Don Michael’s Restaurant is a small casual Italian Restaurant located in a strip mall in North-West Las Vegas Nevada. It’s not a fancy place. I can tell you that from just one visit that portions are large and prices are low.
They did start us off with garlic toast that I forgot to photo.
We shared an appetizer called portobello mushrooms. I was expecting a few mushrooms stuffed with some cheese and crumbs……..but we received a large bowl of mushrooms with fresh spinach in a very rich mushroomy cheese sauce.
This is a big bowl and can certainly feed far more than two people.
This is very good with the bread. I think it would also be really great on a potato.
For dinner I tried the salmon Da Vinci that is salmon in a sherry dijon sauce with capers, artichokes, and pasta.
Everything is prepared reasonably well. The sauce is tasty and the salmon isn’t overcooked. It’s also a very large portion.
My husband went with one of the specials called chicken saliccia. It was tender chunks of chicken with sausage, bell peppers, onions, olives, rosemary, thyme, wine, and Sunday sauce….topped with a little grated cheese.
He said it was flavored very good!
Don Michael’s Restaurant is a casual neighborhood type restaurant that serves very large portions and is reasonably priced.
Worth a Try!
Don Michael’s Restaurant – 4864 W Lone Mountain Rd Las Vegas NV
Siegal’s Bagelmania is possibly the largest Jewish Delicatessen on the West Coast. They are located in Las Vegas Nevada near the convention center that is near to the Las Vegas Strip. They also have a smaller location in the airport in terminal one.
You either dine in or do take out.
This is the take out line below.
The take out line starts around here with Pink Box Doughnuts.
Next is a couple counters that are oozing with pastries, breads, cookies, cakes, and more.
Then you make it to the bagels.
The worker’s T shirts backs read “Challah at me.”
Here’s more bagels and an everything flagel.
Then you go by the shmears.
I skipped a few cases….because somewhere around here is where you order the deli meats , cheese and fish.
Then you hit knishes, latkes, blintzes and noodle kugel oh my!
We took out a few things.
Plain, rye, and everything bagels – These are the BEST bagels that I have tried since I left Pennsylvania.
belly lox (considered the better lox if you can handle the salt…..) (too salty for me)
nova lox – Both lox appear to be hand sliced
pastrami
pickles
GREAT BAGELS and more!
Worth a Fork!
Worth a Fork!
Siegel’s Bagelmania
252 Convention Center Dr Las Vegas NV 702-369-3322
Brera Osteria is a multi-regional Italian restaurant that is an inspiration of the artsy-cool Brera neighborhood in Milan Italy. This restaurant is located in St Mark’s Square in the Grand Canal Shoppes in The Venetian on the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada. Besides many Italian favorites they also offer authentic Neapolitan pizza. All the seating is on the indoor patio.
They don’t post this menu so it is a secret. You have to ask for the 3 course chef’s tasting lunch menu. There is an additional charge for four of the items on the menu.
We both went for the 3 course lunch menu and everything we tried was at least good.
They start you off with complimentary bread with a little oil and balsamic.
First course was the salad called insalata (wild arugula, fennel, orange, olives, grana, chili vinaigrette).
The other first course was meatballs (beef & pork, San Marzano, mozzarella, and grilled bread).
For my main I got the salmon (Umbrian lentils, fennel puree, leeks, beet aioli). and this alone was worth the $28.00 to me. It was prepared just so and also cooked to my request.
My husband got the beef tenderloin ($18. extra charge) (with grilled romaine hearts, roasted potatoes, chimichurri).
My husband asked me to taste the beef but I was busy with my plate and declined…..Then he said that I must try the potatoes so I tried one. It was sort of garlic-ee but tasted like a special potato. Not a regular potato that you get at the supermarket…A special variety.
For dessert we both went with the bread pudding imbedded with fruit, nuts, chocolate, and was enhanced with gelato, caramel, whipped cream, and berries.
If you want this then you have to ASK for the three course chef’s tasting menu from Brera Osteria at the Venetian at St Mark’s Square. I think that it is a great find! Worth a Fork!
Miznon is a seasonal high quality chain of Israeli Street Food Restaurants by chef Eyal Shani. According to www.Miznon.com they have locations in Israel, United States, France, Austria, Australia, Singapore, Canada, and United Kingdom. We went to the newly opened Las Vegas location. (***I’ve also read that a location just opened recently in Canada) The Las Vegas location is located near the Palazzo casino floor that is in the Venetian on the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada.
This is a very casual food market stall with bar seating. You order and pay at the counter and seat yourself. They call your name as things from your order are ready. At the current time a few tables are scattered across from the stall. This is the spot where Fine Dining Israeli Hasalon Restaurant will be also by chef Eyal Shani.
The signature dish is The Original World Famous Baby Cauliflower. (you can see the Atlantic flake Sea Salt on it)
The cauliflower comes out like this with tahini sauce and a green chili sauce that is called shrug or zhug sauce (many different spellings).
It’s very surprising how great that this very simple cauliflower can taste…..It really is very good and special! It so special that the recipe of this cauliflower is posted at the restaurant.
I couldn’t try everything………so I snapped this picture of the bag of green beans when I saw them come up at the counter (with olive oil, lemon, garlic, salt).
I had to try the plate called “The Best Hummus Plate That You Will Ever Eat with Melting Chickpeas.”
I can sure tell you that it was a very great plate of hummus and also was the most detailed plate of hummus that I have ever tried anywhere. It’s enhanced with melting chickpeas, slices of hard egg, green chili sauce, olive oil, tomato seeds that are like caviar, and tahini. The pita is very fluffy and it’s all really great together.
We were both blown away with both the next two meat dishes. One was the sal de coq (rotisserie chicken, fresh herbs, radish, cucumber, pickles)
The flavors and moisture in the chicken is OFF THE CHARTS GREAT! It must be tasted to be believed. This really blew us away. You can’t really see it in my photo (because I wanted you to see the chicken) but they also gave us this incredibly delicious roasted pepper with it. (lower left corner)
LIGHTNING STRIKES AGAIN!
bag of golden meat
The pita-less entree called “Bag of Golden Meat” is far more incredible than I can ever describe. The depth of flavors and tenderness was so shocking in a great way.
This is some sort of overnight brisket, grilled onions, and a garlic-ee aioli. Honestly this didn’t even seem like brisket because it was so amazing. I really thought it tasted more like the finest shaved prime rib from a very upscale steakhouse.
Oh and I forgot to mention that the meat portions were extra large so it also is a really great value dining here.
RUN !!!!!! Don’t walk. GO to Miznon as soon as you can because it really was that good and Worth a Fork! (and a Great value too!)
Worth a Fork!
Miznon
3355 S. Las Vegas Blvd Las Vegas NV (Venetian located near to the Palazzo Casino Floor)
www.VenetianLasVegas.com
www.Miznon.com (at the time of my visit the Las Vegas location was not yet listed on this site but is listed on the Venetian site)
Block 9 Thai Street Eats is a Thai Restaurant located in South Summerlin Nevada a short ride away from the Las Vegas Strip. This is a very casual Thai Restaurant.
You order and pay at the counter.
Then they give you a number to place on your table and they run beverages and food to you. They offer mostly soft beverages but canned adult cider is offered and maybe two canned beers.
My husband tried the side order of E-Saan sausages. The food is served on to go cardboard dishes.
They come garnished with lettuce wraps some peanuts, cilantro, and onions. These might be good but maybe are for an inquired taste………….
I ordered the basil eggplant “Hot” with chicken.
This is the first basil eggplant dish that I have tried that has zero heat. It also is very fish sauce forward….It taste like mostly fish sauce. It does have basil in it but for some reason the basil is tasteless and the basil flavor hasn’t been infused into the dish. The chicken is very tender but just taste mostly like fish sauce.
My husband tried the drunken noodles with chicken “Hot.”
Also zero heat and I tasted one bite. It tasted bitter to me me and also too heavy with fish sauce for my taste. My husband thought that the bitter taste was from the Chinese Broccoli in the dish because he said that the vegetable was very bitter.
That was a little taste of Block 9 Thai Street Eats. I do note that I have only been here once and I don’t know if my visit was typical or not. From what we tried the food runs as mild as mild gets.
Pancho’s Mexican Restaurant is located in the Downtown Summerlin part of Las Vegas Nevada. They also have a California location. They offer most of your usual Mexican Favorites like quesadillas, tacos, burritos, chimichangas, enchiladas, combo plates, beef and chicken entrees, margaritas, desserts and more.
Inside is very rich with decorations and live plants.
This is also a very large two story restaurant with several dining rooms.
Whatever you order they start you out with a big basket of hot corn chips and a spicy herbed salsa.
The entrees come with your choice of a salad……
Or soup of the day (this evening it was albondigas soup ((Mexican Meatball soup)))
I thought the mole en pipian sounded like an interesting dish that I don’t see very often on menus.
It’s an enormous serving of tender white meat chicken chunks in a pumpkin seed, peanut spiced sauce. It’s served with cilantro rice and vegetarian black beans topped with cotija cheese. Oh and your choice of tortillas too! It’s tasty and not too spicy but is also very flavorful. Taste like maybe guadijillo chilies in it?
My husband tried the steak picado.
It’s tender flat iron steak with grilled peppers, onions, tomatoes and melted cheese with Mexican style rice and vegetarian re-fried beans. (They don’t cook with lard and use healthier soybean oil instead) It’s a BIG tasty plate.
The desserts offered did sound delicious but I find that I am never able to fit in dessert at Mexican restaurants.
I doubt anyone ever leaves hungry from Pancho’s in DT Summerlin Las Vegas.
Osteria Fiorella is an Italian Restaurant by James Beard Award Winning chef Marc Vetri. This restaurant is located in the Red Rock Casino and Resort that is in the Summerlin area in Las Vegas Nevada.
It’s artsy and modern inside. There are several small bars and wine bars inside.
They also have an exhibition kitchen in the middle of the restaurant.
They start you off with a bread basket of freshly made sourdough bread and focaccia with Californian olive oil enhanced with balsamic vinegar.
The breads are very good and are unlike any focaccia or sour dough bread that I ever had before. The focaccia is very light and moist in texture with delicious flakes of salt on the crust. The sour dough bread is like what white bread would taste like if white bread was really good.
We started with the seasonal crudo. It was hamachi with citrus.
It was very good. The fish seemed very fresh and came with citrus that taste better than what us mere mortals can buy from our local supermarkets.
We also shared a pasta dish because you really are suppose to try pasta here.
We shared the ricotta tortellini with preserved tomatoes and Calabrian chili.
These were different too…..The pasta was extra thin and very light. The cheese inside sure doesn’t taste like it was from a tub….It taste milky and fresh made to me.
For my main I tried the branzino.
It’s different…….The fish has a different kind of fired taste. I forgot what kind of oven they used for this fish but it is different. The fish came adorned with baby greens, peperonata, oil, lemon and sweet peppers, It’s a good size portion and is almost big enough to share.
My husband tried the bone-in veal.
It’s also a little different. It’s a pounded breaded veal covered in San Marzano Tomato sauce that is topped with fresh basil and melting high quality bufala cheese.
I managed to save room for dessert and tried what my waiter said was the popular favorite dessert here.
This is called the Orange Bonet.
It’s cream custard topped with poached pear with house made vanilla gelato on the side enhanced with orange sauce, citrus zest, and crushed pistachios.
That was a little taste Osteria Fiorella.
11011 W Charleston Blvd Las Vegas (Red Rock Casino and Resort)
The Black Sheep Restaurant is located in Las Vegas around fifteen minutes away from the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada. This is a casual, modern, Vietnamese/American restaurant that is ran and owned by seasoned former Top Chef contestant chef Jamie Tran. She also was awarded by Eater as Chef of the year in 2017.
Inside is casual.
You will probably see chef Tran running around the place.
The majority of the menu is interesting and different. Our waiter said that the starters are very small and to try several. We tried the salmon skin tacos.
They are crispy salmon skin stuffed with salmon belly, salmon tartare, tobiko, smoked shishito peppers, micro cilantro, and jalapeño aioli. They are very tasty, not too spicy, and full of flavors.
My husband has a little more room to enjoy more and really enjoyed the bao slider special.
These mini bao sliders were stuffed with house made pork sausage, pork belly, quail egg, crispy shallots, greens, and jalapeño aioli. It also came with shrimp crackers. My husband kept saying that these were VERY GOOD…..over and over.
We also shared the hamachi crudo.
I thought that this was FORKING Amazing. This was an explosion of all kinds of flavors and textures. Sweet, heat, citrus, clean fish, pickle, crunch, This was made with rayu sauce (Japanese citrus sauce), dragon fruit, pickled pearl onions, bubu arare (Asian crackers), and a few other goodies.
For dinner I tried the boneless fried whole trout.
I never had fish like this before…….All the bones were removed before they fried it. You just cut though and enjoy. This came with rainbow Swiss Chard, Chinese Broccoli, sesame seed crumble, in a garlic chili oil sauce with steamed rice. Very Good!
My husband tried the braised pork jowl….(it’s the cheek….tender like beef or halibut cheek)
It came with turmeric flat noodles, Chinese Broccoli and was in a spicy garlic chili oil. This was very good too! Another Hit!
Somehow we managed to squeeze in a dessert to try. We went with the citrus meringue with ube (purple yam) crust.
The crust might be thick for some but the flavors are a nice sweet ending to a FORKING Amazing meal.
Lola’s is a Louisiana Creole Restaurant located in the Summerlin part of Las Vegas Nevada. They offer an all day menu and Sunday Brunch. On the all day menu a few of the offerings are things like Louisiana style crab cakes, cajun hot wings, crawfish puppies, salads, po boys, burgers, and platters like crawfish étouffée, shrimp and grits, and shrimp creole. On the brunch menu Are things like chicken and waffles, andouille sausage benedict, and an egg and bacon grits bowl.
This restaurant was featured on Diners Drive Inns and Dive on Food Network TV.
It’s casual inside. You can sit in the bar area, at the bar, on the patio, or in the main dining area.
main dining area
I went with the signature orange bowl salad with added bronzed salmon. (bronzed is like 1/2 blackened…less seasoning and cooked lighter)
I have to say that this was an unusually good salad…..But it does run very spicy…It’s almost too spicy for me. It’s romaine lettuce, mandarine oranges, cranberry-raisins, scallions, celery, almonds, and this SPICY sweet and spicy vinaigrette. The salmon seems extra fresh and is really prepared to perfection. They didn’t even ask how I wanted it done they just prepared it perfect……medium-ish- medium/rare.
My husband was thrilled with the loaded jambalaya.
He just kept saying that it was really good. (chicken, sausage, rice, bronzed shrimp, kielbasa sausage.
The Stove is an all day brunch and comfort food sort of restaurant that also offers bottomless drink specials. This restaurant is located in Henderson Nevada a short drive away from “The Strip.” They offer things like burgers, burritos, chicken and waffles, omelettes, other egg dishes, and a few vegan dishes. This restaurant is located on the second floor so you need to walk up and down steps that may be hard to do when partaking in bottomless drink specials. They do have an elevator but there for handicapped only.
It’s energetic and festive inside. The servers seem quick, friendly, and efficient.
I tried the Nashville Spicy Chicken Stack.
It’s a good chicken sandwich but a far cry from a Nashville Style Chicken Sandwich.
It’s not even spicy…..(The FORKING Truth)
Anyways…….It’s made with slaw, house pickles, and really good toasted brioche bun, house fries that are really good and you have an option to add on an egg. I asked for hot sauce so I could add some needed heat to this sandwich. Like I said it was a good chicken sandwich. It just wasn’t anything even close to a Nashville Style.
My husband ordered the juicy Lucy.
It’s flat patties stuffed with some cheese sauce that is topped with a chori-queso bacon wrapped onion ring and sits on house pickles, roasted tomatoes, thousand island dressing (left off on request), toasted brioche bun, and house fries.
I heard that the bacon wrapped onion ring was pretty good. Because it’s not a big burger there wasn’t much room to fill with much cheese. Some people might want more cheese.
