HOT N JUICY CRAWFISH…so bad we needed a happy ending

In all the world there is nothing that some man cannot make a little cheaper and sell for a little less, and those who consider price alone are this man’s lawful prey. – John Ruskin

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Would someone please explain to us why this place is so popular with groups of young, Asian women?

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TAIWAN DELI reviewed in Las Vegas Weekly

Chinatown’s Taiwan Deli has tasty bites at ridiculously low prices

John Curtas

Wed, Oct 6, 2010 (8:05 p.m.)

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(Clockwise from top left) Taiwan Deli’s spicy salad, dry noodles with spicy peanut sauce, spicy beef noodles and dumplings

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When the tiny, obscure Champion Gourmet Chinese deli closed in April, you could almost hear the sighs coming from fans of its rich noodle soups and dumplings. Continue reading “TAIWAN DELI reviewed in Las Vegas Weekly”

SAM WOO fails to do so…

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As long as we’re in a Chinese frame of mind, it’s time to relate one of the worst meals we’ve ever had on Spring Mountain Road. What made it all the more painful was it came from Sam Woo BBQ — one of the first SMR restaurants ever to woo us, way back in the Stone Age, i.e., circa 1994. For years we’ve relied on Sam Woo for basic, authentic, no frills Chinese food that appears from the kitchen almost preternaturally fast. This time, we fear, we’ve been cured of returning here forever.

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