Chengdu Taste is very well received for Szechuan Food and by some this restaurant is considered to be one of the best Sichuan restaurants in America.

You see a wall of colorful swimming fish with rhinestone eyes on the entrance wall.

The Las Vegas location in China Town isn’t a fancy place and it’s very small. You also need a cellphone to see the QR menu.

We started out by sharing the cucumber salad.

It’s light and refreshing. It is also a very large portion.

We ordered two entrees not realizing each entree is more than one serving.

I got 4 meals out of the boiled fish with green pepper sauce.

The mild white fish seems very fresh and is prepared to perfection. The broth is very mild and is embellished with crispy cucumbers, Sichuan peppercorns, serrano peppers, and bean sprouts. This dish is spicy and mouth numbing. Most of the dishes on the menu were marked with one, two, or three Chile peppers to let you know the heat level. This dish was marked with one Chile pepper and it was very hot.

The boiled beef in hot sauce was made with expertly tender beef. It was marked two Chile peppers but was tame compared to the boiled fish in green pepper sauce. We also got a bowl of steamed rice.

Everything was good and service was efficient. It also was a very good value with all the extra meals I got out of it.

Chengdu Taste is Worth a Fork!

Chengdu Taste

3950 Schiff Drive Las Vegas NV – 702-437-7888

www.ChengduTasteVegas.com

www.ChengduTasteLasVegas.com

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Basilico Ristorante Italiano is a modern high quality Italian Restaurant located in southwest Las Vegas Nevada.

They have an indoor-outdoor bar and a patio for when the weather is nice.

They also have traditional seating with classic Italian movies minus the sound playing.

Recently it was restaurant week (extended to June 23 2023). So we got a nice sampling of things. We added on the bread basket olio d’oliva +balsamico with buffalo ricotta because it sounded really great and it was……

We got more goodies than we could eat here but it all was very good. My favorite bread were the herbed bread sticks. The cheese tasted like it was fresh made and was really different. It had shaved bitter chocolate on it that added a really different complexity to the bread. It was a great surprise I never had anything like that before. I bet your grandpa hasn’t had anything like this either.

My first course was the burrata.

It was an artsy rainbow carrot salad with sorrel pistachio pesto. It was tasty and not too heavy.

My husband went for the gnocco fritto.

It was a nice Italian Nosh plate. It had stracciatella cheese, adobbo di parma, red onion, arugula, hand made crackers, and Lambrusco jam.

Next were the pasta courses.

I had the spaghetti.

I do have to say that this is the most perfect spaghetti that I have ever had. It’s a little too much food for me so my husband steps in to finish this for me. After all I still have dinner and dessert.

My husband had the cavatelli norcina.

It’s a fennel seed sausage ragu with sottocenere cheese. I heard that it was very good. I never heard of sottocenere cheese before have you?

For my main I tried the branzino. It’s fancy and colorful. It’s embellished with micro greens.

The fish is surrounded by Meyer lemon nage sauce and a squash blossom and some unusual but delicious caponata complete the plate.

My husband had the short ribs.

This came with a really deluxe maitake mushroom and was also was made with impossible to find castelmagno cheese. My husband enjoyed this very much.

We also had parmigiano gelato for dessert. They serve the gelato table side here because your server preforms molecular gastronomy here.

They sure don’t do this at grandpa’s Italian restaurant.

Actually this is very complex and detailed and delicious.

The fresh made parmigiano gelato is served with lemon ginger pound cake, some poached sliced pear, and Saba. It’s all delicious together.

I have to say…….

Basilico Ristorante Italiano is Worth a Fork!

Basilico Ristorante Italiano

6111 South Buffalo Drive Las Vegas NV – 702-534-7716

www.BasilicoLV.com

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Las Pupusas is a casual Salvadorian Mexican Restaurant with around five locations around Las Vegas Nevada. They offer mostly Salvadorian foods but also offer some Mexican dishes and also offer some breakfast plates. They don’t have a bar but do offer some bottled beers. This isn’t a fancy place but they do offer some wait service.

Since we are here we have to try some Salvadorian Pupusas. (Salvadorian stuffed flat breads).

We tried a spinach and cheese and a cheese and herbs pupusa. They are both really tasty. You eat then with a pile of spicy slaw on them. I like the spinach one better because it’s like they almost forgot the herbs in the herbs one all I tasted was a tiny part of a mint leaf in that one but both still are very tasty.

For my main I tried the fried tilapia.

The fish is shattering crisp with mild white flesh. You can embellish it with some lime and hot sauce. It also comes with a family sized pile of rice, refried beans, salad and two hand made tortillas.

The salpicon (picadillo) is a cold Salvadorian ground rib eye salad.

It also comes with rice, refried beans, salad, and two hand made tortillas. The beef is aromatic, sort of refreshing and full of flavors. We can taste fresh mint in it.

Las Pupusas serves large portions and prices are low.

Las Pupusas is Worth a Try!

945 West Craig Road North Las Vegas NV – 702-648-6200

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