MRKET Sea & Land is a quality steakhouse and seafood restaurant located in the Aliante Casino Hotel in North Las Vegas Nevada. They have a lounge and bar.
But it’s in the main dining areas where you can try a couple’s special.
Every month the couple’s special changes. We hit them when they were offering the chateaubriand (filet of tenderloin) with salad, two side dishes and dessert for $125. subject to change)
First we were greeted with a bread basket with a sourdough loaf of bread, some baked pretzels and some pink salted butter.
The next course were Caesar salads…..
Next was the main event.
We got chateaubriand with an herbed sauce, grilled asparagus, and macaroni and cheese. To my surprise everything was delicious.
The filet tenderloin was also a very generous portion (20 ounces before cooking) so we had leftovers for another meal.
This even came with a choice of dessert. We went for the special dessert. It was a mixed fruit chocolate tart with banana ice cream.
I have to say-
MRKT Sea & Land’s Couple’s Special is Worth a Fork!
Worth a Fork!
MRKT Sea & Land Restaurant at Aliante Hotel Casino
Vegas Unstripped is about 30 of Las Vegas’s most acclaimed and creative chefs. This is an “OFF THE STRIP EVENT” downtown in the Arts District on California Street Between Ester’s Kitchen and Garagiste Saturday October 14 2023 7pm – 10. Tickets were $150., They include unlimited tastes and also include cocktails, and are non profit.
www.VegasUnstripped.com listed the chefs that are expected.
Nearly all the foods that we’ve tried was next level FORKING AMAZING!!!!!!!!!! There was more food and drink than I could do but all but one thing I tried was over the top amazing! Also not all of my photos came out but here are most.
frogs legs
Asian style chicken
Tuna pasta adorned with burnt kimchi aioli
guacamole and salsa macha tostada – YUM!
tuna tostada – YUM!!!
Really complex flavors from this chicken wrap
vegetarian African food – delicious
That Korean fried chicken really just melted in your mouth. The hamachi was also delicious.
I didn’t try this one but my husband said that this was very VERY VERY Good!
I have to say that this was the very best barbacoa I’ve ever tried.
Amazing flavors here.
LOOK at the way they melt that incredible cheese on their amazing bread.
I was looking forward to this..because this is from a Bravo Top Chef….but passed because the short rib was rabbit. My husband did try it and said the flavors were very interesting.
Very good food from another Bravo Top Chef.
We both thought that the potato was super amazing!
Those Guys Pies is a pizza and cheesesteak restaurant with a location in North Las Vegas Nevada. If they seem familiar then maybe you caught them featured on Food Network’s Diners Drive-ins and Dives with Guy Fire. Those Guys Pies is one of the few dog friendly restaurants in North Las Vegas Nevada and the they were open and set up for us unlike another restaurant we were thinking about trying……. Those Guys Pies also might be the only restaurant with a Craft Dog Biscuit Vending Machine too!
So today my dogs got to try Sniff Pistols Craft Beef Dog Biscuits.
Both dogs enjoy the beef dog biscuits.
I didn’t give the dogs any of the diablo fries because they are FORKING HOT!!!!! I wouldn’t recommend them to anyone because they are TOO HOT for anyone to enjoy. I’m surprised that they make them that hot.
Everything else was good.
I had a house salad with grilled chicken.
Both dogs enjoyed the chicken from my salad.
The dogs also got to enjoy some sausage from my husband’s sausage sandwich.
That was Dining Out With DOGS at Those Guys Pies. We Hope you’ve enjoyed!
Those Guys Pies
5585 Simmons Street North Las Vegas Nevada – 725-251-5826
www.ThoseGuysPies.com
The Forking TruthIn Memory of Louie 5-5-2001 – 3-3-2017
Casa Don Juan is a full service Mexican Restaurant in Las Vegas Nevada with three locations. The Main Street location in the Arts District has an out side patio. Inside this location has a Frida Kahlo theme with many pictures of her on their wall. Incase you don’t know Frida Kahlo is considered to be Mexico’s most important artist and is part of Mexico’s culture.
Whatever you order they start you off with complimentary chips, salsa, and bean dip.
To me the chips don’t taste freshly made. The salsa is spicy but taste mostly like oregano. I didn’t try the beans.
I tried a chicken fajita salad (with the jack cheese on the side) that is called ensalada de fajitas here.
Soulbelly BBQ is an artisanal central Texas inspired kind of BBQ restaurant by seasoned chef (James Beard Nominated, Food Network Chopped Champion, and Bravo Top Chef) Bruce Kalman. The Las Vegas Arts District location offers outdoor seating by the smokers.
Indoor seating in the bar and take out area.
And main dining area where the live music happens.
The tables are set up with carriers of sauces that include the house made Jiggly Meat BBQ sauces.
I wanted to try the tri tip pastrami but they were sold out of that today……so I went with Caesar Salad with their BBQ Smoked Turkey.
The turkey is tender, moist, and delicious………The salad taste far different than it looks…….It’s kind of deconstructed……..The black pepper cornbread croutons in there are really amazing and contain some of the flavors of Caesar….It’s different…but all together delicious. But might be even more delicious with a few drops of house BBQ sauce….. The vinegar sauce only a few drops kicks it up a level.
My husband tried the sandwich called, The Belly of The Soul (smoked brisket, fried egg, cheese sauce, pickled onions, spicy BBQ sauce, and crispy BBQ onions).
He said that this was really great. I tried a small bite of the BBQ Brisket and I have to say it was really perfect today.
On a second visit my husband had to have the Belly Of Soul sandwich again but with beans this time. He said it was just as good as from last time.
This time I got to try the tri tip pastrami sandwich – topped with slaw with a side of watermelon-cucumber salad.
It’s pretty good but isn’t cured with nitrates……the special dangerous pink salt that turns the meat pink…… resulting in a different taste. It’s beefier and less corned……..Well it’s healthier than what I’m used to and is pretty good. It seems like you won’t go wrong with the brisket, and the turkey. I want to try the fresh ground in house smoked brisket burger next time.
So we went back.
We started out by sharing their fried macaroni and cheese balls special.
Ummmm! and the pepper puree dipping sauce is unique and delicious too!
This time we both had their amazing smoked ground in house brisket burgers that are finished on the grill. They suggest to get them medium rare so we both did.
My husband got his with extra American Cheese and Soul Belly made Bacon with a side of potato salad.
The burger is really great. For my taste the potato salad is too smooth and has too much mustard in it….I can’t eat it but I do admit that I am sensitive to mustard.
I had my burger without cheese but with with slaw, pickles and special sauce with their cornbread on the side.
WOW! this is a really great burger! Juicy, smoky, flavorful. It really doesn’t need anything else. It is large. I thought it might be 8 ounces but our server said it’s a 7 ounce burger. The cornbread also is very good and really doesn’t need the honey butter since it is so rich, moist and with crunchy ends. It’s not too sweet or too savory. It’s just right!
On another visit we had some repeats that were just as good as before. We also relied the BBQ mushrooms with chimichurri.
They might be the meatiest mushrooms ever….but…they are very strong with the smoke today.
I also noticed that the menu has changed a little bit. The pastrami sandwich and the watermelon salad are no longer on the menu. Also the macaroni and cheese balls are on the menu now.
I have to say Soulbelly BBQ is Worth a Fork!
Worth aFork!
Soulbelly BBQ 1327 S. Main St Las Vegas NV – 702-483-4404
Victory’s Cafe is an American casual restaurant located in the Cannery Casino in North Las Vegas. They offer starters, breakfast, hamburgers, hot dogs, salads, sandwiches, and some entrees from 7am-11pm and after that they offer a late night menu.
Inside is a mix of traditional tables and booths. The walls are decorated with can labels. I asked if the can labels pictured on the walls came from this cannery but nobody knew. (later I found out that this was never an actual cannery)
They started us off with warmed up rolls with soft butter.
The buns got hard and chewy like maybe they were over microwaved?
In reasonable time my Chinese Chicken Salad arrives. (romaine, carrots, mandarins, crisp noodles, red bell pepper, and cashews…..
For my taste the Asian dressing is too sweet so I doctor it up with some vinegar-ee hot sauce. The chicken breast is very tender but at the same time it is also very dry….I wouldn’t get this again.
My husband thought the meatloaf was ok.
The meatloaf and mashed potatoes were covered with gravy and it came with boiled vegetables.
That was my trip to Victory’s Cafe at The Cannery Casino
2121 E. Craig Road North Las Vegas NV – 866-999-4899
Secret of Siam is a Thai Restaurant located in the Centennial Area of Las Vegas Nevada. They offer most of your usual Thai Dishes, a good amount of sharing plates, seafood dishes, beer, and wine.
Most of the seating are booths.
The crispy spinach is an interesting starter.
The spinach is shattering crisp and seems free of oil. The dipping sauce on the side is on the sweet side and is adorned with red onion and cashews.
I tried the basil eggplant with chicken.
The heat level (3 out of 5) is good to me. The chicken was moist, tender, and developed with flavors. The eggplant is creamy and sweet and doesn’t seem oily.
My husband tried the drunken noodles with beef (heat level 4 out of 5)
Today the #4 heat might be running more like a #3 but everything else is good….Good flavors, tender beef.
On a second visit my husband tried the spicy basil #4 heat with combination (chicken, pork, beef, shrimp) that was reasonably good like everything else so far………..
I tried a dish I never noticed on a Thai Menu before. The Green apple pompano (green apple salad green apples, tomatoes, red onions, cilantro, cashews, lime sauce) over crispy fried fish).
I have to say that the slaw is delicious……..but
The fish is not edible. It’s like it was fried in glue. You can’t dig the flesh out and when you manage to get a little morsel it’s fishy.
The Secret of Siam is not to order the Green Apple Pompano……..I wouldn’t take a chance with the red snapper or salmon either because of the taste of the morsel I tried.
Secret of Siam ….The Secret might be………….. (not to get the fish)
Secret of Siam
5705 Centennial Center Blvd Las Vegas NV – 702-331-4406
El Dorado Cantina is a Mexican Restaurant with Three Locations in Las Vegas Nevada. The Tivoli Village location in Summerlin is adorned with amazing light fixtures indoors and outdoors.
Very detailed cut glass chandeliers of flowers and parrots accent the patio and also look amazing from indoors.
Inside are red star light fixtures and hanging light fixtures with butterflies.
Eater Las Vegas wrote that the chips and salsas are the best from this restaurant so we gave them a try.
I should note that the chips and salsas are not on the Happy hour menu (3-6 Monday-Friday & 12am-3 daily) but they were only $3.75 and they are good. My Golden Cadillac Margarita was 1/2 price and it’s good for $11.00 but if I paid $22. for it I might feel different?
They offer EIGHT different tacos on the happy hour menu, a quesadilla, nachos, Mexican seared tuna, and a few other things.
I tried a roasted corn and poblano taco, a pulled chicken taco, and a carne Asda taco.
They are smaller sized tacos but are double shelled and well stuffed.
The carne asada is infused with good flavors and is tender today.
The chicken taste fresh made and is mildly seasoned and is as tender as tender can be…..
The roasted corn and poblano taco is maybe the tastiest but also is almost free of corn.
I see two corn kernels….It’s mostly caramelized onions with poblanos and lots of rich sour cream. It’s extra tasty from the cheese that was grilled on the tortilla.
He liked the carnitas best out of the meat tacos. He liked the shrimp but didn’t like the generous amount of guacamole on them. The chicken mole tacos seemed similar to the regular chicken tacos……just with a dab of thin mole on them. Cauliflower taco was tasty.
That was Happy Hour at El Dorado Cantina – Tivoli Village Las Vegas NV – Worth a Try!
Pizza Rock will soon have three locations in Las Vegas Nevada. This pizza restaurant is like no other. The chef and co-owner is a 13 time world pizza champion. This restaurant serves a variety of pizzas (Neapolitan, classic Italian, classic American, Sicilian, Roman, and gluten free) from four different ovens. They also offer 23 rotating drafts, craft cocktails, and 60 bottled and canned beers.
This isn’t your grandpa’s pizza shop.
Interesting “Rock” music fills the air.
We started out by sharing the gorgonzola and apple salad.
It’s a good size for two people and contains mixed greens, spicy candied walnuts, gorgonzola, apples, dried cherries, balsamic vinaigrette.
We tried an Italian Style Artichoke Joe.
This one is mozzarella, marinated artichokes, spinach, garlic, provolone, ground pepper, and a squirt of fresh lemon. It’s a nice sturdy pizza that doesn’t seem too heavy. It’s actually on the thin side but sturdy with a crisp chewy crust.
We also tried the WORLD CUP WINNER OF NAPLES ITALY Pizza Napoletana Margherita (San Marzano tomatoes, mozzarella fior di latte, basil, extra virgin olive oil, sea salt)
It does differ in every way from other Neapolitan pizzas I’ve tried. The crust is not wet in the center like some and is an all over moist, thin, and foldable. The sauce is rich and much heavier applied than others I’ve tried. The cheese isn’t melted as much and is in thicker chunks instead of a thin layer across the surface.
888 Korean BBQ has a location in Chinatown Plaza in Chinatown Las Vegas Nevada. They are an all-you-can-eat Korean BBQ that is halal. They offer three levels of menus. Menu “A” black Angus $25.95, Menu “B” Prime $31.95, Menu “C” Kobe Style $42.95 (prices are subject to change). All the menus offer many appetizers, many selections of proteins, vegetables, soup, rice, and more. We picked from menu “B” and we had close to 50 choices. There are a few rules for dining here. You have a 90 minute time limit, no leftovers, and no to go.
Whatever you order they start you out with some banchan (side dishes). Today we got salad, thin radish slices, kimchi, macaroni salad, bean sprouts, onions with peppers and a slice of some kind of vegetable.
Between us we tried a lot of appetizers.
corn cheese
snow crab
fried beef & pork dumplings
spicy tuna on crispy rice
chicken karaage – THIS ONE WAS FORKING AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!OMG YUM!!!! The MOST DELICIOUS chicken karaage by a mile………Even the sauce was incredible I wish I could buy just this to bring home……The others were good and or tasty but……Next time I’m eating more of this. I’m coming back to eat more of this for sure.
For the bbq they set up a sheet tray next to your table with your dishes that include the items you need to bbq up.
Above are brisket, pork toro, tempura shrimp, and corn cheese.
above are mushrooms, brisket, bulgogi beef, bulgogi chicken, and spicy chicken. We also got onions. Now we go and bbq things up.
Out of what I tried……(I’m not a beef person….but)….The bulgogi beef was the best. It was infused with delicious flavors and was so tender it melted in my mouth. The brisket was also very good but wasn’t infused with delicious flavors. The better chicken was the what I think was the spicy chicken that was red in color. That one was delicious and moist. My least favorite was what I think was the bulgogi chicken. It seemed like it was over marinated and had a sort of leather-ee weird texture and not the best flavor.
This is some of the better chicken in a radish slice.
My husband’s least favorite was the pork because it came out chewy. My husband’s two favorites were the bulgogi beef and the spicy chicken.
You probably won’t go wrong with the bulgogi beef, the spicy chicken, and the chicken karaage.
888 Korean BBQ is Worth a TRY!
4215 Spring Mountain Rd Las Vegas NV – 702-480-6552
