Lemongrass & Lime – A Thai Bistro Las Vegas NV – Worth A Fork!

Lemongrass & Lime – A Thai Bistro serves traditional, modern, and street food style Thai dishes. They have two locations in Las Vegas Nevada. One location is in Summerlin and the one we went to is in Centennial Hills. The Centennial Hills location doesn’t have a bar but wine is available.

Inside they have a mix of traditional tables, booths, and half booths.

This restaurant was awarded a Best Of Vegas for 2022 award from The Las Vegas Review Journal.

We started out by sharing mashed potato stuffed rice papers in masaman curry called, Golden Pouch.

OMG YUM!!!!!! These are truly FORKING AMAZING! WOW! I’m speechless.

The pumpkin curry with chicken is also just as delicious!

It has chicken of delicious sweet pumpkin, a red curry base, coconut milk, carrots, bell peppers and fresh basil.

My husband tried the spicy basil with combination (beef, chicken, & shrimp) with an added fried egg.

It was also delicious!

The food here comes in spice levels of one-ten. I ordered number six and that was just right for me. My husband ordered number eight and he ate it but I thought number 8 was too spicy. He said he would order #7 next time.

The food really was so delicious that I have to say-

Lemongrass & Lime – A Thai Bistro is-

Worth a Fork!

Worth a Fork!

Lemongrass & Lime – A Thai Bistro

8431 Farm Rd. Las Vegas NV – 702-566-4727

www.LemongrassLime.com

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Peppermill Las Vegas NV – American Diner Style Restaurant on The Las Vegas Strip

The Peppermill Restaurant & Fireside Lounge is an old time American Diner Style Restaurant located on the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada. This restaurant has been featured in many movies and many celebrities have been spotted here. They offer many of the usual diner food menu items like breakfast, appetizers, soups, salads, sandwiches, burgers, entrees, and more.

Inside is lots of neon everywhere with an energetic atmosphere.

They have many velvety booths and comfortable counter seating.

They use multi color sugar crystals that might make you fart a rainbow.

Anyways-

We started out by sharing the appetizer called, “cauli-fire.”

Perfectly fried and breaded cauliflower that was spicy and tasty that also seemed free of oil. The sauce that came with them was very tasty and was called poblano ranch. A nice tasty starter if you can handle a little heat.

While I wait for my main I observe the action in the open kitchen.

In reasonable time my berry salad arrives.

There is no mention of garlic toast coming with this salad so I don’t know if I was suppose to get it….?

I received cheesy garlic toast and a spinach salad with strawberries, red onions (that seem marinated in something sweet) sliced almonds, and tender tasty and maybe wood fired chicken breast tossed in raspberry walnut vinaigrette. The salad was suppose to contain blue cheese but the blue cheese never made it to the plate.

My husband tried the pastrami burger.

It’s a half pound burger topped with lean pastrami Swiss cheese, and a mayo-mustard sauce, pickle, and fries. I was told that it was a very good burger.

Peppermill is for when you want nothing fancy on the Las Vegas Strip. Parking is easy because they have their own parking lot.

Peppermill Restaurant & Fireside Lounge

2985 Las Vegas Blvd S Las Vegas NV 702-735-4177

www.PeppermillLasVegas.com

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Cheesy Mini Corn Pudding Stuffed Peppers with Salsa Macha Recipe

I had these baby bell peppers that I had to use so I was thinking cornbread…..Then I thought cheesy cornbread. Then I made them so darn cheesy they were pudding and I topped it with a FORKING AMAZING salsa macha. You can buy salsa macha from many stores and Mexican grocery stores but the recipe on The FORKING Truth is FORKING AMAZING. Don’t mean to brag…BUT…If I was on a competition show…I’d WIN for this. If a restaurant served this they’d be written in the newspaper for this dish. That is how FORKING AMAZING they really taste!…..Anyways…… This recipe makes at least 24 mini stuffed peppers…I ran out of peppers but had enough to do at least 5 more. I’m figuring around 8 servings thinking that you are going to eat about three mini peppers a serving.

Ingredients for around 8 servings

1/4 cup cornmeal

1/4 cup masa de harina

1/2 cup flour

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 cup butter – melted (doesn’t matter if salted or not you adjust salt)

sea salt – to taste

1 egg – lightly beaten

1/2 cup milk

1 cup shredded mature cheddar

2-3oz sliced mature cheddar (this is for topping the corn puddings)

3 Tablespoons salsa macha

24 mini bell peppers

2 Tablespoons extra virgin olive oil

Directions

Set oven to 350 degrees F.

The baby bell peppers get sprayed with oil and go on a sheet pan. Roast the peppers until cooked. Ovens do differ…in my old oven this would take only 15 minutes. In my current oven this took 30 minutes.

Line mini muffin pan(s) with paper liners.

In a large mixing bowl add the cornmeal, masa de harina, flour, baking powder, baking soda, cheese and mix well, Add the melted butter, egg, milk, You will need a little salt. I used salted butter and added about 5 turns of salt from my salt grinder.

When the peppers are cool enough to handle remove cores and stems. Split them down the middle and put them in the cups.

Fill about 3/4 of the cup with corn pudding mixture. Then top each with a chunk of cheese.

This goes on the middle rack of your preheated 350F oven. For around 15 minutes.

Serve warm and top with salsa macha.

They are FORKING SCRUMPTIOUS!

Enjoy!

Cheesy Mini Corn Pudding Stuffed Peppers with Salsa Macha
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Maybe I hit them on a bad day?

I only read positive things about EllaEm’s Soul Food in North Las Vegas Nevada so I thought I’d give them a try. They won a “BEST OF VEGAS” by the Las Vegas Review journal and have mostly very positive reviews on Yelp. On purpose I didn’t use the restaurant name in the title of this posting because it not my intention to bring anything negative to this restaurant. My only mission is to tell……The FORKING Truth.

Everyone was welcoming and friendly when we walked in. Eventually we ordered and they started us off with a warmed up cornbread muffin with soft butter.

The cornbread muffin was very good. Moist but slightly sweet with a good corn flavor to it.

Then the meals come.

I got the grilled red snapper. Today it was a bit fishy tasting and maybe was the best part of the plate. The mixed vegetables seem like from frozen and are laced with water and nothing else. In the middle are sweet potatoes that have a texture like mush and are sweeter than any dessert out there. I have no idea on how they were able to make them sweeter than sugar. The macaroni and cheese might have been good at one time. Today it’s over done and dried up.

The country fried steak was also over done and dried up. My husband said that this isn’t the best……

Maybe they were having a bad day? ……That made my day bad too!

On the other hand it was nice that they let a lady bring in her dog in a stroller.

Awwww the dog owner and dogs are so cute together. She obviously loves her dog very much.

As much as I enjoyed the service, cornbread, and the heart melting dog moment in dining room……

For my taste I don’t expect to be going back anytime soon.

Even if I just hit them on a bad day.

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My Trip to Pho Mai Mai North Las Vegas NV

Pho Mai Mail Is a Vietnamese Restaurant located in North Las Vegas Nevada. They offer most of the usual Vietnamese foods like banh mi baguette sandwiches, rice plates, noodle bowls also called bun, stir fry and more.

It’s casual with some wait service inside.

We tried an appetizer called chicken egg rolls, and we also ordered iced tea, a rare steak tendon and meatball pho, and a grilled chicken vermicelli bowl.

The first plate out is the pho.

I didn’t try it but was told that it was reasonably good.

Next the chicken egg rolls come out with fish sauce.

These are kinda bland but fried nice………

Next my grilled chicken vermicelli bowl comes out….(I guess I’m not getting the iced tea……)

I used to get this plate often at another Vietnamese restaurant. At the other Vietnamese restaurant the fish sauce was a tasty dip to the chicken……The fish sauce at Pho Mai Mai is very fishy tasting and I can’t use it. The chicken at Pho Mai Mai is developed with flavors but also is a little dried out and chewy. It is flavored different and has a smoke flavor that I’m not used to. Also no pickled vegetables here, no cilantro, no crispy shallots….To me this seems like a more stripped down version than what I was used to.

That was my trip to Pho Mai Mai in North Las Vegas NV.

2520 E. Craig Rd North Las Vegas NV – 702-916-0929

I haven’t found any sort of webpage for Pho Mai Mai.

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A.Mano Pizza & Italian Cuisine Las Vegas NV – Fatbaby’s, Pizza Pie-Zoni, & Crazy Knots OH MY

A.Mano is a very unique novelty American Style Pizzeria and Restaurant located in Las Vegas Nevada. They offer the usual appetizers pizzas, pastas, salads, subs and more……But they also offer these things called, “FATBABY’s” that are hollowed out loaves of bread sticking straight up in the air filled with your choice of pasta that is topped with a generous amount of cheese. They also offer, “PIZZA PIE-ZONI (1/2 pizza & 1/2 calzone) and PASTA -PIE-ZONI (1/2 pizza and 1/2 pasta in a calzone). They even have CRAZY KNOTS that are different. The knots come in flavors like chicken Alfredo, bolognese and cheese, and mushroom truffle and cheese. Soft beverages are served here.

This is a very small restaurant with only around seven tables inside.

They have cheese related signs all over the walls here.

We decided to try a small plain pizza and a lasagna fat baby.

Here’s the pizza.

The pizza is actually very good. It has a delicious thin crust with a crispy bottom. The sauce is a rich tomato sauce. The cheese is very thick but easy to eat. The pizza is also nicely seasoned and is embellished with fresh basil.

Here’s the lasagna fat baby.

Lasagna Fat Baby

It’s a BREAD-ZILLA!

It’s a loaf of bread that is embedded with a cheese lasagna and is topped with a melted cheese tomato sauce. It’s tasty. Not a lot of lasagna in here. It’s mostly bread. Something different. It’s something funny to try.

That was my trip to A.Mano Pizza & Italian Cuisine.

A.Mano Pizza & Italian Cuisine

5601 N Tenaya Way Las Vegas NV – 702-464-5090

www.AmanoLasVegas.com

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The Pepper Club Las Vegas NV – Worth A Fork!

The Pepper Club is an artsy kind of restaurant and sushi bar by James Beard award wining chef Todd English. This restaurant is located in the Arts District of downtown Las Vegas Nevada.

Chef Todd English – April 2021 – Big Boy Cook Club Cookout at Ocotillo PHX AZ

According to the Pepper Club’s Website they call themselves an Asian Ocean Fusion Sushi Bar and Upscale Beverage kind of restaurant.

This restaurant has an outdoor patio lined with dog bowls. Indoors is a large bar area, some traditional tables and mostly smaller bar tables.

We tried two amazing appetizers. Today (lucky us) they had a $5. special on salmon collars with ponzu sauce.

WOW! This was fresh as can be and prepared to perfection. It just melts in your mouth.

We also tried some sushi. Tried the yuzu hama (yellowtail and yuzu kasha ((Asian condiment of yuzu citrus, garlic & pepper)) )

Unique and delicious! Even the rice is nicely seasoned just so.

For my main I tried the JFC Sandwich (Japanese fried chicken thigh, citrus slaw, really amazing pickle chips, spicy JFC sauce, and truffle fries.

I never had chicken like this before. It’s crispy but is so tender and moist that I can break it up with just my fork. GOSH it’s FORKING Delicious! All the flavors together are delicious. The pickles cut threw and make it pop! The bun is tasty and toasted nice but I need to skip most of it and the fries so I have room to try dessert. The fries today seem kinda average so I’m good skipping most of them. The fries also seem to lack a truffle flavor today…But the chicken sandwich is amazing. It’s hard to see but they also branded the bun.

It reads the Pepper Club by Todd English.

My husband tried the Aztec Turkey Combo (Turkey, Gruyere cheese, baby arugula, Vermont cheddar, and tomato soup)

The tomato soup is rich delicious and also laced with cheese. My husband said that this was the best turkey sandwich that he has ever eaten. The turkey is great, lots of quality cheeses, artisan breads. It’s just the best!

The signature dessert is a French toast ube (Japanese sweet potato) with fruit dessert. I saw them and they look beautiful but are also humungous so I went for the Ube churro.

It came with a little ice cream and was a just right sweet ending.

The Pepper Club is –

Worth a Fork!

Worth a Fork!

The Pepper Club

921 S Main St Las Vegas NV – 725-228-2393

www.ThePepperClub.com

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Roasted Cauliflower with Walnut Vinegar Sauce Blue Cheese and Raisins Recipe

I got a nice big fat cauliflower that I had to use and some walnuts I keep in my freezer and blue cheese so I was able to come up with this recipe easily. Going forward my new oven roasts different than my last oven so I need to turn up my recipes a little and most things seem to take a little longer. So it is very important to know that ovens really do differ. Your cauliflower might not be the same size as the giant one that I was lucky to get at a great price….SO…that also means that servings may differ too. I got six side servings out of this one but often I only get 4 servings from a cauliflower. I’ll say 4 servings because I usually can only find 4 serving cauliflowers.

Ingredients for around 4 servings

1 cauliflower – break down to florets

1 onion – rough chop

1/2 cup cherry tomatoes – slice in halves

1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil

1 cup walnuts

4 Tablespoons apple cider vinegar

2 Tablespoons walnut oil

1 garlic clove – either chopped or ground to paste

1 Tablespoon date syrup

1/4 cup golden raisins

1/4 cup blue cheese – crumbled

1/4 cup toasted walnuts – slightly crumbled

1/4 cup scallions – sliced thin

sea salt – to taste

crushed black pepper – to taste

Directions

Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.

Cauliflower florets, bought cut onion, sliced cherry tomatoes go on a sheet pan(s) and get sprayed generously with olive oil. Do a light sprinkle of sea salt and black pepper. Place in preheated 425F oven until lightly charred…..(ovens do differ…in my old oven this would be 30-45 minutes…in my current oven it is more like 50-60 minutes.)

While the cauliflower is roasting use a stick blender and lightly blend the walnuts with the vinegar, oil, garlic, and date syrup. You might want it still a little chunky and not like peanut butter. Set to the side.

When the cauliflower is done assemble and serve. Add the walnut vinegar sauce. Finish with a sprinkle of walnuts, blue cheese, golden raisins, and scallions. It’s delicious and most people will enjoy!

Roasted Cauliflower with Walnut Vinegar Sauce, Walnuts, Blue Cheese, and Golden Raisins

ENJOY!!!

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NEW weIRD difFEREnt Limited and Special Edition Foods Out There – June 2023 (Mostly Reese’s)

There is always something new, weird, different, limited or special edition in the wonderful world of food. We never know WTFork we will come across when we shop for food. This month it was CRAZY…..I saw so many new or different Reese’s foods.

Up above is

DIFFERENT – Betty Crocker – Reese’s Puffs complete peanut butter pancake kit…..?????I don’t know how these pancakes stack up to others?

DIFFERENT – Betty Crocker – Reese’s peanut butter and peanut butter chips coffee cake mix with brown sugar streusel – Coffee cake is supposed to be eaten with coffee. Peanut Butter Coffee Cake might be better with something jammy.

DIFFERENT – Betty Crocker – Reese’s Pieces Cookie Mix.???? Might be good???

DIFFERENT – Betty Crocker – Reese’s Brownie Mix. It looks good pictured on the box. Maybe it’s better there than working on my guts or butt.

DIFFERENT and maybe NEW – Reese’s KING SIZE Crunchy Peanut Bar. Might be good!

NEW – Reese’s NEW Creamy & Crunchy cups. Some people like creamy and some people prefer crunchy peanut butter. I doubt that they can be as good as the original but I’ll give them a try!

DIFFERENT and maybe NEW – Reese’s Drizzled popcorn…?????

NEW – Reese’s Peanut Butter swirl and cups in ice cream …..Sounds yum!

NEW – Reese’s peanut butter ice cream sandwiches…??? They do sound good…..but?????

NEW – Reese’s peanut butter and chocolate cones duo…….Don’t know until we try?

NEW – Reese’s Peanut Butter Bar covered with chocolate-like coating and cake crumbs?

DIFFERENT maybe LIMITED EDITION and LEFTOVER – Reese’s Puffs cereal that is bunny shaped. Hop to it before it’s sold out!

This next one isn’t food but it sort of fits in here.

WEIRD – Reese’s (leftover) scented Easter Grass – someone must have been on grass to think this one up.

DIFFERENT – Reese’s Dipped Animal crackers covered in peanut butter and dipped in milk chocolate…..Ummm they sound good but????????

We are done with Reese’s….for now……Moving on.

DIFFERENT – Baileys’ Irish Cream Loaf Cake – Yes please!

DIFFERENT – Guinness chocolate stout cake – sounds delicious too!

LIMITED EDITION – Van Leeuwen Champagne French Ice Cream……..That just doesn’t sound good to me but I can’t say for sure unless I try it……???????

Sorry folks but the next one sounds good……

NEW – Entenmann’s Chocolatey Glazed Cookie Donut Ice Cream Sandwiches….They sound good but who knows? Could suck?

DIFFERENT – Hidden Valley Pickle flavored ranch dressing…….???? If you like ranch dressing then this might be good.

And usually something is Oreo.

cookie POP popcorn in Oreo flavor….who knew?

That was the new, weird, different, limited, and special edition foods out there for June 2023. Who know WTFork we’ll come across next month?

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My Trip to China Star Las Vegas NV

China Star is an all-you-can-eat and take out American/Chinese restaurant located in Las Vegas Nevada.

It’s not a fancy place and doesn’t serve upscale food but for what you it’s ok! (not positive but the regular price is low…something like $12…… I came on a holiday so prices were slightly more.)

One word of warning. They did have some of the food labeled but everything seemed inaccurate so you had to figure out what the food was yourself. That is part of the joy of buffets. It’s always a surprise.

Today they actually served the best strawberries that I’ve had in a long time.

I kept going back for strawberries.

A few of the offerings were-

Shellfish and garlic bread.

shrimp and fish dishes

pizza, dumplings and lo mein

beef, chicken, and pork stir fried dishes

sushi, edamame, seaweed salad and more. There also was a soft serve machine.

I didn’t take the fried shrimp but my husband said that they were pretty good today and the cocktail sauce was more flavorful than expected.

They offered two kinds of whitefish today and salmon. I didn’t try the salmon because you never get good salmon on a buffet but did try both whitefish. The one whitefish in the middle of the plate was actually very good. It was seasoned nice and not over cooked. The even milder whitefish (something like swai) to the right was cooked perfect but lacked seasoning. I added Mexican hot sauce to it and it was better. The vegetables were good. Chicken wing looked good. Had a good flavor but also had a spongy unappetizing texture. Went back and tried the teriyaki and that was pretty good.

Made a desert bomb!

Strawberries, vanilla soft serve, coconut pudding, and a doughnut.

It’s ok for what you pay.

China Star

4595 W Charleston Blvd Las Vegas NV – 702-870-1888

www.ChinaStarLas.com

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