I Thai Kitchen is a casual Thai and Asian Restaurant located in North/West Las Vegas Nevada.
We started out by sharing the pot stickers.
Here the dumplings seem house made and are fried crispy. They are stuffed with moist nicely seasoned white meat chicken. On the side is a spicy soy based sauce that is tasty.
I tried the green curry salmon with heat level 6 out of ten.
I received an ENORMOUS Bowl of green curry sauce embellished with eggplant, zucchini, bell peppers, bamboo shouts and fried salmon cubes with white rice on the side. This is enough for THREE people………….. The flavors are delicious. The heat level is off…..This is spicier than a number 6….This is as spicy or maybe spicier than my husband’s #8. The salmon is different….fried in cubes…..It’s not bad but what you’d expect from a Thai Restaurant. I’d go with chicken next time.
My husband ordered the Chicken Pad Kapow (Spicy Basil) #8 out of ten for heat.
It’s good but different. The flavors are great. It’s also nicely infused with basil. As far as I can remember I never had this dish made with ground chicken before…..I have had the hand chopped versions but never ground before.
Portions run LARGE. Prices are reasonable. Sometimes the food runs spicier.
Saginaw’s Deli is a Michigan-Jewish-Style Deli with a location in the Circa Hotel/Casino in Las Vegas Nevada. It’s very casual here. You order and pay at the counter. You grab a number and seat yourself.
Someone runs out your order when it is ready. The Las Vegas location is open 24 hours a day seven days a week and also serves breakfast at any hour.
Several Saginaw family photos decorate a wall.
Paul Saginaw. also is the co-founder of Zingerman’s Deli. Deli meats come from Greenberg’s in Detroit.
You use the nearby casino restrooms here.
Take a selfie if you like.
We gave Paul’s Onion Tower a try.
The onion rings are breaded nicely and don’t seem oily at all.
The ranch dressing and the Russian dressing are pretty bland. The onion ring doesn’t fit in the dip cups so you have to break your onion ring to get dip on it.
We shared the smoked salmon platter.
This came with an enormous amount of capers. It doesn’t taste bad but the fish is sort of dried out. The bagel is very heavy and dense. They garnished the plate with cucumbers, red onion, and tomato slices.
We also shared the #4 Ben Sherman’s corned beef and pastrami sandwich that came with house made chips and a pickle.
The house made chips are very good……..Good pickle………The sandwich is different than what I’m used to………It’s made with grilled and toasted Pullman bread. The corned beef inside is very good….I think it’s the Russian Dressing that is weird here today because the Russian Dressing here doesn’t taste like Russian Dressing because it’s white and only a little something more than mayonnaise.
The corned beef was good today but I didn’t care for their pastrami. The pastrami was tough today and had flavors that I didn’t care for…But the corned beef was very good.
That was my trip to Saginaw’s Deli at Circa Hotel/Casino – To me it was Hits & Misses your experience may indeed differ.
Wexler’s Deli is one of the FEW Delis in the country that cures, smokes, and slices, their own meats and fish. There is a Wexler’s Deli is a small counter in the food hall called Proper Eats Food Hall in the Aria Resort Casino on the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada.
My husband bought a pastrami sandwich to take out. We shared it for lunch the next day.
It’s not pretty and it’s on soft west coast style bread…………and it came with a deli pickle spear.
BUT THE PASTRAMI IS SUPERB (insert angels singing)
I don’t think I ever got pastrami from any place that was this FORKING GREAT before.
It’s flavorful. It’s moist. The meat melts in your mouth. It’s so good that it doesn’t need mustard.
The pastrami is so good that I can forgive them for west coast type bread…..Besides they are California Based.
We went back to try it again and to try their own cured lox.
Similar experience but different…….FORKING AMAZING fresh silky smooth melt-in-your-mouth lox……..with sliced raw onions, better than most cream cheese, and not the best but also not the worst bagel…..and a good pickle spear. There is a good possibility that this might be the best lox that you can find in Las Vegas so it’s Worth a Fork to me.
Tried the pastrami again.
It’s still amazing and so far still the best that can be found in Las Vegas but this today is from a leaner part of the brisket that eats different……It’s still contains a lot of fat but doesn’t have the fat running threw it.
I think if you look close then you can understand the difference. (below was the first pastrami I tried from Wexler’s)
Still either sandwich has pastrami that is superior to other I’ve tried here so far so it’s still certainly Worth a Fork!
Wexler’s Pastrami and Lox is Worth a Fork!
Worth a Fork!
Wexler’s Deli – Proper Eats Food Hall – Aria Resorts Resort & Casino
Farm is an American Restaurant located in Aliante Casino/Hotel in North Las Vegas Nevada. This restaurant offers breakfast, soups, salads, sandwiches, burgers, entrees, and specials.
Inside is a mix of booths, 1/2 booths, and traditional tables.
At times you see a busboy robot zooming by.
My husband tried the special of the month.
It was red beans and rice with andouille sausage, smoked ham, and a cornbread muffin that was very dry. He did say that the red beans and rice was good.
I tried the crispy chicken salad.
It’s a very average salad with cellulose coated shreds of cheese, romaine, a few vegetables, and Luke warm dried out fried chicken slices.
Chinglish Cantonese Wine Bar is located in Las Vegas Nevada.
They offer Cantonese and Hong Kong Style Chinese Foods.
Inside is large and spacious.
With interesting decorations and kitchen action to view.
We started out by sharing the Poh Poh’s chicken and mushroom dumplings.
These dumpling are FORKING DELICIOUS and even the sauce is amazing……These might be the best dumplings ever!
For my main I tried the Kung Pao Chicken.
It’s not bad but flatter than what I’m used to………Usually it’s a balance of more tangy…with sweet and salty………
My husband tried the Mongolian Beef.
The beef is tender and it’s slightly spicy. Mellow on the flavors too.
We tried the macarons today.
Usually they are pistachio, coffee, and cherry. But today they had a problem with the pistachios so they gave us two cherries and a coffee. The macarons are very good with good flavor. The middles are a bit thick and rich but good. We both don’t care for coffee so we didn’t try it.
My advise is to certainly get the dumplings. It’s worth a trip just for them!
FEDERAL DONUTS & CHICKEN specializes in serving quality higher end doughnuts, marinated twice fried chicken, and coffee. This is a Philadelphia based franchise. Two of the five founders of this group are multi awards wining and multi James Bead Awards Wining Chef Michael Solomonov, and Steve Cook.
This is a small casual order-at-the-counter type of place. There are no seats here but only just around the corner is the food court with a good amount of seating. Here’s the menu-
We shared two of the sandwiches-
Buffalo chicken sandwich (Twice fried chicken breast with house made buffalo sauce and bread and butter pickles on a potato bun) Behind it are everything rooster sauce ,and chili garlic sauce, and Za’atar Fries.
South/West BBQ chicken sandwich (twice fried chicken breast with BBQ seasoning, pepper jack, peppadew slaw and potato bun)
Both sandwiches had moist tender chicken that was fried nicely with shattering crispy ends. I thought the buffalo sandwich had a lot more flavor going on with it. This (By-The-Way) was grand opening day and I’m not sure if things were running perfect or not yet…I think the SWBBQ chicken sandwich might have had something missing….It tasted like it needed something. I added some everything rooster sauce to it and it was much more delicious that way.
The chili-garlic sauce wasn’t the red Vietnamese style sauce that I was expecting. Instead it was an Asian-like Brown sauce that also was amazing. It tasted like really great Take Out Asian Food. (I will buy extra next time so I can have tasty take out style Asian food here…..It was much better than what I can get in this area)
The Za’atar fries were very good and seemed fresh made. They didn’t really need a sauce but I wished something like a tahini-feta sauce or a harissa something sauce came with them.
Then we sampled three doughnuts and brought the rest home.
We tried one of the fancy doughnuts called lemon bar.
Pomegranate mascarpone
“HOT & FRESH” Cinnamon brown Sugar
It’s hard to judge fairly because the fresh made to order “Hot & Fresh” cinnamon brown sugar blew the others away by a BUNCH……The others weren’t bad but can’t compare to the fresh made one that was so aromatic and just melted in the mouth. This doughnut was an AMAZING Doughnut. You won’t find one better anywhere.
Next time I’ll try a salad maybe with chili garlic sauce? Or tenders and a side salad with a few sauces? and a “Hot & Fresh” Cinnamon Brown Sugar Doughnut.
I don’t think I’ll be ever to leave Red Rock Casino without getting a “Hot & Fresh” Cinnamon Brown Sugar Doughnut from Federal Donuts & Chicken.
The “Hot & Fresh” Cinnamon Brown Sugar Doughnut is to die for- YUMmmmmmmm!
FEDERAL DONUTS & CHICKEN Newly Opened at Red Rock Casino
Pandora’s Burgers is a small Soul Food Restaurant located in North Las Vegas Nevada. It’s not a fancy place. It’s very casual and you order and pay at the counter and someone runs out your order when it’s ready.
Some of the foods that you can order here are – Of course burgers, (The Pandora Burger is ground in house..not sure about the other burgers), wings, chicken fingers, hot links, BBQ ribs, fried turkey chop, stuffed turkey leg, fried gizzards, catfish, cajun shrimp, and also soul food Sunday goodies. Soft beverages are offered here.
My husband tried a Pastrami Cheese Burger with Fries.
The bun was grilled nicely and the flavors are good. This burger was cooked all the way well that is typical Southern Style. The fries are the soft style…….
I tried the Turkey Leg Off The Pitt with a side order of macaroni and cheese.
It’s good but not perfect. The turkey really is fall off the bone tender. The flavors are good but it isn’t juicy…….The ,macaroni and cheese also is Southern Style (meaning the pasta is very soft). I can taste that the macaroni and cheese was made with real cheeses and is also seasoned very nicely……I think it might have a dash of hot Chile oil in it.
The owners were very nice and engaging.
That was my trip to Pandora’s Burgers.
Pandora’s Burgers – 3131 W. Craig Rd North Las Vegas NV
District One is a Vietnamese/Asian Bar and Restaurant located by an end of Chinatown in Las Vegas Nevada.
My husband started off by trying the pork belly buns.
They differ some than what he expected……It seems like the pork was stewed and is tasty but on the dry side.
I tried a shaking beef salad.
It’s also not what I expected. The beef usually is stir fried or wok-seared. This beef does taste marinated (like it should be) but also seems stewed instead seared.
Looks stewed……
The other problem with this salad is all the soup in the salad melting the greens.
This might be great for some but I didn’t enjoy.
The waiter highly recommended the shaking beef pho to my husband so that is what he tried.
He thought the flavors were ok but also didn’t care for the stewed type beef. We got this dish from many restaurants before and the beef was never stewed before.
This restaurant is different from other Vietnamese Restaurants. They do offer more seafood dishes like yellow tail tacos, yellow tail collar, fried whole fish, and lobster pho.
Different here…Shaking Beef is stewed and not shaking here.
Al Solito Posto is a richly decorated high quality Italian Restaurant located in Tivoli Village in the Summerlin part of Las Vegas Nevada.
There is a large patio that wraps around the restaurant.
Inside is busy and energetic. There is plenty of seating in the restaurant and large bar but reservations are recommended.
Everyone starts off with fresh baked focaccia and roasted garlic with oil and dried herbs presented table side.
We started off with the fried squash blossoms stuffed with three cheeses and garnished with basil aioli and a lemon wedge.
They were shattering crisp and kinda fun to eat.
I heard that the Italian Chop Salad was very good. It’s packed with greens, roasted tomatoes, chick peas, meats, cheeses, and peperoncini.
For my main I tried the Scottish Salmon.
They don’t ask you your preference (medium-rare, medium, etc.) and the fish comes out well done…..BUT it’s the best well done salmon that I have tried anywhere. It’s as moist as a medium and taste as fresh as can be. It’s also nicely grilled with all the skin and all the bloodline removed. It comes with tomato braised lentils and roasted carrots.
My husband tried the Maasaldine Cacio E Pepe.
He thought it was perfect. Said, “This is REALLY GOOD!”
We gave the Chocolate Hazelnut Semi Freddo a try.
To me it’s more like a mildly flavored mousse topped with very hard crunchy sticky nuts.
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. He always LOVED going out to eat. When he got elderly he came down with aggressive cancer. We were told that he probably only had three months to live and possibly up to six months. Since Louie loved going out to eat I took him out as often as I could and Louie made it another 17 months. Today I take my current dogs out to eat when the weather is good and when I can.
We made it to #1 Hawaiian Barbecue. They don’t have their own patio but only two doors down is a community patio that we can use. Hawaiian Barbecue is traditionally EXTRA LARGE portions of food with lots of rice packed into a styrofoam container.
I got the grilled Mahi healthier plate.
It two mild fish filets over a giant salad with a hard boiled egg and brown rice. I give the dogs the fish without garlic on it, some of the brown rice and some of the egg.
My husband got the plate called The Bento Box. He got BBQ beef, BBQ Pork, BBQ Chicken, Fried Fish, macaroni salad, and rice.
The dogs got to eat some of his plate too.
Then they are back to me for more.
The dogs always LOVE going to #1Hawaiian Barbecue!
5870 N. Losee Rd North Las Vegas NV
702-642-4600
www.BestHawaiianBarbecue.com
The dogs always love SNS Diner BBQ. By-The-Way this restaurant was featured on Food Network’s Diners Drive-inns and Dives.
My husband got a three meat (BBQ brisket, BBQ pork, Hot links with potato salad) plate that is very hard to photo because everything is wrapped in foil.
The dogs got to try brisket and pork from that plate.
Me and the dogs got the BBQ 1/2 chicken with macaroni and cheese. They also got some cornbread.
The dogs always love going to SNS Diner BBQ.
3229 Losee Rd North Las Vegas NV
702-269-9696
www.SNSDiner.com
The next week it got cold here again so we just drove to a Wendy’s after a visit to the vet.
Then the dogs enjoyed their cheeseburger at home.
Wendy’s
1301 W Craig Rd N. Las. Vegas NV – 702-399-2351
www.Wendys.com
It’s getting warmer now so we made it to Those Guys Pies in North Las Vegas. They specialize in serving pizzas and steak sandwiches. If they seem familiar to you then you might have seen this restaurant on Food Network’s Diners Drive Ins and Dives. The dogs got some goat cheese and chicken from my salad.
“Ummmmm Chicken!”
The dogs also got gourmet fish dog biscuits from the dog biscuit vending machine here.
They also got a little bit of steak and some cheese from my husband’s cheesesteak.
They always enjoy Those Guys Pies!
Those Guys Pies – 5585 Simmons St North Las Vegas NV
725-251-5826
www.ThoseGuysPies.com
We hope that you’ve enjoyed Dining Out With Dogs for February 2024. We hope to see you next month!
The Forking TruthIn Memory of Louie 5-5-2001 – 3-3-2017
