We have many very good Thai Restaurants in Las Vegas but What’s Zaap? Thai Food is up a few levels from the other good ones. Presentation, Levels of flavors, Masterful preparations, and interesting ingredients makes them amazing!

Honestly even the crisp spring rolls we started with were the best I ever tried anywhere. Then I get salmon that is masterfully prepared in a delicious green curry sauce adorned with sweet tiny baby eggplants and baby corn. The Spicy Basil (Pad Gra Pow) is the only one that is made with holy basil in Vegas and they hand chop the meat for more surface area to hold in more flavors.

Also had another delicious and perfect dinner from Rang’s Cocina Moderne.

This time we enjoyed the Chilean Sea Bass in a Lemon Coconut type sauce and the New York Strip that was tender and flavorful.

It also was Ferraro’s Ristorante’s 40TH Anniversary this week and they were offering numerous specials. We tried the back to forty years ago lunch menu and tried some $4.99 lunches with some add ons.

All was good here too!

In other news-

Casino.org reports that Siegel’s 1941 (a Bugsy Siegel theme restaurant in the El Cotez Hotel/Casino) will be closing in April and be replaced by a New York Style Steakhouse – (Oy Vey another steakhouse)

SMALL BOMBING AT PIERO’S Italian Restaurant Goes off yesterday (near the convention Center) (Thursday Nov 13 2025) Developing Story at this time. Today Friday I hear on the news this morning that nobody was injured and the restaurant was able to reopen.

Other News –

Expected to open in a few months – My Thai – 4941 W Craig Rd

Expected January Opening – The Coffee Class – 37 S Water St Henderson

No date given – Picanta Steak Restaurant – 124 6TH St (Downtown)

No Date given – Wonder Fine Liquids Restaurant – 1309 S Commerce St (Arts District)

No Date given – Beautiful Stranger – 1523 S Main Street (Arts District) (This one should be great because it is by the Milpa Chef DJ Flores)

Expected to open December 3 – the Las Vegas location of TWO star Michelin Indian Restaurant Gymkhana in the Aria

In Silly or Cute Food News –

My Dogs enjoying Fish and Sweet Potato Fries from California Fish Grill.

My dogs also got to enjoy an Arby’s Roast Beef.

That was The FORKING Las Vegas Food Buzz

and this is –

I’ve been upset with the lack of Food News that I come across in our local newspaper. I used to live in Phoenix Arizona where they had a whole food section with lots of local stories about local restaurants. They also had stories on other food happenings like the festivals too. In addition to that I also used to enjoy reading about the monthly list of openings and the list of closings. In Las Vegas we don’t have that.

In Las Vegas we have so many restaurant that they would really need three food sections. One for the strip and another for locals and a third one for Chinatown.

Here our local Las Vegas Newspaper has only one food reporter who only writes a few food stories a week that are most often a Casino Restaurant. I don’t recall seeing stories about festivals in the paper or even recall seeing these type of stories on our local TV news. Las Vegas has so much going on but it seems like we actually have less written about what’s going on than anywhere else I lived.

Just this week our local newspaper ran an article TUESDAY NOVEMBER 11TH 2025 that the future of Siegel’s 1941 has an uncertain future and nothing was decided until contractor bids come in an appraise the amount of money it will take to update the kitchen that has to close.

The SAME EXACT DAY TUESDAY NOVEMBER 11TH 2025 Casino.org reports that Siegel’s 1941 is to be (as they said) “RUBBED OUT” and to be replaced with a steakhouse. Today Wednesday November 12TH 2025 Our local newspaper still reads that Siegel’s 1941 ‘s future (in their words) is “Murky”. So our local newspaper’s story is already out of date.

Casino.org reports that Siegel’s 1941 is expected to close in April 2026. Here are some of the pictures I took in Siegel’s 1941 so you can see what the Mobster (Bugsy Siegel and one time OWNER) Themed Restaurant looks like.

The Menu Changes from time to time but a few of the offerings are – breakfast, matzoh ball soup, pastrami sandwiches, other sandwiches, burgers, and a $19.99 Prime Rib Special.

Seigel’s 1941 at the El Cortez Hotel/Casino (Expected to be there until April 2026 ? Call first just in case)

600 Fremont St. Las Vegas NV

Every THING is subject to change.