Chef opening Kuma Snow Cream dessert shop

Jet Tila, who was opening executive chef at Wazuzu at Encore, opens Kuma Snow Cream on Friday at 3735 Spring Mountain Road. A variation of a Taiwanese dessert known as xue hua bing, snow ice or shaved show, snow cream is a sort of hybrid of ice cream and shaved ice and is made by freezing milk bases into blocks and then shaving them into ribbons. With a focus on Asian-influenced flavors such as green tea, taro and honeydew, it’s served with fruit, nuts and other toppings.

The shop will offer four or five core flavors and one or two seasonal flavors, plus 12 to 16 dry toppings and five sauces. There also are chef recommendations, such as black sesame snow cream with mochi balls, Oreo cookies and chocolate sauce. Hours are 11 a.m. to midnight daily. Call 702-816-5862. ...

Public House Las Vegas at the Luxor, 3900 Las Vegas Blvd. South, will celebrate National Wine Day on Saturday with half-priced glasses and bottles of wine. ...

In honor of National Hamburger Day Tuesday, Smashburger locations will give a free Classic Smash to anyone with the last name Burger, Berger, Weinberger, Rosenberger ... you get the drift. ID required; one free burger per ID. ...

Wines from Tuscany will be featured during a dinner at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Spiedini at the JW Marriott, 221 N. Rampart Blvd. With an entree of veal rollatini, it’s $69 per person, plus tax and tip. Call 702-869-8500. ...

Joe’s Stone Crab in the Forum Shops at Caesars, 3500 Las Vegas Blvd. South, has introduced its spring and summer menu with such dishes as lobster tail tempura ($33.95), Parmesan halibut and roasted sweet corn ($8.95). The halibut is among Joe’s selections for Alaskan seafood season, which include wild King salmon, wild sockeye salmon and bone-in halibut. ...

Wahoo’s Fish Tacos has opened a third Southern Nevada location, at 76 W. Horizon Ridge Parkway in the Black Mountain Marketplace in Henderson. Call 702-567-1033. The other local Wahoo’s are at 7020 W. Sunset Road and 1000 S. Rampart Blvd. ...

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