Asian Wok is an American/Chinese casual restaurant located in North/West Las Vegas Nevada. They offer most of the usual American/Chinese take out dishes and they also offer some of the popular Thai Dishes and do offer a children’s menu. Soft beverages are served here. It’s casual here. You order and pay at the counter. It’s also not a fancy place but it seems clean.

They started us off with fried crispy noodles and duck sauce.

I tried the Szechuan Chicken with brown rice.

It’s full of a variety of fresh vegetables and some of them are broccoli, snow peas, bell peppers, onion, bamboo shoots, water chestnuts, carrots, and zucchini. The white meat chicken is nice and tender…..This sauce is the very first and only sauce so far that taste like something I would get at most east cost American Chinese Restaurants. It is spicy but not too spicy and is not flat or too sweet. It’s full of flavors and taste great…This is the best I’ve tried since I moved to Nevada.

My husband tried the Black Pepper Beef.

The beef was tender and he thought it was very good.

We’ll be back to try more!

Asian Wok is the most similar American/Chinese Food we’ve tried so far in Vegas!

Worth a Try!

Asian Wok

6515 N Buffalo Drive Las Vegas NV

702-432-8886

www.AsianWokLasVegas.com

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Balla Italian Soul has won several awards and is by a James Beard Award Wining Chef. This restaurant is located in the Sahara Hotel/Casino on the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada.

It’s beautiful and rich looking inside.

It just feels like you are in a nice place.

We went with the three course special for single orders…..(the three course menu on the menu and website is for parties of four or more)

Not included but we added on focaccia with taralli crackers.

The bread is light and airy and seems freshly made.

First course is Caesar Salad.

The baby romaine is nice, fresh and crisp. I think that the dressing taste more like ranch dressing than Caesar dressing….It was also odd that the food runner didn’t offer black pepper. Our server offered black pepper when we were around halfway finished. After finishing we wait about 20 minutes for our next courses.

Casarecce – tomatoes, garlic, basil, Calabrian Chili

Rigatoni Fra Diavolo – Shrimp, Calamari, Bell Pepper, and Mint

Both were cooked nicely but neither was spicy.

We waited at least another 20 minutes for the next course.

We both had the Sea Bream for our third course.

The Sea Bream was garnished with greens and was served in a lemon butter type sauce and came with mushy broccolini and potato puree with a parmesan crust.

The fish was cooked nicely but was an extra small portion. The broccolini was mushy. The potatoes were tasty.

My husband asked for a refill on his water but never got his refill.

It was also a birthday reservation but nothing happened so we paid and left.

That was my trip to Balla Italian Soul.

Balla Italian Soul

2535 S Las Vegas Blvd Las Vegas NV

702-761-7619

www.SaharaLaVegas.com

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Skye Bar & Grill is a 24/7 Sports Bar in the north/west part of Vegas with All Day Breakfast, A large Varied Menu of Food, Some Gaming, and Happy Hour Foods and Drinks. They have a very large bar with lots of big screen TVs.

Besides bar seating they also have high top tables, some traditional tables, and a few half booths.

We tried some happy hour margaritas. GOSH they are cheap ($5.50) and STRONG!

For dinner I tried the fish of the day (salmon with Boursin Mashed potatoes and vegetable (asparagus)).

To my surprise the salmon is reasonably good. Cooked but still moist and flaky and nicely seasoned. My only complaint is that the potatoes are over mixed and gluey. Also not enough Boursin Cheese to taste any in the potatoes.

I also tried a little of the macaroni and cheese.

It’s under seasoned but actually very good and made with lots of real cheese.

My husband tried the Brazilian Steak Bowl (skirt steak, peppers, onions, rice, chimichurri sauce).

It has a good flavor but the steak is so tough I can’t eat it. I have no idea how my husband ate it.

Skye Bar & Grill – Hit and Miss still worth a try!

9830 West Skye Canyon Park Drive Las Vegas NV

725-217-1881

www.SkyeBarandGrill.com

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Michoacan Gourmet Mexican Restaurant has a location in the Centennial Part of Las Vegas. This location gets very busy and also has a bar.

They start you off with complimentary chips, spicy salsa, and refried beans.

Most of the entrees also include a cup of Fideo Soup (tomato/chicken broth with thin noodles).

For dinner I tried the Pollo Al Mojo De Ajo (chicken with wine, garlic, and guajillo pepper and house made flour tortillas). It normally comes with rice and beans but I special ordered mixed vegetables instead of beans. They also garnished the plates with some guacamole.

My husband tried the Steak Piccado (N.Y. Strip, Espanela (not sure but translates as cheese and also translates to Brazilian Tequila?), tomatillo, onions, tomatoes, jalapeños, and cilantro). This also was served with rice and beans and house made flour tortillas.

Both meals are reasonably good but entrees ran very mild with heat unlike the salsa……

Michoacan Gourmet Mexican Restaurant is Worth a Try!

Michoacan Gourmet Mexican Restaurant

7870 W Tropical Parkway Las Vegas NV

702-385-4636

www.MichoacanLV.com

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The Veranda is an eloquent breakfast-brunch-lunch type of restaurant located in the Four Seasons Hotel on the Las Vegas Strip that is connected to Mandalay Bay Hotel/Casino. We all know that it isn’t going to be cheap to eat anywhere in the Four Seasons………….I didn’t plan to dine here but got kinda stuck….We were going to the aquarium so I planned to dine in Mandalay Bay at The Border Grill but it was closed for holiday vacation and there are very few choices in Mandalay Bay for lunch. I thought The Veranda offered a nice menu and was walking distance so I gave it a try.

Anyways-

It’s formal inside with a bar and sort of retro seats at the tables. There is a patio that looks nice for when the weather is right.

I ordered an iced tea……I said, “I’d like a plain iced tea.” The server looked at me like I was from Mars and said, “Don’t you want a flavored iced tea?” It took him maybe 15 minutes to bring my ($10.) ice tea.

The highlight of our lunch was the crispy lemongrass cauliflower with sweet chili sauce ($20.).

They do give a generous amount of cauliflower that is breaded and fried to perfection. It lightly laced with lemongrass. It taste good without the sauce……The sauce cancels out the lemongrass taste and you get left with a sort of Chinese Take Out Duck Sauce Taste……This would taste much better with something that compliments like a citrus soy sort of sauce….

I try the Blue Fin Tuna Niçoise salad (I didn’t notice that it is $37…..It’s written real tiny and light on the menu)

To tell The FORKING Truth it’s not awful but it isn’t so great either………Most of it is tasteless. They squirted some tomato vinaigrette on the top that is sort of sweet with very little flavor. The tuna is ok but also with little flavor……..Nothing flavors the vegetables or egg. I almost never add salt and pepper to plates out but had to here. Even the green beans are plain. I asked my husband to taste one……He said, it taste like a boiled green bean. It’s pretty darn disappointing for $37. The blue fin tuna nicoise I had from Matteo’s in the Venetian was only $20. and much better….

My husband tried a Diablo Flatbread ($25.).

He was disappointed because the crust was like a cross between a super thin pita bread and a cracker…..and he thought the surface would have tomato sauce. He said that only around the ends was the tomato sauce topped with cheese, sausage, and pepperoni. It’s also small in size and he left hungry.

I don’t mind paying more for food if it is exceptional but here that is not the case. The most over priced meal of the year was from The Veranda at The Four Seasons in Las Vegas NV.

3960 S Las Vegas Blvd Las Vegas NV

702-632-5000

www.FourSeasons.com

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Ferraro’s Ristorante is a very nice Italian Restaurant and Bar Located not far from the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada. It has a very rice formal looking atmosphere.

Patio dining is also available for when the weather is right.

We went with the three course lunch for $28. (subject to change).

They started us off with complimentary fresh baked rolls with oil that was embellished with balsamic vinegar and PISTACHIOS.

My husband ordered an extra appetizer and tried the Polpette (meatballs) e Polenta.

He said it was delicious and much better than what you get at a lot of OTHER Italian restaurants.

First courses for us were –

A Very Good and modern style Cesare Salad.

And a very tasty.

The Ferraro’s Salad – mixed greens, carrots, tomatoes, Parm cheese, cranberries, sunflower seeds, PISTACHIOS, and balsamic dressing.

Main course were –

Pillowy potato gnocchi in PISTACHIO pesto with tomato and crispy basil.

and-

Salmon Limone – salmon was fresh tasting and prepared with a moist center, yellow & green squash, and asparagus were nice fresh and tender crisp too.

The sweet endings were-

Cannoli

And-

The signature house dessert PISTACHIO Passion.

The Three Course Lunch from Ferraro’s Ristorante ($28. per person subject to change) is Worth a Fork!

Ferraro’s Ristorante

4480 Paradise Rd Las Vegas NV

702-364-5300

www.FerrarosLasVegas.com

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