Everyone seamed to enjoy the meal, the falafel Claiming to be the best in Miami were not, in fact I have had way better in jersey. I think the reason is this place is a fast Mediterranean restaurant, never been to one of these before. The service was very good though.
The sampler spread came with hummus, baba ganoush, yogurt spread and a walnut spread. All were tasty but I particularly liked the walnut spread since it was different and refreshing. Web though that is a wired description of walnuts.
I had the Gyro wrap, eh, meat was tasty but the onion was tough, large slivers for some reason the fresh squeezed pineapple apple juice was awesome though.
All in all it was a nice lunch on Lincoln street in South Beach, which Is an open air mall, of you will. Can't say I would ever come back though, if I ever travel here again.
100$ before tip with 3 apps and 4 entres not the cheapest but not the most expensive either.
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Silver Pond Chinese Restaurant - Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Review
So this is some of the best Chinese food I have had, authentic "check", there were 6 adults and 1 child and we got a ton of food. We started with hot an sour soup which I don't normally eat but this soup was delightful, then seafood rolls with real fish in them, extremely delicate with a nice sweet and sour sauce to dip. I went for the sautéed conch and squid which was perfectly cooked with a nice light sauce, the other entries were beef with eggplant with a sweet and tangy sauce, shrimp and garlic sauce and chicken with bean curd which was not that spicy, and I really can't handle the spice. I can't tell you the price because my buddy picked up the check but all in all the food was awesome, I kept this at four stars because the place looks a little dated to me, other than that great food, great service, a must try if your in the area.
Friday, February 17, 2012
Aruba Beach Cafe Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Review
Went here for lunch with a friend who lives in the area. I had the Lobster salad club which was very tasty. The lobster was tender, cooked perfectly with just a little kick of heat. My only gripe was that the honey wheat bread was not toasted so the sandwich got a little mushy. My wife had the texican burger, which must have been good since by the time I asked how it was she had already devoured it. Price point was consistent with being right on the beach 46$ for three people with 2 lobster clubs. Check it out of you r ever in ft. Lauderdale
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Arturo's Restaurant Midland Park, NJ - Review
Anyone who says this restaurant is good or better is off
their rocker. This place is eh at
best. I have been there more times than
I like to admit and each time was equally bad.
The two stars are simply because the place looks nice and the ambience
is very nice as well, but the nice stops there.
Although the wait staff is prompt and courteous they just
can't make up for the bad food. I can’t
remember anything that was good, Caesar salad - bland, sausage broccoli rabe
special - greasy and let me not forget the "fresh made” fettuccine
alfredo, the worst! Anytime you get
fresh pasta that is essentially a bowl of mush you would send it back as we
did, what you don't expect is it to come back with a comment from the chef
saying that “fresh pasta is supposed to be that way and if we give you another
plate it would probably be the same”, really? Gimme a break! I don’t know if the chef actually said that,
but that statement was conveyed by the waitress. Either way, whoever said it, some idiot in
the kitchen or the chef himself, they should be embarrassed. And the desserts, well let’s just say they
were more than likely of the frozen defrosted variety.
One last thing, the prices, what are they thinking? They
should have never bought this location and stayed in the original spot 2 doors
down the food was much better then, but
that was a long, long time ago, my have things changed.
Do I need to go on? I think I have wasted enough of my time
in this poor review, which I hate giving to be honest.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Holy Guacomole!
This is a simple guacamole guide.
What you will need:
2 avocados
2 limes juiced
2 tbsp. fresh cilantro rough chop
1 med sized tomato - cored and seeds removed chopped
1/4 red onion diced
1 large clove garlic diced
Salt and black pepper
1 jalapeno for some kick if you like, diced
Chef's knife
Pestle and mortar - or a large bowl to mash the avocado in if you done have a pestle and mortar
Chili powder - optional
Ground Cumin - optional
Real simple, just mash the avocado with the pestle and mortar then add everything else and stir to combine. You can leave out the jalapeno, chili powder and cumin. If you add them put the jalapeno in with everything else and combine. Then season with salt, black pepper, cumin and chili powder. Easy with the cumin and chili powder, they are there just to add a little depth of flavor.
Server with your favorite chips, over chili, with tacos, you can go on and on with what guac goes with, so mix it up.
Just remember to get a good mix with the lime juice to coat the avocado or they will start to turn brown after a day, so keep it in an air tight container. If you didn’t eat it all, just stir it up the day after and it will be just as good.
Enjoy!
What you will need:
2 avocados
2 limes juiced
2 tbsp. fresh cilantro rough chop
1 med sized tomato - cored and seeds removed chopped
1/4 red onion diced
1 large clove garlic diced
Salt and black pepper
1 jalapeno for some kick if you like, diced
Chef's knife
Pestle and mortar - or a large bowl to mash the avocado in if you done have a pestle and mortar
Chili powder - optional
Ground Cumin - optional
Real simple, just mash the avocado with the pestle and mortar then add everything else and stir to combine. You can leave out the jalapeno, chili powder and cumin. If you add them put the jalapeno in with everything else and combine. Then season with salt, black pepper, cumin and chili powder. Easy with the cumin and chili powder, they are there just to add a little depth of flavor.
Server with your favorite chips, over chili, with tacos, you can go on and on with what guac goes with, so mix it up.
Just remember to get a good mix with the lime juice to coat the avocado or they will start to turn brown after a day, so keep it in an air tight container. If you didn’t eat it all, just stir it up the day after and it will be just as good.
Enjoy!
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Tutta Pasta Review - Hoboken, NJ
My in-laws go here quite a bit and they finally wrangled me into going down
for a bite. Nice atmosphere, but couldn't help thinking to myself that
the decor was not your traditional Italian restaurant ambiance. With that
said I finally saw a sign on the wall that stated it turns into a lounge at
night....ding ding ding, there you go. Not that it’s bad, it’s actually
quite nice and hip.
They brought us bread and water upon seating along with this awesome "garlic knot" thin crust pizza, for lack of a better description that was very tasty. Service was very good and the prices were fair. Six people with 7 apps, 5 entree’s, 4 deserts, 2 glasses of wine (they have a bar) and 2 cups of coffee about 200 bucks, I didn’t pay so I don’t know the exact amount.
Anyways on to the food we got a bunch of apps - Fried calamari - decent, nice crunch and had some flavor to the batter, Zuppa Di Clams - these were good, the sauce was light while having a hint cream to it, with a nice garlic accent, Bruschetta- these also had nice flavor without being mushy as many bruschetta tend to be, Caesar Salad - I think this was homemade, but wasn’t very good in my opinion, bland with almost no parmegiano region cheese, let’s just say it needed some help, Scallops al Fresche, hmmm how do I describe this......kind of a scallop oregonato but grilled? There was breading of some sort but instead of searing them or putting them in the broiler they put them on a grill, which made them chewy and burnt...not good eats, they were plated over prosciutto and blanched asparagus, kind of a weird deconstructed bacon wrapped scallops and asparagus if you will.
Entrees were Chicken Marsala, which apparently is very good, though I didn’t taste any, Pasta Primavera which my mother in-law enjoys and only orders there, Fettuccine with sausage and broccoli rabe, which my wife had and although a little bland, I thought the sausage at least had flavor. I had the special, Gnocchi Della Nona, gnocchi with ricotta, mozzarella with a meat sauce. This was not very good, the place boasts homemade pasta, which I can see and taste from both the gnocchi and the fettuccine, and the homemade pastas WERE good, but then they go and put processed mozzarella over the gnocchi????? Why not fresh??? This I really didn’t understand and the sauce just wasn’t good which I had high hope for since the sauce in the calms was so flavorful.
Deserts were eh, what claimed to be Chocolate Soufflé was simply chocolate cake, the chocolate mousse was good and rich, the crème brule was the wrong consistency, lumpy instead of smooth and the crystalized sugar was not crunchy but had a honey like texture.
All in all, not terrible but not excellent either, I guess I give it a solid O.K
here is the link if interested:
http://www.tuttapastanj.com/
They brought us bread and water upon seating along with this awesome "garlic knot" thin crust pizza, for lack of a better description that was very tasty. Service was very good and the prices were fair. Six people with 7 apps, 5 entree’s, 4 deserts, 2 glasses of wine (they have a bar) and 2 cups of coffee about 200 bucks, I didn’t pay so I don’t know the exact amount.
Anyways on to the food we got a bunch of apps - Fried calamari - decent, nice crunch and had some flavor to the batter, Zuppa Di Clams - these were good, the sauce was light while having a hint cream to it, with a nice garlic accent, Bruschetta- these also had nice flavor without being mushy as many bruschetta tend to be, Caesar Salad - I think this was homemade, but wasn’t very good in my opinion, bland with almost no parmegiano region cheese, let’s just say it needed some help, Scallops al Fresche, hmmm how do I describe this......kind of a scallop oregonato but grilled? There was breading of some sort but instead of searing them or putting them in the broiler they put them on a grill, which made them chewy and burnt...not good eats, they were plated over prosciutto and blanched asparagus, kind of a weird deconstructed bacon wrapped scallops and asparagus if you will.
Entrees were Chicken Marsala, which apparently is very good, though I didn’t taste any, Pasta Primavera which my mother in-law enjoys and only orders there, Fettuccine with sausage and broccoli rabe, which my wife had and although a little bland, I thought the sausage at least had flavor. I had the special, Gnocchi Della Nona, gnocchi with ricotta, mozzarella with a meat sauce. This was not very good, the place boasts homemade pasta, which I can see and taste from both the gnocchi and the fettuccine, and the homemade pastas WERE good, but then they go and put processed mozzarella over the gnocchi????? Why not fresh??? This I really didn’t understand and the sauce just wasn’t good which I had high hope for since the sauce in the calms was so flavorful.
Deserts were eh, what claimed to be Chocolate Soufflé was simply chocolate cake, the chocolate mousse was good and rich, the crème brule was the wrong consistency, lumpy instead of smooth and the crystalized sugar was not crunchy but had a honey like texture.
All in all, not terrible but not excellent either, I guess I give it a solid O.K
here is the link if interested:
http://www.tuttapastanj.com/
Friday, February 10, 2012
Bamboo House - Ridgewood, NJ
We always go to this little place when it comes to Chinese food
dining. Dining? Well, it’s really a takeout joint with a few tables in
it, but the food is good at the tables, can’t say I have ever ordered take out
from here.
We start off with duck sauce and "Chinese chips" if you will, I have no idea what the fried deliciousness's are called. The homemade duck sauce is awesome, the more Sherry brings the more I eat.
On to the pork and scallion dumplings, good god these are good. In fact they are all good, whatever dumplings she has that night. A light ginger soy sauce gives them just the right amount of bite.
Next are the homemade egg rolls, larger than you average take out place and way tastier. Unfortunately, the past few time they have been on the greasy side.
My wife has her staple, shrimp with garlic sauce, which she always says is the best around. I, tonight, opt for the Lovers Star - chicken and steak, battered and deep fried with straw mushrooms, green peppers and baby corn in a sweet but tangy brown sauce. It was quite tasty and the chicken and steak were crispy goodness, even under the sauce. Normally a dish like this tend to make the fried part becomes a soggy, pasty mess, but not here. $44.00 before tip may seem a little high for eat in takeout Chinese food, but you leave very full with half your meal in tow. I would recommend this place to anyone for a quick dine in takeout Chinese food joint, even if there are only 3 tables.
We start off with duck sauce and "Chinese chips" if you will, I have no idea what the fried deliciousness's are called. The homemade duck sauce is awesome, the more Sherry brings the more I eat.
On to the pork and scallion dumplings, good god these are good. In fact they are all good, whatever dumplings she has that night. A light ginger soy sauce gives them just the right amount of bite.
Next are the homemade egg rolls, larger than you average take out place and way tastier. Unfortunately, the past few time they have been on the greasy side.
My wife has her staple, shrimp with garlic sauce, which she always says is the best around. I, tonight, opt for the Lovers Star - chicken and steak, battered and deep fried with straw mushrooms, green peppers and baby corn in a sweet but tangy brown sauce. It was quite tasty and the chicken and steak were crispy goodness, even under the sauce. Normally a dish like this tend to make the fried part becomes a soggy, pasty mess, but not here. $44.00 before tip may seem a little high for eat in takeout Chinese food, but you leave very full with half your meal in tow. I would recommend this place to anyone for a quick dine in takeout Chinese food joint, even if there are only 3 tables.
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