate but I did give them some feta cheese.

My husband had a gyro bowl.

The dogs had some gyro meat.

The dogs had their own steak and rice bowls and a chicken and rice bowl.

Each dog had steak, chicken, and rice and a water bowl was served to them too!

The Dogs enjoyed dining out at Market Grill Cafe.

Market Grill Cafe

7070 N Durango Dr Las Vegas NV

702-396-0070

www.MarketGrillCafe.com

The next week the dogs enjoyed a variety of foods from our local California Fish Grill.

They got salmon and beans from my salmon power bowl with added avocado.

They also enjoyed crispy parmesan String Beans

And some breaded fish from my husband’s Fish & Chips plate and salmon and beans from my plate.

“yum!”

“Yum” “Give me more!”

California Fish Grill

6440 Centennial Circle Blvd Las Vegas NV

www.CAFishGrill.com

The phone number for this restaurant I am not certain is correct because it is the same as the Fort Apache location 725-231-7444

This week we went to Those Guys Pies. If this restaurant seems familiar then maybe you saw them on Food Network’s Diners Drive Ins and Dives. This restaurant specializes in Cheesesteaks and Pizza. The dogs got craft beef biscuits from the dog vending machine inside the restaurant.

After that they got to eat some cheesesteak.

And some chicken hoagie.

The dogs always enjoy going to Those Guys Pies.

Those Guys Pies

5585 Simmons St North Las Vegas NV

725-251-5826

www.ThoseGuysPies.com

The Next week it was 100 degrees outside so we took the dogs threw an In-N-Out Drive Thru.

www.In-N-Out.com

Well that was Dining With DOGS for May 2025. We Hope You’ve enjoyed and we hope to see you next month.

The Forking Truth
In Memory of Louie 5-5-2001 – 3-3-2017

Ginza Izakaya Japanese Restaurant – Amazing to Awful maybe just not ready for prime time? Las Vegas NV

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Ginza Izakaya Japanese Restaurant opened this spring in the Centennial (North West) part of Las Vegas Nevada. It’s a small restaurant that is only open for dinner.

If you get seated at a booth it is well lit but if you get seated in the main dining area you need to use your cell phone as a flash light. You can order a la cart or choose the multi course menu.

We started out with the chicken karaage (fried chicken appetizer).

The chicken tastes unseasoned and floury. The dipping mayo on the side doesn’t help much.

The Toro Nigiri – The fish has a melt in your mouth quality like from better sushi restaurants but the rice under the fish is loose and wet……..and falls apart.

The spicy tuna salad is good.

The hamachi Kama (fish collar). is severely over cooked to a point where the meat is dry and stringy. I don’t know how they cooked it but it seemed microwaved to me because I burnt my mouth trying to eat it stayed burning hot.

The shishito pepper skewer is delicious and very good and the same with the shiitake mushroom skewer.

The pork belly skewer is very dry.

The SPECTACULAR BITE was the wagyu skewer …..WOW it really was an amazing bite of delicious flavor and just melted in the mouth like butter. It seemed like it was from a $$$$$ restaurant…not a neighborhood restaurant.

My visit was a mix of hits and misses….so Good Luck!

Ginza Izakaya Japanese Restaurant

9570 W Skye Canyon Park Las Vegas NV

702-838-8889

No website can be found for Ginza Izakaya Japanese Restaurant

Every THING is subject to change.

The Forking Truth

Foods that You can make – Showing Off

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I’m just showing off just a few of the recipes that you can find here on www.TheForkingTruth.com

Potato & Cheese Pierogi are delicious and everyone loves them.

You can’t go wrong with chocolate chip cookies and sweet potato pies either.

You can find Pate A Chox (eclair or cream puff pastry) here

Macaroni and Cheese Stuffed Mini Potatoes

Made a less spicy variation of my almost FAMOUS chipotle rice stuffed potato string wrapped peppers…..See almost famous was featured on from page of the food section.

For a group I brought.

Pizza with heirloom tomato slices, Maple Bourbon Goat Cheese Pickled Beet Tacos, Stuffed Peppers with Chipotle Rice and Potato String Crust.

Brought more of those strawberry chocolate ricotta pastries.

Home made crackers with jalapeño cheese ball slices

Radish Slice, Blue Cheese Butter, & Sriracha

Pub Cheese Roses on Home Made Cracker

Home Made Pesto, Blue Cheese Butter, on Home Made Cracker

Cheese Pizza Buns

Cherry Filled Cookies with Chocolate Drizzle

That was a little Showing Off and Recipes or variations of the recipes can be found here in the serch.

The Forking Truth

My Trip to Shawarma Paradise – Las Vegas NV

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Shawarma Paradise is a casual Glatt Kosher Mediterranean Restaurant located near to the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas Nevada. They offer a limited menu of shawarma (beef & chicken), chicken schnitzel, falafel, or vegetable on pita, baguette, laffa, or as an entree plate. Whatever you order you add many different dips, spreads, and vegetables from the bar to enhance your plate. It’s very casual and you order and pay at the counter.

I tried a chicken schnitzel plate.

It’s a massive amount of food that is more than one meal for most people. I got hummus, Israeli salad, pickles, sumac onions, cabbage salad, pickled cauliflower, pickled carrots, rice, tomato sauce, and a hot pita bread. Everything is ok but the chicken is over cooked and very dry today. The hummus is a very good quality but could use a squeeze of lemon and a pinch of cumin.

My husband got the 1/2 beef 1/2 chicken shawarma plate with fries.

It’s all ok but some of the shawarma is very dry and the fries are soggy.

The people working there seemed pleasant and the restaurant seemed very clean.

Parking was easy and close.

That was my trip to Shawarma Paradise.

Shawarma Paradise

4850 W Flamingo Rd Las Vegas NV

702-720-0371

www.ShawarmaParadise.com

Every THING is subject to change.

The Forking Truth

Quality Thai – Las Vegas NV – Worth a Fork!

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Quality Thai is a small Thai Restaurant located in the Centennial or North/West part of Las Vegas Nevada. They only have six tables inside so when they get busy you either have to wait for a table or do take out.

The day I was there they only had two people to cook, answer phones, and to serve customers.

We started out by sharing the Vegetable Thai Fresh Rolls.

They are fresh salad that is wrapped in rice paper that you dip in an Asian sort of peanut-ee sauce.

For my main I tried the Garlic Thai Basil Eggplant with Chicken and I picked #6 out of 10 for heat.

The eggplants are sweet and creamy and seem free of oil. The chicken is still moist and it’s in a basil infused sauce that is lightly laced with other flavors. Some crispy shallots were sprinkled on to the dish. For me the #6 is just right for heat for this dish.

My husband tried the Thai Basil with Shrimp that is also known as Pad Kra Pao.

I hear that it was good but my husband will order a #7 for heat next time instead of the #8 he ordered this time.

No problems here and all the food was good.

Worth a Fork!

Worth a Fork!

Quality Thai

6710 W Hualapai Way Las Vegas NV

702=476-3663

www.Quality-Thai.com

Every THING is subject to change.

The Forking Truth

Las Vegas Brewing Company – Centennial Las Vegas NV – Worth a Fork! and they fry magically well!

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Las Vegas Brewing Company (according to website…I found different info on net) Has two locations in Las Vegas Nevada. Both Locations are Craft Breweries. The Downtown location offers a more limited food menu. The Centennial Location offers many appetizers, flatbreads, salads, sandwiches, desserts and more.

The Centennial Location has a large bar and a dining room with a view of the beer production to the rear of the dining room.

We started out by trying the Beer Battered Mushrooms.

They came with some sort of onion and sherry dip. Gosh they are so light. It’s more like mushrooms that are perfectly cooked with the thinnest lightest oil free coating ever. They don’t even get soggy. They are magically fried more perfect than I ever had in my life.

I tried the seared Tuna Salad. It came with a soy ginger vinaigrette.

It’s good with a nice but light good flavor. I think again that it is good but kinda plain……When I got home I re-read the menu and now I know it was missing cucumber and red radish. Oh well.

My husband enjoyed the Steakhouse Burger (medium-rare) with house made chips.

This burger was cooked medium-rare as requested and was embellished with mushrooms, caramelized onion jam, bacon, sharp cheddar cheese, and on the side was a creamy horseradish sauce. He was thrilled with this burger and the really tasty MAGICALLY OIL FREE chips on the side.

Las Vegas Brewing Company (Centennial location) is Worth a Fork!

Worth a Fork!

Las Vegas Brewing Company

3101 N Tenya Way Las Vegas NV

702-333-4858

www.LVBrewCo.com

Every THING is subject to change.

The Forking Truth

FORKING Thoughts on Kitchen Aid Stand Mixers

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According to EVERYONE on the internet Kitchen Aid Stand Mixers are by far the best that any home cook can buy. I had mine around 15 or so years and noticed that it seems to make noises and gets so hot I think it might catch on fire. I read that the average age for a Ktchen Aid Mixer to last is about 15 years so maybe I’m due to replace it.

Recently I noticed that Kitchen Aid Mixers were on sale at Costco so I picked out a new one. When I picked it up I noticed that it isn’t as heavy as my old one……..?

I made a batch of dough and I wanted it to mix for ten minutes.

Then after 4 minutes it stopped.

I tried a few more times to start it up.

I returned it back to Costco. I still have my old Kitchen Aid Stand Mixer. Maybe it will work a few more times?

The Forking Truth

A Taste of Skye Thai Grab & Go – Las Vegas NV – Worth a Try!

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Skye Thai Restaurant is a sort of Grab & Go Thai Restaurant located in the Centennial Area of Las Vegas Nevada. It’s very casual. You order and pay at the counter. You either take out or you can sit at one of the four tables in the restaurant.

They offer most of your usual Thai Favorites and a few dishes not so common at Thai Restaurants like Brussels Sprouts, Chicken Pho, and Pumpkin/Zucchini with Egg. Soft beverages are offered here. For dessert they offer Coconut Ice Cream with Roti and Banana Fritters. Whatever you order the food is served in to go containers. Also most of the dishes come with your choice of heat from 1-10. For my taste 6 is plenty hot and 4 is mildly hot but my husband likes #8.

So far we tried –

Egg Rolls

Brussels Sprouts
Pumpkin Zucchini with Egg
Pad Kra Pao

Green Curry with Chicken

Glass Noodle Salad (contains shrimp & pork)

Pad See Eiw (Crispy pork with noodles)

Pla Rad Prik (Crispy Fish in a slightly sweet chili sauce with green beans and crisp basil) Everything was good but this dish was my personal favorite so far.

Skye That Grab & Go is CERTAINLY Worth a try!

Skye Thai

9650 W Skye Canyon Park Dr Las Vegas NV

702-998-6647

I haven’t found a website for Skye That but they are listed on some take out sites.

Every THING is subject to change.

The Forking Truth

A Taste of Lunch at Boom Bang Fine Food & Cocktails – Henderson NV

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Boom Bang Fine Food & Cocktails is an American Brasserie by former Top Chef and Joël Robuchon Chef Elia Aboumrad -Page and Husband, staff and others. If the chef or restaurant sounds familiar to you then perhaps you saw the chef on Food Network’s “24 in 24 Las Chef Standing” That is currently going on at Food Network.

The restaurant is stylish inside. There’s a reflective ceiling, cactus wallpaper adorns the walls. The tables are set with wine glasses and starter plates.

To one side is sort of breakfast counter.

To the other side is a traditional looking bar.

It looked so good when we walked in that we had to try the star bread (marinara, cheese, pesto, rosemary).

It’s a richer, softer, braided type of bread.

We also tried the buffalo cauliflower with C’s Rojo sauce.

Tasty….Not too hot…and Rich Chunky Blue Cheese Dressing on the side.

For my main I tried what they call Steak Fritas with salad or fries (I picked salad).

It’s a good sized portion. Most of the steak is tender….Only a few pieces on the ends I can’t chew. The salad is fresh and has a very good but plain dressing on it.

My husband got the French Dip.

The house made bread is outstanding…….It’s like eating bread in Philadelphia……….The meat is also a generous portion with good flavor that is tender. It also has some delicious caramelized onions……..but it needs a lot of the au jus to be moist. It also comes with horseradish cream, fries, and ketchup.

We also shared the lemon meringue tart.

The lemon curd is amazing but loose. The Italian meringue is good but loose like the filling. The crust is hard and substantial.

That was a taste of lunch at –

Boom Bang Fine Food and Cocktails

75 S Valle Verde Dr Henderson NV

702-478-6200

www.BoomBang.Restaurant

Every THING is subject to change.

The Forking Truth