Tasty China is an American Chinese Restaurant located in North Las Vegas Nevada. This is a neighborhood type of restaurant but I hear from many in the area that this is the long time favorite of the American Chinese restaurants in the area (and there are many). While visiting I noticed that they do mostly take out and delivery.
But some people do dine in here.
They start you off with crispy fried noodles with duck sauce.
We started out by trying the egg rolls.
To us they are more like spring rolls. They seem like they were fresh made because the cabbage in them is tasty and fresh.
It’s a little different here. The spicy dishes come different levels of heat. I picked “hot” for Szechwan Chicken.
No worries. “Hot” here is normal Chinese take out……or not very hot. They only use white meat chicken here and it is tender like butter. This has all the normal flavors of Szechwan Chicken and is only slightly sweet so it is good. This one also has a nice selection of vegetables in it like zucchini, carrots, bell peppers, carrots and celery. It is also a generous portion and came with a very generous portion of white rice.
My husband ordered the Kung Pao Beef “Extra HOT.”
The Kung Pao beef is also generous in size and was made with masterfully tender beef. The “Extra HOT” seems like regular take out Chinese to both of us. To me the dominate taste here is soy sauce…….I’m beginning to wonder if this is what might be Nevada Style Chinese because I’m finding that the majority of American Chinese dishes we’ve tried in Las Vegas is this flavor profile….??????????? This is not what we are used too………
We both thought that the Szechwan Chicken was good because it was balanced with flavors that included garlic and ginger. It had not too much sweetness and seemed about right. Our server was very helpful, thoughtful and efficient.
With the check we got fortune cookies and almond cookies.
If you are used to east coast American Chinese some plates do differ from what you are used to but some like the Szechwan chicken are similar so it’s Worth a Try!
Unique Eats is a very unique restaurant located in Las Vegas Nevada. It’s a cute little restaurant that offers breakfast, lunch, coffee, smoothies, catering, beer, wine, and MORE. Tuesday – Saturdays 4:pm-10:pm they change the name to Twisted Pye where the main dig are the pizzas.
Back to Unique Eats.
Unique Eats offers a LOT of variety. A few of the appetizers that they offer are hummus, wings, and grilled cheese with tomato soup. They offer SIX different salads that you can add chicken, salmon, or shrimp to. They offer eight different sandwiches that include chicken salad, slow roasted corned beef, and cheeseburgers. They also offer entrees, 10 inch original or thin crust pizzas, pastas, a vegetarian menu, and a vegan menu too!
We tasted (and brought the rest home for the next day) the house made lox.
It’s hand sliced with a nice melt in your mouth texture. This is better than what you get at many deli shops that just buy lox packaged.
I tried the house roasted pastrami sandwich with a side salad.
It’s a bit unique with lettuce, heirloom tomato, onion, and spicy dijon……..To me the rye bread is very good. The pastrami is very good but it does have some non-traditional taste to it. It is also well grilled and a little too oily to me. It is good but not east coast style.
My husband tried the Torte De Pibil with fries.
It’s a great BIG Sloppy sandwich filled with refried beans, cocinita pork, lettuce, heirloom tomato, pickled onions, and potatoes on a toasted bun served with battered seasoned fries. All very good no complaints here.
Unique Eats – a little bit of everything! Very Unique! Worth a Try!
Urbani Truffles is a Pop-Up Restaurant located in Eataly (The Italian Food Marketplace) in the Park MGM Casino/Hotel on the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada. Urbani Truffles is only here for Truffle Season November-February so your time is limited. They offer a limited menu but every dish contains black Urbani Truffles. On the menu are – Antipasti, hand made pasta dishes, and main meals called Piatti. Italian wines and beers are served here. They have limited counter seating and a few high-top cocktail tables. This is a first come first served type of restaurant. They don’t take reservations.
We shared the Burrata.
The milky burrata was paired with kabocha squash, squash rings, some colorful fancy leaves, a few other things, and lots of shaved black Urbani Truffles. There also was grilled house made sourdough bread on the side. This was my favorite of the dishes I tried. I thought the truffles went well with everything and this dish had a lot going on with it.
When in Eataly you share a pasta.
We shared the Agnolotti Piemontesi.
It’s perfectly house-made pasta stuffed with Calabro Ricotta and in a truffle butter and topped with shaved truffles……(What’s not to like?) I thought it also was a good sized portion for two people.
For our Piatti (main) we shared the Filetto Di Manzo. (R.R. Ranch Beef Tenderloin with Mashed Celery Root, Carrots, Red Wine Reduction, Urbani Truffle Butter, Urbani Black Truffle Sauce, and Shaved Urbani Black Truffles.
The steak is very tender and is infused with good flavors……Carrots are great and the celery root mash is good…..I don’t get the truffles here as much as in the other dishes but it was fun to try.
Urbani Truffles Pop-Up Restaurant – Get in before it’s gone!
Surf City is a 24 hour 7 days a week bar that also offers Mexican Food, and Gaming in a North Las Vegas Strip Mall. They have all high top tables and the bar is decorated with surf boards.
They started us off with complimentary chips and a roasted smokey salsa.
I tried the Pollo Asada and a Golden Cadillac Margarita. The Margarita was good and also strong.
It’s an enormous platter of chicken pounded as thin as a lasagna noodle that was marinated in a mix of soy sauce mixed with some sort of medium-hot salsa. The chicken was topped with those frozen type mixed vegetables (peas, corn, carrots, green beans) that was also mixed with what the marinate taste like (soy sauce and medium hot salsa). To the side was a generous amount of fajita style vegetables (onions, peppers, zucchini) and Mexican style rice. It’s not the best but also not the worst either….It better than from some places in the area………………..and tortillas on the side.
My husband tried the Chile Verde (also with tortillas on the side).
He said that the beans were very good……..The rest average…Not bad but not a favorite.
You are not going to travel across town to go here but if you are in the area and are craving Mexican food you might want to give it a try.
Surf City Bar and Grill
1435 W Craig Rd North Las Vegas NV
02-633-4234
I haven’t found a website for Surf City Bar and Grill but they can be found on Facebook.
Bistro 57 is an American-Italian sort of restaurant at Aliante Hotel/Casino in North Las Vegas Nevada. It’s big and modern. They offer a nice bright bar area.
Just past here are a few dining areas.
They start you off with a non-Italian bread basket with oil embellished with balsamic vinegar. (My husband thought the rolls were olive rolls…….was very surprised to bite into sweet raisin rolls)
For my main I tried the Flounder Francese.
They gave me a generously sized filet of flounder that was nicely prepared and battered in a lemony, buttery batter. To the side are petite green beans with some toasted almond slices. There is also a side of Italian seasoned potato wedges that seem like they were re-heated a few times…………
My husband tried the baked rigatoni with sausage.
This is also a generous serving of pasta tossed with marinara sauce, accented with globs of ricotta cheese, and lots of melted mozzarella cheese and topped with grated cheese. You sure won’t leave hungry with this dish.
We also tried the pistachio gelato.
It has a nice pistachio flavor and a few pistachios through it. It’s different……..It seems light and not too heavy…….It’s almost more like an Italian Ice more than a gelato…….
Bistro 57 at Aliante Hotel/Casino is Worth a Try!
7300 Aliante Pkwy North Las Vegas NV – 702-692-7777
BB.Q Chicken sounds like a barbecue chicken restaurant but it’s not. It’s actually-
Best BEST Quality Chicken.
At eye level you read this and then you know what kind of restaurant it is.
BB.Q Chicken is an enormous chain of Korean Fried Chicken Restaurants in over FIFTY countries. To be honest this wasn’t my destination on this particular day but it is very hard to get into many of the Chinatown restaurants in Las Vegas Chinatown. Many of the better ones you have to be willing to wait outside in a one or two hour line just to get in. (that is why I haven’t made it to many of them yet)…..
Anyways-
BB.Q Chicken offers a variety of fried chicken that is boneless or wings. They also offer a few other Korean dishes and sides. To me it’s like if Kentucky Fried Chicken was Korean.
I try a small Hot Spicy Boneless (this is 1/2 a chicken. You get white and dark meat) with sweet potato fries. Our server tells us that it will be about 20 minutes. About 20 minutes latter it comes out piping hot with a side of pickled radish.
It is SPICY! It is slightly too spicy for me but I can eat it……The chicken inside is nice and moist…..The coating isn’t oily either. The dark meat ones do have more flavor than the white meat pieces. The radish and the sweet potato fries provide some NEEDED relief. It’s tasty but differs especially in texture from other Korean fried chicken that I have tried. This Korean Fried Chicken (texture-wise) is more like Kentucky Fried Chicken. This is also a much larger portion than it looks like. I ate a bunch and had enough leftover for TWO dinners. So it is a value for $15.99.
My husband tries a different spicy small boneless chicken. On my receipt it’s called Red Chak.
It’s spicy and tasty but not as delicious as the hot spicy boneless to me. This one seems even closer to a Korean Kentucky Fried to me.
I think that anything marked spicy here might be too hot for most people……..But the chicken was fried nicely and it is an enormous portion and most people will get 2-3 meals out of a $15.99 order.
BB.Q Chicken is Worth a Try!
BB.Q Chicken – 4276 Spring Mountain Rd Las Vegas NV – 702-227-2449
Sushi Day is a small neighborhood budget sushi restaurant located in North Las Vegas Nevada. They offer classic and standard sushi rolls, baked and fried rolls, rice bowls, chef’s specials, burritos, desserts, and more. You can order a la carte or go for the All-You-Can-Eat. (Lunch around $25. and Dinner about $30. subject to change). They have bar seating, tables with 1/2 booths and at least one traditional table by the door.
We decided to try the All-You-Can-Eat Dinner. To start with I picked the crispy tuna and the vegetables tempura.
Both are A-OK but would only cost $8.50 a la carte.
Then we try a variety of nigiri sushi.
Up above is cajun tuna, yuzu yellowtail, red snapper, and salmon nigiri sushi. They all run smaller in size than from most sushi restaurants. Today the rice is loser than it should be. All the fish is reasonably ok…..It’s not that melt in your mouth sushi quality but hey…it’s only priced around $4.00 per each type of sushi here so you get what you pay for.
I think a better choice is the spicy tuna roll……The rice is better on this one. The tuna is spicy. This isn’t bad.
The Salmon Lover Roll is even better in a garlic ponzu sauce.
This one has layers of flavors.
Because my husband is with me he can fit in a Korean BBQ Beef Burrito so I do take a bite to try.
Summer House is a unique California Style restaurant located in the Durango Casino-Hotel in Las Vegas Nevada. Other locations of Summer House are in – Disney Springs on The Lake, Chicago, and North Bethesda MD. This restaurant offers a wide variety of different foods for different appetites and tastes. They offer appetizers and starters like meatballs, shrimp cocktails, guacamole, edamame, and cheesy dream puffs. They also offer sandwiches, tacos, pastas, pizzas, and entrees. Unique to this restaurant is a cookie bar and more!
It’s modern light and airy inside.
outside is a nice airy patio for when the weather is nice.
We started out by sharing the potato salad deviled eggs.
It like they are mixed deviled eggs and potato salad together stuffed into the egg whites. Then they sat the eggs on top of what taste like tartar sauce. Then they topped the egg yolks with capers and chives.
For my main I tried the Costa Mesa Salad with added salmon.
I do have to give them credit for giving me a really fresh tasting piece of salmon that is nicely grilled and prepared to a perfect medium. The salmon is really good. The salad contains queso fresco, charred corn kernels, pico de Gallo, avocado, quinoa, tortilla strips, chipotle creama, and lime vinaigrette. The flavors are good. My only minor peeve is that all the greens inside are extra chopped and very soaking wet…..like marinated…….Maybe it’s usually not as soaked?
My husband tries the Prime Cheeseburger that we were told was ground in-house. (cheddar, lettuce, tomato, pickle, mustard, mayo (requested not to add), fries)
I didn’t try it but I was told that the burger was very good. The skinny fries got cold fast.
Service was efficient and plates and silver were cleared quickly.
Summer House is Worth a Try!
Summer House at The Durango 6915 S Durango Dr Las Vegas NV
The Durango Casino Hotel offers many new restaurants and an Eat Your Heart Out food court with many options. If you live in Las Vegas you saw commercials all day long on how amazing the food is. If you go on Facebook you read everyday about praise for some of the restaurants there. They say on TV that the restaurants here are the best of Las Vegas and include a few of the best from New York and California. They say they offer the best pizza, the best sandwiches, the best burgers, the best steak house….ect.
One of the restaurants I heard the most buzz about was Prince Street New York Pizza. They offer several styles and flavors of pizza that are, square, regular NY slice, and grandma style.
The caesar salad is different here and contains pepperoni.
The dressing taste bottled.
I start with a slice of Mercer Margherita (It’s the grandma style pizza)
This isn’t thick like most square pizzas. It’s a nice thinner square but is very dense…..and hardly seems fermented. This one is topped with two cheeses, tomato sauce, olive oil, garlic, and basil……I like the fresh basil but the sauce is cloyingly sweet….(It’s suppose to be topped with Prince Street Pizza Sauce…???)
My husband tries a square of pepperoni…..I think it’s called spicy spring.
He said that the pepperoni is good but the sauce is kinda sweet…….(This one is suppose to be topped with Fra Diablo sauce….?????)
I go for a second slice. The four cheese Fresh mozzarella, regular mozzarella, ricotta, pecorino Romano, and garlic. This one is thicker than the grandma and not quite as dense.
After a bite I honestly don’t want a second bite. This is not seasoned at all. I didn’t get any garlic in this bite. It taste very flat and not the best ricotta. My husband tries it and says that this isn’t seasoned at all. He also said that he didn’t get any garlic either.
The Fancy Prince is next. (mozzarella, original sauce, basil, extra virgin olive oil)
This one is thin and foldable. It seems slightly more fermented than all the other slices we’ve tried. I don’t know what original sauce is but the sauce on this slice is so sweet that it turns both of our stomachs.
From this experience I have to say to be a fan of Prince Street Pizza you need to enjoy your pizza unseasoned and made with extra sweet sauce.
Prince Street Pizza 6915 S. Durango Dr. Las Vegas NV – 702-567-7848
www.DurangoResort.com
www.PrinceStreetPizza.com
www.ToastTab.com
We didn’t get to eat much at Prince Street Pizza so we thought we’d share a pastrami sandwich from Uncle Paulie’s.
It comes on a baguette or sourdough…..My husband picked the baguette.
ICK!
WTFork is this?? I pulled out some slices of meat so you can see what I see.
This is gross….Neither of us can eat this. It just doesn’t taste good. It doesn’t even seem like real beef. The ends of it are tasteless, black, and crunchy.
Uncle Paulie’s – 6915 S. Durango Drive – 702-567-7854
www.DurangoResort.com
www.Toasttab.com
Now we are off to Shang Artisan Noodle. They are suppose to be one of the very best Chinese Noodle Restaurants in Las Vegas. They specialize in the pulled or shaved noodle.
This one is different. It’s like a small restaurant in the food court. You can either go on the wait list for service inside or go on the wait list for taking out to the food court. The original location in Chinatown is always busy with a long line outside the door. I left there a few times because I didn’t want to stand out there and wait to get in. I thought waiting 25 minutes for a seat in the food court wouldn’t be too bad.
We shared a bowl of chicken chow mein with the hand pulled noodles.
The noodles are very long and chewy. I like the lettuce mixed in with the noodles. It’s in a mild kind of soy based sauce. The lettuce sort of lightens the dish.The only downside is the chicken. Most of it is overcooked and very dry……..So we don’t finish this one either.
www.ShangArtisanNoodle.com
DurangoResort.com
My husband generously suggests that we get something from Nielsen’s Frozen Custard.
He gets a small cup of chocolate custard.
It’s mildly chocolate but is smooth and very creamy.
I decide to try a vanilla concrete blended with peanut butter Reese’s Cups.
This is enough for FOUR People……….It’s creamy but you don’t get any Reese’s Cup taste you do get small hard pieces of Reese’s chocolate through it. I’ll go back to Nielsen’s and enjoy something in the future but will never order a concrete again.
On another visit I got a small cup with Reese’s topping and it was MUCH BETTER.
Niesen’s Frozen Custard – 6915 S. Durango Dr. Las Vegas NV – 702-567-7853
www.NielsensFrozenCustard.com
www.DurangoResort,com
On another trip we made it to Irv’s Burgers.
Irv’s Burgers offers breakfast, burgers, sandwiches, hot dogs, fries, milkshakes, floats, and cookies.
My husband tries a burger. (They bake the buns here)
He said that it was juicy and tasted better than it looks.
He also got a Chilli Cheese Dog.
The hot dog is good. He said that the chilli is good. He thought it needed more cheese.
I tried Irv’s Pastrami Sandwich.
The rye bread is good and also is nicely toasted. Flavor-wise this is good and the hot honey mustard and pickles go well with all the flavors. Today the pastrami is a bit tough………It needed another hour.
Irv’s Burgers – 6915 S. Durango Dr Las Vegas NV
702-567-7843
www.DurangoResort.com
That was My trips to The Durango Casino/Hotel Eat Your Heart Out Food Court.
Dining out with dogs in Las Vegas is just a “Fluff” story. It all sort of started with my late dog Louie. He was elderly and came down with aggressive cancer. We were told that Louie probably only had three months to live….maybe up to 6 months…..Well Louie always loved eating and always loved going out to eat so I thought the nicest thing I could do for Louie was to take him out to eat as often as I could. The good news is that Louie made it another 17 months. Today I take my current dogs out to eat when I can and when the weather is right.
The dogs got to go to SNS Diner BBQ in North Las Vegas. They always love going here. You might have seen this restaurant on Food Network’s Diners Drive Inns and Dives.I got a two meat plate with chicken and brisket. My two sides were slaw and macaroni and cheese.
The dogs got to eat, brisket, chicken, macaroni and cheese.
The dogs also got some meats from my husbands 3 meat plate.
And they are back to me for more off my plate.
The Dogs always love going to SNS Diner BBQ.
3229 Losee Rd North Las Vegas NV – 702-269-9696
www.SNSDiner.com
The next week it was FORKING COLD and WINDY here so we took the dogs to an In-Out-Drive Thru
The Giant Aussie pushed the beagle/chihuahua out of his seat so SHE CAN OBSERVE.
Then they got to eat the cheeseburger at home because it was TOO FORKING COLD to sit at a table (I did try).
Look at them…..The Giant Aussie is smiling….The Beagle/Chihuahua is trying to inhale the burger threw the air.
The Giant Aussie is always first.
Now it’s the Beagle/Chihuahua’s turn.
I gave them about 1/3 of the cheeseburger. They will get the rest for snacks.
My dogs always welcome an In-And-Out Burger.
They also got to try Those Guys Pies. This restaurant was also featured on Diners Drive-inns and Dives on Food Network. This restaurant as the name implies offers pizzas, sandwiches, and Thrifty ice Cream.
We shared an Italian White Pizza (ricotta, mozzarella, broccoli rabe, garlic, caramelized onion, roasted tomatoes, lemon oil) with the sausage on the side for the dogs.
They also got beef dog biscuits from the dog biscuit vending machine that they have inside.
The dogs always enjoy Those Guys Pies!
5585 Simmons Street North Las Vegas NV
725-251-5826
www.ThoseGuysPies.com
That was Dining Out With DOGS in Las Vegas for January 2024. We hope you’ve enjoyed and we hope to see you next month.
The Forking TruthIn Memory of Louie 5-5-2001 – 3-3-2017
