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Lucino’s Pizza – Paradise NV – A Philly Sports Theme Pizza/Cheese Steak Restaurant – Worth a Try!

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Lucino’s Pizza is a casual Pizza/Cheese Steak Restaurant with a Philly Sports Theme kind of atmosphere. It’s located not too far from the Las Vegas airport. Besides offering a variety of pizzas they also offer appetizers and a few of them are fried enoki (Out of the enoki on our visit), chicken parm egg rolls, and a variety of fries. They also offer salads, cheese steaks, stromboli, calzone, hot sandwiches, pastas, wings, a vegan menu, a secret menu, desserts, and more.

It casual but with wait service. You do need to seat yourself and someone will take your order shortly.

We started out by sharing the Pino’s Peppers (tempura fried jalapeños with Cheese Whiz, crispy vegetables, and Blue Cheese Dressing or Ranch.

Today these are very tasty. We were told that sometimes the jalapeños run extra hot but today they were mild.

For my main I tried what they call The Philly Philly (What Philadelphians call a steak hoagie or Cheese Steak Hoagie) – Liscoio’s Roll from NJ, Ribeye, Lettuce, tomato, raw onion, mayo, American Cheese,,,,,,Mine without American Cheese and added cherry peppers

I have no complaints. It was pretty good. The only thing missing is the clank CLANK clank that you would hear at a Philly Place like Pat’s from the spatulas clanking against the grill.

My husband really enjoyed the Joey’s Philly – Liscio’s Roll , Ketchup (he substituted marinara), fried onions, hot cherry peppers, chopped ribeye, and COOPER SHARP American cheese) My husband really enjoyed this.

If you want a little taste of Philly Lucino’s Pizza is certainly Worth a Try!

Lucino’s Pizza

3035 East Tropicana Ave Paradise NV

725-205-2414

www.LucinosPizza.com

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Shawarma Vegas – Kosher Mediterranean NEW Location****

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**********Shawarma Vegas is a Kosher Mediterranean Restaurant located not too far from the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada. The original location was a very casual order at the counter type place about fifteen minutes away in Summerlin. The NEW location has more seating that is fancier, a bar, and offers beer and wine and maybe some cocktails (I noticed various vodkas in the bar area).

We ordered some falafels and a three meat plate to share (shawarma (they do turkey shawarma here), beef kabobs, and chicken thigh.

They always start you off with lots of side salad plates, hummus, tahini, and a fluffy pita bread.

We had to ask for muhamara (pepper eggplant dip) and baba ganoush today. We also didn’t get the sumac onions. The hot fluffy pita bread is very good. The falafels are also really great with shattering crisp exteriors and moist herby centers.

I forgot to photo my main plate today but this one from the original location is close to what we had but doesn’t show the grilled chicken thigh that was very good. (also the fries were skinny ones today).

The Beef Kabobs are always amazing! One of the best ground beef dishes that you can get anywhere. The chicken dishes so far are also always amazingly moist and delicious. Doesn’t matter if you order breast, thigh, or schnitzel all are the best. The shawarma is always flavored well but does differ in moisture from time to time. Liked the wide fries better than the thin fries today.

The one owner named “Guy” is very welcoming and friendly. The man that was serving us today keeps to himself so it was a different experience.

Shawarma Vegas is in a new location.****

8665 W Flamingo Road Las Vegas Nevada

702-703-7700

www.ShawarmaVegas.com

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Asian Inspired 5 Spice Turkey Meatballs Recipe

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Something different. Some of the meatballs I used for appetizers and just wrapped wonton wrappers around them. Serving size is difficult to determine. I made 69 meatballs. I think for dinner depending on your appetite you need 4-5 meatballs for a dinner serving per person. Maybe three meatballs for a lunch sandwich. And only one or two a person if you are serving them as appetizers.

Ingredients for around 15 dinners

3 lbs ground turkey

4 oz mushroom powder

4 Tablespoons soy sauce

4 Tablespoons shaohsing

3 Tablespoons sesame oil

1 oz garlic cloves – ground to paste

4 oz grated ginger

1 cup scallion slices

2 Tablespoons 5 spice

6 eggs

1 cup panko

1/4 cup dark brown sugar

non stick spray

Sauce

1/2 cup hoisin

2 Tablespoons sriracha (to taste they all taste different)

2 Tablespoons tahini

2 Tablespoons date syrup

2 Tablespoons ketchup

1/2 teaspoon ground ginger

2 Tablespoons mirin

1 Tablespoon black vinegar

cilantro, scallions, chives for finishing

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 and spray sheet pans with non stick spray.

In a large mixing bowl mix together the ground turkey, mushroom powder, soy sauce, shaohsing, sesame oil, garlic, grated ginger, scallions, 5 spice, eggs, panko, and dark brown sugar. Use a meatball scooper and space them slightly. They need 15-20 in the oven.

In a small mixing bowl mix together the hoisin, sriracha, tahini, dare syrup, ketchup, ginger, mirin, and black vinegar. You can warm it up to go on fresh meatballs or apply it when cooking or serve it on the side.

Finish with cilantro and more scallions or chives.

Enjoy!

Asian Inspired 5 Spice Turkey Meatballs

Or you can add a wonton wrapper and re-heat in oven at 350F for about 30 minutes from cold and serve like appetizers. Then top with warmed sauce.

Asian Inspired 5 Spice Turkey Meatballs with Hoisin Sauce – just wet wrapper and wrap around meatball and reheat at 350 (when chilled) for about 30 minutes
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Winchell’s Pub & Grill – North Las Vegas – Large Portions & Low Prices – Good if you don’t care what it tastes like

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Winchell’s Pub & Grill is a 24/7 American Restaurant, Bar, and Gaming Type of Place with 2 locations. The North Las Vegas Location has a separate bar and gaming area.

Then here is part of the dining area. I noticed behind this room is another dining room and a patio.

I sat in a booth and the springs seem busted.

It’s not a wine place so I tried a Bloody Mary.

I don’t know what I am tasting?

It also doesn’t seem like there is alcohol in it…..I don’t know why but this is very difficult to drink. (yuk)

My husband tried a cup of chili.

He said it’s not seasoned much. It’s mostly ground beef and beans and is very thick like a sloppy Joe.

I tried the Fish and Chips with sweet potato fries.

They forgot to give me the slaw that comes with it.

The sweet potato fries came with a small cup of cinnamon sugar on the side for the fries. I think the fries are ok. The cod is fried nicely but seems to be unseasoned. The tartar sauce seems mostly unseasoned too. I don’t know why this doesn’t taste good to me? I used lemon and added stuff to the tartar sauce to make it taste better but this still doesn’t taste good to me. I took a bunch home for my dogs. My older dog was extra crazy about it. It was prepared just right for her and the elderly.

My husband tried the Nashville Hot Chicken Sandwich.

The menu reads THIGHS but this chicken was white meat.

I tasted a small piece. It’s not spicy and it taste burnt to me.

My husband did disagree about the burnt taste but did agree not spicy and weird tasting.

He thought the potato salad tasted like from a tub and also lacked seasoning.’

The slaw was kinda weird and had walnuts in it.

Large potions – Low Prices – Good if you don’t care what it tastes like.

Winchell’s Pub & Grill

702-636-4949

www.WinchellsPub.com

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Parsley Modern Mediterranean – Rampart – Las Vegas NV – Much Better than Similar National Chain Place – Worth a Try!

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Parsley Modern Mediterranean is a fast/casual “Chipotle Style” Mediterranean Restaurant with four locations in Las Vegas Nevada. You build your platter as you go down the line.

We both ordered plates – one was a chicken schnitzel plate and the other was 1/2 beef, 1/2 chicken shawarma.

We also shared an order of falafels.

The Falafels are very good here. They have crisp exteriors and very herby middles.

Much better than a similar National Casual Mediterranean Chain.

Worth a Try!

Parsley Modern Mediterranean – Rampart

2239 N Rampart Blvd Las Vegas NV

www.EatParsley.com

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A Taste of Via Via Food Hall at the Venetian – Las Vegas NV

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A New Food Hall recently opened in the Venetian on the casino floor called Via Via Food Hall. We did a little sampling here and there.

Eater Las Vegas said one of the best bites of the month was the Medium-Hot Chicken Sando from Howl’in Ray’s so I had to try it.

And we tried Shake Fries with Comeback Sauce.

Fries are hot and fresh, nicely seasoned, and with fluffy interiors. The sauce is tasty.

The Sando is quite large.

The white meat breaded chicken is nice and moist. The exterior is crisp and not oily. It does have layers of flavors, some heat and an added slight sweetness to it. The slaw, dill pickles, and sauce complement it well. The only thing that I am not sure about is the choice of bun they used because it disintegrates as you eat it….

Next we share one order of wagyu pastrami buns from Ivan Ramen. (pastrami made in house with sour kraut and Japanese/Russian Dressing)

They accidentally burnt our order and said we had to wait a little for a re-make.

The pastrami is almost burnt again and is slice too thin. I can taste that it is almost good but looks nothing like what they serve at their New York Location. Below is how it can look from the New York location.

Above photo is the Wagyu Pastrami Bun from Ivan Ramen New York.

I did try a few bites of Scarr’s Pizza.

It is good and does remind me of an actual slice of pizza from New York because it has that special oiliness that pizza from New York has. Scarr’s variation might be slightly thinner and lighter.

My husband gives a fried bologna sandwich a try from Turkey and the Wolf.

Of course he got it without the mayonnaise. This sandwich is made with house made potato chips, cheese, lettuce, honey mustard, and fried bologna on what looks like Texas Toast. He thought the flavors and textures were very good but would have liked better on regular white bread because it just was too much bread for his taste.

That was a little taste of Via Via Food Hall at The Venetian on the Casino Floor.

3355 S Las Vegas Blvd Las Vegas NV

702-414-1000

www.Venetian.com

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