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Notable Dinner of the Week – Monzu Italian Oven & Bar $62. Chef’s Table Menu – Worth a Fork!

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Monzu Italian Oven & Bar is an Italian Restaurant not far from the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada. They offer house made bread and pizzas made with a three hundred year old natural starter that gives the bread and pizzas a sophisticated developed taste. They offer many starters, salads, pizzas, entrees, desserts, bar drinks, and Italian Wines. Certain hours they also have live music.

We always get the $62. Chef’s Table Menu. It’s always different. They do customize for your taste. It’s also way more food than you can eat so you always have leftovers to bring home.

Whatever you order they start you off with their amazing country bread that is served with olive oil and house made ricotta cheese.

Then with the $62. Chef’s Table Menu you might get Antipasti like this….

There was four kinds of Italian meats, four kinds of Italian cheeses, Italian fried breads, pistachio crusted goat cheese, walnuts, and sage fried anchovies. On previous visits I remembered getting a fried artichoke and another time we got fried stuffed squash blossoms.

Next courses were –

Kale salad with pomegranate and fennel salad with crunchy sweet fennel

Crepe lasagna with beef

Potato Gnocchi with walnuts and gorgonzola sauce

This is their pesto multi cheese pizza. I think I’ve tasted the very best pizzas here. They are like no other and “POP” the most. Delicious amazing developed crust and spectacular toppings. Then the pizzas go straight up to the Stratosphere with the crushed Calabrian Chilies and the garlic marscapone condiments….WOW! You won’t get this anywhere-else.

tender Lamb Chops with roasted potatoes

Tender Hanger Steak with herb sauce and roasted potatoes

Citrus Doughnut, pistachio dipped cannolis, nougat, cookies is a sweet ending.

The $66. Chef’s Table Menu from Monzu Italian Oven & Bar is The Notable Dinner of the week and also is Worth a Fork!

WORTH A FORK!

Monzu Italian Oven and Bar

6020 W Flamingo Rd Las Vegas Nevada

702-749-5959

www.MonzuLV.com

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NEW WEird difFERENt Limited and Special Edition Foods Out There October 2024

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There is always something new, weird, different, limited and special edition in the wonderful world of food. We just never know WTFork we will come across when we shop for food.

Up above is –

SPECIAL EDITION – Artificially flavored pumpkin pie M&M’s. Pumpkin Pies are Fab-BOO-lous but artificially flavored candy is usually awful…….

DIFFERENT – Reese’s Chocolate Lava Big Cup – Who are they kidding? They just give you less Reese Cup and add chocolate syrup.

DIFFERENT – Mrs Freshley’s Reese’s Peanut Butter flavored cupcakes…..???

LIMITED EDITION – Nestle Toll House Pumpkin Spice Cookies – Why Not?

LIMITED EDITION and WEIRD – Chobani Flip Pumpkin Harvest yogurt with oatmeal pastry pieces, creamy icing chunks, and cinnamon frosted cookies…..doesn’t sound like there is room for much yogurt….?

WEIRD – Hostess Twinkies Artificially Flavored Iced Latte (This one I can’t even imagine)

WEIRD – Snickers artificially flavored Iced coffee……How good can that be????

Special Edition – Funyuns that are Maruchan hot & spicy chicken ramen flavored Onion Rings…..Might be ap-peal-ing?

LIMITED EDITION – Kellogg’s Wednesday Cookies & Creme – Not sure…Is this cereal only for eating on Wednesdays?

LIMITED EDITION – General Mills Carmella Creeper ARTIFICIALLY Flavored Caramel Apple Cereal with Frightful monster marshmallows…..Sounds scary…..

LIMITED EDITION – General Mills Chocolate Lucky Charms with Haunted Marshmallows

LIMITED EDITION – General Mills Reeses’s Puffs BATS

LIMITED EDITION – Franken Berry Artificially Flavored Strawberry Cereal with frightful friends marshmallows

LIMITED EDITION – General Mills Boo Berry Artificially Flavored berry Cereal with Frightful Friends Marshmallows

LIMITED EDITION (that they are calling Flavor Drop) Lay’s Potato Chips in Honey Butter, Masala, Tzatziki…….Could go either way…Spud-tacular or Tuber-yukkus

WEIRD – Doritos has a dye in it that can create see-though mice…….(This was on the front page of Yahoo)

LIMITED EDITION – Cheez It that is Hidden Valley Ranch Flavored?…..I like my Cheez its to be cheese flavored…..not ranch flavored……..All we need now is Cheez It Flavored Ranch Dressing.

DIFFERENT – Ritz Crackers in Everything Flavored (onion, poppy seeds, garlic & sea salt) Sounds tasty but don’t know if they are

(Mostly) WEIRD – Manischewitz – black & white cookie, gefilte fish, and matzo ball ice creams…I did a little research and I don’t think these were actually made but Manischewitz did advertise them. I guess we call that a publicity stunt. Some flavors that might have worked could have been cinnamon babka, pistachio rugelach, maybe even borsht?

I was watching Bizarre Foods and I saw this on a shelf in a shop the chef visited.

WEIRD – Queen of Farts Hot Sauce – Doesn’t sound appetizing at all…….and I accidentally came across the next one.

WEIRD (even WEIRDER!) Wet Fart Hot Sauce with Pooh…….

There is even special edition foods for dogs too!

LIMITED EDITION – Milk Bones in Pumpkin & Spice ARTIFICIAL flavor

And there is usually something Oreo.

LIMITED EDITION – Nabisco BOO Oreo cookies in the same flavor but with added coloring and different designs.

Well that was the New, Weird, Different, Limited, and Special Edition Foods for October 2024. Who knows WTFork we’ll come across next month?

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Dining In and Out With Dogs in Las Vegas NV October 2024

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Dining With Dogs is just a “FLUFF” story about taking my dogs out to eat. It all sort of started with my late dog Louie. He was a very social dog and loved everyone. He also loved going out to eat. When he got elderly he came down with aggressive cancer and was only expected to live 3-6 months. I thought the nicest thing I could do for Louie was to take him out to eat as often as possible. Instead of the 3-6 months Louie made it another 17 months. Today I take my current dogs out when the weather is right and when I can.

The earth is warming and we have had record breaking heat in Las Vegas. At 10:30 it is borderline hot so the dogs got to go to our local In-N-Out Burger.

Here they are at the drive thru.

We fed them some Cheeseburger on the patio.

They always enjoy In-N-Out Cheeseburgers.

The next week it was hot again so we took the dogs to Five Guys and they got a take out burger bowl from there.

They enjoyed the car ride and they look like they are about to enjoy the cheeseburger.

Time to try some.

They always enjoy a Five Guys Cheeseburger.

I thought it was going to be cool the next week. Instead it was another record breaker in Las Vegas…..Oh well…. Off to In-N-Out for a quick cheeseburger. Since they open at 10:30am and have a shaded patio we can give the dogs cheeseburger on the patio before it hits 90 degrees.

The Giant Aussie/Cattledog felt the need to push the Beagle/Chihuahua out of his seat so SHE could watch their cheeseburger get prepared.

Who wants some cheeseburger?

They always enjoy In-N-Out Cheeseburgers.

The Dogs finally got to dine out at SNS Diner BBQ. If this place seems familiar to you then perhaps you saw this place on Diners Drive Ins and Dives on Food Network.

The 1/2 chicken was very good here and the dogs got to enjoy some of it.

They also got to enjoy some of my husband’s Brisket Philly Sandwich.

We all enjoyed our trip to SNS Diner BBQ.

3229 Losee Rd North Las Vegas NV

702-269-9696

www.SNSDiner.com

We hope that you’ve enjoyed Dining In and Out with Dogs and we hope to see you next month!

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In Memory of Louie 5-5-2001 – 3-3-2017

Arts District Kitchen at Able Baker Brewing Las Vegas NV – Worth a Try!

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Arts District Kitchen is located in the Able Baker Brewing in the Arts District of Downtown Las Vegas not far from the Strip. Besides getting beers from Able Baker Brewing………..

You can order food from Arts District Kitchen in here too! You can order a number of snacks like esquites salsa and chips and pretzel bites. They offer a variety of tacos. They offer a variety of fries, burgers, sandwiches, and rice bowls.

We started out by sharing the crispy cauliflower.

Today the cauliflower isn’t crispy…..It seems roasted. The buffalo sauce is ok. I think they’ve thinned down the blue cheese dressing too much because it is thin like milk.

To my surprise the mains are much better.

I tried the chicken tikka masala rice bowl.

The chicken is moist and developed with good flavors. It’s actually delicious and very good with some heat too!

The pastrami sandwich really looked much better than what my photo shows.

They grilled the pastrami nicely and used a mighty tasty full flavored one that is delicious. They also added dijon mustard, pickled onions, pickle chips, and spicy red pepper rings on a lightly toasted baguette.

Arts District Kitchen is Worth a Try!

Located in Able Baker Brewing

1510 S Main Street Las Vegas NV

702-479-6355

www.ArtsDistrictKitchen.com

Every THING is subject to change.

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A Little Taste Of Buldogis Gourmet Hot Dog Restaurant Las Vegas NV – As Seen on The Cooking Channel

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I’ve seen Buldogis Gourmet Hot Dog Restaurant on the Cooking Channel several times so I finally had to try it. Bulgogis offers a menu of SEVENTEEN different gourmet hot dogs to choose from. They also offer things like chicken wings, fried chicken sandwiches, a macaroni and cheese bacon quesadilla, Korean Noodle soups, bibim rice bowls, and gourmet fries. This restaurant is a casual small restaurant that is located in the Summerlin area of Las Vegas Nevada.

It gets very busy here.

From here it’s about a half hour wait.

I was lucky enough to snag a table.

my husband tries two Hot Dogs.

Soul Dog – Pork Belly, Caramelized Onions, BBQ Sauce, Scallions, Gourmet Beef Dog

Philly Cheesesteak Dog – Caramelized Onions, Red Peppers, Cheese Sauce, Gourmet Beef Hot Dog

I tried the Spicy Korean BFC(chicken) Sandwich

And we shared Sweet Potato Fries

The Food was mostly very good but not perfect.

There is no silverware here and it is very hard to eat any of the sandwiches without silverware. My husband couldn’t get the Soul Dog into his mouth. I found it hard to eat the chicken sandwich because it’s a very big sandwich and would be easier to eat if it was cut in half.

The Chicken sandwich was a good chicken sand but not all of it was spicy. Only the end was crunchy and delicious…..but the middle lacked the spicy sauce that made it special. This sandwich was over packed with slaw and tomatoes that fell out when you tried to eat it.

My husband did say that the hot dogs here really are very good. He was able to eat the Philly Cheesesteak dog a little more easily than the Soul Dog.

I’d recommend to bring your own silverware when dining at Bulgogis.

This was a little Taste of Buldogis Gourmet Hot Dogs in Las Vegas NV

Buldogis

2291 S Fort Apache Rd Las Vegas NV

702-570-7560

www.Buldogis.com

Every THING is subject to change.

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Showing Off

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Showing off is just to show you that I cook stuff. The majority of what you see here can be found as a recipe here www.TheForkingTruth.com Of course I don’t photo everything just the special occasion stuff I make for gatherings. Up above egg salads stuffed into cracker cups I made (cracker cups are just bread crisps that I shaped different).

Below are butternut squash filled fried crepes with 5 spice and some orange ginger sauce.

Honey Apple Cake

An unusual visit from The Giant Aussie Shepard/Cattledog. She seems oddly enchanted with the honey apple cake. Don’t worry I let her have some and she lapped it up. My smaller dog is running around barking right now. If I made something with cheese or chicken he would be here.

Mini Potato Knishes with the Honey Apple Cake

Potato Cheddar Pierogi

Cheesy Potato Filled Potatoes and Wasabi Potato filled Potatoes

Mini Bouchon Bites topped with chocolate pots de creme and a cherry (Bouchon Bakery recipe for really great chocolate cakes)

Plain pizza with a variety of fresh cheeses and with slow roasted tomatoes and home grown basil

Enjoy!!!

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Forking Thoughts – My Local Supermarket is Always a MESS!

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My local supermarket is always a mess.

This you just have to see to believe.

It’s also not as clean as I would like.

I always get blocked off from going down an aisle and forget to go back…..

I hate when the packaged food is also messy.

Sometimes it’s a mess as soon as you walk in.

This is NUTS.,,,,I can’t get to the nuts.

Sometimes things are spilled on the floor.

Instead of mopping the floor they just throw these orange pads on the floor.

Poor dog.

Another poor dog.

Another FILTHY shelf.

Some of the food you buy here has already been on the floor.

My local Supermarket is always a mess!

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My Trip To Fat Choy Las Vegas NV

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Fat Choy is an American – Asian sort of restaurant located in the Eureka Casino near to the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada. If this restaurant seems familiar it might be because it was featured on Food Network’s Diners Drive Ins and Dives.

The Chef is well seasoned and has worked previously at high end restaurants from New York to Michelin Stared Joel Robuchon in Las Vegas.

At Fat Choy you can find daily specials, appetizers like nachos, bao buns, and Buffalo wings. You can also try salads, soup, a variety of burgers, fish tacos, teriyaki entrees and more.

It’s not a fancy place. It looks kinda like a Diner.

My husband started off by trying the pork belly bao buns.

They look like they are missing the crushed peanut topping but according to my husband they are still tasty.

I tried a salmon teriyaki rice bowl.

It’s a generous serving of rice and salmon. The salmon is slightly over cooked so it taste a bit fishy. I’m not liking the taste of this dish…It’s just not for me.

My husband’s meal is worst.

It is suppose to be crispy beef Korean BBQ Style rice bowl. We’ve had Asian Crispy beef before but this was different. The beef here is undeveloped with flavor and the texture is like dehydrated beef jerky. My husband did complain to our waitress about the dry beef and she said just pour some sauce on the beef to fix it up.

That was my trip to Fat Choy.

I don’t plan to return to Fat Choy

Fat Choy

702-794-0829

595 E Sahara Ave Las Vegas NV

www.FatChoyLV.com

Every THING is subject to change.

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Sicilian Guys Trattoria Las Vegas NV – Worth a Try!

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Sicilian Guys Trattoria is a full service Italian restaurant and bar located in the North – West part of Las Vegas Nevada. They offer pastas, sandwiches, salads, entrees, a variety of pizza, and more. Inside they have booths, traditional tables, and bar seating.

We started out by sharing the beet and arugula salad (arugula, red onions, beets, pecans, feta cheese, cranberries.

It’s large and tasty. It’s a good starter.

They also served us complimentary crusty bread with olive oil and balsamic that I forgot to photo.

I tried the Vega Specialty White Pizza (ricotta, mozzarella, blend, garlic, spinach, garlic oil).

The crust is very mild tasting. On top they are very generous with the cheese toppings. It taste like they use a quality ricotta. It’s tasty but does run a bit garlic forward.

My husband really enjoyed the Sunday Braciole (only served on Sundays) (thin beef rolled and stuffed with prosciutto, provolone, parmesan, garlic, hard boiled eggs, herbs) and also comes with Sicilian Herb Potatoes.

We finished with a cannoli sweet ending.

Went back and tried a few more things.

We did start with the beet salad again so I will skip that.

For my main I had the Pollo Vesuvio (white meat chicken in an oregano white wine wine sauce with garlic and peas. Served with Sicilian herb potatoes).

My husband tried the Chicken Piccata (white meat chicken in a butter white wine sauce topped with lemon zest and capers and served with pasta)

Both dishes were A-OK.

Sicilian Guys Trattoria is Worth a try!

Sicilian Guys Trattoria 9800 West Skye Canyon Park Drive Las Vegas NV

702-285-1048

www.SicilianGuysTrattoria.com

Every THING is subject to change.

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USA Today Wine & Food Experience Las Vegas NV 2024

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USA Today Wine and Food Experience is a food and adult beverage festival with music and live demonstrations. This year it happens on 900 E Fremont Street in downtown Las Vegas Saturday October 12TH.

These were the latest list of expected food venders-

Others such as The Golden Tiki, Echo & Rig, Ferraro’s Ristorante, North Italia were on the list when I purchased my tickets. I didn’t notice Bowltastic or Craving Creole there but it is possible that I missed them?

Anyways

between my husband and me we got to sample almost everything food available. There was lots of wine and booze but we skipped that because it was 95 degrees here so it was too hot to enjoy booze outside.

First bite was something steak with Chile crisp from Project BBQ that was tasty and tender.

Next bite was very different than what I enjoyed from this restaurant previously.

Crack Shack Chicken sandwich was cold, unseasoned, and tough……

Peinto Thai served cold orange chicken, cold chicken wings, OK Asian pasta and fried rice.

Evel Pie served Pizza Cup Cakes

Off The Vine served only two vegan empanadas every 15 minutes……So almost nobody got to try this……..

Anima By Edo served very good detailed crab appetizers

Slater’s 50/50 was serving bacon macaroni and cheese balls and had the longest line of all the food venders.

But their balls were dry inside.

California Fish grill served a reasonably good mini fish platter.

Caviar Cartel Club served Italian Beef Sandwiches that weren’t so flavorful.

Not the best funnel cakes from Braud’s Funnel cake cafe (heavy and only a little powdered sugar)

Scallop plate from Water Grill Seafood Co

Refrigerator COLD pork sliders from Grillin McMillian

I am not planning on attending this festival next year.

www.WineandFoodUSAToday.com

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