Rangs Cocina Moderne is a small Mom and Pop restaurant where Rang does most of the cooking and her husband Benedict does most of the serving. They offer a menu that is a blend of mostly Italian, Spanish, and a little Filipino inspired foods. They offer soups, salads, small plates, pasta, entrees, sides, desserts, soft beverages, and wine.

So far we tried –

Sweet potato carrot ginger soup.

It’s creamy and rich and does taste like sweet potatoes, carrots, and is mildly gingery. It’s garnished with a few croutons that taste like fresh toasted bread.

The Dulong

Is toasted baguette with whitebait (small mild white fish), olive oil, garlic, lemon, caper, red pepper flakes.

It’s tasty and is not very fishy at all.

We tried the smoked salmon & goat cheese on baguette.

It different but tasty with pesto and capers. The salmon taste like nova.

We tried the Bacalao Potato Croquettes.

This one is also less fishy than I was expecting. It is fried to perfection and seems free of oil. The panko coating has an interior of mostly a mashed potato with very mild salt cod. It’s topped with lemon aioli and sits on a small amount of something red peppery (that I should have asked for more of)

We also tried the mushroom ravioli.

Little pillows stuffed with mushrooms in a creamy rich pesto sauce.

My husband tried the Chorizo Bolognese.

This was made with garlic, onions, spicy chorizo, tomato sauce, and parmesan cheese. The pasta wasn’t soggy and was well prepared. I heard that this was different and also tasty.

We shared the fish Florentine.

The mild meaty cod was prepared to perfection. The spinach taste fresh made. The potatoes Anna are really scrumptious.

The pesto crusted salmon is different and also delicious. The fish was also prepared properly (bloodline and skin removed) and prepared medium-ish so it was moist and not fishy tasting with an interesting crisp and tasty crust. The petite green beans (haricots verts) are sweet and crisp. The mashed potatoes were terrific too!

We also shared the slow braised beef cheek.

The beef is melt in your mouth tender and is flavorful. The petite green beans are tendercrisp and are the sweetest best green beans I’ve ever tasted and the mashed potatoes are also very good. The dish was embellished with a little gremolatta too.

New to the menu is a New York Strip. This was in a citrusy soy type sauce and was topped with caramelized onions. The steak was prepared to medium to please most people. This also came with petite green beans and rice.

The one thing that all the dishes had in common were that they all were seasoned to perfection. You don’t need to add salt or pepper to anything. Everything is perfect.

So far for dessert –

We shared a lemon meringue tart.

It has lemony curd and a tasty crust but has a marshmallow meringue.

On another visit we shared the opera cake.

It’s full of different flavors of thin layers. It’s mildly coffee flavored with almond sponge and chocolate. It’s topped with a gold coated chocolate that looks like a coffee bean and on the side was whipped cream and a cherry.

Everything was delicious and service was amazing. It’s better than many of the strip restaurants and cost a lot less.

Rang’s Cocina Moderne is WORTH A FORK!

Rangs Cocina Moderne – 5900 W Charleston Blvd Las Vegas NV – 725-214-1188

www.RangsCocina.com

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Burrito Tyme is a small casual Mexican Restaurant located by a gas station in North Las Vegas Nevada. It’s very casual. You order and pay at the counter. Next to the cashier is a small bar of salsas, limes, radishes, pickled carrots, and grilled jalapeños and maybe a few more things so you can dress up your order as you like.

It’s small but they offer a long menu of all kinds of things like breakfast, and of course burritos, quesadillas, tortas, tostadas, enchiladas, tacos, combo plates, fajitas, taco salads and MORE! Mostly soft beverages are available (I only noticed a bottle of sangria but wasn’t sure if it had alcohol in it because it looked more like a soda?)

I tried three tacos – a fish taco, a chicken taco, and an asada taco (steak)

Above is the fish taco and the asada (steak) taco.

They are much larger than I was expecting and are also very generously packed.

The first one I tried was the chicken taco. (lower left side below.

It’s well packed and doubled shelled with white corn tortillas that I can’t separate ……The chicken is ok….this tacos also is dressed with pico and guacamole…..The asada is next……I’m surprised….the beef isn’t chewy…..it’s ok ………My favorite of the tacos is the fish taco……It’s the one with lots of crunchy lettuce. The fish is fried really perfect. It moist, fresh tasting, and meaty inside with a shattering crisp crust. It’s different than any other fish taco I’ve tried anywhere. It’s dressed with Mexican tartar sauce…..This one is my favorite I’ll come back to get this again.

My husband tried adobada (pork) and carnitas (pork) tacos and a combo plate of a chile relleno with a cheese enchilada that comes with rice and beans.

The chile relleno is unique from others we’ve tried. Inside is a fresh roasted poblano type pepper with lots of white melty cheese encased in a light bread-ee fried batter. My husband said the beans were good.

Worth a Try!

Burrito Tyme 5575 N 5TH St North Las Vegas NV – 702-399-3693

www.BurritoTyme.com

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Saffron Flavors of India might be the only Indian Restaurant near North Las Vegas Nevada. We decided to give them a try.

It’s nice and neat inside.

Some alcohol is served here.

We started out by trying the gobi manchuriam (cauliflower appetizer in Chinese style sauce)

It taste like Chinese Take out……It’s kinda sweet and kinda spicy with not too much in-between….We ordered #8 out of #10 for heat……It’s not crispy like from other places I’ve tried……..Not sure that the cauliflower is battered or not…seems like just vegetables and a sweet and spicy sauce. Different….I’ve never had this dish like this before.

This restaurant does have dishes on the menu that you don’t find at other restaurants like the Frankie Naan. It’s like a cheese stuffed Indian Pizza (cheese stuffed Indian type bread topped with garlic, basil, spinach, cilantro, and pesto.)

It’s tasty.

Then we shared a few dishes.

Goan Fish Curry – ginger, tomato, coconut curry sauce #7 out of #10 heat

Makhi (butter) Curry with Chicken #7 out of #10 for heat.

Both curries are #7 out of ten for heat and both are just above mild. n the lower right hand corner is the Goan Fish Curry. The dominate flavor of the curry is ginger. I would recommend not to order the fish here….It’s stronger than I enjoy…..

On the upper part of the plate is the Makhi (butter) Curry with chicken…..The white meat chicken is prepared nicely and is tender. The sauce is fragrant and more balanced than the Goan Fish Curry….For my taste this one is much better but it is different from what I tried from other Indian restaurants that I’ve been to. Different isn’t negative…..It just means different.

I noticed Rogan Josh on the menu and that is a dish I haven’t found before in Indian Restaurants that I’ve been to.

That was my trip to Saffron Flavors of India.

Saffron Flavors Of India 4450 N Tenaya Way Las Vegas NV – 702 – 489 – 7900

www.SaffronFlavorsOfIndia.com

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Nusr-et Steakhouse is a Steakhouse by Chef Nusret Gokce who is known by the name Chef Salt Bae.

Nusr-Et Steakhouse is in almost 30 locations across the world including places like Istanbul, Dubai, London, Mykonos, Miami, and LAS VEGAS just outside of the New York New York Casino/Hotel on the Las Vegas Strip. Quality flake salt is the signature of this restaurant and it is sprinkled on most things savory.

The steaks run up in Price to $1,500.

Nusr-Et also offers a three course Lunch Special for $39.00. I thought this would be an amazing opportunity to try Nusr-Et.

The Las Vegas location looks like this with a big modern attractive bar in the middle of the lower floor of the restaurant.

A larger than life portrait of Chef Salt Bae is in the middle of the room.

We shared the appetizers and started with the salmon tartare. It sure looks AMAZING but doesn’t taste amazing.

It taste like salmon that is mixed with mayonnaise on top of creamy avocado that is embellished on the top with crisp (maybe freeze dried) capers (I don’t think they are fried because when capers are fried they open up like flowers …and have some flavor). On the plate is an artistic red splat that looks incredible but doesn’t add anything……….Honestly I think a few ingredients are missing from this dish today.

Next we share the best of what I tried at Nusr-Et.

It a BIG Nusr-Et Salad. (greens, tomato, apple, walnuts, feta, raisins, cherries, pomegranate dressing)

The salad is big and fresh. Everything is fine here.

Now on to the mains…..I’ll show my husband’s main first because the picture shows what is wrong better. He got the 5 oz. New York Strip with mashed potatoes.

You can tell just by looking at the photo that this doesn’t taste good. THE STEAK is tender but THE STEAK IS GREY. It’s NOT SEARED. The grill marks look like they possibly could be painted on? The steak is salted but other than salt it’s tasteless………Sadly to admit that the mashed potatoes are stomach turning to be. They are gluey……..I KNOW that for $39. for three courses I don’t expect a high quality steak but it is so easy to make a cheap steak taste at least good……..Don’t mean to brag but even I can make a cheap steak taste good….see picture below.

Would you prefer this? (sometimes I salt crust the potato)

Or this?

ANYWAYS-

I got the 5 oz filet mignon. It sure looks better and also is tender but also is next to tasteless……..Salty and not much else. To me the mushrooms are too salty too.

We also shared a side of macaroni and cheese.

It looks great and does taste like it was made with real cheeses but has a weird texture and doesn’t taste right. It’s very grainy and the sauce looks good but taste like it is missing something…………..It’s missing either butter or milk….take like cheese and water……(maybe that is why it’s grainy?)

The baklava is ok…….and not too sweet.

Never had Turkish Ice Cream before so I’m not sure what it is suppose to be like but this I can’t stomach. My husband can’t eat it either……..It’s so strange. It’s sort of hard and chewy in a really weird way.

To me the three course $39.00 lunch at Nusr-Et was disappointing.

I do note that your experience and taste may indeed differ.

Nusr-et – 3786 Las Vegas Blvd Las Vegas NV – 702-623-0664

www.NUSRETUSA.com

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The Great Greek Mediterranean Grill is a casual fast growing chain of Greek Mediterranean restaurants in about 1/2 the country with around nine locations in Nevada. The NEW North Las Vegas Nevada location on Losee Road has a nice bright open dining room and also has patio dining for when the weather is nice.

They offer many Greek appetizers, salads, soup, wraps, entrees, desserts, children’s meals and soft beverages.

To start out we tried a 4 dip appetizer and my husband’s entree came with a small Greek salad.

They gave us a generous amount of warm flatbreads. They also gave us generous servings of tzatziki (yogurt cucumber dip), tirokafteri (feta roasted pepper dip), melitzanosalata (roasted eggplant dip), and hummus (chickpea tahini dip). All the dips are flavorful and very good! I think the hummus is unusually good. It’s rare that you go anywhere and get hummus that is this good.

I try the Greek rice bowl with Atlantic Salmon.

WOW! To my surprise the salmon is VERY GOOD! It’s fresh like from a better restaurant and was prepared medium-medium/rare like from a better restaurant with nice grill marks. The salad is also quite large, very fresh, and tasty. It’s over rice pilaf and the tzatziki sauce is very good.

My husband tried a grilled steak souvlaki entree platter with (slight up-charge) Greek lemon potatoes.

Everything is well flavored (especially the potatoes YUM!!) He likes it. For me the beef today is slightly chewy. (but I confess that I am not a beef person and I seldom eat beef)

The dips are very good and today the salmon was very above average. Everything was flavored nicely and all the food seemed very fresh. To me that’s Worth a Fork!

It was so good that we went back with the dogs on the dog friendly patio.

I had the Greek Rice bowl again with salmon again.

It looks the same but doesn’t taste the same…….Doesn’t taste like fresh salmon….Taste like from frozen supermarket salmon and includes the bloodline this time. It’s also well done this time.

My dogs don’t mind. The Giant Aussie enjoyed chickpeas and salmon

The Beagle-Mix enjoyed cucumber slices and salmon

They also got to try some of my husband’s Greek Rice Bowl with gyro.

Depending on your take this might have been better than the salmon? It was brought out cold and kinda dry though….But my dogs didn’t mind.

Next time I’ll try the chicken.

On another visit my husband had the Greek rice bowl again with gyro. The gyro is a bit better this time.

And I got the Greek rice bowl with chicken this time.

Some pieces are moist and some are slightly dry…..It doesn’t seem marinated like what I’m used to from Greek Restaurants but isn’t bad.

My dogs don’t mind helping me with this.

The Great Greek Mediterranean Grill (many locations but I only have been to-)

6540 Losee Rd North Las Vegas NV – 702-749-8582

www.TheGreatGreek.com

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Fine Company was one of the most anticipated restaurant openings recently by Eater Las Vegas. Fine Company is by the former executive chef of the Bellagio. This restaurant offers new American cuisine and is located in downtown Summerlin Las Vegas Nevada. This restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner service.

We didn’t notice this written anywhere in the restaurant and nobody informed us that this is a cashless restaurant. Even though our paper money is legal for all debts…It is not accepted at Fine Company. They should inform you on this before you order instead of informing you when you are ready to pay.

Anyways –

They offer traditional seating, community seating, and patio dining.

My husband tried the porchetta sandwich (potato focaccia, pumpkin seed pesto, giardiniera, pickled red onions, arugula pickles and fries) He asked for salt and pepper and they brought over the cutest restaurant salt and pepper shakers.

He said that this sandwich was VERY, very, VERY, GOOD! and the meat was MOIST and FLAVORFUL! It was a really great sandwich but the fries were cold…..

I also got a sandwich and asked if I could pay extra to substitute a side salad for the fries. I was told that they don’t do that here……..So I had the Fileto Fish sandwich with fries. (menu reads – shatter battered halibut, giardiniera remoulade, brioche bun with pickles and fries)

I do have to say that the fish seems very fresh. It’s mild and meaty…..It’s good but the breading isn’t shattering crisp…..but still good. I tried 1/2 the sandwich as is and most of the other half without the bread…….They do taste different. With the bread it’s almost impossible to taste the giardiniera remoulade……Not sure if because too thinly applied or if it needs more flavor to it…..But without the bread it does have a better flavor. The sandwich is good but I also got cold dry fries. I didn’t ask for it but for some reason they gave me their spicy ketchup for the fries…I do have to say that the spicy ketchup is spicy and good…..It’s very flavorful and is spicy. The pickles are also very good.

The Banana bread is listed as a brunch plate but we tried it for dessert.

The banana bread is very good and comes with high quality very good butter…….

That was my first taste of Fine Company Restaurant in Summerlin.

10970 Rosemary Park Drive Las Vegas NV – 702-405-0715

www.FineCompanyLV.com

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Salted Lime is the Mexican Restaurant at Aliante Casino/Hotel in North Las Vegas Nevada. I was planning to dine at Bistro 57 also in Aliante but came across this sign.

No mention of the closure was mentioned on the website. Only specials were mentioned and they appear to be taking reservations…….

ANYWAYS……We decided to try The Salted Lime.

I noticed three dining rooms. The hostess said that we had to be seated in the bar.

The middle of the bar has hundreds of tequila bottles hanging from the ceiling.

We try a Cadillac Margarita and a Da House Margarita…….They come in two sizes small and 18 oz that cost $4. more. Both were made with an extra sour mix.

Our server asked us if we wanted the chips and salsa……I said yes because I wanted to try them.

The salsa was made with roasted vegetables and maybe smoked chilies.

The fresh catch was swai today so I went with a chicken taco salad.

They brought it out and forgot to top my salad with chicken so I had to flag someone down to get it. The salad was tasty with the black beans instead of refried beans. I thought it was odd that all three dressings they offer are ranch. (ranch, chipotle ranch, jalapeño ranch) It turned out to be a good thing to have the chicken on the side. It’s moist but a little over seasoned for me and is too salty.

My husband did better with the carnitas burrito combo and the Chile relleno.

Kinda average.

Then I see a robot flying by running food.

It zooms back.

That was my trip to Salted Lime at Aliante Casino Hotel.

7300 Aliante Parkway North Las Vegas Nevada – 702-692-7777

www.AlianteBoydGaming.com

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