Foodie Lifestyle

Short Rib Bourguignonne

Imtiaz Patel — Sun, 03 May 2009 23:51:18 +0000

This is a recipe from Danny Boone, the rescue chef on the food network. I made some modifications for my palette and was pretty happy with how it turned out. I paired it with Belgian style fries, though it would also go well with mashed potatoes. Ingredients Rub: 2 cups all-purpose flour 1 tablespoon paprika 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper 1 teaspoon [...]

Shanghai Park, Princeton, NJ

Imtiaz Patel — Sun, 03 May 2009 22:26:44 +0000

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 [...]

Dimple, Iselin, NJ

Imtiaz Patel — Sun, 03 May 2009 21:47:34 +0000

Dimple is an Indian restaurant serving the Indian community on Oak Tree Road, the heart of Little India in New Jersey. The focus is primarily on Indian fast food and South Indian dishes. And all are vegetarian. Essentially its snack food for Indians, things they would eat on the streets of Bombay (I prefer British [...]

Camillo’s Cafe, Princeton, NJ

Imtiaz Patel — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 01:07:52 +0000

Camillo’s is a local Italian restaurant that’s different from your standard New Jersey pizza and pasta joint. It’s actually an Italian restaurant. I’ve tired of typical Italian restaurants in New Jersey and have been looking for a restaurant that reminded of a local trattoria in Europe. I used to live in England and I loved going [...]

In Appreciation of Padma Lakshmi

Imtiaz Patel — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 00:07:29 +0000

Anyone who is a foodie and watches Top Chef knows who Padma Lakshmi is - former model, cook book author, tv host and just a super sexy, beautiful woman. To top it all, she loves to eat - now that’s sexy! Came across this ad for her (thank you Kedar) and I just felt it needed [...]

Palace of Asia, Lawrenceville, NJ

Imtiaz Patel — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 22:57:10 +0000

When it comes to Indian restaurants, actually any restaurant, but especially Indian restaurants I am pretty tough to please. Suggesting a new Indian restaurant to visit, or worse going there with me is typically asking for trouble. It’s not that I’m just difficult (be quiet Kedar), ok maybe I am, but the bulk of Indian [...]

Tangerine, Philadelphia

Imtiaz Patel — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 16:17:35 +0000

After attempting to get a reservation at Alma De Cuba to no avail yesterday, we ended up picking another Starr restaurant Tangerine for dinner. I’d already been to Buddakan so wanted to try something different. The menu looked great online and the restaurant looked really beautiful so I made a reservation before I even checked [...]

Mushroom Risotto

Imtiaz Patel — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 15:16:14 +0000

This is a Tyler Florence recipe. I’ve tried a few of his recipes and they have been consistently good. This turned out pretty well too. I actually didn’t have any truffle oil so just went without and it was fine. I also made the lobster recipe that’s already on this blog and accompanied all with [...]

Elements, Princeton, NJ

Imtiaz Patel — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 16:39:43 +0000

Elements opened in Princeton a few months ago and ever since then I have wanted to check it out. After 1 cancelled reservation a few weeks ago thanks to my wife, we finally went yesterday night. We got to the restaurant right on time, however there wasn’t any parking available and no valet parking either. [...]

Char Steakhouse, Raritan, NJ

Imtiaz Patel — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 16:42:11 +0000

Char is a new steakhouse that replaced Acqua, an Italian restaurant. It has the same ownership. I never ventured into Acqua - way too many Italian restaurants in NJ and it really didn’t stand out. But Char is a different story. Just starting with the name - Char. I love that name, what a great [...]