Nov
22

Tinto, Philadelphia

Tinto, owned by Chef Jose Garces, the new iron chef, is the 3rd tapas restaurant I’ve been to in the last 2 months and is by far the best. I love the concept of tapas, tasting a series of different items rather than sticking to an appetizer and entree is so my thing. Life [...]

Sep
13

Eno Terra, Kingston, NJ

Eno Terra has been open for about a year now and while some of the earlier reviews were somewhat mixed, I’ve been there 4 times now between lunch and dinner and have always been quite pleased with both the service and the food. The restaurant is owned by the same Terra Momo group that owns [...]

Sep
07

Cafe Graziela

Cafe Graziela seems to have been around for years. And for the last 6 years I have lived down the road in Belle Mead, I have just driven past it thinking nothing of it. It’s in a pretty non descript strip mall with a coin op laundromat, a liquor store, a chinese restaurant (Big Wing [...]

Aug
02

Per Se, New York

Ever since Per Se opened, I had longed to go there but I never did. It seemed a little intimidating and frankly I wasn’t sure my palette would appreciate the food. After training my palette over the last few years at places like Gary Danko, 11 Madison, Gramercy Tavern and many others I was finally [...]

May
03

Shanghai Park, Princeton, NJ

I ended up at Shanghai Park for lunch this afternoon by chance. Everyone was hungry and we needed something quick. Chinese food usually goes down well with the kids and it was on the way home after the kids’ tennis lesson. I’d been to Shanghai Park a couple of times in the past few years [...]