5 Hidden FOOD Gems in Las Vegas 🇺🇸

I mean this restaurant in particular I would say it's probably my favorite in Vegas we almost didn't want to tell you about [Music] [Applause] [Music] it good morning from the Las Vegas Strip today we're going to go do something that I'm very excited about I'm going to meet up with two local friends and take you to some hidden food gems Off the Strip beyond the celebrity restaurants and the giant Buffet today is all about diving into local food spots places that you don't normally go if you're going to stay on the Strip so I want to see what Cuisine is like off the chaos away from the chaos but first while I'm waiting for my friends Jacob and Esther who are in a pickle ball tournament so they're not going to be ready till about 11:00 there is a little Hidden Gem in the nooks of the bizarre markets right outside the Horseshoe Casino that I've been wanting to check out and that is an interesting breakfast sandwich here are five Hidden Gem food restaurants you got to check out Off the Strip except for this one right [Music] here this might be a terrible decision based on how much we're going to eat today you guys know my Affinity towards Donuts if you've been following me for any amount of time and this one you got to walk around a little bit and find it in the back corner of the grand Bazar market so we'll call this a Hidden Gem on the Strip but here we go dut breakfast sandwich with Maple drizzle and Bacons on top it's greasy it's oily honestly sweet and Savory with the bacon makes it very very good dut falls apart a little bit that is like an entire Diner just shoved in your mouth in one bite it's Vegas we're not here to tell you what to do go nuts it's Vegas if you take this recipy home with you you're an anime we got to get off the strip there's too much of this on the [Music] Strip all right we've officially made it to our I guess this would be our second stop but I have to introduce to these two beautiful people this is Esther and Jacob we actually did a campaign together in Texas that's how we met they're locals here in Las Vegas and I said will you guys show me around some local must try Hidden Gem spots and they said yes absolutely where are we to start things off I would say this is downtown more downtown that the strip but downtown okay we're on our way away from the strip on our way away from the strip all right let's get out of the strip and let's start start things off here at Viva lasas traditional Venezuelan arapa spot let's [Music] go listen I honestly I was a little bit skeptical cuz it looked really dead outside but just obviously no one's outside cuz it's pretty windy right now but you walk in the doors and it is just it's a fullon party full- on venezuel party vasas auth [Music] wow all right ladies and gentlemen we got to Viva lasas these are traditional authentic Venezuelan Aras that are stuffed absolutely to the brim and pouring out and this is Pabon which is plantains shredded beef beans and cheese all right you ready how do you get in here get in so th Cheers Cheers [Music] delicious I'm just trying to think of the vocabulary the that's the hardest part the food vocabulary all right I'm going to break it this down creaminess of the beans are incredible that's the first thing I get hit with the cheese is a little funky in the best possible way and the shredded beef with onions and peppers in there is so tender really tender if you have never had aapa the best way I can describe it is you got to go have AA Jacob thoughts I love the sweetness of the plantain I like a little bit sweet salty in my food oh my God man that just hits the spot holy cow you hear that they love it here that's how good it is can I tell you guys a side mil their kitchen is so clean they had no idea we're coming and that's one of my favorite things when shooting these food videos is you just show up to a place and they'll just like uh no you can't come in today in the kitchen for obvious reasons and they was like yeah come on back everything was Immaculate and that that means a lot to me this is a good sign cuz Esther when we were walking in said I don't eat a whole lot and she is houseing that's we're sharing one because you know we're trying to Pace ourselves she's definitely eating more than a good but you got to definitely keep the wrap on that's a pro move keep the wrap on or else everything's going to fall out the back door this place just feels like you're in a whole different world you're not 1 minute off the Las Vegas Strip feels like I'm at a coffee shop kakas I love it here what do we have next let's [Music] go it is 1 hour to 90 minute wait waa we put our names down so if you do ever come here which we come here quite often uhhuh come when they open for lunch I think they come at they open at 11:00 if I'm not wrong at dinner time they usually open at 5 so we get here at 450 445 is that good huh that's that good place is that good all right well we got our names down we do should we go to the next spot let's go get some more food all right here we go next stop on our list is our lunch while we wait for lunch lunch while we wait for lunch okay so what is this place where are we what's going on this is called Poke Express uh it is like traditional Hawaiian poke and it seems like a plaza poke stop that I maybe wouldn't go to right we got turned on to this by haai so we knew it was legit if you didn't know Las Vegas is actually the ninth Island no I didn't know that yeah so we have a ton of Hawaiian here they love Las Vegas they love gambling uh the California hotel which is downtown uh was owned by a guy back in the day he would offer free flights if they stayed at his to stay okay so there's so many Hawaiians out here but that me different Hawaii yeah but we get amazing Hawaiian food because that you usually buy it by the pound you can sample them samp whatever you want let's do it so you buy so let me buy the it comes in like with the skin and the the whole body yeah yeah oh my God that consistency is like nothing I've ever tasted have a great day we're at our second location having our third meal yes is that right okay let's start with this island fresh Island AI they said this is the most Hawaiian one that the Hawaiians order ooh that's really different it's going to come off the wrong way but it's like a tuna gummy bear it has this incredible texture to it but in it's chewier for sure it's chew gummier but not in a negative way no it it's like more hearty wow that texture is amazing if you do get rice there you can request fake which is this stuff on top what do we got here got the uh spicy avocado avocado look at how pure and beautiful that is that's kind a good that's kind beautiful this has the cake that's your favorite mhm I like that it's like a little smooth like something about the makes it creamier creamier and speaking of creamy let's get to the ultimate cream sensation this is the uh spicy mayo so much Mayo it's got like Mayo I assume Sriracha make it spicy it's got a little you can see Row in there I don't know if you can see those fish eggs okay I get it it's got a little more creaminess to it but if I'm going to have the highest of quality BKE I'm going to go straight up but I get it Jacob likes it creamy that's okay I like little cream on my fish and then you got a little crunch the crunch from the the egg sa the row is really good mhm mhm that's good I like the little popping sensation yeah almost like bubble tea mm I love Bubble Tea just kidding I actually hate bubble tea I actually like the bubbles you like the bubbles you just don't like the milk I don't like the milk tea we're in and we're ready we're in the perfect timing all right we got to finish number three and then we're going to go to number two we brought our own so this is tonon Katsuya we're in Southwest Las Vegas it's really Las Vegas is pretty small so it's only about 15 minutes away okay from the strip and the strip is so centrally located that you can get to most places in the valley in 15 20 minutes now okay okay people are so intimidated from getting off the strip or like they're just like I don't want to bother with it there's so much good stuff out here uh so the Southwest is interesting because we have Chinatown which is Spring Mountain area but that's it's gotten so saturated and so filled up that things have started to spill over here so it's like the new Asian food scene the Southwest Southwest it's very funny the the Poke shop and that seems like a place that I would just pass by because it just looks like it's in a plaza and it looks like a an Americanized version of poke which like the California version of poke which is fine but it's not traditional so you walk in there and it's this entirely new different world like a very traditional Hawaiian they should change their sign I said in the car well I mean even this spot we're in a strip mall right and so Las Vegas is is kind of all strip malls yeah don't discount it cuz it's a beige strip mall they're all strip malls okay here we go this is one of my favorite Parts you get to prep your own sauce okay so they gave you uh sesame seeds little like mortar and pestal type thing okay put some Force into it and like grind your sesame seeds up into little bits so yeah you can you smell it already the smell is very very aromatic oh the sesame seed smell so good sesame seed a woody nutty smell you put the KATU sauce in I love the sauce so I I really load up on it has a very light barbecue sauce I don't want to Discount and just say barbecue CU it already you think a certain way but it's very fruity almost a Tamarind um almost like a pear flavor to it and then appetizers we got the temp is this KATU pumpkin or temporo pumpkin I love that those are so good fried tempura fried uh pumpkin and what's this what's the sauce it's a it's a tartar sauce a Japanese tarar sauce that they make here oh really um I think it has egg and some pickles and Mayo it goes so nice with the pumpkin cute you guys still do unlimited cabbage right yeah yeah just want to make sure I get more of this cabbage right dude you laugh now but you put that dressing on this cabbage sesame dressing so bomb we got miso soup right here nice now what do I do get a piece of Katsu dip that in the sauce oh yeah oh oh my God oh my God how do you describe that breading it's Perfection it's light but still crispy wow that beautiful crust casing from the breading is incredible and with that Tangy barbecue sauce and that nuttiness from the sesame seeds listen let's be real here for a second sometimes these videos you fire through them and you know they're hidden gems but these have all been hits great day I mean this restaurant in particular I would say is probably my favorite in Vegas we were talking about different ideas and Jacob goes hands down it's my favorite Esther said I agree we almost didn't want to tell you about it because there's already a weight if you come to Las Vegas don't come here unless you really mean it yeah eat good enjoy it don't have your phones out just eat W all right and our final location of the day where are we we are going to Paya Cafe it says Hawaiian Poke Balls and I know we took you to poke already but the secret is they got the best mochi Donuts in town guys I've never had a Mochi donut before never I've had Mochi and I've had a donut okay I love donuts job you're telling me these are better these are better Mochi Donuts to me are the superior Donuts Superior than regular Donuts yes and I loved my Donuts I don't know guys I don't know but then again you also don't like bubble tea so we'll see we'll see how it goes I don't know about [Music] this all right here we go final location Mochi Donuts we got one of every different flavor so you've had Mochi before I've had Mochi before how would you describe Mochi um a gelatinous rice cake okay yeah that's fair it's like soft it's fluffy chewy chewy there's a chewi and so essentially Mochi Donuts are taking some of that material and making making the donuts a little chewier a little I love donuts and I there are some bold statements being made all right let's do this Taro mhi Cheers Cheers Cheers [Music] Cheers he doesn't like it like it better than Mochi I like it less than regular Donuts okay that's fair a more of a gummy texture to it than traditional Donuts but that's very delicious two yeah all right give me another flavor strawberry [Music] strawberry I like that one mhm SoDo that's nice mango mango can I ask you a question where's the mango you really have to look for the flavor greasing cream you liking this one okay I feel like these ones are much lighter than the Taro the way that just the dough is yeah so you just want less of less dut I love the French Prowler donuts oh okay so that's kind a little reminiscent of that a little more French Prowler all right last one brownie mhm mhm listen no disrespect to the Mochi Donuts I don't know if you guys truly understand how much I love real donut offensive offensive I just love donuts so much that I there if you tell me something's better than a dut you got to really blow my socks off so with that being said that's a wrap on this video if you guys know any good dut spots in Las Vegas you let me know but I had an awesome time today regardless these two over here are great local guides I hope you enjoyed a couple of hidden local gems outside of the strip if you did make sure you give this video a thumbs up I'll leave their information in this video description as well if you want to go check them out hit them up for more local hotpots and if you like Mochi Donuts this is your spot otherwise I don't know what to tell you ask them and we don't have hosts right now hey what's up I'm Gareth Welcome to our show how's my windy hair beautiful yeah you look okay sir you need like a little powder little powder we are we shiny little emoi powder and then right to [Music] that from the strip to strip mall from the strip to the strip from the oh there it is from the strip to the strip mall that's the episode title from the strip to the strip mall oh my God that's brilliant Nick REO came up with that behind the ls get him we'll give him credit later in the [Music] outro [Music] oh guys we're in trouble today we are in trouble okay this was not a slow [Music] start they got it right behind us that's homemade [Music] pla wow all right if you just want to come here for a piece of plae that's also now acceptable that is unreal oh my god listen we ever the drag queens a lot last night and all day so please excuse us if we're saying a lot or it's a whole new language that we're learning and so if you guys haven't seen that on the main Channel go check that out uh day in the life of a iconic drag queen here in Las going to pop up right here as well over my face it'll be right here in the Square go check that out

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Length: 19min 5sec (1145 seconds)

Published: Sat May 18 2024