Rang’s Cocina Moderne is a small Mom and Pop Restaurant located in Las Vegas Nevada not too far from the Strip. They offer a very unique menu that is a Modern Mix of Italian, Spanish, and Filipino. They offer soups, salads, small plates, pastas, entrees, sides, and desserts. Soft beverages and wine are served here. Rang herself does most of the cooking and her husband Benedict does most of the serving. The food and service is always perfect! The food is always FORKING DELICIOUS!
We tried not all but many of the menu items.
Sweet Potato Carrot Ginger Soup Smoked Salmon and Goat Cheese on Baguette Mushroom Ravioli Dulong – Whitebait, olive oil, garlic ,lemon, caper, red pepper on baguette Bacalao – salt cod potato croquettes
Truffle Mushroom and Asparagus Pasta
Chorizo bolognese Pesto crusted Salmon
3 Cheese Garlic Salmon Haricots Mashed Potatoes
Fish Florentine with Spinach and Potatoes Anna
Binagoongang Pork Belly with Coconut Risotto
NY Strip with citrus, soy sauce, caramelized onions, rice haricotsSlow Braised Beef CheekLemon Meringue Tart Opera Cake
Gorditas El Fogon is a small very casual restaurant that offers gorditas and a lot more. Incase you don’t know……Gorditas are yummy masa dough fat pillows that are grilled and are stuffed with cheese and other fillings.
Besides over a dozen different gorditos this restaurant offers a bunch of other things. They offer breakfast, tacos, burritos, tortas (sandwiches), a kid’s menu, and what they call plates. Soft beverages are served here.
We had to order a Gordita so we went with a jalapeño and cheese Gordita.
It came with a lemon wedge, pickled red onions, a little lettuce cucumber and two salsas and was only $3.25 (subject to change). The Gordita is very tasty, cheesy, and not too spicy. It’s just tasty I think anyone would like it.
The green sauce seems like tomatillo based and is medium spicy. The slightly smokey red sauce is much spicier.
We tried a Gordita beef asada taco and a Gordita chicken taco. Inside is seasoned meat and cheese.
Both are nicely seasoned. We both prefer the chicken over the beef here. The chicken is finely shredded and is moist and tender. The beef is fine chopped but is a bit chewy. Here the rice is tasty and kinda fluffy. The beans are loose just like from most Mexican restaurants. $9.49 subject to change.
We also try the Culichi fish filet (fried tilapia $11.99 subject to change).
We got a meaty filet of mild tasting white fish topped with a green sauce that might be tomatillo and lots of mild melted white cheese. To the side are generous amounts of Mexican style rice and refried beans. This also came with white corn tortillas.
They also only charged $1. for a bottled water (subject to change).
It sure doesn’t cost much to eat here and the food is tasty!
Worth a Try!
Gorditas El Fogon
445 W. Craig Road North Las Vegas NV
702-405-9614
I haven’t found a working website for Gorditas El Fogon but you can find them on Facebook.
Narong’s Thai Kitchen is a very small casual Thai Restaurant located near to North Las Vegas Nevada.
See it’s very small…..Only 5 or 6 tables.
We started out by trying the potstickers (they are chicken here).
The potstickers have a nice crispy exterior and are garnished with scallions, a two sauces. They are tasty. If you eat chicken you will like them.
I tried the green curry with chicken with number 6 level heat out of ten.
The sauce is aromatic and delicious but slightly thinner than from other places. The number 6 heat is plenty hot here. For me it’s perfect. The chicken is masterfully tender and is infused with the basil. In here are plenty of bamboo shoots, green pepper and a few amazing pieces of DELICIOUS SWEET EGGPLANT……I wish this had more eggplant because it really is usually great. Next time I’m getting the spicy eggplant dish.
My husband got the Spicy Basil with chicken and beef.
I tried a small bite of the chicken. OMG it’s amazing! So tender ….like butter and sooooo delicious with a great basil flavor……My husband ordered number 8 heat out of ten. It’s a bit too spicy but still delicious. He offers some beef to me but warns me that it is tough…I decline. In a few minutes I hear someone from the next table complaining about the tough beef. I heard her say that this beef is so tough that you can’t cut it with a knife….
Anyways- For a Thai Restaurant the portions are large and pricing is low. The chicken in the dishes we’ve tried was delicious and masterfully tender but the beef was tough.
Safta 1964 By James Beard Award Wining Chef Alon Shaya recently opened in the Encore part of the Wynn in the Jardin on the strip in Las Vegas Nevada. This restaurant offers Mediterranean Style Cusine. Some of the dishes offered are new versions of the Michelin – Denver Safta Restaurant. A few of the Las Vegas offerings are – small plates like falafels, sablefish paprikash, duck matzah ball soup. They also offer a chef’s tasting salatim platter (dips, spreads, vegetables, pita). A few of the entries are harissa roasted chicken, Dover sole schnitzel, and a New York Steak with hazelnut muhammara and za’atar chimichurri.
You enter here….For breakfast and lunch this restaurant is Jardin, For dinner it becomes Safta 1964 By Alon Shaya.
As you enter you pass wall of flowers.
You pass the outdoor garden patio.
There is an interesting small bar area with bottles that stay on top of the ceiling.
And of course the main dining area with comfortable chairs that is bright, airy, and accented with foliage.
We started out by sharing the Salatim Platter (a bunch of detailed dips, spreads, vegetables, and fluffy pitas).
WOW! There’s a lot here and it’s all DELICIOUS!!!! In the middle is a variety of pickled vegetables……Around 1:00 is Labneh (sort of like yogurt dip), next are Moroccan carrots, babaganous (eggplant), harissa olives, trout roe with cream cheese, za’atar oil, and our favorite the lutenitsa (eggplant, pepper, tomatoes) Everything was delicious!
We had to try the classic hummus.
It has a creaminess that is very rare to come by……….I’ve only had this kind of hummus once before at Zahav in Philadelphia. The flavors do differ some but both are amazing hummus. My husband normally hates hummus but only will eat this hummus and the one from Zahav. We were blown away with this hummus.
We also had to try falafels.
The falafels are also amazing. These come surrounded with mango sauce, herby zhoung sauce and tahini. The falafels have shattering crisp exteriors and fluffy herby interiors.
We do pack up some pitas and dip to bring home so we can try some more.
For dinner we shared the Dover Sole Schnitzel.
It sits on top of creamy tzatziki and is garnished with a few dots of tzatziki with fresh dill and pickled onion petals. The fish is mild and seems fresh and was fried to perfection….It is good but not exciting with exotic flavors like everything else……
I was full but tried a dessert anyway….and I’m glad I did because it was EXTRAORDINARY. It was called Safta’s Delights.
We got three each of FIVE teeny tiny mini desserts. We got pistachio baklava, marble halavah, something with a little coffee coated in chocolate, a blueberry rugula, and our favorite the mini lemon tart.
Service was amazing. Even the chef thanked us for coming and even asked for our feedback.
Safta 1964 By Alon Shaya is Worth a Fork!
Worth a Fork!
Wynn Encore Las Vegas 3131 Las Vegas Blvd Las Vegas NV
Zen Curry Dining is a full service Japanese Curry and Ramen Restaurant with a location in NORTH LAS VEGAS Nevada. The Specialty of the house is the Curry that is made of vegetables and lots of spices called Garam Masala. You have the options to add many toppings to the curry dish. The also offer appetizers like fried octopus balls, ramen dishes, Japanese Beer and Saki.
It’s not a fancy place but seems clean.
All the tables are set with spoons.
I tried a medium sized curry with chicken katsu (breaded chicken), rice, vegetables, and a potato croquette. I ordered #7 heat out of ten….I was surprised that they charge extra for each heat level….#7 is 30 cents extra. The #7 heat is pretty darn hot but not scorching hot.
The curry is aromatic, flavorful, and rich. The rice is fresh and perfect. The chicken is kinda plain and a little dry today. Maybe on another day it’s better? The vegetables are a mix of broccoli, mushrooms, carrots, and potatoes. The potatoes and mushrooms seem from fresh. The rest might be from frozen. I like that the potato croquette is fried to perfection. It’s light and crispy with a fluffy lightly scented interior.
My husband tries a medium sized curry but with Spam, sausage, and a fried egg. Heat level #8 out of ten 35 cents extra.
He was surprised that the Spam was fried…..He thought that the sausage taste like spicy hot dogs. The egg came out unseasoned so he helped himself to salt and pepper that sat on the counter. He liked heat level 8.
Pollo Camero is a small casual restaurant that specializes in serving marinated, bold flavorful chicken since 1971. This restaurant started out from Guatemala. Pollo Campero is now in over 15 countries and has around 400 locations with around 70 of them in the United States. Two locations are in Las Vegas. They offer bowls, a salad, chicken sandwiches, 2, 3, 4, piece platters, empanadas, nuggets, family meals, side orders, desserts, and soft beverages.
The North Las Vegas location of Pollo Campero looks sort of like most fast food restaurants. you order and pay at the counter.
Grab your beverage and a number and seat yourself.
This is more than fast food.
Your meal comes to you on real plates with real silverware and they give you plenty of napkins.
We both tried a 4 piece platter.
I tried 1/2 grilled 1/2 fried dark meat chicken with macaroni and cheese, plantains, and tortillas.
I dig into the grilled thigh first. WOW! It’s juicy, tender, flavorful, and delicious. This is much better than most chicken you get at not all but many restaurants. I try some macaroni and cheese……This is reasonably good. It’s made with real cheeses and has a good flavor but is the mushy style…still pretty good. I try a plantain. The plantain is really GREAT! It’s wonderfully caramelized and is sweet and not too starchy or oily. It might be the best plantain that I’ve ever tried anywhere. The fried chicken thigh is amazing with a delicious shattering crisp skin and exterior. Inside is dripping juicy tender delicious chicken. The white corn tortillas was heated nicely. For me this is more than I can eat but my husband was able to eat his whole plate. He got the same chicken but tried the beans, rice, and roll.
He loved the chicken as much as I did. The roll was average. He didn’t hate the beans but they weren’t his favorite but he really enjoyed the rice and of course the chicken, Mac-n-cheese, plantains, and tortillas.
Pollo Campero was VERY GOOD and sure doesn’t seem like fast food.
Petite Kitchen is a TINY French Bistro located in NORTH LAS VEGAS Nevada. This place is tiny and only has two small tables and a tiny window counter for indoor dining. I noticed that most customers do take out.
They offer fresh in-house baked goods and most of the food is made fresh to order. A few of the offerings are……. croissant specialties, real French Fries, quiche Lorraine, Croque Monieur, baguette sandwiches, salads, burgers, burrito style crepes, pastries, sweet crepes, and milkshakes.
Here are REAL French Fries with truffle oil and parmesan cheese.
WOW! They were HOT and seemed freshly made. They are seasoned nicely.
Below is the tuna baguette.
The baked in-house fresh baguette bread has airiness and crunch like no other. The tuna salad is tasty. It also was made with some fresh crunchy vegetables. I like that the size of the roll was just right and not too big.
On another visit my husband tried the Ham & Gruyere Baguette with added Brie Cheese.
He said that the ham and the mustard in the sandwich was unusually very good!
On another visit my husband went with the Croque Madame (béchamel, ham, egg, cheese).
Everything was delicious and everything was perfect.
I tried the rice salad with tuna (because I planned to try a dessert crepe next).
it’s enough and not too heavy….you get this when you plan for dessert!
UMMMMmmmm! The pear, chocolate, and cream crepe is very good!
We got to try some beignets (a chocolate filled one and a raspberry filled one…
GOSH they are delicious! You can sure taste the quality!
Took home a croissant to try for the next day.
It was crisp and airy with lots of layers. Need to go back to try more!
Petite Kitchen is a Gem of North Las Vegas and is Worth a Fork!
Dining Out With Dogs is just a “Fluff” story about taking my dogs out to eat. It 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 but might make it up to six months. The nicest thing I could do for Louie was to take him out to eat as often as I could. Louie made it another 17 months. Today I take my current dogs out to eat when the weather is right and when I can.
We went to The Great Greek Mediterranean Grill in North Las Vegas. Today I shared the Great Greek Rice Bowl with Salmon with the dogs.
The dogs got to eat salmon, chick peas, and cucumber from this salad.
My husband got a side salad-
and a gyro plate with lemon potatoes.
The dogs enjoyed some gyro meat too!
The dogs always love going to The Great Greek Mediterranean Grill!
6540 Losee Rd North Las Vegas NV – 702-749-8582
www.TheGreatGreek.com
The following week I wasn’t there to photo but the dogs got an In and Out Burger while I was doing something else.
The next week we all got to go to SNS Diner BBQ that was featured on Food Network’s Diners Drive Inns and Dives. They used to only have three tables on the dog friendly patio but now have several brand new picnic benches.
My husband started with the gumbo and the dogs got some chicken from it.
The dogs also got to eat hot links, pulled pork bbq, bbq brisket, and macaroni and cheese from my husband’s plate.
They got chicken and fries from my chicken taco platter.
The Dogs always love going to SNS Diner BBQ!
SNS Diner BBQ – 702-269-9696
3229 Losee Rd North Las Vegas NV
www.SNSDiner.com
Can’t believe it got cold again. Took the dogs to In and Out Burger for a quick burger stop. They didn’t seem to mind.
Well that was dining out with dogs for March 2024. We hope that you’ve enjoyed and we also hope to see you next month!
The Forking TruthIn Memory of Louie 5-5-2001 – 3-3-2017
Eight Turn Crepe recently opened in North Las Vegas Nevada. They are a small casual restaurant that offers Japanese style rice crepes stuffed sweet or savory. They also offer Gelato, coffees, bubble tea, and smoothies.
You order and pay at the counter.
Someone calls your name when your order is ready.
I tried a Chicken Thai Crepe (grilled chicken, greens, cucumbers, carrots, peanuts, sesame seeds and Spicy Cilantro Thai Sauce. My husband tried the Philly Cheesesteak Crepe (Philly Steak, roasted peppers & onions, cheddar cheese, and chipotle aioli sauce (left off by request)).
I try my Chicken Thai Crepe.
The rice crepe is very good but this is FORKING HARD to eat without a fork and knife and plate. I’m dropping stuff all over the place. The chicken is moist but also is kinda spongy……It’s tasty but doesn’t remind me of Thai food…..I’ll go with something different next time.
The Philly Steak Crepe is closer to what it is suppose to be.
Steak, cheese, peppers, and onions…….It’s good but is a lot lighter than a real cheese steak with a lot less filling…..
For us this is our closest gelato shop so we stopped here already three times for gelato.
So far we tried single scoops.
Strawberry
Good …………..but not comparable to the AMAZING strawberry gelato from Fabio On Fire from Peoria AZ. But The FORKING Truth is that NOBODY’s anywhere can compare to Fabio’s.
Pistachio
Creamy and rich like ice cream. Maybe the freshest plumpest pistachios I ever had anywhere in a dessert but the ice cream taste more like almond than pistachio.
Leticia’s Cocina & Cantina is a Mexican Restaurant and Bar located in the Santa Fe Station Casino/Hotel in North/West Las Vegas Nevada.
Here’s the cantina.
And here’s the main dining room.
Whatever you order they start you off with complimentary chips, salsa, and chorizo bean dip.
For dinner I tried the Pescado Al Mojo De Ajo. This came with poblano rice casserole and a mixed green salad.
I’ll be honest I mean tell The FORKING Truth. This fish is just ok……tonight……Only one piece tasted fishy…..maybe I just got some of the bloodline?……..But the sauce is FORKING AMAZING! OMG it’s FORKING SCRUMPTIOUS! It’s garlic-ee…It’s citrus-ee…it’s also spicy…It’s so YUM I could drink it…..That poblano white rice casserole in the upper right corner is also super yummy delicious! Then there also is a generously sized salad on the side and also tortillas (corn or flour) This seemed like a very large platter too. I couldn’t eat it all. Next time I’ll make sure to split it in half.
My husband got the Steak Ranchero.
It tastes a whole lot better than it looks. It’s a bowl of carne asada, caramelized onions, poblano strips, jalapeños, corn wheels, ranchero sauce and tortillas on the side…..I do have to say that the carne asada wasn’t as tender as I like it to be but was flavored far better than from most places that I have been to……It’s flavored really very well.
Leticia’s Cocina & Cantina at Santa Fe Station Casino/Hotel is –
