Showing off is just to show that I am still in the kitchen. This week it was pizza, lemon poppy seed cakes, and brownies. I think most people like the pizza best. It gets inhaled real fast and I get the most Thank Yous for it.
Chocolate Chip Biscotti with Chocolate Drizzle
Pistachio Parm Crostini with Cheese/Onion Spread embellished with Romesco (red pepper/ almond sauce)
For at home I made two roast beefs. (of course the recipe can be found here) My husband hand slices them for me. The bigger one came out slightly more rare.
potato stuffed potatoes and veggie cheese bread slices.
Eureka Discover American Craft has a location on Fremont Street in Las Vegas Nevada. This is a casual American Bar and Restaurant. It’s part of the El Cortez Hotel/Casino that is across the street. They offer things like burgers, fried chicken, snacks, salads, desserts, beer, small batch whiskeys, and cocktails. It’s woody and dark but not too dark inside.
We started out by sharing the Mac-N-Cheese Balls.
They are fried nicely and have a thin shattering crisp exterior. On the side is modern ranch dressing (modern means doesn’t taste like buttermilk). They have a nice kick to them from some a chili pepper but also have a Velveeta type taste too.
For my main I had the Al Pastor Tacos.
I got three well packed street sized tacos that are single shelled with a side of arugula salad. The fish (maui maui) isn’t fish house quality but does taste very good with the pineapple and addition of tomatillo sauce. It’s a very tasty platter.
My husband tried the BBQ Bacon Burger.
It’s pretty good. They prepared the burger medium-rare and they didn’t over cook the bacon. But they over cooked the bun on the one end.
Buenos Dias Mexican Eatery is a casual order and pay at the counter type of restaurant located in North Las Vegas Nevada. They offer breakfast tacos, breakfast burritos and breakfast bowls. They also offer ten varieties of tacos, bowls, burritos, and quesadillas. Soft beverages are available here.
They do offer a variety of seating options. They have traditional tables, booths, counter seating, bar seating, and outside is a community patio.
The food is fresh made to order so it takes a while.
The rice and beans came out first. They were garnished with chips.
A few minutes latter the tacos come out.
There’s a carne asada taco with avocado, a salmon taco, a fried fish taco, a birria taco, and a pollo adobo (chicken) taco. The tacos in general are good but very heavily sauced. For my taste some shine a little more than others but none are bad. To my surprise the salmon is one of the better tacos. The salmon was fresher tasting than I expected it to be and is seasoned in a tasty way. The chicken tacos is also among the better tacos today. It is also well seasoned and very tasty. The asada is tender but maybe they forgot the seasoning? The birria is ok…..but they didn’t bring the consommé that goes with it till long after the taco was finished. The fish taco was ok but could use a little embellishment.
My husband ordered the shrimp burrito and asked for no sauce.
It was grilled nicely but came with LOTS of creamy sauce.
They made him another one without sauce and he said that it was VERY GOOD and he would get it again next time.
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Buenos Dias is Worth a Try!
6584 S Decatur Blvd North Las Vegas Nevada
725-204-1968
I haven’t found a website for Buenos Dias and I also haven’t found them on Facebook.
safta 1964 by Alon Shaya is a very nice Mediterranean Restaurant by James Bread Award Wining Chef Alon Shaya. This restaurant is located in the Encore part of the Wynn Hotel/Casino on the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada.
The notable “MUST GET DISHES” are –
The Chef’s Salatim Platter full of dips, spreads, vegetables……
The Salatim Platter comes with hot fluffy pita bread and a lot of delicious side dishes such as Luenitsa (our fav. made eggplant and red pepper), Labneh, Smoked Trout Roe with Cream Cheese, Pickled Vegetables, Lima Beans, Baba Ganoush, Caramelized Tomato Olive Tapanade, & Candied Almonds.
You also must get the hummus because it is by far the best I’ve tasted in Nevada…….
You also must get The Safta’s Delights for Dessert.
Three of each ultra mini pistachio baklava, marble halvah, chocolate cake, blueberry rugelach, mini lemon tart.
The Salatim Platter, The Hummus, & the Safta’s Delights from Safta 1964 by Alon Shaya are among the most notable Las Vegas Strip dishes from Restaurants to get and are Worth a Fork!
Worth a Fork!
Safta 1964 by Alon Shaya
Wynn Encore Las Vegas 3131 Las Vegas Blvd Las Vegas NV
The Marlin Taco from Mariscos El Ancia is the first one that I have tasted that taste the same as Marlin Tacos I’ve tried in Jalisco Mexico. It just has the right taste. The right amount of smoke. It also comes dressed with the same sauce. It’s also generous in size and also is delicious.
The Marlin Taco from Mariscos El Ancla is the Notable Dish of The Week and is Worth a Fork!
Worth a Fork!
Mariscos El Ancla
3960 W Craig Road North Las Vegas NV
702-291-8131
I have not found a website and have not found them on Facebook.
I saw an Onion Galette on the internet and that inspired me to come up with this recipe. The one I saw on the internet I didn’t agree with how they did the crust or the filling so I did it my way. This makes 6 up to 12 serving if you want cocktail sized portions.
Ingredients for around 6 portions
2 cups flour – dough
1/2 cup canola oil – dough
1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar – dough
1 teaspoon course sea salt – dough
1/3 cup – water – dough
1/2 teaspoon baking powder – dough
2 egg whites – dough (*note you will use a yolk or two to glaze the dough)
5 Tablespoons unsalted butter
1 large onion – sliced thin
12 scallions – diagonal cut thin
Fresh ground black pepper to taste
2 Tablespoons dijon
1 cup parmesan cheese grated
1-2 egg yolks
Directions
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
The onion slices need to be cooked till brown. You can do this on the stove top on medium/high heat or just toss the onions and butter in a pan in your oven.
In a large bowl mix together the flour, oil, vinegar, salt, water, baking powder, and egg whites with a fork until it’s a ball of dough.
The dough gets rolled out to fill sheet as best as you can. (I use plastic wrap and it doesn’t stick to pin that way). You also make cuts around the edge for folding latter.
Put a thin coating of dijon on the dough.
Add about 1/2 cup of grated parmesan.
By now your caramelized onions should be done. Mix them with the scallions and they go on next.
The rest of the parmesan goes on now and you top that with fresh ground black pepper.
Fold up dough ends.
Brush dough ends with egg yolks.
This goes in a 375 F preheated oven on middle rack till done. In my oven this took 45 minutes but ovens do differ so timing may differ.
Cheba Hut is a group of hoagie restaurants with somewhere around fifty locations in the United States. The Newly Opened North Las Vegas Location offers 26 hoagies on your choice of white, wheat, or garlic herb bread. They offer a variety of different meats and also some vegetarian options. Besides hoagies a few of the other things they offer are things like French Onion Soup, cups of meatballs, pretzel nuggets, and cookies. This location offers soft beverages, beer, and spirts.
It’s casual. You order and pay at the counter and seat yourself.
There is a bar in the corner. Lots of natural light fills the room during the day.
The atmosphere is LOUD with music. A combination of hip hop, rap, and Reggie is what we heard today.
The sandwiches come in small medium or large or as a salad.
I tried a small tuna melt on wheat called the Pacific Blue (tuna salad, cheddar, lettuce tomato onion, pickle, house dressing)
I didn’t get my tomato slice but the rest is pretty good.
My husband tried the medium sized La Canna on white bread (smoked ham, Genoa salami, prosciutto, olive, provolone, lettuce, tomato, pickle, shake and house dressing)
His sandwich is also missing the tomato but it is still pretty good.
Mariscos El Ancla is a Nayarit Mexican Style Seafood Restaurant in North Las Vegas Nevada. They offer a variety of shellfish, ceviches, tostadas, fried fish chips, soups, fajitas, and many different seafood platters.
It’s not a fancy place but it seems clean.
Whatever you order they start you off with complimentary chips and extra hot but very good salsa.
They have a few bottles of hot sauces on the table for embellishing the food. I never saw this interesting and different Mexican Hot Sauce for Seafood.
It has radish, sardines, and chiltepin chili in it.
We start out by sharing a marlin taco.
Oh wow it’s really great! It does actually taste just like marlin tacos that I tried in Jalisco Mexico. I tasted bunches of marlin tacos at various Mexican restaurants in Phoenix and none of them compare to this one. The fish is smoked just right. It looks just like what I had in Mexico. The chipotle sauce is just right too.
For my main I tried the salmon a la plancha.
It’s a large filet of salmon that has been prepared reasonably well. The plate also includes unseasoned steamed vegetables, corn and pea studded white rice, and also is garnished with lettuce and cucumber slices. It’s kind-a very plain for Mexican Food. It’s more like a double sized weight watchers meal.
Moving on
My husband tried the shrimp in medium/hot red sauce (camarones rojo). (this plate also comes with rice and beans that were forgotten but brought out quickly once we mentioned it to our server)
This plate is good but difficult to enjoy for some people.
The sauce is good and the shrimp are cooked nicely…but…….
The whole shrimp contain digestive tracks and shells……..that are hard to clean in the sauce.
I think some people just eat the digestive tracks and shells?
The shrimp dishes aren’t for everyone.
Great Marlin Tacos!
Mariscos El Ancla
3960 W Craig Road North Las Vegas NV
702-291-8131
I haven’t found a website or Facebook Page for Mariscos El Ancia
Rang’s Cocina Moderne is a full service Spanish, Italian, Filipino Style Restaurant. They are located not too far from the Las Vegas Strip. They are expectational because even after seven visits everything they serve is always perfect and delicious!
Recently they were featured in Las Vegas Weekly Magazine.
The Big Story to me is that they aren’t a flash in the pan. The food is always very good and always prepared perfect and always is delicious.
Here’s a taste.
Sweet Potato Carrot Ginger Soup Smoked Salmon and Goat Cheese on Baguette Dulong – Whitebait, olive oil, garlic ,lemon, caper, red pepper on baguette
Caesar Salad
Gambas Y Chorizo
Albondigas
Bacalao – salt cod potato croquettes Mushroom Ravioli Chorizo bolognese Truffle Mushroom Asparagus PastaFish Florentine with Spinach and Potatoes Anna Three Cheese Garlic Salmon Pesto crusted Salmon
Chilean Sea Bass in lemon coconut sauce
Binagoongang Pork Belly with Coconut Risotto Slow Braised Beef CheekNY Strip with citrus, soy sauce, caramelized onions, rice haricots
Bistek
Lemon Meringue Tart Opera CakeInside
Rang’s Cocina Moderne is one of the Notable Off Strip Restaurants of Las Vegas and is Worth a Fork!
The WAGYU PASTRAMI sandwich from La Cantine Sandwich Shop is FORKING AMAZING! ….I do note it’s easy to order the wrong sandwich here because they offer TWO different pastrami sandwiches. They offer a pastrami reuben that cost $8.00 LESS than the Wagyu Pastrami Sandwich….YOU WANT TO ORDER THE WAGYU PASTRAMI SANDWICH.
Wagyu Pastrami Sandwich
Not east cost style rye but the hand cut Wagyu Pastrami makes up for it. The pastrami is a mix of just the right delicious flavors, right smoke, and right fat. It’s embellished with kraut, dressing, and melty Swiss.
It’s a really GREAT Pastrami Sandwich.
The hand cut Wagyu Pastrami on Rye from La Cantine Sandwich Shop is The Notable Dish of The Week!
