Cafe May Hong, 4810 Spring Mountain Road, received 20 demerits May 20. Violations included eggs stored at room temperature. GRADE: B
Food
Wine: Apaltagua Pinot Noir Reserva
Behind the blackjack tables at Palace Station awaits a lesson for many Americans who think they like traditional Chinese food. At Food Express II, only the language on the menu concedes to Western influence. Here — as back in owner Chi Leung’s Cantonese hometown — pork is served with skin, rice is brown only because it’s fried, and chop suey … what’s that?
Grapples — apples that taste like grapes — are indeed available in local stores, readers assure Jean Lappin, although she may want to wait a while to get the best of the crop.
You try to avoid getting the least-expensive wine on the list, because you don’t want to look like a cheapskate. But maybe you shouldn’t be so quick to dismiss those rock-bottom bottles, because the wine directors and sommeliers who choose them give them the same consideration they give their more expensive wines.
Antojitos El Cejas, 3380 E. Russell Road, received 20 demerits May 11. Violations included chemicals not stored properly. GRADE: B
If you’d like to make an authentic, slightly smoky, crisp-crusted pizza at home, you have a few options. You could build an authentic outdoor pizza oven yourself, if you’re extremely talented and astute enough to follow building codes. You could invest $2,000 to $5,000 — or more — to buy an off-the-rack model or have one professionally installed.
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Rhubarb may be somewhat of an acquired taste, but once it’s acquired, it’s difficult to ignore. I know that from personal experience and from the number of requests I regularly get for frozen rhubarb, which is tough to find in the valley.
AA Hawaiian BBQ, 6710 W. Cheyenne Ave., received 18 demerits May 8. Violations included meat thawing at room temperature. GRADE: B
Serendipity, a New York eatery famous for frozen hot chocolate and a whimsical and varied menu, opened Serendipity 3 in Caesars Palace last month.
Let other departments at the Review-Journal concern themselves with beefcake and buns as they refer to the attributes of male exotic dancers wearing as little as possible. Here at Taste, the words bring to mind the glories of the all-American hamburger, juicy and flavorful and dressed to the hilt.
Taste of the Town has fielded some pretty offbeat requests from readers over the years, and this one ranked right up there: Anne McConnell e-mailed in search of English muffins that are not fork-split — that she has to cut herself — and have a dense texture without so many nooks and crannies. And lo and behold, readers delivered:
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