China A Go Go is a Chinese/American Restaurant with around 24 locations in Las Vegas. Three locations are in NORTH LAS VEGAS. The Losee Road location in NORTH LAS VEGAS is extra casual and is mostly take out only. They only have a couple tables inside.
We started out by sharing the pot stickers.
They give you six potstickers that are pretty filled up with tender chicken and scallions. These potstickers didn’t seem like cooked in a pot. They are different. The ends are. very crisp and the middle is sort of fluffy……
Hot garlic Szechuan chicken looks good but is very chewy and tough today.
The Hunan beef is tender today. The flavor isn’t bad……But…… it is very floury today. It’s like chewing flour (but might actually be cornstarch).
We purchased an extra plate for the next day and tried the moo gee chicken.
Now this chicken is tender and it’s made with fresh zucchini, carrots, mushrooms, and onions. It’s good but bland….Most of the only flavor is from the mushrooms.
At the Losee location they charge extra for rice.
That was my trip to China A Go Go in North Las Vegas Losee road location.
China A Go Go 5960 Losee Rd North Las Vegas NV – 702-633-6666
*******UPDATE NOW CLOSED FOR BUSINESS*******Asada Mexican Restaurant is a casual order and pay at the counter Mexican Restaurant located in NORTH LAS VEGAS NV. They offer foods such as breakfast, soups, salads, taco platters, and entrees like a half grilled chicken, enchilada platters, fajitas, and children’s meals. It looks like mostly soft beverages here but I did notice cans of beer are offered.
They do start you off with complimentary chips and two salsas. One taste like green tomatillo and the other is smoky and spicy.
Today I went with a salad and tried the salmon signature salad.
The salmon is nicely seasoned and came with nice grill marks on it. It also is a very large portion and isn’t over cooked. The salad is adorned with crisp tortilla strips, avocado slices and cheese. It taste like a mayonnaise based white dressing is on the side.
The camarones a la diablo is another reasonably good choice.
The shrimp are cooked nicely and are in a spicy garlic sauce served with rice.
We also tried a carne asada taco.
Today the meat is a bit dry and chewy. Maybe it’s usually better?
Based on the salmon salad and shrimp dish I’d say that Asada Mexican Restaurant is Worth a Try!
*******UPDATE NOW CLOSED FOR BUSINESS****************
Asada Mexican Restaurant 6412 Losee Rd NORTH LAS VEGAS NV – 702-485-5714
The Asada Website is either down or not available yet?
Old School Pizzeria s a high quality casual pizzeria with three locations in Las Vegas Nevada. Everything is made in-house. They use local and organic as much as possible. Commercial yeast is not used here. The dough is 100% sourdough culture and a five day fermentation. This results a more developed flavor and less carbohydrates. The North Las Vegas location is small and very casual. You order and pay at the counter and seat yourself. When your order is ready someone runs it out to you. Interesting beverages are available like roasted rosemary lemonade and a couple bottles of wine are available.
ANYWAYS- They offer a $8.99 Solo Meal******UPDATE NO LONGER PRICES WENT UP>
It’s a very large slice of pizza with your choice of bread knots, house sausage stuffed chicken wing, cup of lentil soup, or a choice of three salads.
I tried the vegetariana (heirloom tomato, black Mediterranean olives, spinach, eggplant, onions, peppers, rapini, mushrooms, garlic, crushed tomatoes, basil, and aged mozzarella) with a garden salad (romaine, tomatoes, onions, cucumbers, mozzarella, garlic, and mascarpone dressing)
WOW! It’s an extra large plate of food and it all happens to be delicious! There are so many vegetables on the pizza.The crust taste really great too and it has a nice crispness to it and it’s slightly charred. The salad also is much better and bigger than expected! It’s so rich and yummy…I think this salad alone is worth the $8.99.
My husband went for the Calabrese slice (artisan salami Calabrese, hot peppers, black Mediterranean olives, crushed tomatoes, basil, and aged mozzarella) with the house made sausage stuffed boneless chicken wing topped with pistachios). (*****UPDATE this plate below now costs $8.99+ $4.49 premium slice + $2.75. for wing)
These plates exceeded our expectations so we took home a pizza to try for latter.
It’s a five cheese pesto pizza with scamorza cheese, mozzarella, ricotta, parmiano,pecorino Romano, pine nuts, and basil cream…Gosh this is crazy good too!
Old School Pizzeria is Worth a Fork! and the $8.99 Solo Meal is amazing!****UPDATE only a plain slice with a garlic knot might be $8.99 every other slice and side cost extra now.
Worth a Fork!
Old School Pizzeria – 2040 Craig Rd North Las Vegas NV – 702-990-0070
Juan’s Flaming Fajitas & Cantina as of April 2023 has three locations in Las Vegas Nevada. I went to the North Las Vegas Location. Their specialty is the flaming fajita so that is what we were set to try. They also offer fresh made tortillas made in house.
Occasional live music.
They also offer a long menu of many traditional Mexican Dishes like carnitas, chile rellenos, fresh seafood, and more!
Whatever you order they start you off with two salsas and warm bean dip with fresh just made hot chips. (red sauce taste like chile de arbal to me?, green salsa is a delicious tomatillo based sauce, and my husband enjoyed the bean dip)
Our fajita for two came with cups of fideo soup (tasty tomato based soup with pasta).
In a little while our fajita cart comes out rolling over to us.
A liquid ignites the fajitas. (We asked two different people what the liquid was but didn’t really get an answer…..but I thought I might have heard one of the workers mumbling vodka and something else?……When I worked for Chi-Chi’s many years ago we used a lemon wedge to ignite the skillet)
Then almost instantly the fajitas go KA-BOOM!
Juan’s Flaming Fajitas REALLY are served FLAMING!
Here the fajita after the flame.
You do get fresh made tortillas (corn or flour) side boats of rice and beans (refried, black bean, or pinto) Or you can get steamed vegetables…..(I’ll try that next time)
Here’s the black beans and rice it comes with pico, sour cream, and guacamole.
Here’s the pinto beans and rice.
Back to the fajitas.
This is one of the best fajitas that I’ve tasted and I’ve tasted a lot of them over the decades. The meats taste marinated and are both developed with flavors. Both are tender. Both really are good but both of us love the chicken more………It’s just Phenomenally great.
I HAVE TO SAY-
Juan’s Flaming Fajitas & Cantina is-
Worth a Fork!
Worth a Fork!
Juan’s Flaming Fajitas & Cantina – 2660 W Centennial PKWY North Las Vegas NV
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.
