Hot Noods is an Asian Restaurant and Bar located in the El Cortez Casino/Hotel on Fremont Street and also near to the strip. Hot Noods menu consist of several appetizers, a variety of ramen dishes, add ons to ramen, rice, and noodle dishes, and more. The decor is kinda Vegas with lots of neon, modern light fixtures, and clear pink table tops.
We started with the chicken Poh Poh’s Dumplings because we had them before at their last restaurant Chinglish. However it seems that the recipe has changed some since Chinglish. These dumplings are still very good but taste different to both of us.
Both the ramens just BLEW US AWAY!
BOTH were levels much better than the ramen from most ramen restaurants.
My husband enjoyed the Tonkotsu Ramen with added Pork Belly.
I enjoyed the Veggie Ramen with added Crispy Chicken and Spicy Chili Paste.
WOW! so flavorful! Even the corn is really great and taste like real corn. The marinated soy egg is perfect. Even the chili paste is special.
Both ramens are many levels better than what most places serve.
Hot Noods is Worth a Fork!
Worth a Fork!
Hot Noods (in the El Cortez Casino/Hotel with free parking) 600 E Fremont Street Las Vegas NV
Grape Vine Cafe is an Italian – Mediterranean Restaurant and Wine Bar located in the North/West part of Las Vegas Nevada. They offer a mostly Italian menu that is embellished with some Greek offerings and lots of wine. They have a partially covered dog friendly patio with fans and heaters for various temperatures.
Below is the patio.
Below is part of the dining area.
Whatever you decide on they start you off with fresh baked bread and creamy butter.
My husband decided on trying the soup of the day called Toscana. It was a creamy soup with sausage, kale, and potatoes.
He said that this soup was very good.
We also shared half of the baked brie appetizer platter. (the other half we brought home so we’d have room to eat lunch)
This was baked brie embellished with caramelized onions, apricot jam, and hazelnuts, that is baked in a crispy puff pastry. To the sides are buttered toasted baguette slices, sweet crisp pear slices, and grapes. It’s all tasty together.
For my lunch I tried the Beet with Grilled Salmon Salad.
The salmon is a good large portion and has been prepared reasonably well. It’s well done but is still moist and doesn’t taste over cooked so it’s good. The salad is garnished with candied walnuts, roasted red bell peppers and is dressed with a balsamic dressing. To the side is a generous amount of beets topped with creamy goat cheese.
SMKD BBQ is a casual but very good BBQ Restaurant located in Henderson Nevada that is about a thirty minute ride from Las Vegas. This restaurant is by Bravo Top Chef Alex Resnick. (He’s the one in the red shirt in the picture below)
Back to the food.
We shared a four meat plate that comes with four sides. We tried brisket, mojo garlic bbq chicken, pastrami, and smoked salmon. For the sides we tried macaroni and cheese, sweet potato hush puppies, beets and carrots, and this super amazing kugel.
It all good but some of it is FORKING AMAZING!!!!!
The Mojo Garlic BBQ Chicken might be the best chicken I have ever tried anywhere. It so tender, so juicy, and so deliciously flavorful.
The Smoked Salmon is also really great. It’s that type of salmon that is seasoned and smoked just so with that certain – Melt in your mouth type of quality.
The real surprise was the Kugel. Who knew that something like kugel could be amazing.
But everything was good.
For my taste the brisket was a bit delicate with seasoning and smoke. But did taste much better with a little SMKD BBQ sauce.
Same with the pastrami. Good but maybe a little under-cured and was lightly smoked but still good.
The Macaroni and Cheese was better than what you get in most BBQ Places and so was the Beets and Carrots, and the tasty Sweet Potato Hush Puppies.
Went back a couple weeks later for a holiday special that we took out. Chef Resnick was also at work cooking that day.
Here is the take out special ordered for four people.
I am pleased to say that everything was good and delicious.
Oh La La French Bistro is located in the Summerlin Part of Las Vegas Nevada. This might be the only French Restaurant (and bar) that you can find here that is owned by an actual French Man that usually greets you during your stay. We’ve been here several times for lunch, dinner, and restaurant week. and other various specials.
For your first time here you might want to try one of the reasonably priced lunch specials.
Here is the rest of the lunch menu –
We haven’t tried every plate here but we sure tried a bunch.
Whatever you order they start you off with complimentary baguette and butter. Then the rest is up to you!
Below are various plates from our lunch and dinner visits.
Everything was at least good.
Not all but some things did stand out.
French Onion Soup – because it was a delicious onion base
Warm Goat Cheese with pistachios and onion jam – Just delicious and hard to pass up
I didn’t eat any of the duck or beef dishes here. My husband did and he liked them all.
I think he liked the Hachis Parmentier (French Shepard’s Pie) a lot and the Croque Madame.
Several times I got the Sole Meunière here because it seems like what to order.
Oh La La French Bistro is Always Worth a Try! and also is –
Wok Republic is a Casual American/Chinese Take out or eat in kind of place located in North Las Vegas Nevada, You order and pay at the counter. (for locals this is in the spot where Jasmin Express was and at this time the Jasmin Express sign was still up.)
They just opened last week and had lots of specials and coupons going on so we got to try a bunch of things.
First they gave us complimentary fried noodles to munch on.
Next were vegetable egg rolls.
The egg rolls were full of oil inside and got my hands very oily. I took a bite and was done.
My main meal came out next. I tried the Szechuan Hot Garlic Chicken.
The chicken is masterfully tender but it is in sauce that tastes like spicy orange jam. It’s ok at first but the sweetness builds up and gets to be too much sweetness for me.
Next is the steamed rice.
The rice is good.
My husband’s Kung Pao Beef comes out next.
They do get points for serving tender beef but it tastes like salty soy sauce. I can’t eat it. My husband can tolerate more salt than me and it is salty for him so it indeed is too salty with cold peanuts on top. This has so much salt in it that I won’t bring it home for my dogs.
Lastly the chicken potstickers arrive.
They look hand made and probably are. The dough is very thick and inside tastes like unseasoned ground chicken.
That was my trip to Wok Republic. I will not Wok this way again.
Dining out with dogs is just a “FLUFF” story about taking my dogs out to eat. It all sort of started with my late dog Louie. He was elderly and got diagnosed with aggressive cancer. We were told that poor old Louie only had probably three months to live or possibly up to six months. I knew that Louie always enjoyed going out to eat so I took Louie out to eat as often as possible. Instead of the three to six months Louie made it another seventeen months. Today I take my current dogs out to eat when I can and when the weather is right.
My dogs got to go to one of their favorite spots. It is the Market Grill Cafe. They offer Greek and Italian Foods. They also offer a DOG MENU. Today they got a dog steak and rice plate and a chicken and rice dog plate. We mixed it up so the dogs could have a mix of steak and chicken.
They gobbled down the dog bowls real fast.
The dogs also got to eat some of our food too.
Enjoying a cucumber with feta.
Also enjoying a cucumber slice with feta.
Probably eating salmon
Eating salmon
Enjoying salmon.
The dogs always enjoy the Market Grill Cafe.
7070 N Durango Dr Las Vegas NV
702-396-0070
www.MarketGrillCafe.com
The Dogs got to try tacos from Tacos Los Barrios.
They had all kinds of different fillings to try. They sampled beef, pork, chicken, and fish.
It seemed like they enjoyed them all.
Tacos Los Barrios
4343 N Rancho Dr Las Vegas NV
702-600-4080
www.TacosLosBarriosLV.square.site
The dogs got treated with an extra Burger King Burger but with cheese from home because the Burger King Cheese sticks to the bun and the bun and seeds are bad for the dogs so we have to add our own cheese to Whoppers for dogs.
www.BK.com
The dogs always love going to SNS Diner BBQ. You’ve might have seen SNS Diner BBQ on Food Network”s Diners Drive Inns and Dives TV Show.
I think their best plate (most consistent plate) is their BBQ Chicken plates.
The dogs also got some Brisket from my husband’s Brisket Philly Sandwich.
Below are pictures of the dogs enjoying BBQ Chicken.
SNS Diner BBQ
3229 Losee Road North Las Vegas NV
702-269-9696
www.SNSDiner.com
The dogs ALSO got to go to Those Guys Pies. They specialize in Cheesesteaks and Pizza. You might have seen them on Food Network’s Diners Drive Ins and Dives.
I got my usual Lakeside Salad but with Fried Chicken instead of grilled chicken. They happen to have a craft dog biscuit vending machine here so naturally we treated the dogs to some craft chicken dog biscuits today.
Of course my husband had a cheesesteak.
Here’s the dogs enjoying some chicken.
The dogs always enjoy Those Guys Pies
5585 Simmons Street North Las Vegas NV
725-251-5826
www.ThoseGuysPies.com
That was Dining Out with DOGS for December 2025. We hope that you’ve enjoyed and we hope you have an AMAZING Holiday Season. Happy New Year and we hope to see you next year!
Happy Hanukkah
Merry Christmas
Happy New Year! The Forking TruthIn Memory of Louie 5-5-2001 – 3-3-2017
Taste of Gujarat is a fine dining Indian Restaurant located in Las Vegas Nevada not too far from Henderson. The minute you step in the atmosphere transports you to a land very far away.
There are multiple dining areas and a bar.
Below is only some of what I saw.
Ordering here might be challenging for some. You need to use your cellphone with a QR code.
We started out by sharing the pani puri – crispy hollow pastry shells that you fill with DELICIOUS potatoes and chick peas curry, onions, and spiced waters.
We also shared the Street Style Bhel. (puffed rice that’s sweet, spicy, tangy with chutneys)
It seems as light as air but also is strongly aromatic.
For our mains we shared the Gujarat Style Chicken and Rice. (delicious and mighty flavorful)
Ringan Bhartha (spicy eggplant)
This was more like a dip to me but also was delicious with the garlic naan bread.
We ordered more than we could eat and brought leftovers home.
I’ve been to many Indian Restaurants but this is the first one that gave us refreshing seeds to eat after the meal.
Cooper’s Kitchen & Tap is located in the Centennial Part of Las Vegas Nevada. The restaurant and Bar is located in a gated Community called Trilogy. You need to show your license to the guard at the gate and let them take a picture of your license plate to get in. I read about this restaurant on Yelp and it was in a good location for us to try. I also liked the New American Menu. At the time of finding out about it they had an impressive 4.5 star average on Yelp so I thought I couldn’t go wrong trying this place……….
Anyways – It looks nice inside but is kinda empty at lunch time.
We waited a very long time for our order.
After at least 30 minutes someone in a suit jacket comes out and says that their rice cooker wasn’t turned on and I could either change my order or wait another 20-30 minutes. I asked if they could substitute something for the rice. The person in a jacket suggest quinoa and I said that is great and even better.
In about ten minutes more our meals arrive.
The better of the two meals was my husband’s bucatini.
The pasta is over cooked and this is very bland and seems to be missing the seasoning and fresh herbs. I do note that there are other pictures on Yelp of this dish and this looks very different than what other people received. Other people had 4 dollops of cheese and herbs and fresh herbs that you can clearly see.
My plate was AWFUL.
I was suppose to get a stir fry with bok choy,and broccolini not a FORKING BIG BOWL OF RAW DRY KALE. The salmon is ok but the sauce is also awful. I think Panda Express and some frozen dinners might taste better. This is HORRIBLE. Since they weren’t able to serve me the rice that normally comes with the stir fry they agreed that they would give me quinoa. Look at my plate. They did give me a total of like one tablespoon of quinoa but it isn’t even fresh. It is in tiny cold hard lumps. This is one of the WORST PLATES OF THE YEAR.
I used to serve people. If I was a wait person here I would not have even served either plate.
I can not recommend Cooper’s Kitchen & Tap (I considered moving to this neighborhood because I thought it would be nice to live by a restaurant………I am so glad I didn’t move here now)
Americana is an American Restaurant and Bar with lakeside views that is located in the Summerlin part of Las Vegas Nevada. You might want to come here for lunch so you can see the attractive lakeside views.
Even at Lunch Time they start you off with tasty warm bread with soft butter. (we both thought that this was the best part of lunch)
We watched the birds that flew or swam by while we waited for our lunches to be prepared.
Then our lunches arrive.
I tried a Nashville Hot Chicken Sandwich with upgraded truffle fries. The chicken breast is plump and moist. But this seems to be a non-traditional Nashville Hot Chicken Sandwich. It was served on a soft sweet bun. It also is spicy but the spicy isn’t a paste or sauce. Instead it is a powder on top of the chicken. It is spicy. The other issue is that the breading is soft and not crispy. The sandwich is topped with a dill type pickle and creamy slaw is under the chicken in the sandwich. Fries are fresh and well prepared and are topped with a shredded Italian type cheese and some sort of truffle dust.
My husband ordered a medium-rare cheese burger with fries.
It was prepared past the requested medium/rare to around medium. It comes with their house sauce that is similar to fry sauce. The burger comes with caramelized onions and cheddar cheese and some lettuce and tomato slices. It’s kinda your average burger. Not the most flavor but ok.
I was hoping dessert would be the sweet spot here so I took home 1/2 my lunch so we’d have room to try dessert.
The Lemon Italian Cream Cake sounded good so we gave it a try.
To me it tastes like pound cake.
I think the cinnamon cream (not mentioned on menu) is very strange tasting with this cake.
There are also strawberry flavored candy curls and strawberry-ish lemon dots on the plate and the cake is topped with a large un-ripe strawberry.
Americana – beautiful lakeside atmosphere but pretty average food served at lunch time. Hopefully dinners could be a sweet spot here?
Bagelmania is a large full service Jewish Delicatessen and Restaurant with a few locations in Las Vegas Nevada. The original location is by the strip and next to the convention center. You can find everything that you can think of in the deli and more. Doughnuts, Pastries, Cookies, Breads, BAGELS, Cream Cheeses, Lunch Meats, Cheeses, Smoked Fish, Knishes, and more.
Or maybe you want to order off the menu in the restaurant. They offer breakfast, sandwiches, salads, fish platters, and more!
This time my husband had a brisket latke slider plate with potato salad and curly fries.
I had the fish combo plate. (Nova Lox and I asked for White Fish but they accidentally gave me white fish salad that I sent back….Then it came out by a manger as sturgeon.
He wrongly told me that sturgeon is whitefish.
Then latter he brings me out whitefish and says it was a kitchen error.
I guess most restaurants have an off day sometimes.
Usually the food and service is good.
Joey Chestnut the competitive Eater has participated and won the bagel eating contests that were held here the past two years. His award belts hand on the wall near the entrance. Also this year the owners of Bagelmania bought the Italian Restaurant Piero’s. (I doubt they will serve bagels there) (I also bet one of the Piero’s Managers was working here on my last visit……You know the guy who didn’t know whitefish from sturgeon)
