I went with the Thai
Beef and a salad to start. It seems that many places that
offer food traditionally eaten with
chopsticks don't bother setting the table with them anymore. For
me if they are there with the silverware I'll use them, if not,
I won't ask
for them. My Beef dish was a generous portion of nicely cooked
beef
beautifully seasoned and spicy without being too much. The
salad starter was very fresh and perfectly dressed.
My guest had the Shrimp Curry, and it also was remarked
to be delicious with perfectly cooked shrimp in a pleasant and flavorful
red curry sauce. It's not too often that I find a staff as warm and genuine
as this one. If you are in the area, and have the urge for good,
traditional Thai food served in a great atmosphere, then I highly recommend
checking out Thai Passion Restaurant -
Jersey Shadow -
Thai Passion Restaurant
225 Main Street
Chatham, NJ 07928
Phone: 973-635-6600
Credit Cards Accepted
Alexis Diner - Most
everyone from Jersey knows that New Jersey is the diner
capital of the world. The diner wasn't
invented here (Connecticut holds that distinction) but it was
perfected here and is a fabric of most people's lives in
Northern New Jersey.
I pulled into Alexis Diner at sunset on a cool fall
evening to a
rather eerie scene for North Jersey, a virtually empty strip mall.
Most all of the stores were gone in this hardly poor
area! We are in a depression despite what anybody says with double digit
unemployment and misery not seen in many people's lifetime, but this
picture of no stores was bizarre. It was especially so because
the strip mall less than a mile away was thriving with open stores and
filled parking spaces.
I parked easily, and stepped inside this inviting
place despite the ghost town feel outside with all the
empty stores and parking places. I was greeted and
seated at a ridiculously tiny booth for one person.
I mean really, would it hurt a place to add a foot to a single booth so
the customer could not feel uncomfortable? The menu was typical
Jersey diner and there was no shortage of self promotion here with signs
that said "Morris County's #1Diner" which is a rather
bold statement.
I just ordered a burger at this "number one" diner as
it was a good way to determine what the story is here. It was the
Jersey Burger with mozzarella cheese, mushrooms and onions on a hard roll
with fries and a coke for a whopping $12.51 without tip - $15.00 with.
Not depression era pricing to say the least but was it any
good?
Well... the burger was OK... not great nor even
memorable, but the roll was superior. Aside from the roll and decent fries,
there wasn't anything to rave about here, and at $12.51 with a coke
and tax, it hardly represented any type of value.
The server was friendly and offered a refill on my coke,
but I just couldn't see my way to pushing the cost of
this meal any higher. Times are rough for many
diner patrons, and the only memorable thing I found here
was that awesome roll, the $15.00 it took to get it and
that eerie ghost town strip mall feel. - Jersey Shadow -
Alexis Diner
3130 Route 10 West
Denville, NJ 07834
Phone: 973-361-8000
Credit Cards Accepted