Forking Fantabulous means life changing. It’s crazy amazing. It’s the reason why you must try this restaurant.
I had the very best tuna steak that I have ever had in my life at Mother Wolf in the Fontainebleau on the Las Vegas Strip. No other tuna steak can even compare…To the taste and tenderness. Maybe it was fresher than I am used to?
The sauces around it were magical…..There was a cherry tomato sauce called pomodoro e pomodorini, They were the most tomato-ee sweet tomatoes ever.
It had olives that never had before that were really different called taggiasca olives.
The dish also contained capers and LOTS of basil.
This was the very best tuna dish that I have ever tried anywhere.
P.S. or PRO TIP – You have to order the chef’s signature focaccia bread called sfincione to mop up all that goodness.
The Tonna Alla Puttanesca from Mother Wolf is Worth a Fork!
Thai Spoon is a Thai Restaurant that is located in the North/West part of Las Vegas Nevada. They offer your usual Thai Favorites and also some vegan dishes and more seafood dishes that you normally see on Thai menus. Some of the seafood offerings are salmon teriyaki, seabass panang, catfish pad cha, seafood curry in young coconut, and house scallops. I noticed that they also offer plenty of bottles of wine here.
For seating they have 1/2 booths and whole booths.
We started out by sharing the chicken potstickers.
Here they are fried crispy all over. Inside they are very mild with juicy moist chicken and a soy type is on the side for dipping.
The seabass panang was seared nicely and prepared masterfully with a melt in your mouth texture.
The curry is smooth, a little basil-ee, with a nice heat. (I picked #7 out of 10)
The spicy basil has that traditional spicy, garlic basil taste.
But instead of hand chopped protein or sliced protein the meat was ground……..To me that is strange because all the spicy basil dishes we’ve tried in Pennsylvania, Arizona, and California the protein for spicy basil was always either hand chopped or sliced…….I’m thinking that ground meat in spicy basil might be a “Nevada Thing.”
Little Green Tomato Candies were given to us with the check. I thought the candy was green tomato but someone wrote to me and said the candy is guava flavored.
Born And Raised is a 24/7 Sports Bar and Restaurant with four locations in Las Vegas. Besides bar drinks they also offer bar bites like bulgogi tacos, crispy zucchini, and steak poutine. They also offer salads, wraps, burgers, sliders, all day breakfast, and what they call favorites like buffalo chicken macaroni and cheese, dragon bowls, and tequila lime chicken pasta.
You can sit in the bar area.
Or you can have a seat in the main dining area with lots of big screen TVs.
In this room is one strange hilarious chair.
Anyways-
I thought the Bar Signature Salad sounded great so that’s what I ordered.
It’s moist chicken breast (They say it’s blackened but isn’t so blackened but it is tasty and moist so that’s ok). This salad also contains greens, strawberries, oranges, candied pistachios, goat cheese, and strawberry dressing. It was just right for me today. I’d get it again.
My husband said that the Mexico City Prime Beef Burger was very good!
They cooked it to a perfect medium-rare as requested. This burger is topped with pepper jack cheese, an onion ring, pickled jalapeno, and chipotle mayo (left off at request) and comes with lettuce, tomato slice, raw onion, and fries.
Based on this visit I’d say that Born And Raised is Worth a Try!
Mother Wolf is a Luxury Roman – Italian Restaurant located in the Fontainebleau Casino/Hotel on the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada. The James Beard Award Winning Chef of this restaurant is Chef Evan Funke. Who is a Master Pasta Maker.
The two stand out dishes offered here are the Sfincione (chef’s Signature focaccia) and his cacio e pepe.
It’s a large formal restaurant with more than one dining area, a bar, and an open kitchen. Rap music fills the air…..
We started out by sharing some of the chef’s signature focaccia called Sfincione.
It’s hot out of the oven. It’s fluffy, moist, and tasty.
Next is our pasta course. This was Linguine Al Lemon (oil, lemon, asparagus, pecorino cheese)
It’s delicious, well seasoned and prepared with perfect pasta….
I ordered the tuna alla puttanesca (big eye tuna steak, tomatoes, Taggiasca olives, capers, basil)
This is drop the mike moment – GET THIS – THIS IS THE DISH TO GET! And you need some of the sfincione (focaccia) to help mop things up.
To start with the tuna is also amazing. It’s a large portion and is maybe the freshest tasting tuna I ever had anywhere. It’s also tender as can be. These tomatoes are also the best tasting tomatoes. There are different flavors of basil here, pops of capers, fancy little olives that are different. This dish is a reason on why you would dine here.
My husband ordered the Saltimbocca (pounded veal, prosciutto, sage, white wine, butter, lemon, with a wild arugula salad.)
Tonight the veal is a little tough and dry….but still edible. Instead of our waiter waiting for us to take a few bites…Instead he asked us how the plates were as soon as they arrived. We told him that the plates looked good……
The wild arugula salad.
My husband said that this salad was very good and insisted that I taste it…..I thought the vinegar used was incredibly harsh. I can’t eat it but then again I am more sensitive.
There is ALWAYS something New, Weird, Different, Limited, and, 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 – Off Limits Gluten Free vegan Vanilla Zombie Cereal……WHY THE FORK is this cereal named ZOMBIE? That is really WEIRD. You need a grave sense of humor for this.
DIFFERENT and kinda WEIRD – Off Limits Gluten Free Vegan Strawberry Spark Cereal…….The Blue girl on the box makes me afraid to try this cereal.
DIFFERENT – Off Limits Gluten Free Vegan Coffee Cereal. This one makes more sense to me but why a rabbit on the box and not something like a race horse or cheetah……Guess a rabbit is better on the box than a turtle.
DIFFERENT – Heyday Harissa/Lemon chickpeas, Coconut Curry Chickpeas, Kimchi Sesame Navy Beans. Well they all sound delicious but don’t know yet.
DIFFERENT and possibly WEIRD – Sprouts – Pineapple Habanero White Carrot Chips – They sound interesting but mostly just taste FORKING salty…….BLAH!
LIMITED EDITION & WEIRD – Cup Noodles – Ramen Noodles with Everything Bagel ARTIFICIALLY FLAVORED CREAM CHEESE…….SOMEONE MUST HAVE BEEN ON DRUGS TO MAKE THIS………..
WEIRD – Go Raw – EVERYTHING BAGEL Organic sprouted seeds – Why would I want seeds that taste like bagels?
WEIRD – Hippy Snacks – Banana Bread Crisps……weird but might be tasty?
DIFFERENT – Savorsmith Irish Truffle and Rosemary Luxurious Potato Chips….????? I like both truffle and Rosemary but not sure about them together…..Peacock woman on bag looks very WEIRD!
DIFFERENT – Pepperoni Pizza Cupcakes that made an appearance on Shark Tank. ????
DIFFERENT – Peperoni Baozza…….Now THAT is FORKING different!
NEW and possibly WEIRD – Star Wars Truff Hot Black Truffle Sauce……I do like some of the Truff Sauces but find it to be odd they felt the need to make a collectable edition.
Found this at Sprouts might be FORKING WEIRDEST EVER!
WEIRD – Sprouts Kimchi Dill Pickle Cranberries – You know someone must have been on drugs to think this one up.
I also came across some WEIRD foods for dogs this month.
WEIRD – Milkbone Dunkin’ Vanilla Glaze flavor Biscuits…..My dogs might eat them but would probably prefer a cheeseburger or fresh roasted chicken.
WEIRD – Purina Beggin – Loaded Bacon & Beef Nacho Treats and also Loaded Bacon & Cheese Fries………We love our dogs…Why would we buy them Junk food when they can just eat some of our people junk food?
There is usually something Oreo………
I found LIMITED EDITION Oreos that come out July 8th 2024.
LIMITED EDITION – Mint Chip with Chocolate Chips Oreo Cookies
Well that was the NEW, WEIRD, DIFFERENT, Limited and Special Edition foods for June 2024. Who knows WTFork we’ll come across next month!
Dining out with dogs is just a “FLUFF” story about taking my dogs out to eat. It all sort of started with my late dog Louie. You know Louie always enjoyed going out to eat. When he got elderly he came down with aggressive cancer. We were told that he probably only had 3 months to live…..but maybe up to 6 months………I took Louie out to eat as often as possible since going out to eat was his greatest enjoyment. Instead of the 3-6 months Louie made it another 17 months. Today I take my current dogs out to eat when the weather is right and when I can.
Just so you know I am usually a week or so behind with Dining Out with Dogs…..June pretty much began too hot to dine out with dogs so the dining out was actually in May and “In doors”when it was too hot.
We got to go to Hawaiian Barbecue #1 in North Las Vegas. In case you don’t know Hawaiian BBQ is usually big styrofoam containers stuffed with lots of protein and usually rice. This place doesn’t have their own patio but do share a community patio only 2 doors down. My husband (and dogs) tried the Chicken Stir Fry Saimin (Asian flavored stir fry with noodles).
And I (and dogs) had the garlic Mahi Healthier Plate (Maui Fish, salad, brown rice, and hard egg). (with garlic scraped off for dogs) They also had some of the egg.
We all enjoyed Hawaiian Barbecue # 1
5870 N Losee Rd North Las Vegas NV
702-642-4600
www.BestHawaiianBarbeque.com
We happened to have a nice day where we could sit in shade in 85 degree weather so we went to Those Guys Pies in North Las Vegas. They specialize in cheesesteaks and pizzas. If this place sound familiar to you then you might have caught them on Food Network’s Diners Drive Ins and Dives.
We started out by buying the dogs craft chicken dog biscuits from the dog biscuit vending machine that they have inside.
They also got to eat grilled chicken from my Lakeside Salad.
And Cheese Steak from my husband’s cheesesteak.
We always enjoy going to Those Guys Pies
5585 Simmons St North Las Vegas NV
725-251-5826
www.ThoseGuysPies.com
Suddenly it got very hot in Las Vegas but near the beginning of the month we had a windy-not-too-sunny day with shade so we were able to quickly enjoy some cheeseburger from In-N-Out.
They always enjoy an In-N-Out Cheeseburger.
Today it was too hot outside to dine out with dogs. So we took the dogs threw the In-N-Out Drive Thru and brought a burger home for them.
The Dogs always enjoy a Cheeseburger from In-N-Out.
Well That was Dining Out (and In) With DOGS for June 2024. We are hoping for a Monsoon to cool things here so we can Dine Out again soon! We hope to see you next month.
The Forking TruthIn Memory of Louie 5-5-2001 – 3-3-2017
Letty’s De Leticias Cocina is a full service Mexican Restaurant located in the Arts District of Downtown Las Vegas Nevada. They offer a variety of Mexican all day breakfast dishes such as pozole, menudo, chilaquiles, and a few more things. A few of the other items they offer are appetizers like chips and salsa, ceviche, and quesadillas. They also offer soups, and sandwiches on fresh baked bolillo bread. You can also find Tamales, Enchiladas, Burritos, Pupusas, Carne Asada, Grilled Chicken, Carnitas and MORE!
If this restaurant seems familiar to you then maybe you saw them on Food Network’s Diners Drive Ins and Dives.
This is a small restaurant that fills up fast.
We started out with some margaritas and chips and salsa.
My husband enjoyed the steak ranchero burrito packed with cheese, rice, and beans and topped with red guajillo sauce and more cheese.
I tried the birria ramen.
I liked the eggs because they were nice and jammy. The beef isn’t bad because it’s tender and flavorful. They also gave a generous portion of beef. For my taste the broth is too fatty for me to eat it but my husband has a different taste and enjoys this. He will eat it over the next two days.
China Mama 2 is located in Las Vegas Nevada’s Chinatown in Shanghai Plaza. This restaurant offers mostly authentic Chinese Food but they also offer a few American Chinese Dishes like orange chicken.
It’s always busy here and you wait for your table by signing in on an iPad. The wait is usually 1-2 hours but We got lucky today and only waited eleven minutes.
Whatever you order they start you off with ice water in cold metal tumblers and hot Jasmin Tea.
We started out by trying the wood ear mushroom salad.
It’s crisp and kinda spicy…..
The waiters favorite dish here is the sliced fish filet with ginger and scallions so we went with that.
it’s light and mild and easy to eat.
But the dry pepper chicken is another story.
The chicken is bite sized, breaded and fried. It’s fried well because it seems free of oil but it was fried with MOLTEN HOT dried and fresh peppers and garlic. This dish really is too spicy hot for us……We’ve had this dish before at other Chinese Restaurants and it is always very spicy hot but not MOLTEN HOT like this one. We manage to eat a little of this one but I brought most of it home minus any pepper I came across. At home I made a honey based sauce that took the heat down a couple levels.
Incase you don’t know Yotam Ottolenghi is a James Beard and Multi Award wining chef, restauranteur, and cookbook author. Somehow he comes up with the most interesting unique amazing recipes ever. I did a variation of his Butternut Squash in Cheesy Custard before.
Five-Spice Butternut Squash in Cheesy Custard
This time I added sweet potato, used different cheeses, made crepes, and made the rayu sauce.
Butternut Squash & Sweet Potato in Cheesy Custard Blintzes with Orange Rayu
Used a nonstick pan to fry blintzes. You will get 9-11 crepes. For the filling feel welcome to cut the recipe in half. I got about double the filling I needed….I used 1/2 and froze the other half.
Crepes
4 eggs
1 cup water
6 Tablespoons unsalted butter – melted + MORE BUTTER TO FRY BLINTZES
2 Tablespoons Greek yogurt
couple drops vanilla extract
1 cup flour
2 Tablespoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
Filling
6 oz vegetable stock
8 oz heavy cream
2 garlic cloves – ground to paste
2 teaspoons corn starch
2 teaspoons white miso
3 oz Swiss Cheese – shredded
3 oz Gouda Cheese – shredded
about 2 lbs butternut squash (large dice) (I precooked mine with around 2 Tablespoons olive oil, salt and pepper and a sprinkle of turbinado sugar.
about 1 pound sweet potatoes (large dice) (I precooked mine with a small amount of oil and salt and pepper.
non stick spray.
This all gets mixed together and goes in a sprayed baking dish in a preheated 400 degree F oven.
Orange Rayu
2 ounces olive oil
2 scallions cut in thin slices
1/2 Tablespoon fresh grated ginger
3 garlic cloves – ground to paste
1/2 teaspoon ground Aleppo
1 Tablespoon white sesame seeds
1 teaspoon black sesame seeds
1 large orange – fresh squeezed juice and all the zest
2 Tablespoons soy sauce
Heat all the ingredients up in a sauce pan for a few minutes on medium heat.
Assemble
Butternut Squash & Sweet Potato in Cheesy Custard Blintzes with Orange Rayu
A special THANKS!!!! To Yotam Ottolenghi for an amazing recipe that keeps giving and giving!
