On the menu: Garlic

By HEIDI KNAPP RINELLA LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

10 years ago

Not Your Mamma’s Garlic Bread at Slice of Vegas, Mandalay Place: Warm Italian bread slices with olive oil and basil pesto are accompanied by a roasted full garlic head. (Courtesy)

Garlic bread with Gorgonzola fondue at Strip House, Planet Hollywood Resort: A Jenga-like stack of garlic-bread sticks is accompanied by the gooey fondue. (Courtesy)

Garlic Chicken Pizza at Sammy’s Restaurant & Bar: Garlic sauce graces the pizza that’s completed with mushrooms, bell peppers and onion. (Courtesy)

Garlic and oil pasta at Carmine’s, the Forum Shops at Caesars: Sauce infused with fresh, roasted garlic is finished with Romano cheese and breadcrumbs and served over your choice of pasta, which in this case is gluten-free. (Courtesy)

Vegan falafel at MTO Cafe: Garlic tahini, housemade falafel, balsamic chipotle, cucumber, roasted tomato, red onion and romaine are wrapped in whole wheat lavash. (Courtesy)

Not Your Mamma’s Garlic Bread

Slice of Vegas, Mandalay Place

Warm Italian bread slices with olive oil and basil pesto are accompanied by a roasted full garlic head, $7.95.

Garlic bread with Gorgonzola fondue

Strip House, Planet Hollywood Resort

A Jenga-like stack of garlic-bread sticks is accompanied by the gooey fondue, $13.

Garlic Chicken Pizza

Sammy’s Restaurant &Bar

Garlic sauce graces the pizza that’s completed with mushrooms, bell peppers and onion, $13.

Garlic and oil pasta

Carmine’s, the Forum Shops at Caesars

Sauce infused with fresh, roasted garlic is finished with Romano cheese and breadcrumbs and served over your choice of pasta, which in this case is gluten-free, $27.95, serves four to six.

Vegan falafel

MTO Cafe

Garlic tahini, housemade falafel, balsamic chipotle, cucumber, roasted tomato, red onion and romaine are wrapped in whole wheat lavash, $11.

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