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Shawarma Vegas – Las Vegas NV – OUTSTANDING Casual Glatt Kosher Mediterranean Restaurant – Worth a Fork!

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Shawarma Vegas is a casual Glatt Kosher Mediterranean order at the counter or take type restaurant with two locations in Las Vegas (Summerlin & near Strip). The Summerlin location has a few outside tables and a few tables inside.

They offer stuffed pitas, laffa wraps, baguette sandwiches, platters, and plenty of side dishes……YOU SHOULD GET THE PLATE HERE.

The plate is one, two, or three proteins….and comes with TONS OF SIDES!

We shared two – two protein platters and everything was amazing!

This starter plates came out first (and tahini sauce and spicy green shrug sauce came out right afterwards)

Hot fluffy pita bread, pickles, cabbage salad, baba ganoush, not sure but I think the red stuff might be muhammara (spicy red pepper walnut dip ….but this one had a lot of tomatoes in it so I’m not sure), and this creamy hummus with the best caramelized onions ever.

Then we get another plate.

Here are a few different slaws, pickled onions, and Israeli salad.

The mains are next with another hot fluffy pita bread.

Above is the shawarma and kabob with fries.

OMG! The shawarma here is turkey and it’s amazing…….It’s the best shawarma that I have ever tried anywhere. It’s very developed with flavor and just melts in the mouth…..

OMG AGAIN – the beef kabob…….not what I was exspecting but also amazing…….It’s more like the most amazing meatball ever…….It’s like a sponge of juice. It’s really great!

We also shared the pargiot (Israeli marinated grilled chicken thigh and falafel plate with sweet potato fries.

The sweet potato fries are fried nicely and aren’t soggy. The falafels have crispy exteriors and are moist and herby inside.

OMG again! The chicken is amazing! Really tender, flavorful, and juicy….This is really great chicken!

I thought pricing was very reasonable for Kosher….Each platter was $28.99 and came with so many sides. We had enough leftovers to get a second meals out of this.

In case you don’t know Kosher Meats on average cost three times the price of non-kosher meats so considering that these meals were very reasonable.

Service was also over the top.

I have to say Shawarma Vegas is Worth a Fork!

Worth a Fork!

Shawarma Vegas

2521 S Fort Apache Rd Las Vegas NV

702-273-7837

www.ShawarmaVegasGrill.com

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The Forking Truth

A little taste of Jerusalem Mediterranean Chef’s Table – Las Vegas NV – Kosher and Halal Offerings

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Jerusalem Mediterranean Chef’s Table is a full service family owned restaurant, bar, and catering business that is certified kosher and is also certified halal. This business is located close to the Las Vegas Strip and is also close to Chinatown. They offer appetizers like hummus, smoked eggplant carpaccio, shawarma tacos, and Moroccan stuffed cigars. Some of the other offerings are kebob skewers, Lebanese Chicken, 9-hour brisket, steaks, specials, and more.

Inside is a variety of seating. Partial booths, tables, bar in a nice rich modern setting. To the left of my photo is an open kitchen and to right is a large window that lets in bright light during the day.

The soup of the day was bean soup that was well seasoned.

The Pita breads are super fresh and super fluffy. The hummus is very creamy and is very mildly seasoned, It was adorned with cooked chick peas, olive oil, parsley and pickled onions.

The falafels are the moist inside herby type and were drizzled with tahini.

The falafels came with a tabouleh salad was very detailed and was made with parsley, mint, quinoa, tomatoes, onions, apricots, almonds, olive oil, and tahini.

The Moroccan cigars are slow roasted ground beef with caramelized onions wrapped up like taquitos with a VERY spicy harissa tahini sauce.

They don’t ask you how you like your burger here but the burger came out flavorful and juicy. It came on a garlic brioche grilled bun. It also came with lettuce, tomato, tempura onions, lots of pickles, tomatoes and seasoned fries with a BBQ Alfredo aioli. It’s all very good but very hard to eat. If you look close at the patty it is almost shaped like a ball. That was my only peeve here.

The house made macarons were very VERY good, and are a perfect sweet ending to any meal here.

They are busy at dinner time especially when conventions are in town. Reservations for dinner are recommended.

That was a little taste of Jerusalem Mediterranean Chef’s Table. It should be noted that kosher restaurants are not for everyone only because you must be understanding…..A lot is involved to bring you kosher meats. Kosher meats cost about three times of what non-kosher meat cost so that might be reflected in prices.

4825 W Flamingo Rd Las Vegas NV – 702-341-5555

www.JerusalemGrillVegas.com

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The Forking Truth

Cafe Chenar in North Phoenix AZ – Bukharian Cuisine – Worth a Fork!*******UPDATE NOW CLOSED for business ********

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*********UPDATE NOW CLOSED FOR BUSINESS*********Cafe Chenar is a small restaurant in north Phoenix Arizona that serves Bukharian (also spelled Bukharean) Food. You might be wondering what is Bukharian Cuisine? Bukharian Cuisine is an a distant kosher cuisine of the former central Asian State E Mirate of Bukhara (now Uzbekistan).  Bukharian Cuisine is an offshoot of pan-central Asian Cooking. Cafe Chenar serves foods like grilled kababs, meat and potato stuffed pies , salads and  soups that have  Russian, Muslim, Uzbek and Korean influences.

The atmosphere is cozy but rich looking. My photos don’t show the rich detailed patterned tiled walls. The walls are really and much more detailed and colorful than my photo shows.

Our server makes suggestions for us so we order most of what she suggested.

She suggested the Belyash and the Piroshki. They were priced at only $3.00 each so I thought they’d be tiny but they weren’t so tiny.

They are tasty fried pastry like breads. One is filled with seasoned ground beef and the other is filled with seasoned mashed potatoes. The dough seems free of grease and it has a nice layered light texture. A tomato sort of salsa is served as a condiment.

We tried one of the salads….The Kimchi.

The kimchi is spicy…It’s fermented…….maybe it runs a little more ginger-ee.

We share some kabobs… The Highly recommended Chicken, Lulya (ground seasoned beef) and Seabass (not pictured…)

All three were seasoned nicely.   They serve the kababs with thinly sliced onions, scallions and a container of white vinegar. The seabass came with a thick wedge of lemon.

Our server told us that her favorite bread was the Fatir Bread so we ordered one. We had no idea it could feed a large family.

It also came with a tomato salsa like condiment. This bread is light with a nice texture. It seems a little rich in a focaccia kind of way and it’s onion-ee. Some pieces have much more onion slices that other pieces. It’s very tasty….

I brought home lots of goodies.

I couldn’t get dessert today but hope to next time.

An interesting different cuisine.

Our server was efficient and made suggestions for us. All the food was tasty. Prices were mostly very low and portions were large.

I would say my first visit to Cafe Chenar was Worth a Fork!

*******UPDATE NOW CLOSED FOR BUSINESS*******

Worth a Fork!

I wasn’t able to find a website for Cafe Chenar but they are on Facebook.

Call for hours as they run different from other restaurants and close for holidays you might not know of.

EVERYTHING is subject to change and your experience may or may not differ.

The Forking Truth

reference – www.momentmag.com