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Old School Pizzeria (Rock Springs Drive) Worth a Fork! – Las Vegas NV

Old School Pizzeria is a casual Pizza Restaurant with three locations in Las Vegas Nevada. They are slightly different from other casual pizza restaurants. Most offerings are made in-house. They use local and organic as much as possible. Commercial yeast is not used here. The dough is 100% sour dough culture with a five day fermentation. This results a more developed flavor and easier digestion with less carbohydrates.

It looks a bit like a school inside.

What to order?

The menu

The Rock Springs Drive location has wait service at dinner time.

We normally dine or do take out at the Craig Road location. We came to the Rock Springs Drive Location because I wanted to try some dishes that they don’t offer at Craig Road.

Like The mozzarella sticks –

WOW they are enormous. If you eat two you might get stuffed. You get four mozzarella sticks and they come with red sauce and creamy garlic-mascarpone. Oh and yes they are also good too!

I tried the tortellini in vodka sauce.

We both think that this is very good.

I was surprised that my husband didn’t try the spaghetti and meatballs……

He tried the Calabrese Pizza (artisan salami, hot peppers, black olives, cheese, sauce)

She of the dishes and take outs we had from the Craig Road Location below.

Of COURSE Old School Pizzeria is Worth a Fork!

Worth a Fork!

Old School Pizzeria (3 locations)

1930 Rock Springs Drive Las Vegas Nevada

702-847-5774

www.PizzaOldSchool.com

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Falafel Flavored Ground Turkey Balls Recipe

I’m on a roll creating different flavors of meatballs. I use ground turkey for most of my meatball and meatloaf recipes but you can use whatever ground meat that you want. With this recipe I made about 90 meatballs. I don’t know if you want to use them for appetizers, lunches, or dinners so I can’t determine the amount of servings. I would suggest 1-2 meatballs a person if using for appetizers. 3 meatballs a person could be lunch, and 4-5 meatballs a person can be a dinner serving. They came out really delicious. You’ll be glad to try them. I would suggest serving with hummus and either pitas, rice, or couscous.

Ingredients for about 90 meatballs

3 pounds ground turkey

1 cup panko

1/2 cup chickpea flour

6 eggs – slightly beaten

1 Tablespoon canola oil

1 large onion – diced

1-2 red bell peppers – diced

8 cloves garlic – ground to paste

1 bunch parsley – remove leaves from stems and chop

1 bunch cilantro – remove most of stems and chop

1+1/2 teaspoons cayenne pepper

1 slightly heaping Tablespoon cumin

1 slightly heaping Tablespoon ground coriander

1+1/2 teaspoon ground cardamon

non stick spray

black sesame seeds for finishing

white sesame seeds for finishing

sea salt flakes for finishing

olive oil for spraying

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Spray sheet pans with non stick spray.

In a sauté pan on medium high heat cook up the peppers and onions or you can cook them off in your oven on a sheet pan but it will take a little longer. When the peppers and onion are room temperature you can add them to you large bowl with the ground turkey, panko, chickpea flour, eggs, garlic, parsley, cilantro, cayenne, cumin, coriander, and cardamon and mix well.

In a small bowl mix together black and white sesame seeds and add some sea salt flakes (I didn’t measure but it seemed like about a cup of sesame seeds and maybe a tablespoon of sea salt flakes)

Scoop the balls and roll them in the seed mixture and place on the pre sprayed pans.

They need about 15 minutes in the oven if you made them the size I made them.

After I made them I froze a good amount. Then I saved some for a gathering and reheated them on a nonstick sprayed sheet pan with dipped in water wonton wrappers and served them up with hummus I whipped up.

Falafel Flavored Ground Turkey Balls

To reheat 20-30 minutes in a 350F oven (with or without wonton wrappers) These were a great big hit!

Enjoy!!!!!

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Newly Opened! Kin Dee Thai Kitchen – Worth a Try!

Kin Dee Thai Kitchen recently opened in the North/West part of Las Vegas Nevada. It’s not a fancy place but they do have wait service. On one side of the room they have traditional tables. On the other side they have half booths.

We started out by sharing the fried chicken dumplings.

It’s white meat chicken with onions stuffed into crispy fried wrappers with a sweet chili sauce on the side.

The green curry is more complex than some of the others out there but it is also thinner. It’s embellished with carrots, peas, peppers, white eggplant, and better bamboo shoots that don’t taste like can. The white meat chicken is masterfully tender. This also came with steamed white rice. I ordered a number four out of five for heat. It was almost to spicy hot for me so I would order a #3 next time.

My husband tried the Spicy Basil with chicken at number five heat.

Number five for heat is too hot for normal people. It was too hot for my husband but he ate it anyway. It’s good but we prefer this particular dish to be more infused with basil.

Kin Dee Thai Kitchen is Worth a Try!

Kin Dee Thai Kitchen

6710 W Cheyenne Ave Las Vegas NV

702-463-8851

www.KinDeeThaiKitchen.com

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My Trip to Made In Argentina – Las Vegas NV

Made In Argentina is casual restaurant with wait service. They are located not too far from the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada. They offer a very unique menu of many types of food to pick from. A few of the offerings are breakfast, empanadas, hummus, falafels, pickled eggplant, prosciutto with potato salad, breaded items called milanesas, NY steak, skirt steak, short ribs, flap meat, pastas, sandwiches, salads, pizza, Mediterranean plates, house made desserts and more.

Inside is a sort of international soccer theme with lots of keepsakes adorning the walls.

We started with a habanero and cheese empanada.

It’s very large for an empanada. It came with three nicely made sauces – chimichurri, red chimichurri, and habanero. The empanada is tasty but very spicy.

I tried the chicken kabob plate.

It came with very good flavorful moist chicken, cucumber and tomatoes, hummus, rice, and pita breads.

The chicken was a petite amount but was very good today and the hummus was creamy. Pita breads were very average but the sliced baguette was tasty and was nicely dressed with herbs and butter.

My husband tried the lomo saltado. (steak with onions and fries).

Flavors were ok but this steak was very tough.

Since they make their very own house made ice cream we gave it a try.

The flavors were good but it was served a bit hard to enjoy.

That was my trip to Made In Argentina.

Made in Argentina

5190 S Valley View Blvd Las Vegas NV

702-635-7939

www.MadeInArgentinaLV.com

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Bravo Top Chef Winners SPECIAL EVENT Dinner at Stubborn Seed Las Vegas – Chef Jeremy Ford & Chef Mei Lin

This was the Top Chef Winners Special Event Dinner at Resorts Hotel/Casino on the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada. This dinner was held in Jeremy Ford’s Stubborn Seed Restaurant. Both Chef’s are Previous Bravo Top Chef Winners.

Anyways – Both chefs worked this event. (There they are below)

Entering we pasted by the bar.

The front of the main dining area

And we got seated in the area that resembles a greenhouse.

The Welcome Bites were –

Wagyu Beef Tarter Cannelloni with Papaya Ferment and Cured Egg

Foie Gras Tarts with Mango and Pinenut Crust

and

Warm Celery Root with Crispy Maittake Mushroom, Mustard Cream, and Caviar

First Course –

Citrus Cured Kampachi – with Green Tomato, Green Chili Mustard Condiment and Coriander

Second Curse was –

Kimchi Udon – It was suppose to be made of House Kimchi, Shaved Brussels Sprouts, Poached Egg, Garlic Sesame, Australian Winter Truffle. (Mine was missing the shaved Brussels Sprouts, My husband’s also contained mushrooms that didn’t make it to mine. I don’t taste the truffles but it is possible that some are in there)

Third Course Steamed Black Cod –

Above there is no mention of Shrimp Mousse in the center of the Cod so I mentioned it to our server and they were kind enough to serve me a Plain Seared Barramundi in Sichuan Broth.

Fourth Course –

Black Garlic Glazed Wagyu Short Rib – Beef Fat Aioli, Pickles, Lettuces, Herbs

Dessert

Wild Strawberry Tart – Chiffon Cake and Vanilla Bean Cremieux

Micro Macarons with Check

Peanut Butter and Jelly

That was The Special Event Dinner of the Collaboration of Bravo Wining Top Chefs Jeremy Ford and Mei Lin

Stubborn Seed – Las Vegas

3000 S Las Vegas Blvd Las Vegas NV

702-676-6908

www.StubbornSeed.com

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NEW WeiRD DIFfereNT Limited and Special Edition Foods – August 2025

There is always something New, Weird, Different, Limited, and Special Edition in the wonderful world of food. We just never know WTFork we will come across when we shop for food.

Up above is –

WEIRD – Feel Good Pancake Balls – How they stack up I don’t know

WEIRD – Eggo Brunch in a Jar Waffles & Syrup Cream Liquor – Sipping Cream that might be Flipping Awesome?

DIFFERENT & WIRD – Keurig – Dunkin’ artificial flavored S’mores coffee……..

DIFFERENT – Margaritaville frozen Shrimp in Hot Honey, Calypso Coconut, and Sunset Shrimp Scampi

LIMITED EDITION – UTZ Lemonade flavored Potato Chips – Your new main squeeze?

DIFFERENT – Classic Cheeseburger artificially and naturally flavored potato chips

REALLY DIFFERENT – Confusion – Black Truffle Masala Popcorn

More REALLY DIFFERENT – Corks Lemon Poundcake Popcorn

DIFFERENT – Emeril’s Pasta (Who Knew?)

DIFFERENT – Otoki – Cheesy Cheddar Ramen Noodle Soup?????

NEW – Texas Roadhouse Dips – dip Dip Hooray! Rattle Snack Bite Dip, Cactus Blossom Dip

WEIRD – Lay’s Argentina Style Steak flavored potato chips …WHY?

REALLY WEIRD – True Dates that are flavored with – Sour Cola & Cookie Dough

MORE REALLY WEIRD – True Dates – Sour Watermelon (SUPER ICK!!!!) and Creamy Peanut Butter – Someone MUST have been on drugs to think this up.

LIMITED EDITION – Lucky Charms with GIANT Rainbow Marshmallows – So you can poop True Colors

DIFFERENT – Berry Swirl Marshmallows Lucky Charms with OTHER Natural Flavors – Berry good?

DIFFERENT – Lucky Charms S’Mores – Marshmallow and more oy vey……I mean Oh My………

NEW – Rainbow Sprinkles Lucky Charms Birthday Cake Flavored MARSHMALLOWS – For a Fluffy Butt!

NEW – Cheez-It PIZZAS – Cheddar Jack Supreme, Italian 4 Cheese, and of course Pepperoni. Gouda for you?

DIFFERENT – Hershey’s Kisses Rainbow Brownie – Poop a rainbow!

DIFFERENT – Hershey’s Kisses Cinnamon Toast Crunch – To spice up your day!

NEW – Twix – Snickerdoodle -Why not?

DIFFERENT – Nerds Gummy Clusters Rainbow Gummy, Tangy, Chewy, Rainbow Fart Edition

SUMMER EDITION – Chips Ahoy Chewy Ice Cream Sandwich………Can’t fool me. No ice cream here.

And there is usually something Oreo

LIMITED EDITTION Selena Gomez Oreo Cookies

Well that was the New, WEIRD, Different, Limited, and Special Edition Foods for August 2025. Who knows WTFork we’ll come across next month.

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DOGS Mostly Dining on Cheese Burgers in Las Vegas NV August 2025

Dogs dining on mostly cheese burgers is just a “FLUFF” story. Usually I write about Dining Out With Dogs but in August in Las Vegas it is too hot to dine out with dogs so they get car rides for cheese burgers. Dining out with dogs all sort of started with my late dog Louie. When he got elderly he came down with aggressive cancer. We were told he probably only had three months or possibly up to six months to live. Since Louie always enjoyed going out to eat I took him out to eat as often as I could. Instead of the 3-6 months Good Old Louie made it another 17 months. I take my current dogs out to eat when I can and when the weather is right.

It’s hot here in Las Vegas so the dogs today are getting a car ride to out local In-N-Out Burger. It’s so hot today that the Giant Aussie didn’t knock the Beagle Mix out of his seat. She today prefers to sit in front of the air conditioner vent. The Beagle Mix looks happy.

Today he gets to watch the burger action inside.

Then he looks happy as we drive off with their cheese burgers.

Now we are home and they get to eat their cheese burger (minus bun because bread isn’t so great for dogs)

The dogs always enjoy car rides and never refuse a cheese burger.

www.In-N-Out.com

Hot again so the dogs got another car ride to In-N-Out for another Cheese Burger.

www.In-N-Out.com

This time they got a car ride to Wendy’s.

www.Wendys.com

I brought home some California Fish Grill Fish for the Dogs.

Don’t worry they also got a cheese burger from Carl’s Jr.

The dogs always enjoy a cheeseburger.

August 2025

The weather should cool down in the near future and we will be dining out again. We hope you’ve enjoyed and we hope to see you next month.

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In Memory of Louie 5-5-2001 – 3-3-2017

BREAKING NEWS Announced Upcoming Closure – Mabel’s BBQ – Las Vegas NV – Hits and Misses – Soon to be CLOSED for business

Mabel’s BBQ also renamed as Mabel’s B & Q (but sign was never changed) is located in the Palms Hotel/Casino located not too far from the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada. This full service restaurant and bar is by Multi Award Wining, James Beard Wining and Celebrity Chef Michael Simon.

Inside it’s casual with traditional tables, half booths, and bar seating.

The menu changes from time to time and is quite a bit different than from my last visit.

We try the Brisket with Pastrami Spice, Turkey Pastrami, Shells & Cheese, and Smoked Watermelon Salad (feta, lime, mint, almonds)

The Winners or Hits here (today anyway) are –

Turkey Pastrami – Moist- Delicious – only mildly tasting like pastrami but that’s fine.

Pickles – Delicious and full of interesting good flavors

Whipped Brown Sugar Butter – Delicious – It might even make an old sneaker edible

The not so good today (Misses) –

Brisket with Pastrami Spices – All but the slice on top are DRY and have a layer of Jello-ee FAT that I peel off and only have boring dry crumbling brisket that also lacks smoke.

Biscuit is dry – but is edible only because of the whipped brown sugar butter

Macaroni and cheese taste weird. I couldn’t keep eating it to figure out what was in it.

Smoked Watermelon salad tasted like watermelon mixed with ashtray contents.

That was my 2025 trip to Mabel’s BBQ. Or is it or was Mabel’s Bar & Q?

It was just announced that The upcoming closure is expected around September 12TH 2025.

*****SOON TO BE CLOSED FOR BUSINESS*********

4321 W Flamingo Road Las Vegas NV (at The Palms)

702-944-5931

www.Palms.com

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Wild Fig BBQ – Las Vegas NV – Worth a Fork!

Wild Fig BBQ is located in the Sun City part of Summerlin Las Vegas Nevada. They do not have seating inside but do have about five outdoor tables so most people do take out. The menu changes some from time to time but they usually offer brisket, pulled pork, smoked turkey breast, pastrami, spare ribs, house made sausage, smoked tri tip, and specials. You can get combo platters, sandwiches, side dishes, party platters, desserts, and more!

On our first visit we tried brisket, turkey, pulled pork, corn muffins, pickles, Brussels sprouts, macaroni and cheese and a pastrami sandwich. (and yes we had a bunch of food for maybe two more meals.

Everything from visit one was very good. From visit one our top favorite was the pastrami sandwich. At that time is was the best in all the land. Our second favorite might have been the turkey or the pork? The brisket was good but the pastrami shined so much more.

2nd pastrami sandwich was “to go.” This one still is very good but was different. It was SUPER JIGGLY……and slightly less smoked and less seasoned. (I preferred the first one that was more melt in your mouth and seasoned and smoked just so…….. but others might prefer this 2nd version because some people go crazy for jiggly)

We tried more sides – Chili Crisp Rice (tasty but slightly too spicy for me and I do like spicy), Macaroni and Cheese (pretty good but prefer without the red stuff on it) Favorite side was the BBQ Eggplant. Brussels Sprouts were good.

Wagyu Brisket Special was amazing!

Turkey again very good!

The sauces are very good! I like the orange chipotle BBQ the best.

Wild Fig BBQ is Worth a Fork!

Worth a Fork!

Wild Fig BBQ

9555 Del Web Blvd Las Vegas NV

702-575-9515

www.WildFigBBQ.com

Every THING is subject to change.

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My FORKING Thoughts on Kettle Chili Crisp Potato Chips

I had to try this bag of Kettle Chili Crisp Potato Chips so I picked it up at my local grocery store.

I am familiar with all kinds of Chili Crisp. I made a few myself – Basically Chili Crisp was originally a Spicy Chinese Condiment that added flavors, heat, and textures to food. (the below chili crisps, and food recipes can be found here in the search.

Chili Crisp
Cabbage and Chilli Crisp Dumplings
Indian Inspired Chili Crisp
FORKING Delicious Corn Salad made with Italian Chili Crisp
Italian Chili Crisp

Anyways back to the chips.

I open the bag and take a whiff….It doesn’t really smell like anything I know……maybe a wet potato smell that is mixed with oil and seasonings?

The chips are also all small and very thin and covered with some powder.

The ingredients look OK so I let one dissolve in my mouth.

It’s spicy but doesn’t taste like chili crisp to me.

It tastes very different when you just eat them……….More like spicy BBQ chips. With a little sweetness to them.

Not bad or awful but also not exciting. Just OK.

Those were my FORKING Thoughts on Kettle Chili Crisp Potato Chips your Forking thoughts may indeed differ.

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