The Pepper Club is an Artsy Type of restaurant by James Beard Award Wining Chef Todd English. The restaurant is located in downtown Las Vegas in the arts district.

The restaurant is named after the chef’s dog Pepper.

The restaurant offers a full bar with cocktails and a fresh seafood and sushi heavy menu that’s laced with Asian inspiration.

There are many choices to suit most people’s tastes. The majority of the food and drink choices are $8.00 each.******UPDATE MENU and PRICES HAVE CHANGED

Over a few visits we tried –

Lets taco about it – spicy tuna tacos with garlic aioli, fried garlic, and scallions – YUM!

Taco Belle – Pulled Teriyaki short ribs, serrano rings, spicy citrus slaw, micro cilantro – really delicious!

Crispy Rice – Coconut rice, spicy tuna, avocado, microgreens – just tasty

Salmon Spring Rolls – avocado, Philly cream cheese, honey mustard miso – just tasty

(2) yuzu hama – yellowtail hand rolls with yuzu kosho -YUM! the yuzu kosho (Japanese condiment of hot pepper, garlic, and yuzu) adds something so special to sushi. It should be offered everywhere that offers sushi.

Spicy Tuna Roll – As fresh as can be! Today not very spicy but today I noticed how truly FORKING AMAZING that this was. This had to be the best wasabi that there is anywhere. It really elevated the whole thing.

oishi shrimp – I didn’t eat the shrimp but I tasted the Japanese cocktail sauce and OMG! YUM! it’s the best cocktail sauce that I have ever tasted……IDK but I think it was made with yuzu kosho and rice vinegar? (I’m going to have to try making this myself.)

super smashed taters – with kizam chimichurri – Just delicious with creamy textured potatoes.

Toga Onions – Tempura battered onion rings that are seasoned just so…….and comes with shish ranch and gochujang cream…YUM!

JFC (Japanese fried chicken) sliders – with Nippon coleslaw and pickles……SUPER delicious but ask for extra pickles next time….The pickles are really amazing and make the sandwich BURST into a party in your mouth. They put enough pickles on the full size JFC sandwich but the sliders do need a second pickle so you can get the full experience.

I do have to say that the Happiest Hour menu from The Pepper Club is certainly Worth a Fork!

The Pepper Club

921 S. Main Street Las Vegas NV – 725-228-2393

www.ThePepperClub.com

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Lulu Hawaiian BBQ is a casual Hawaiian Restaurant with three locations in Las Vegas. The Decatur Road location is very casual. You order and pay at the counter and seat yourself. They make the food fresh to order so you must wait for it to be prepared. There are many Hawaiian restaurants in Las Vegas. Someone from Hawaii told me, “Didn’t you know that Las Vegas is the 9th Hawaiian Island? ….anyways…..Not all but some of the other Hawaiian BBQ restaurants in the area are more “Chipotle Style” as the food is already prepared like a buffet behind glass.

We tried a variety of things.

Side order of bbq beef.

It’s a generous size and is infused with flavors and is very tender.

Here’s a combo of seafood and bbq chicken.

The chicken is tender, and the shrimp are fried nice. The fried fish is very thin and isn’t the freshest. This all is on a bed of finely shredded cabbage and also comes with a soy-like condiment, tarter sauce, and a side cup of creamy macaroni salad.

We also tried the spicy chicken.

The dark meat chicken is wonderfully tender but some of it is covered in soft chicken skin. Although it has many flavors to it but it runs a bit oily today. It isn’t very spicy but does have some heat to it. It also sits over finely shredded cabbage and comes with a soy-like condiment and a side cup of creamy macaroni salad.

Portions were extra large. Prices were low. We were checked on and the cashier around me a bag on her own to bring home the leftovers.

That was my trip to Lulu Hawaiian BBQ.

6512 N Decatur BLVD Las Vegas NV – 702-784-0318

www.NVLuluHawaiianBBQ.com

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The Sundry Food Hall is located in the $850 Million Dollar Uncommon Mixed Development around eight miles away from the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada. This is a higher end food court where all the ordering is done by QR codes on your cell phone.

You can order food from multiple James Beard nominated chef and other prominent chefs from over a dozen choices.

What to pick????

We tried Kowbird –

We got a very large Nashville Style Chicken Sandwich with creamy slaw.

We also got to try Easy Slider –

We tried a ground in-house burger with American cheese (not much cheese) and sweet onion. We also tried a maitake mushroom with gochujang glaze and kimchi slaw and chicken fried onions.

We were also able to fit in smoked amberjack dip with trout roe and pickled onions from Bar Oystetette.

That’s just a small sampling of what you might find at The Sundry. All was good but people kept trying to clear our plates several times before we were finished….Maybe an opening hiccup?

6840 Helen Toland St Las Vegas NV – 725-231-0399

www.TheSundryLV.com

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Bob Taylor’s Ranch House is a barbecue restaurant located in Las Vegas Nevada. This restaurant has been around since 1955. WOW that’s a long time…..It actually smells like barbecue as you get to the entrance.

On your way in you pass by a big bar and a wood fired grill.

Country tunes are piped into the dining areas.

It was lunch time so I went with a bbq chicken salad.

It was made of warm soggy iceberg lettuce.

It’s also surrounded by tender white meat chicken covered in a sickening sweet bbq sauce and then the soggy warm lettuce is topped with parmesan cheese.

My husband tried a Western BBQ burger (and asked for it medium – rare).

The onion rings are fried crisp and are good….but the burger is cooked till all dried out and grey inside.

Maybe it was better in 1955?

That was my trip to Bob Taylor’s Ranch House in Las Vegas NV

6250 Rio Vista St. Las Vegas NV – 702-645-1300

www.BobTaylorsRanchHouse.com

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Hussong’s Cantina Margaritas & Mexican Food Restaurant claims to have invented the margarita at their original location in Mexico in 1941. The Boca Park Las Vegas location is filled with all kinds of artifacts, photos, and all kinds of things all over the walls.

They started us off with a warm basket of chips salsa, and sweet BBQ sauce salsa.

I tried the Baja chop salad (romaine, tomato, red onion, apple, red pepper, poblano, pumpkin seeds, hominy, tortilla strips, and cumin vinaigrette with added chicken).

It might not look special but it was full of lots of delicious flavors.

My husband went for the mix and match 3 item plate. (he got 2 chicken street tacos, a carnitas burrito, beef barbocoa enchilada with rice and beans).

I did taste a chunk of chicken from the street tacos and THAT CHICKEN was REALLY Great!!!! It was infused with flavors and very tender. the chicken in the salad was also tender but plain breast meat) I hear that the other meats are also very good.

Everything including service was very good!

Hussong’s Cantina Margaritas & Mexican Food at Boca Park is-

Worth a Fork!

Hussong’s Cantina Margaritas & Mexican Food

740 S. Rampart BLVD Las Vegas NV – 702-778-2160

www.HussongsBocaPark.com

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Nittaya’s Secret Kitchen is a Thai Restaurant located in the Summerlin area of Las Vegas Nevada.This is a full service restaurant with a bar and one of the few Thai restaurants with a large outdoor patio. Most of the locals consider this to be the best of Thai Restaurants in Las Vegas.

bar area

main dining area

The menu is slightly different from many Thai Restaurants and much of the menu is full of Thai Tapas (small plates) for sharing.

The one tapas dish that we both were crazy about was the world famous spinach salad.

The spinach leaves are tempura fried and are incredibly crispy and seem free of oil..But that sauce with cashews, heat, lime, and other flavors is incredibly scrumptious!!!!!

We also tried the golden pouches (egg pastry stuffed with potato in curry sauce).

You should try if you never had this dish before……..

For my main I tried the chicken green curry.

They made it a medium hot that was just right for me. This taste similar to green curry dishes from most Thai Restaurants. The chicken was tender and they used the correct amount of basil that infused the dish.

My husband tried the basil chicken.

I usually prefer when they hand chop the chicken like they did here but I think someone new was cooking because some of the flavors are missing today. This just taste like chicken in soy sauce and a little bit of fish sauce….The garlic and heat are missing. Also they used a good amount of basil but for some odd reason you can’t taste it in this dish…….

The MUST GET DISH Here was the World Famous Spinach Salad it was FORKING AMAZING…..and the c=green curry dish is also recommended.

That was my trip to Nittaya’s Secret Kitchen

8427 W Lake Mead BLVD Las Vegas NV – 702-360-8885

www.NittayasSecretKitchen.com

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Makai Pacific Island Grill is a casual Hawaiian Plate Lunch type restaurant that will soon be in seven locations in Las Vegas Nevada. A Hawaiian Plate Lunch is usually generous portions of meat or meats, some sides and rice that is usually served in a styrofoam box (here they use aluminum pans). The North Las Vegas Location on Losee Road is located in a shopping center with plenty of parking.

It’s casual. You order at the counter, pay, and seat yourself.

Here are our plate lunches. (below is a regular and large size)

I got the regular size that is TWO meats, TWO sides, and RICE.

JEEPERS I got THREE meals out of this and it only cost a little over $10. It’s cheaper to eat here than to cook at home.

I got Mochiko chicken (fried on the bone), Teriyaki chicken (moist dark meat), tasty kimchi slaw, TWO scoops of brown rice, salad with a tasty dressing, and yaki sauce. It was all tasty and good!

My husband got a large.

He got THREE meats, THREE sides. Kalua pig, katsu chicken, teriyaki beef, macaroni salad, corn, and two scoops of rice.

All good but the beef was a little dry today.

Makai Pacific Island Grill is Worth a Try!

6520 N Losee Rd North Las Vegas NV

The phone number is not listed on their website (or my receipt) as of this posting.

www.MakaiGrill.com

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The Magic Noodle is a Chinese Hand Pulled Noodle Restaurant located in Las Vegas Nevada. You get either skinny chewy noodles or fat springy noodles here. You get the noodles either stir fried, in soup, or with sauce. This is a tiny popular restaurant so you add your name to the wait list to dine here. The food comes out as it’s ready.

Our first dish out was my fish noodle soup with pickled vegetables.

The fish is mild and tender. The fat noodles are springy. This is full of lots of flavors and also is a bit spicy. This is delicious I’d get it again!

We also shared an onion pancake.

It’s ok but would be tastier with a sauce. Maybe I’m suppose to dunk it in the soup?

My husband tried the Szechuan Beef Brisket noodle. It’s also spicy.

He thought it was very good.

Food was very good, prices were low, and service was speedy friendly and efficient.

The Magic Noodle is Worth a Fork!

Worth a Fork!

The Magic Noodle Chinese Restaurant

5165 S Fort Apache Rd Las Vegas NV – 702-873-0888

I haven’t found a website for this restaurant but noticed that you can find them on Facebook and Instagram.

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HaSalon is a Modern Israeli Inspired high quality Restaurant located in the Venetian in the Palazzo area on The Las Vegas Strip in Nevada. This restaurant is by seasoned chef, restauranteur, and Masterchef Judge Eyal Shani who has over 40 restaurants around the world and also opened Miznon (a casual counter Israeli Street Style Food Restaurant) in the same hall in the Palazza recently. HaSalon translates to dining room. You are suppose to feel that you are dining in the chef’s own dining room. The menu is daily changing of fresh harvested meats, daily flown in fresh fish, vegetables, and hand made pastas. The early seating is normal and tranquil and the late seating the restaurant transforms to a supper club and is vibrant, loud and maybe wild and crazy. Dancing is encouraged on top of the tables.

We tried the early seating that starts at 6pm.

Whatever you order that start you off with complimentary delicious focaccia and sour cream that was embellished with tomato guts and Chile peppers.

Thought the six pepper appetizer called spicy instrument would go well with the focaccia and other things so we gave it a try.

Everything on the plate tastes different. The dark green is the spiciest. The darkest red is the smokiest and everything else is in-between.

This plate was interesting…..The beet carpaccio was so light it was almost like air. But had lots more flavor than air. It was very earthy but melted in the mouth. It was embellished with creme fraiche and horseradish snow.

Ricotta clouds were highly recommended by our server. She said they make the ricotta in-house.

To my surprise they differed from what I imagined and were actually gnocchi made with whey.

My husband added another plate to our order and we got the eggplant melanza.

It’s four very thin slices of sweet eggplant in a rich but light tomato sauce with cheese.

We shared what they call melting spinach.

It’s a mound of spinach cooked with butter and topped with grated cheese and grey sea salt.

For dinner we shared the hraine (striped bass in spicy tomato sauce).

This was my personal favorite of the dishes. No BAD DISHES were found here but this fish was very DELICIOUS and prepared perfectly. It’s also a large portion (I note that I don’t know if they gave me extra by accident) and feeds two people. The fish is also embellished with tahini, cilantro and scallions. My husband’s favorite dish was the eggplant melanza. It was sort of a sophisticated style of authentic eggplant parmesan. Another special dish to me was the beets carpaccio. The beets were very earthy and almost really did seem like meat.

That was my trip to HaSalon – Newly Opened

HaSalon

Venetian, Palazzo 3325 S. Las Vegas Blvd Las Vegas NV

702-607-7777

www.HaSalonVegas.com

www.VenetianLasVegas.com

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Little Hong Kong Chinese and Filipino Favorites Restaurant is located in North Las Vegas Nevada. It’s a small casual restaurant with some wait service Filipino Food, American Chinese Food, soft canned beverages, and bottled water. They only have a few tables in this restaurant and I noticed most customers do take out here. This restaurant has an impressive 4.5 star average on Yelp so I thought it would be very good.

This dish is hard to find on menus so we tried vinegar marinated milkfish that is fried crisp with black pepper.

We also tried Mandarin hot braised vegetables to share.

and Szechwan beef. Both dishes are made with nice variety of the same fresh vegetables (bok choy, broccoli, red bell pepper, mini corn, carrot, onion, green pepper) But…….Both the Mandarin vegetables and the Szechwan beef taste exactly the same and are both in a sweet flat sauce that doesn’t even have a hint of heat.

Also the fish and the beef are not cooked properly. Both are dry and chewy. (It’s unusual to be served chewy dry fish). Sadly this is substandard. We also were the only table dining in and weren’t checked on. We even had to ask for the bill.

I don’t know what happened to this restaurant today so I can’t say…………But today sure wasn’t worth a try and certainly WASN’T Worth a Fork!

That was my trip to

Little Hong Kong

445 West Craig Road North Las Vegas NV – 702-643-3601

www.LittleHongKongVegas.com

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