Forking Fantabulous means life changing. It’s crazy amazing. It’s the reason why you must try this restaurant.
I had the very best tuna steak that I have ever had in my life at Mother Wolf in the Fontainebleau on the Las Vegas Strip. No other tuna steak can even compare…To the taste and tenderness. Maybe it was fresher than I am used to?
The sauces around it were magical…..There was a cherry tomato sauce called pomodoro e pomodorini, They were the most tomato-ee sweet tomatoes ever.
It had olives that never had before that were really different called taggiasca olives.
The dish also contained capers and LOTS of basil.
This was the very best tuna dish that I have ever tried anywhere.
P.S. or PRO TIP – You have to order the chef’s signature focaccia bread called sfincione to mop up all that goodness.
The Tonna Alla Puttanesca from Mother Wolf is Worth a Fork!
Thai Spoon is a Thai Restaurant that is located in the North/West part of Las Vegas Nevada. They offer your usual Thai Favorites and also some vegan dishes and more seafood dishes that you normally see on Thai menus. Some of the seafood offerings are salmon teriyaki, seabass panang, catfish pad cha, seafood curry in young coconut, and house scallops. I noticed that they also offer plenty of bottles of wine here.
For seating they have 1/2 booths and whole booths.
We started out by sharing the chicken potstickers.
Here they are fried crispy all over. Inside they are very mild with juicy moist chicken and a soy type is on the side for dipping.
The seabass panang was seared nicely and prepared masterfully with a melt in your mouth texture.
The curry is smooth, a little basil-ee, with a nice heat. (I picked #7 out of 10)
The spicy basil has that traditional spicy, garlic basil taste.
But instead of hand chopped protein or sliced protein the meat was ground……..To me that is strange because all the spicy basil dishes we’ve tried in Pennsylvania, Arizona, and California the protein for spicy basil was always either hand chopped or sliced…….I’m thinking that ground meat in spicy basil might be a “Nevada Thing.”
Little Green Tomato Candies were given to us with the check. I thought the candy was green tomato but someone wrote to me and said the candy is guava flavored.
Born And Raised is a 24/7 Sports Bar and Restaurant with four locations in Las Vegas. Besides bar drinks they also offer bar bites like bulgogi tacos, crispy zucchini, and steak poutine. They also offer salads, wraps, burgers, sliders, all day breakfast, and what they call favorites like buffalo chicken macaroni and cheese, dragon bowls, and tequila lime chicken pasta.
You can sit in the bar area.
Or you can have a seat in the main dining area with lots of big screen TVs.
In this room is one strange hilarious chair.
Anyways-
I thought the Bar Signature Salad sounded great so that’s what I ordered.
It’s moist chicken breast (They say it’s blackened but isn’t so blackened but it is tasty and moist so that’s ok). This salad also contains greens, strawberries, oranges, candied pistachios, goat cheese, and strawberry dressing. It was just right for me today. I’d get it again.
My husband said that the Mexico City Prime Beef Burger was very good!
They cooked it to a perfect medium-rare as requested. This burger is topped with pepper jack cheese, an onion ring, pickled jalapeno, and chipotle mayo (left off at request) and comes with lettuce, tomato slice, raw onion, and fries.
Based on this visit I’d say that Born And Raised is Worth a Try!
Mother Wolf is a Luxury Roman – Italian Restaurant located in the Fontainebleau Casino/Hotel on the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada. The James Beard Award Winning Chef of this restaurant is Chef Evan Funke. Who is a Master Pasta Maker.
The two stand out dishes offered here are the Sfincione (chef’s Signature focaccia) and his cacio e pepe.
It’s a large formal restaurant with more than one dining area, a bar, and an open kitchen. Rap music fills the air…..
We started out by sharing some of the chef’s signature focaccia called Sfincione.
It’s hot out of the oven. It’s fluffy, moist, and tasty.
Next is our pasta course. This was Linguine Al Lemon (oil, lemon, asparagus, pecorino cheese)
It’s delicious, well seasoned and prepared with perfect pasta….
I ordered the tuna alla puttanesca (big eye tuna steak, tomatoes, Taggiasca olives, capers, basil)
This is drop the mike moment – GET THIS – THIS IS THE DISH TO GET! And you need some of the sfincione (focaccia) to help mop things up.
To start with the tuna is also amazing. It’s a large portion and is maybe the freshest tasting tuna I ever had anywhere. It’s also tender as can be. These tomatoes are also the best tasting tomatoes. There are different flavors of basil here, pops of capers, fancy little olives that are different. This dish is a reason on why you would dine here.
My husband ordered the Saltimbocca (pounded veal, prosciutto, sage, white wine, butter, lemon, with a wild arugula salad.)
Tonight the veal is a little tough and dry….but still edible. Instead of our waiter waiting for us to take a few bites…Instead he asked us how the plates were as soon as they arrived. We told him that the plates looked good……
The wild arugula salad.
My husband said that this salad was very good and insisted that I taste it…..I thought the vinegar used was incredibly harsh. I can’t eat it but then again I am more sensitive.
Dining out with dogs is just a “FLUFF” story about taking my dogs out to eat. It all sort of started with my late dog Louie. You know Louie always enjoyed going out to eat. When he got elderly he came down with aggressive cancer. We were told that he probably only had 3 months to live…..but maybe up to 6 months………I took Louie out to eat as often as possible since going out to eat was his greatest enjoyment. Instead of the 3-6 months Louie made it another 17 months. Today I take my current dogs out to eat when the weather is right and when I can.
Just so you know I am usually a week or so behind with Dining Out with Dogs…..June pretty much began too hot to dine out with dogs so the dining out was actually in May and “In doors”when it was too hot.
We got to go to Hawaiian Barbecue #1 in North Las Vegas. In case you don’t know Hawaiian BBQ is usually big styrofoam containers stuffed with lots of protein and usually rice. This place doesn’t have their own patio but do share a community patio only 2 doors down. My husband (and dogs) tried the Chicken Stir Fry Saimin (Asian flavored stir fry with noodles).
And I (and dogs) had the garlic Mahi Healthier Plate (Maui Fish, salad, brown rice, and hard egg). (with garlic scraped off for dogs) They also had some of the egg.
We all enjoyed Hawaiian Barbecue # 1
5870 N Losee Rd North Las Vegas NV
702-642-4600
www.BestHawaiianBarbeque.com
We happened to have a nice day where we could sit in shade in 85 degree weather so we went to Those Guys Pies in North Las Vegas. They specialize in cheesesteaks and pizzas. If this place sound familiar to you then you might have caught them on Food Network’s Diners Drive Ins and Dives.
We started out by buying the dogs craft chicken dog biscuits from the dog biscuit vending machine that they have inside.
They also got to eat grilled chicken from my Lakeside Salad.
And Cheese Steak from my husband’s cheesesteak.
We always enjoy going to Those Guys Pies
5585 Simmons St North Las Vegas NV
725-251-5826
www.ThoseGuysPies.com
Suddenly it got very hot in Las Vegas but near the beginning of the month we had a windy-not-too-sunny day with shade so we were able to quickly enjoy some cheeseburger from In-N-Out.
They always enjoy an In-N-Out Cheeseburger.
Today it was too hot outside to dine out with dogs. So we took the dogs threw the In-N-Out Drive Thru and brought a burger home for them.
The Dogs always enjoy a Cheeseburger from In-N-Out.
Well That was Dining Out (and In) With DOGS for June 2024. We are hoping for a Monsoon to cool things here so we can Dine Out again soon! We hope to see you next month.
The Forking TruthIn Memory of Louie 5-5-2001 – 3-3-2017
Letty’s De Leticias Cocina is a full service Mexican Restaurant located in the Arts District of Downtown Las Vegas Nevada. They offer a variety of Mexican all day breakfast dishes such as pozole, menudo, chilaquiles, and a few more things. A few of the other items they offer are appetizers like chips and salsa, ceviche, and quesadillas. They also offer soups, and sandwiches on fresh baked bolillo bread. You can also find Tamales, Enchiladas, Burritos, Pupusas, Carne Asada, Grilled Chicken, Carnitas and MORE!
If this restaurant seems familiar to you then maybe you saw them on Food Network’s Diners Drive Ins and Dives.
This is a small restaurant that fills up fast.
We started out with some margaritas and chips and salsa.
My husband enjoyed the steak ranchero burrito packed with cheese, rice, and beans and topped with red guajillo sauce and more cheese.
I tried the birria ramen.
I liked the eggs because they were nice and jammy. The beef isn’t bad because it’s tender and flavorful. They also gave a generous portion of beef. For my taste the broth is too fatty for me to eat it but my husband has a different taste and enjoys this. He will eat it over the next two days.
China Mama 2 is located in Las Vegas Nevada’s Chinatown in Shanghai Plaza. This restaurant offers mostly authentic Chinese Food but they also offer a few American Chinese Dishes like orange chicken.
It’s always busy here and you wait for your table by signing in on an iPad. The wait is usually 1-2 hours but We got lucky today and only waited eleven minutes.
Whatever you order they start you off with ice water in cold metal tumblers and hot Jasmin Tea.
We started out by trying the wood ear mushroom salad.
It’s crisp and kinda spicy…..
The waiters favorite dish here is the sliced fish filet with ginger and scallions so we went with that.
it’s light and mild and easy to eat.
But the dry pepper chicken is another story.
The chicken is bite sized, breaded and fried. It’s fried well because it seems free of oil but it was fried with MOLTEN HOT dried and fresh peppers and garlic. This dish really is too spicy hot for us……We’ve had this dish before at other Chinese Restaurants and it is always very spicy hot but not MOLTEN HOT like this one. We manage to eat a little of this one but I brought most of it home minus any pepper I came across. At home I made a honey based sauce that took the heat down a couple levels.
The Dish Of The Week that impressed me the most was the Grilled Salmon from 1228 Main. This Restaurant is in the family of Wolfgang Puck Restaurants and is located in downtown Las Vegas Nevada. The Grilled Salmon dish impressed me for several reasons.
1 – They didn’t even ask how I wanted it done and prepared it medium-ish
2 – They removed most of the bloodline that gives fish a fishier taste
3 – They crisped up the skin so much that it was like eating a crispy potato chip
4 – the fish was great and sauce and vegetables were unusually FORKING DELICIOUS
Everything we had on all our visits to 1228 Main were all VERY GOOD but I do need to mention that the menu changed on my every visit there. In case you don’t know 1228 serves daily made fresh baked goods, breakfast, lunch, brunch, dinner, and also has a bar.
The other plates we enjoyed on our last visit were –
Focaccia with provolone cheese and mortadella on the side
Thai St Cafe has two locations in Las Vegas Nevada. I went to the Centennial Location. I wanted to come here because I read that they also do the fried Spinach Salad that many Thai Restaurants do here…….WTFork?……We walked in and immediately I knew I was here before……..But last time this restaurant was named Secret Of Siam…….Then I read about Secret of Siam in trouble for accidentally adding THC to their curries and many people got sick. The restaurant closed while under investigation and the judgement concluded Accidental. The Restaurant re-opened and in a short time became Thai St Cafe. I have found out that they are under a new ownership now.
It looks exactly the same inside as before.
The menu is exactly the same as before.
I decide not to get the spinach salad.
Got the eggplant with chicken with a #3 heat out of 5.
It looks exactly the same as before. It’s actually slightly less flavorful and not as spicy so it differs some. It’s good but not my favorite version of this dish. I like when the eggplants are more firm and less oily and more sweet like white eggplants.
My husband tried the drunken noodles with chicken.
He said that his chicken was dry and he got grumpy.
Blue Kitchen Garlic Noodle Bar is an Asian – Soul – Fusion sort of restaurant that offers various noodle dishes and also a lot of seafood dishes. They also offer sharable plates such as bao buns, wings, and shrimp fried rice balls. They also offer small plates like Asian style chicken or oxtail tacos, deep fried lobster tails, and jumbo stuffed shrimp. The main dig might be the garlic noodles that come in a few varieties of shrimp, a couple in chicken, salmon, lamb, crab cake salmon, oxtail, ribeye, bbq ribs, and Gumbo Pot pie. Soft beverages and house made lemonades are served here. This restaurant is located in the North-West part of Las Vegas Nevada.
It’s comfortable inside with soft soul music in the air.
We started out by sharing the Chicken Asian Style Tacos.
They are 4 tacos made with fried potsticker skins and are stuffed with juicy Asian style chicken, sesame seeds, chives, sweet garlic aioli, and wasabi avocado aioli. They are crunchy light and delicious with lots of layers of flavors.
I tried the Korean Sticky Chicken with Garlic Noodles and a Pineapple lemonade.
The lemonade is not too sweet and is refreshing and comes with a lot of fresh fruit.
The Korean Sticky Chicken was expertly fried. The exteriors of each piece of chicken are shattering crisp and the interiors are extra juicy and flavorful in a sticky slightly sweet and spicy sauce. The noodles are chewy and tasty and not too garlic-ee. It also an extra generous portion of food…I doubt most people can eat more than half.
My husband thinks he ordered the Pan Fried Garlic Shrimp?
Well anyway he got one of the shrimp dishes that he said was delicious with perfectly prepared shrimp.
