Las Vegas Dining Guide - Good Eats at Great Prices

Las Vegas is an impressive restaurant destination in all price ranges. Although the fine dining category has really exploded in the past few years, there are still many restaurants in Las Vegas where you can eat delicious food at low prices. Read on to learn about some of the restaurants, many of which are locals favorites, that will give you the most for your money and satisfy your hunger.

Pepe's Tacos is a local favorite for 24-hour authentic Mexican food. There are three locations of Pepe's Tacos in Las Vegas. A notable breakfast option is the chorizo con juevos, which is sausage with eggs, served with beans rice and tortillas for $5.25. They have many lunch and dinner plates for under $8, with meals such as carnitas (deep fried pork), carne asada (grilled chopped steak), mojarra (a fish plate), tortas, super burritos, and a variety of tacos. All meals include beans, rice and tortillas. They also have carne asada french fries, chips and guacamole and authentic Mexican drinks such as Horchata and Jarritos.

Aloha Kitchen is a local gem that brings true Hawaiian cuisine to the Las Vegas area. Aloha Kitchen has three locations in Las Vegas, one that includes a bar with gaming and karaoke. They have a large selection of Hawaiian food, including garlic chicken with gravy, chicken teriyaki bowls (the teriyaki sauce is excellent), loco moco (homemade hamburger patty topped with eggs and gravy over rice), kalbi ribs (beef short ribs marinated in a Korean style sauce), kalua pig and cabbage, a mahi mahi plate and much more, most for under $10, some much less. They also have a $5 off coupon on their website.

Roberto's Taco Shop has at least 11 locations around Las Vegas and is quite simply cheap eating at its best. They have a range of combination plates, tortas, tostadas, burritos, tacos and taquitos. Their carne asada super nachos are absolutely scrumptious and a huge portion at that. The chicken tacos are deep fried and stuffed with chicken, cheese and lettuce. They have a huge menu with most prices in the $5 to $7 range. Open 24/7, some of the Roberto's locations are even connected to pubs.

El Pollo Loco is a large restaurant chain that specializes in mouth-watering flame-grilled chicken. If you have never had the opportunity to try the delectable chicken of El Pollo Loco, give it a shot while you're in the Las Vegas area. There are 12 locations around town, each with a plentiful salsa bar to help you dress up your meal. Chicken is the king of this place, with the inside being juicy while the outside is crispy and golden-colored, some pieces are even slightly blackened. The meals are Mexican-influenced and there are many fresh, healthy choices on this menu. The prices are in the $5-$7 range.

Villa Pizza serves up the most authentic New York thin-crust pizza in the Las Vegas valley. I recommend the Sahara/Valley View location as being a real treasure. The crust, sauce and piping-hot cheese that drips off the slice are lip-smacking good. There are a couple of lunch specials that cost about $5. You can buy a slice or a whole pie, or try their salads or pastas. For dessert, they have a great fried dough treat covered in powdered sugar (zeppoli)and served fresh in a paper bag.

The Feast Gourmet Buffet at Boulder Station was remodeled in 2009 and it offers a wide variety of excellent food in a comfortable and attractive setting. You can find a 2 for 1 coupon for this buffet daily in the Las Vegas Review Journal. Sign up for their players card (called "Boarding Pass" at Station Casinos) for discounts on already low buffet prices. If you are gambling in any casino, it is a good idea to sign up for a players card as it tracks your money spent and offers you rewards/comps (often on dining) based on this information.

There is a lot of potential in Las Vegas to eat a variety of tasty food on a dime. As a former 11-year resident of Las Vegas, these are the places that I grew to love and I now look forward to visiting when I am in town. If you are in Las Vegas and looking for some great local flavor, any one of these fine budget eating options will please your taste buds and not leave you broke.

Alligator eating a sausage

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Andrew Abruzzese - Family Recipes - Pork Chops

The Pineville Tavern owner Andrew Abruzzese stars in Blip.tv's new food television special "Family Recipes." In this episode, he teaches us the simplicity behind Pork Chops.



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Ancient Sumerians - eating habits

Sumerians were the first stop, culture, hunting and gathering food and start growing. Like many other inventions, the Sumerian culture in the world, announced that they were also in agriculture and food products. Sumerian diet consisted mainly of barley.

The raw food was more Sumerian barley, barley cakes, barley and pasta are all great accompaniments to meals. The wheat and millet were other materials used in food Sumerian. Agriculture has shown fruit and vegetables, chickpeas,Lentils, beans, onions, garlic, leek, cucumber, cress, mustard and fresh green salad was part of the early Sumerian diet. Sumerians were the first culture to stop and leave the former nomadic lifestyle. With the settlement began to domesticate animals for providing food and work. Goat milk and meat, eggs, pork, game, deer and roe deer were part of food Sumerian.

Daily food Sumerian was probably barley bread with onions and beans washed down withBarley beer. Fish swarmed in the rivers of Mesopotamia were an important food source. About fifty different species of fish are first mentioned in texts from before 2300 BC and the sellers of fried fish was a flourishing trade in the city of Ur. Food stalls also sold pickled onions, freshly grilled goat, mutton and pork. Beef has always been popular, and often in the city to low population density compared, as the heat would ruin. The cattle were slaughtered forConsumption when towards the end of their working lives have been.

Information on food can be collected from the Sumerian archaeological and written records on cuneiform tablets. These sources also stress the importance of barley and wheat cakes as a staple food along with corn and bean soup, onions, leeks, garlic and melon. In addition to the vegetables grown, Sumerian foods include fruit. These are apples, figs and grapes. Various herbs, honey, cheese, butter andvegetable oil were called in later Sumerian Records Food. Sumerians drank beer frequently, and sometimes wine. Preservation of food was meat is salted and preserved fruits were developed in honey. Various other fruits, including apples were dried to preserve them and cause fermentation is also mentioned in Akkadian texts.

The rice and maize was unknown in Mesopotamia, so barley flour and staple foods was the diet of the Sumerians. Their bread was coarse, shallow andunleavened, if a version was made of flour more expensive end. The pieces of this bread were found in the tomb of Queen Puabi of Ur in there for maintenance as well. Bread and butter has been improved, milk and cheese, sesame, and fruit and juice for her. Later records show, and made truffles. With the advent of irrigation canals with lush fruit, vegetables and fruit such as blackberries, pears, plums, cherries and pomegranates were in abundance. Moreimportant food crops in southern Mesopotamia was the date palm. Goats, cows and sheep were domesticated mother for milk, geese and ducks for eggs and about 50 varieties of fish were a staple food Sumerian. The meat was cooked by roasting, boiling, baking or frying, and obtained by drying, salting or smoking.

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Charcoal Grilling Techniques

Grilling your food over a braai or barbecue seems quite easy and people have been doing it for centuries. There are certain techniques to grilling your food when you use charcoal, whether or not you use charcoal or gas there will always be a better or rather specific ways to cook a tasty meal. In the case of charcoal you need to know that there are intricate ways of preparing and using your charcoal.

Believe it or not the way you stack your charcoal is important. It does take more time than just chucking your charcoal in the griller so you have to have patience if you want good food. Make sure you stack your charcoal around the perimeter of the griller. Place a tin foil pan in the middle of the charcoal so you don't have to worry about a greasy griller and this saves you time afterward for cleaning. After you have done this you are ready to light the fire using firelighters. The grill grate should then be placed in the middle of the arrangement or charcoal.

Another tip would be to add the smoky effect. The reason why most people braai with charcoal is because people love the taste of smoky meat. To get this effect you can add dry wood chips over your charcoal once the charcoal has turned gray after the flames have subsided. This technique is like adding salt to a stew, you have to start off small then add as you feel needed. You may want more smoke so you should add more chips. You should add the chips as you cook not before you have placed the meat on the grill.

The main technique you should remember when cooking with charcoal is that charcoal will burn and produce fire. Cooking over a fire is not the best thing; you should start cooking once the flames have subsided. The main reason why something burns is because it feeds on oxygen the less oxygen it has the less it'll create fire. Therefore you should place a lid on the griller once you have the food on the grill. You should lift the lid to turn the meat but try avoiding this as much as possible as the charcoal will then receive oxygen which will heat the meat up too quickly.

Charcoal can create a wonderful grill and your food will gain delicious flavor. Always remember that all people have different tastes and will therefore prefer different flavours. You should experiment as much as you like, by doing this you will have the best taste for best suited for you.

Old-Time Texas Chili Recipe by the BBQ Pit Boys

Check out this classic Texas Chili that's been cooked up in the States since the mid 1800's, and for good reason. It tastes real good, is simple to make, and its spicy heat will sure cure what ails you. This all meat "chili con carne" has Spanish and Mexican roots, but it took the Texas Range Cooks out on the cattle drives to make this style of Chili a legend. Give it a try. Our BBQ Pit Boys Texas Chili recipe is real easy to do. All you need is some beef ground chuck, some beef brisket (if ya have any left over), onions, garlic, some special spices, bbq sauce, your favorite beer, and just a little bit of your time! Can you smell that? It smells good! -BBQ Pit Boys You can print out this BBQ Pit Boys recipe at www.BBQPitBoys.com ---



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