This was the first dining experience I deemed so terrible that I would not even put the pics of what my friend and I ate on my food-based Instagram. I didn’t want anyone to know that in a town full of decent and exciting restaurants, we happened upon the resounding dud known as Fran’s Pub. If…
Tag: Cheese
Photo of the Day: April 26, 2018
Picked up this Egyptian cheese at the Sahara 34’s market. I can’t remember the name of it. Anyway, it’s incredibly sharp. Like a cross between feta and bleu, but with the salty bite of a kalamata olive. Very interesting, though I would probably not buy it again.
Restaurant Review: Off the Hook (Highlands, NJ)
Long before Guy Fieri was blathering the phrase “Off the hook!”, there was the restaurant Off the Hook which is, in self-explanatory fashion, located just feet from Sandy Hook and the Gateway National Recreation Area. Admittedly, I had driven past this restaurant hundreds of times over the years. Each time, I would glance up at…
Photo of the Day: April 17, 2018
When you can never get your homemade pizza to come out round, so you make them rectangle and call them flatbread to spare the hit to your ego.
Photo of the Day: April 16, 2018
Let this be the only time McDonald’s will ever appear on this blog. An Egg McMuffin and their hash browns are just about the only two things I will eat from there. This is the scene after a 2 am run with a friend after work.
Restaurant Review: Los Corrales (Keyport, NJ)
“A white guy walked into a Mexican restaurant.” Oh boy. Can I get away with that? I mean it in the nicest way possible. Los Corrales is an authentic Mexican restaurant. Sure, they have quesadillas and nachos, but if you order either of these two items, there should be legal justification to hang you by…
Photo of the Day: March 6, 2018
This is the scene when I’m in my element. Mis en place for chicken which would be stuffed with cheddar cheese and asparagus. On the side are rolls and my homemade garlic butter, stuffed peppers, and mashed sweet potatoes. And a vodka and cranberry, of course, to help get in the zone.
Photo of the Day: March 3, 2018
I call these “hybrid” meatballs. The recipe called for a blend of 90% lean ground beef, mushrooms, and zucchini. Honestly, they tasted more meaty than if they were just beef.
Restaurant Review: Bayroot (Shrewsbury, NJ)
Bayroot is very similar to the previously reviewed Galata. Instead of Turkish food, we have Lebanese. While I never had this kind of cuisine before, the menu was very similar to Galata’s and other middle eastern restaurants I have been to. Bayroot is a play on the word Beirut, which is the capital city of…
Photo of the Day: February 23, 2018
Two trays of Baked Ziti I made for work. The kicker is that I don’t even like Baked Ziti.
Restaurant Review: J.J. Bitting Brewing Company (Woodbridge, NJ)
Where do you go when you have a craving for quesadillas? Why, the J.J. Bitting Brewing Company, of course! All kidding aside, this was the first time I had eaten here in over two years. When I worked in Perth Amboy once upon a time ago, coworkers and I were here at least once a month….
Photo of the Day: February 6, 2018
The filling for some snow day empanadas last month ended up being a damn good hash on their own. Diced potatoes, onions, banana peppers, a few splashes of hot sauce, and cheddar cheese.
