Sunday, February 19, 2012

Fallen Behind

Argh, life has gotten in the way of blogging.  Additionally, we've been trying to limit our meals out A LOT.

In addition to the post a few back, here are some places I still need to blog:

  • Aunt Nanny's
  • Pete's Pizza
  • Bahama Breeze

Luca's Ristorante

109 Harris Ave
Middlesex, NJ 08846
(732) 560-1292 
In our continuing quest for awesome pizza in central NJ, we decided to try Luca's in Middlesex tonight.  We ordered a large, half mushroom, pie and an order of mozzarella sticks and the order came to $18.99.  

The pizza was really tasty; the sauce was different from others we've tried, in a good way.  The crust was a little crispier than I tend to like up at the "handle" part, but overall the crust was a good texture, and the pie had the right amount of cheese. 

As for the mozzarella sticks, they were great too.  Sometimes. I find, sticks can be bland and I'm not willing to indulge, but that was not the case here.  The sticks inside weren't too melty, and the breading had flavor and crunch.

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Moe's Southwest Grill


120 Cedar Grove LnSomersetNJ 08873

(732) 560-5000

Moe's welcomes you from the second you walk in the door.  Literally, they yell, "Welcome to Moe's!" when you walk in.  We took the whole family, and my husband was really excited to see that they have one of those "make your own" Coke machines where you can make a huge number of different combinations.  It was pretty cool getting a Raspberry Coke rather than my typical Cherry Coke.

I loved Moe's.  First, they use really fresh ingredients, grass fed steak, free range chicken.  It's fresh like Baja Fresh but customizable like Chipotle.  I got the Joey Jr the first time we were there, which was the perfect size for me.  I loaded it up with all the stuff I like.  It also comes with really fresh tortilla chips and you can visit the salsa bar.

On our second trip, I decided to give their tacos a try, choosing a soft and hard shell taco, both with chicken.  These were really tasty to, though the hard shell pretty much fell apart and I sort of had a taco salad by the time I got home.  I forgot to visit the salsa bar since I got take out, and was pleased that the chips were plenty good enough to snack on without any salsa.

Love Moe's!!


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Clinton Station Restaurant

2 Bank Street, Clinton, NJ
(908) 713-0012
 clintonstationdiner.com 


We watched season 6 of The Next Food Network Star and were very excited when Tom Pizzica got his own show, Outrageous Food.  On the first episode, he visited The Clinton Station Diner to try their Mt. Olympus Burger, a 50 lb hamburger!


With this publicity (and no intention of going anywhere near the 50lb burger) in mind, we chose this restaurant on our way to  the Crayola Factory in Easton, PA.  We knew our sons would love the train atmosphere as well.


We were lucky enough to be able to eat in the former train car section, which thrilled our boys.  We ordered pancakes and typical breakfast food and one panini.  The boys enjoyed their blueberry pancakes, and I thought my apple filled pancakes were tasty as well.  My husband enjoyed his sandwich, which was a pretty creative diner panini, the Roasted Chicken Panini with chicken, roasted peppers, eggplant, and mozzarella.  


In all, this is pretty standard NJ diner with an interesting train focus.  Prices are typical of an NJ diner, which means fairly reasonable.  Service was decent, and the food was good.

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