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Pho (pronounced "fuh") rhymes with "duh" and it's the only Vietnamese word I know. I'm a certifiable phonatic, and thanks to the globalization that brought Vietnamese cuisine to the US, I only need travel to Bloomfield for a satisfying pho fix.
Pho, a popular street food as well as the national dish of Vietnam, is essentially a rice noodle soup with broth, spices and herbs, and depending on what region of Vietnam you're eating, a variety of garnishes and sauces as well.
Read MoreChef Bryan GreggThe Montclair restaurant saga continues! Chef Bryan Gregg, formerly of the Ho-Ho-Kus Inn and Michael Anthony’s, has announced his plans to open Escape, at 345 Bloomfield Avenue, Montclair.
Read MoreThe J & K salads are excellent – the Caesar is plentiful, balanced, flavorful, and topped (optional) with plenty of anchovies. The Iceberg Salad is without contest the best “wedge” style salad I have ever had;
Read MoreMy husband and I recently had the opportunity to join Jason and Rachel Perlow at Tabboule in Ridgewood. Tabboule offers fine Lebanese cuisine in a casual, comfortable setting. Parking for the restaurant is easy and plentiful, as the restaurant is located in the Kings Shopping Center on N. Maple Ave.
We began our mid-day marathon eating session with traditional Lebanese Za’atar Chips. Rich with spices of thyme, sesame and sumac, very savory, very addicitive! Red Lentil soup accompanied the chips, and Rachel had the fabulous idea to sprinkle some crumbled Za’atar chips on the soup. It was perfect; like Saltines in chicken noodle soup - only much better!
Next the cold appetizers arrived tabbouleh, hummus, babaghanoush, stuffed grape leaves, and muhamara.
According to Chef David Drake, there are two kinds of chefs. There are those who grow up on the apron strings of their mother and grandmother, comfortable in the kitchen from their earliest memories, and then there are those who come from families with terrible cooks. Drake comes from the latter type.
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