Villa Pizza (Middletown) Still searching for pizzeria food that is better than just average, we landed on Villa in Middletown. This being different from the copious amounts of Villas in the area. Last year they celebrated their 30th anniversary. The inside bears some remnants of the times. The menu board is vintage. There is an…
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Restaurant Review: Pru Thai (Clinton, NJ)
As a food blogger, I probably never should have uttered the phrase last year, “I never met a Thai restaurant I didn’t like”. Well, after having a solid string of restaurant visits all over New Jersey and even out of state with this particular cuisine, I finally ran across my first dud. Pru Thai in…
Photo of the Day: August 15, 2018
Sometimes simple is better.
Restaurant Review: Thai Thai (Bethlehem, PA)
We are now into restaurant review five of eight, and we have our winner for the trip. While, for the most part, we had great food in our four-day excursion, Justin and I both agreed this was the best. We were walking around town looking for a place to grab lunch. The historic Sun Inn…
Restaurant Review: Kyoto (Atlantic Highlands, NJ)
This was a spur-of-the-moment visit. Justin and I were looking to grab a relatively light lunch before heading to the beach. We were thinking of trying a diner when I was reminded of Kyoto, one of the newer restaurants to open up in Atlantic Highlands. For me, as someone in town several times a week,…
Photo of the Day: June 13, 2018
Sometimes after an intense weekend of food blogging, one needs to do their body some good with a healthy salad.
Restaurant Review: The Sitting Duck (Long Branch, NJ)
Long Branch and, of course, Asbury Park have hopping restaurant scenes. However, both of these areas are as foreign to me as the landscape of Mars. If this blog is going to get to the next level, this can no longer be so. I am making it my mission to become more familiar with other…
The Dinner that was Closure
As you all know, my dad passed away in June. On Father’s Day, of all days. Without going into too much detail, it took from that moment until late November for my mom and I to know if we would be able to keep the house, my childhood home for 23 years, or not. When…
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…
Travel Guide VA: Restaurant Memories from My 2011 Visit to Manassas
In July of 2011, I went to Manassas, Virginia with my friend Jeff to cover a Civil War film premiere for my other blog. It was a wonderful event, but the trip itself was less than stellar. We were hit with oppressive heat of 110 degrees and just seemed to have bad luck from start…
Restaurant Review: Nemo (Keyport, NJ)
The tour of Keyort continues… I ate here just two days after my dad passed away, so I was not in the frame of mind to review this immediately or take any pictures of the food like I usually do. I had received a gift card from a student of mine, and that night seemed…
Restaurant Review: Nonna’s Citi Cucina (Englishtown, NJ)
Any restaurant which starts you off with homemade bread this good is okay in my book. I had heard about Nonna’s for years. People rave about them, but that is mainly directed at their family-style dinners. It may be a misconception that family dinners are all that Nonna’s serves. They actually have a full ala carte…
