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What about high-end Chinese? Grand Shanghai is a couple of miles south on Route 1.
Menlo Park is in Edison and not far from all sorts of great Asian stuff.
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I'm going to agree with Kevin here; you'll have to travel a bit farther to really get the British vibe.
That being said, my suggestion is The Ship Inn in Milford, they have an actual British chef and make a real effort to recreate a pub atmosphere.
Here's their website:
I'm pretty certain that The Ship and Triumph aren't the only two, but they should get you off to a great start.
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Shanghai Park is real Shanghai style, for dim sum in the authentic (Hong Kong) sense, you'll need to head north to the Wonder Seafood Restaurant in Edison.
Shanghai Park is in downtown Highland Park and at one time, was legendary for its soup dumplings. It's been a couple of years since I've been there so I have no idea if they still live up to their reputation.
Grand Shanghai on Route 1 in Edison also has a serious Shanghai menu including dumplings and could be worth trying.
The Edison/South Plainfield/Highland Park area is filled with ambitious Chinese restaurants but their quality can really vary over time. Sadly, there is no way I can eat at all of them regularly, although I certainly try.
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What should I order at King's Village other than the lamb sticks? Are the soupy buns like soup dumplings?
They'll have a special dumpling menu for Chinese New Year.
No, they're not really like soup dumplings, for those, head down the road a mile or two and go to Shanghai Park.
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Most of the Chinese restaurants here in Edison will have special menus.
My old favorite, King's Village, should have it's special dumpling menu.
They're at 1639 Route 27 and now have a website:
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Does anybody have any takes on Mexican restaurants in places like New Brunswick and Plainfield? These seem to be there for working immigrants and don't appear to cater to the outside world at all.
Is anybody checking these places out?
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Scott:
If it were just you and I, then there would be no controversy.
However, there are lots of opinions out there, and some are different than ours.
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Also, is Moghul in Edison still great? The last review I read here for it is dated 1995.
"Great" is a pretty strong word! Indeed, declaring a New Jersey ethnic restaurant "great" on a board like this is like throwing a lighted match into a pool of kerosene.
Moghul is one of the more formal and refined restaurants here and they are consistently good. If you're interested in having a "real" (another fighting word) Indian experience, then go there on a Sunday for brunch buffet. You'll join large groups of well-to-do Indians in a really festive atmosphere.
On weeknights, I'd suggest Moghul Express, their dosa shop that's right across the street. If you've never had a dosa, or just one filled with mashed potatoes, try one filled with shrimp or lamb. It's well worth the trip.
But always remember that the Edison food scene changes constantly. My Moghul experiences were fine, but even the biggest places here are small operations that struggle. "Great" is relative.
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If you're in central Jersey, the Supremo Supermarkets carry an excellent selection of Mexican groceries. Here's the address for the one I shop at:
249 East Front Street, Plainfield (not far from Route 22)
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Rosie, I did another web seach and came up with the address 129 E. Front Street. When I called the phone number, it was for a whole different sort of business totally unrelated to food.
When I put this address into MapQuest, I came up with roughly the location I spotted a second floor Mexican place. However, I'll be happy to go and look again.
However...however...during this trip I spotted at least four other interesting Mexican and Central American places. So if you go down to E. Front Street, you won't go hungry.
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More bad news.
Today I drove the entire length of Front Street in Plainfield - from the corner of Martine Ave. all the way past downtown and into an idustrial area I'd never seen before and could find no trace of La Viet or any other Vietnamese restaurant there.
I should also point out that several blocks of downtown were either recently demolished or appeared as if they were going to be torn down any day.
During the next few days, I should be able to visit the Vietnamese grocery on Route 27 in Edison and I'll ask there if they know what happened.
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I think you may be thinking of Tja! on Church Street in Manhattan, which bills itself as "Scandinasian." I think it may still be in business.
Fat Guy:
No. I checked in Jim Leff's book afterwards and found that I had the name, concept and location correct.
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Didn't their used to be a Chinese/Sweedish place in Brooklyn?
Wasn't it called something like "We Kee?"
Was this combination less than successful?
Is Sweeden is Asia or not?
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Food Snob:
Your post reminded me of yet another reason to gather at the Edison Moghul - its proximity to the Oak Tree Road shopping strip. A Sunday afternoon post meal stroll there is one of the best ethnic community experiences in New Jersey and perhaps the best Indian experience in the US.
It still seems like a good idea to me...
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Everybody:
I doubt I can create "special menu" that would worth the extra money and trouble.
Edison Indian restaurants don't use luxury ingredients in the sense that Chinese or European banquet restaurants do. So there really isn't that possibility.
Special note to Rachel: The Moghul in Morristown is not really the same. The Oak Tree Road location makes all the difference.
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Helena, while I doubt that a large crowd can be gathered before Labor Day, this meal will be far cheaper than the one at China 46. I'm estimating 16 or 17 dollars a person.
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Rosie, it would be our own table at the regular buffet.
It can be done any time, but it won't taste as good. Getting there first is a major quality issue with the Edison buffet places.
Because summer Sundays are so hard to book, I suspect we might not be able to do it until September.
I myself have no Sunday open before August.
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Hello:
Would anybody be interested in an egullet meal in the Edison/Woodbridge Indian community?
This area is close to the Parkway, Route 1, and public transit. (Metropark) and has some interesting options, especially when it comes to Indian buffets.
My first thought would be to suggest Sunday lunch at Moghul. This is a large, fairly formal restaurant with great food. The Sunday lunch is a perfect example of how Indians like to see great food.
There are Indian sweets, curries, rice dishes and pickles. Indian Chinese items, very English looking hors d'oeuvres, and a glassed in tandoor for bread and chicken.
The ideal time for such a meal would be twelve noon on a Sunday. This way, everything will be fresh and the restaurant will be at its best.
Any takers?
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Hello everybody:
Please add my wife and I to the guest list. Now that I see that the directions are clear, I'm ready to go.
Brian and Maria
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Rachel:
Foodmart is south of the Korean Place, both are on the west side of the street.
Brian
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Yes, and they are very close to each other.
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Fat Guy:
Thank you for doing the dirty work!
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Now for the Linden Branch...
Drive through the Holland Tunnel and bear left when you exit. After a couple of blocks, the street will fork, stay left and take Route 1-9 South.
About fifteen miles down Route 1-9, you'll see a GM truck assembly plant on your right and a mall with a Target, a Starbucks and a Home Depot on your left. (think of the bathroom possibilities!) Move left here, when you pass under the railroad bridge, turn left and pass the KMart.
Take the first left into a seprate strip mall lot, Foomart Inertational is in that strip.
Fat Guy....
I've heard all sorts of rumors about both Foomart International and International Food Warehouse, but one or another being related to Fairway is far more absurd then the banal stuff we hear. NEITHER OF THESE STORES IS REMOTELY LIKE FAIRWAY!!! (I thought I'd throw that in to keep dissaffected Manhattanites at bay.) Keeping the two chains seprate in my mind is hard enough work. However, the two most persistent rumors are that International Food Warehouse is owned by National Wholesale Liquidators and that Foodmart International is somehow related to the Hong Kong Supermarket.
The first seems pretty correct. NWL and IFW share a huge store on Route 17 and their websites are cross-linked. I'm less inclined to believe the second. The closing of the Jersey City FMI generated a huge amount of press coverage with no mention of the Hong Kong Supermarket, even though it's a large and successful chain in its own right.
Not long ago, while shopping in the South Plainfield Hong Kong Supermarket, I picked up a few cans of sardines in olive oil. When the manager saw me with them, he said to me "we have lots more Portuguese stuff in our Jersey City store." When I asked him where that was, he told me it was Foodmart International. I never saw that guy again and never heard another peep about this relationship. Indeed, this is the most English I'd ever heard spoken there.
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Now you all know why we food fans are so poorly informed about their stores!
Eating Dinner in Menlo Park
in New Jersey: Dining
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Grand Shanghai is on Route 1 on the northbound side, a few miles south of the mall.
The have serious Shanghai style cuisine and a comfortable dining room too.