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Friday, March 8, 2013

ROTM: recent eats & drinks 吃吃喝喝

I haven't been posting here for a while, I know.  Having a baby will consume ALL your time. You use whatever spare time you have to clean, cook, eat, relax, and most important, sleep! We finally have some chances to go out to eat and take Zoey out with us now that's she's a little older and easier to bring around. So I just want to make a quick post about some of the places we've been to in the past couple months.
 

Hofbrauhaus

     
Categories: Bars, German           
4510 Paradise Rd
Las Vegas, NV 89109
Neighborhood: Eastside
(702) 853-2337
 
I had German food when I went to visit my brother's family couple years ago in Germany. It was really good but different. This restaurant is a exact replica of the legendary one in Munich, Germany, so I thought we go try it here in Vegas. The atmosphere is fun, it's a traditonal beer hall with wooden tables and benches and with live entertainment in the evenings.
 
The beer was excellent, which are all imported from Germany.
The food, however, is good but very bland.
The service was very good and efficient.
 
This would be a great place to come to drink and have fun. Not so much for the food though in my opinion.
 



Kartoffelpuffer - potato pancakes with apple sauce


Jagerschnitzel - pork cutlet topped with creamy mushroom sauce, bacon and onions, served with Spatzle and cranberries
Hofbrauhaus Wurstplatte - Vienna Style Frankfuters, Pork and Chicken sausages, imported Sauerkraut and Mashed Potatoes.

 Mantra Masala          

Category: Indian    
8530 W Warm Springs Rd
Ste 101

Las Vegas, NV 89113
Neighborhoods: Southwest, Spring Valley
(702) 598-3663
 
I have never tried Indian food. Don't know why, just never had the interest.
We've been watching these cooking shows lately and one of them is about exploring India and the food. It looked pretty delicious. We found this restaurant near us and has pretty good reviews so we decide to give it a try.
 
The decoration is very nice and the resturant is clean.
We went on a weekday lunch time so there were couple tables here for the lunch specials. Which is what we end up getting. The lunch specials come with soup and nan bread, for $9.95. We both ordered the lunch special with 3 items so we could try a little bit of everything.
 
The special I got was all vegetarian, being a meat connisseur myself, I wasn't sure if I would like it. But surprisingly, all the vegetable dishes were really flavorful and did not made me miss meat for the moment.  It tasted very healthy for sure.
 
 



Complimentary soup - taste like some kind of squash, lentil and tumeric.


Lunch Six - Chicken Tikka Masala, Tandoori Chicken and Dewane Handi (pureed spinach mix veg blend)



Lunch Seven - Channa Masala (garbanzo beans, tomatos, roasted cumin), Vegetable Basil Curry,
and Aloo Bhaji (roasted potato, fresh curry leaf)
 
A yoguart dip for the nan bread, I forgot the name. Very tangy and refreshing.
Dessert: a fried cheese donut hole with rosewater syrup served warm. This was very good!

 

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