FOOD EXPRESS CHINESE CUISINE

Food Express Chinese Cuisine (yes, that’s its real name) has been around since the early 90’s. The decor and lighting are so stark the place resembles the inside of a refrigerator. The things to order are the abalone, whole crabs and lobsters (all available at market prices and changing seasonally.*) It is very popular with natives of the Chinese persuasion, and fellow travelers who know a good thing at a good price.

If you’re looking for the real deal in Cantonese cooking, this is probably as cheap as it gets off the Strip. The staff at ELV finds some of its recipes too flat, funky and gummy for its taste (a criticism that could apply to Southern Chinese food in general), but there’s no denying the beauty of the fried squid or a whole, chopped up Dungeness in garlic and black bean sauce (and the beef with pineapple is pretty darn good too.) When in doubt as to what to order, just look at what one of the large, round tables of Asians are having, grab a waiter (figuratively not literally), point and ask. The Chinese don’t stand on a lot of ceremony in these matters so no one will be offended.

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* Lobster season is almost over. Dungeness crab season starts in mid-November.

FOOD EXPRESS CHINESE CUISINE

2003 South Decatur Blvd.

Las Vegas, NV 89102

702.870.1595

UBUNTU

Posted By: The Food Gal®

Ubuntu is America’s newest, hippest, most publicized vegetarian restaurant for a reason, and that reason is: they don’t live by the soy and/or die by the soy. Tofu is barely seen on the menu, and chefs Jeremy and Deanie Fox are so creative with their ingredients that this is a vegetarian restaurant even carnivores can appreciate. Plucked right in the middle of downtown Napa, it is among many businesses that have turned this once abandoned area into a foodie mecca rivaling those found miles to the north on Highway 29.

* CAPS in photo descriptions: from the UBUNTU biodynamic garden

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Sushi, We Hardly Knew Yee – on News 88.9 FM KNPR – Nevada Public Radio

Click here to hear the first of our three-part series on KNPR on the sushi phenomenon in Las Vegas. We recently counted 10 sushi bars on a two mile stretch of West Sahara, and there seems to be no end to the proliferation of cheap, raw seafood being thrown on gummy rice. What has caused this race to the bottom of the ocean is for minds greater than ours…but an examination of two new, big, fancy, expensive and hyper-designed sushi restaurants in two of our biggest hotels might give a clue. We’ll be reviewing those venues next week (and the following week) on Nevada Public Radio and on this site.