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My Trip to Naxos Taverna & Kallisto Oyster Bar at Red Rock Casino Las Vegas NV

Naxos Taverna is a contemporary Greek Style Seafood focused restaurant located in the Red Rock Casino in Las Vegas Nevada. It’s kinda swanky inside.

They also have an open kitchen.

Here’s what some of the dining area looks like.

Recently it was Las Vegas Restaurant Week (till June 16th 2023) and a special pix priced menu was offered. Our waiter told us that this same menu is available daily 4-6.

But if you prefer high end fresh whole fish dinners you can get that here too.

We started out with green chick pea falafels with tahini yogurt and red schug (a Yemenite hot chili garlic sauce).

It’s all reasonably good. Better falafels than what I got at any Greek Restaurant. We also started with the raw sea bream embellished with radish, kumquat, and blood orange.

It was fresh and very light.

Our mains were Faroe Island salmon with roasted pumpkin and chermonla.

and Lavraki/ Royal dorade with charred lemon and sea salt.

Both fish were prepared reasonably well.

We also got generous sides of spiced baby cauliflower with onion puree, raisins, and almonds.

and crispy fingerling potatoes with kefalotyi cheese and lemon.

By this time we were kinda full but dessert came and it was time for sokolatina (chocolate custard cake with strawberries) and homemade fro yo made with ricotta cheese, olive oil and pistachios.

Service was very above average. The waiter spent much time explaining the menu. Plates were cleared quickly by multiple staff. Management also checked on us often.

That was my trip to Naxos Taverna & Kallisto Oyster Bar.

Naxos Taverna & Kallisto Oyster Bar

11011 W Charleston Blvd Las Vegas NV 702-516-8888

wwwNaxosRedRock.com

www.RedRockResort.com

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Lunch at Mr BBQ – Premium Korean BBQ Las Vegas NV – Worth a Fork!

Mr. BBQ is a premium All-You-Can-Eat Korean BBQ in Las Vegas Nevada’s Chinatown. It’s normally around $50. a person for the all you can eat dinner and normally close to $30. a person for the Monday-Friday all-you-eat-lunch. Recently it was restaurant week and they were offering a $20 (till June 16th 2023) lunch special so we decided to give it a try.

We pulled in.

As soon as you step in it looks like Las Vegas.

Then after that I’m not sure if it’s Las Vegas or Psychedelics?

I couldn’t believe the amount of banchan (side dishes) they served us to start with. I never received so many at any Korean Restaurant before.

We received 17 different mostly salad dishes, a BIG bowl of salad, rice papers, and three different sauces to start out with. Some of the salads were bean sprouts, cucumber, macaroni, potato, kimchi, radish, onions, corn, and celery. We also received fish cakes, edamame, and gosh a lot more.

Then we got steamed eggs, spicy tofu soup and rice.

Here come the meats.

16 oz. USDA Prime Brisket and 16 oz of spicy chicken thighs.

We cook ourselves. We do the brisket first.

Then we do the spicy chicken.

I am very surprised on how good they both are. Both are as tender as can be and also delicious!

After all this who on earth has room for more?

We were suppose topic up a donut next door. We didn’t have room for donuts so we skipped it.

But WOW! All this even at $10. more a person is sure was Worth a Fork!

Mr. BBQ is Worth a Fork!

Worth a Fork!

Mr. BBQ 4240 Spring Mountain Road Las Vegas NV – 702-483-4240

www.MrBBQLasVegas.com

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My Trip to Ai Pono Pop Up at Red Rock Casino Las Vegas NV

Bravo’s Top Chef contestant Chef Gene Villatora has a well known popular Hawaiian Street Food Restaurant in California called Ai Pono. Late this year (2023) a Nevada opening is expected at the Durango Casino and Resort that is soon to open. I heard about the pop up and wanted to give this a try. There might be over a thousand people here.

It really is a big deal. Channel 3 was filming.

Saw Chef Villatora was actually working the line.

By the time we made it to order they ran out of the platter that I was the most excited to try.

So we tried a bunch of other things and even the secret menu item. We only tried Da Side Chick and the guava chili pepper fried chicken for lunch.

Da Side Chick—-Tasty and delicious and priced not much higher than fast food from a Bravo Top Chef ($10.)

Guava chili pepper fried chicken – large portion tasty and the rice and slaw is especially notable. Also priced like regular Hawaiian plate lunches but much better than most.

Later for dinner we got to try some more.

Ahi Katsu with miso hot mustard breading and sweet soy reduction……Not bad but not my favorite…maybe it’s just better when you get this one fresh and right away?

This is the crackhead chicken that was marinated for 24 hours with a secret batter and a garlic-coconut-miso glaze…….The chicken is very tender and developed with flavor. The glaze does sound amazing but maybe didn’t travel well?

This one only my husband tried……..it was the surprise meal. We were told it was something fish.

We think it’s more guava chili chicken and it’s over some sort of meat chili with beans. The chicken is good. My husband said that the chili flavoring is very unusual.

The strong favorite was the da side chick sandwich.

You can visit Ai Pono in California or wait for the Durango Opening.

That was my trip to the Ai Pono Pop Up at Red Rock Casino in Las Vegas NV.

For more information.

www.Durango Resort.com

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Las Pupusas Salvadorian Mexican Restaurant North Las Vegas NV – Worth A Try!

Las Pupusas is a casual Salvadorian Mexican Restaurant with around five locations around Las Vegas Nevada. They offer mostly Salvadorian foods but also offer some Mexican dishes and also offer some breakfast plates. They don’t have a bar but do offer some bottled beers. This isn’t a fancy place but they do offer some wait service.

Since we are here we have to try some Salvadorian Pupusas. (Salvadorian stuffed flat breads).

We tried a spinach and cheese and a cheese and herbs pupusa. They are both really tasty. You eat then with a pile of spicy slaw on them. I like the spinach one better because it’s like they almost forgot the herbs in the herbs one all I tasted was a tiny part of a mint leaf in that one but both still are very tasty.

For my main I tried the fried tilapia.

The fish is shattering crisp with mild white flesh. You can embellish it with some lime and hot sauce. It also comes with a family sized pile of rice, refried beans, salad and two hand made tortillas.

The salpicon (picadillo) is a cold Salvadorian ground rib eye salad.

It also comes with rice, refried beans, salad, and two hand made tortillas. The beef is aromatic, sort of refreshing and full of flavors. We can taste fresh mint in it.

Las Pupusas serves large portions and prices are low.

Las Pupusas is Worth a Try!

945 West Craig Road North Las Vegas NV – 702-648-6200

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My Trip to M.Y. Asia Las Vegas NV****UPDATE NOW CLOSED FOR BUSINESS

******UPDATE NOW CLOSED FOR BUSINESS*******M.Y. Asia is an Asian restaurant by James Beard Award Wining Celebrity Chef Martin Yan. This restaurant is located in the recently rebranded Bally’s Casino now known as the Horseshoe Casino on the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada. According to the M.Y. Asia website Martin Yan offers you a taste of authentic dishes from South East Asia, China, Japan, and Korea. As of this writing the website only list one menu and specials of the week. They also mention live noodle pulling. On the day of my visit I found out that the menu and specials are not offered at lunch and a much smaller abbreviated menu is offered and there wasn’t any live noodle pulling.

We start out by sharing the cucumber salad.

It has a nice refreshing vinaigrette on it with LOTS of sesame seeds. Besides cucumber there are thin slices of hot pepper and according to the menu wood ear mushrooms…. The menu description also reads that gogi berries are suppose to be in there but I didn’t find any. It’s still all tasty.

I tried the chow fun with chicken.

This dish has a base of rice noodles and has onions, scallions, bean sprouts, expertly moist tender chicken in a stir fry sauce topped with pepper threads.

I tried one bite of the Mongolian beef.

This dish is made of expertly tender tenderloin, onions, bell peppers, and dried chili peppers embellished with some crunchy rice and pepper threads.

It was all very good but much higher priced than from any similar spot in China Town.

That was my trip to M.Y. Asia******UPDATE NOW CLOSED FOR BUSINESS *******

3645 S. Las Vegas Blvd Las Vegas NV – 725-205-0539

www.MyAsiaLV.com

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6 Course $62. Menu at Monzu Italian Oven & Bar Might be the FORKING BEST Deal in Las Vegas NV – Worth a Fork!

OH MY GOSH I made a Great Discovery! I decided to try Monzu Italian Oven & Bar in Las Vegas Nevada not too far from the Strip. They happen to offer a Chef’s Table Menu. with a few different choices. We picked the $62. menu that offers a meat and cheese board, salad, pizza, pastas, meats, vegetables, and desserts. We got high quality delicious foods and got way more than we could eat too!

Whatever you pick they start you off with very special house made Italian Country Sour Dough Bread and house made creamy ricotta cheese drizzled with quality olive oil and some herbs.

Next is a snacking plate of all kinds of things.

On the left are eggplant salad and olives. Up top is mortadella, lemon beef. prosciutto. In the middle are fried breads, down below are a variety of cheeses. On the left side are bacon wrapped dates and fried anchovies with sage.

Next is salad.

It’s mostly arugula, heirloom tomatoes onions, and the crispest sweetest fennel that I have ever tasted anywhere.

We got to try this really unusually AMAZING pizza.

Instead of sauce this pizza is spread with date cream. It’s topped with arugula, scamorra cheese, ricotta, and heirloom tomatoes with prosciutto.

After that are two bowls of pasta.

We tried the light pillow-like gnocchi with walnuts and a creamy gorgonzola type sauce.

We also tried pasta with a red eggplant Norma sauce.

Then we tried this really great fish house quality Seabream with delicious potatoes and a specialty vegetable called sea asparagus.

The skin was perfectly crisp too! and the fish just melted in your mouth.

We also received petite lamb shanks with potatoes and vegetables.

They even gave us a generous plate of dessert too!

Biscotti, cannoli, and an Italian doughnut drizzled with honey and sour orange rind.

Now that is a deal!

The $62. Chef’s Table Menu at Monzu Italian Oven & Bar in Las Vegas NV sure is-

Worth a Fork!

Worth a Fork!

Monzu Italian Oven & Bar

6020 W Flamingo Rd Las Vegas NV

702-749-5959

www.MonzuLV.com

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Paulie’s South Street Steaks Las Vegas NV – Worth a Try!

Paulie’s South Street Steaks is a casual Philadelphia inspired Cheesesteak and Hoagie restaurant with two locations in Las Vegas Nevada. The West Craig Road location is small and very casual. You order and pay at the counter and seat yourself. Someone runs the food to you when it’s ready.

Today I tried a Spicy Jalapeño Avocado Steak Sandwich.

The steak meat (according to what they have written on the wall is) is a blend of Kobe beef and prime sirloin that is different from the usual shaved ribeye of most Philadelphia Cheese Steaks. The sandwich was also embellished with pickled jalapeños, creamy avocado, red bell pepper, caramelized onions, and chipotle mayonnaise. (sharp American cheese left off at my request) I think the filling of this steak sandwich is very good. The roll is locally made and is very soft…….

My husband tried the steak sandwich called the Italian.

This steak sandwich is made of steak meat, peppers, onions, garlic marinara, provolone cheese, and sharp American cheese on a locally made soft bun.

We also shared some scoop fries that were tasty.

Paulie’s didn’t take me back to the steak sandwiches of Philadelphia…….. mostly because the bread is very different (soft and squishy…..) and cherry peppers are not in sight but the meat filling was very good. Jay from Paulie’s did contact me and said bread differs everywhere in Philadelphia. He also said that the server is suppose to offer hot/sweet peppers.

Worth a Try!

Paulie’s South Street Steaks

6020 West Craig Rd Las Vegas NV – 702-228-2202

www.PaulieSouthStreetSteaks.com

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#1 Hawaiian Barbecue N Las Vegas – Better Than Fast Food! GIANT portions and low prices! Worth a Try!

#1 Hawaiian Barbecue is a casual order at the counter Hawaiian Barbecue restaurant with three locations in Las Vegas Nevada. They specialize in serving the Hawaiian Plate Lunch. That means you get a packed Styrofoam container packed with lots of protein, lots of creamy macaroni salad, and lots of rice and maybe some cabbage. Besides the Hawaiian plate lunch some of the other offerings are sandwiches (sounds crazy but on today’s menu sandwiches start at $3.25…subject to change) musubi (like giant sushi roll), and saimin (Hawaiian noodle soup).

The North Las Vegas Location is small but does have a dining room with several tables.

You order and pay at the counter and when your order is ready they serve it to you.

My first meal I tried here was the maui maui lunch plate.

It’s three pieces of breaded fried fish with a large scoop of macaroni salad, two scoops of rice and some raw cabbage. Give or take it was around $12. and I got more than one meal out of it. It’s nothing fancy but this taste much better than fast food.

My husband tried a two meat lunch plate. BBQ Beef and pork.

I think that this is a massive amount of food but I heard that it was pretty good!

On another visit I tried chicken katsu with curry sauce.

I like the taste of the curry sauce. The chicken is also nicely prepared. The breading didn’t get soggy and the chicken is moist. This is also more than one meal for me. (I got three meals out of this one!)

My husband go a loco moco.

2 burger patties, gravy, 2 eggs, rice and macaroni salad.

Nothing fancy but better than fast food. Maybe cheaper than fast food too!

Large portions and low prices!

#1 Hawaiian Barbecue – Worth a Try!

5870 N Losee Rd North Las Vegas NV 702-642-4600

www.HawaiianbbqLV.com

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1st Taste at Dragon Tiger Noodle Company Las Vegas NV – YUM! Worth a Fork!

Dragon Tigar Noodle Company is a casual ramen, chicken wing, and more restaurant by James Beard Award Wining chef Jet Tila. Here you go down the line and pick your broth, your noodle, your vegetables, and other toppings “Chipotle Style.”

Today I picked out……

Szechwan broth (v), spicy house made noodles, poached chicken, mushrooms, bean sprouts, bamboo shoots, carrots, corn, ramen egg, nori, garlic oil, scallions, cilantro, lime and Thai Basil. (regular sized)

My husband picked…..

Pork broth, spicy house made noodles, pork belly, mushrooms, ramen egg, garlic oil, lime, Chile sauce. (Sumo sized)

This is very good! Lots of flavor to the Szechwan broth! It’s almost too spicy for me. The chicken even stays moist the whole time too!

We also tried an order of dragon wings. We did get spicy but I asked them to go very light with the ghost pepper.

These are the best wings that I’ve tried in a long time! Very crisp but juicy, moist and flavorful on the inside. Very tasty too…they are delicious plain. The sauce on the side is very tasty too and not too spicy hot……They made it taste similar to Calabrian pepper paste……..It’s very good too!

That was my first taste at Dragon Tiger Noodle Company -YUM! Worth a Fork!

Worth a Fork!

Dragon Tiger Noodle Company

750 Rampart Blvd Las Vegas NV 725-204-9700

www.DragonTogerNoodle.com

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Asada Mexican Restaurant NORTH LAS VEGAS NV – Worth a Try!

Asada Mexican Restaurant is a casual order and pay at the counter Mexican Restaurant located in NORTH LAS VEGAS NV. They offer foods such as breakfast, soups, salads, taco platters, and entrees like a half grilled chicken, enchilada platters, fajitas, and children’s meals. It looks like mostly soft beverages here but I did notice cans of beer are offered.

They do start you off with complimentary chips and two salsas. One taste like green tomatillo and the other is smoky and spicy.

Today I went with a salad and tried the salmon signature salad.

The salmon is nicely seasoned and came with nice grill marks on it. It also is a very large portion and isn’t over cooked. The salad is adorned with crisp tortilla strips, avocado slices and cheese. It taste like a mayonnaise based white dressing is on the side.

The camarones a la diablo is another reasonably good choice.

The shrimp are cooked nicely and are in a spicy garlic sauce served with rice.

We also tried a carne asada taco.

Today the meat is a bit dry and chewy. Maybe it’s usually better?

Based on the salmon salad and shrimp dish I’d say that Asada Mexican Restaurant is Worth a Try!

Asada Mexican Restaurant 6412 Losee Rd NORTH LAS VEGAS NV – 702-485-5714

The Asada Website is either down or not available yet?

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