This place is excellent. The food is tasty and CHEAP! I believe its 5.95 a pound. The staff is very friendly and welcoming. The restaurant itself is quite small, about 7 tables or so, all close together, I have yet to eat in. They do amazing take out.
The food is mostly salad bar style with the grilled meats in the back. Typical churrascaria selection, but quality ingredients for sure. They usually have talapia in a coconut sauce, it is excellent thu. The rice and salads are good, standard. They usually have a pasta that is always tasty and platanos. As well as rice and beans.
For the meats, it is exactly what you would expect, lots of styles of meat. Rotisserie style. Lean cuts, usually on the well done side. Lots of flavor, lots of salt too. Very juicy meat. I really like the turkey wrapped in bacon. The sausage is great too as are the cuts of red meat.
Sometimes when they are slow the grilled meat can be a bit overcooked when served, but its still a steal for the price.
Highly recommended for take out, good to eat in if you don't mind it being small. They have great deserts and juices also, this place is a wonderful addition to the area. So cheap to!
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Saturday, December 27, 2008
Astoria Diner (Closed)
I have eaten here once.... And ordered from here about 100 times!
I live this dinner. I would give it 4 stars, but its just a diner. Almost nothing they do is excellent, but nothing is ever bad. Fast service, very friendly people taking orders, large portions and cheap prices, basically its your typical dinner.
One thing you have to try is the large fried shrimp as an appetizer, its amazing. Excellent large shrimp, really good portion and well cooked always, worth the price. They seem to always have cream of turkey soup, which is alright, a bit bland, but the red peppers in it add a nice touch. The french onion soup is very good, and the matzah ball is ok. The turkey burgers are good, standard. The burgers are better then usual dinner burgers, i really enjoy them. Panini's are great, good bread. The crazy fries, like the Disco fries or the lord of the (onion) rings are good but arrive soggy most of the time, those may only be good for eat in, avoid smothered fries for take out. Shakes are fun, the Elvis shake with bananas and peanut butter and chocolate... yea its great. The baklava is usually very fresh and excellent, this being Astoria i would expect no less. Salads are great, fresh quality ingredients. I usually order a turkey sandwich of some sort, its always lean. Good turkey.
24 hours, cheap, fast, and about a million items on the menu. Love it.
I live this dinner. I would give it 4 stars, but its just a diner. Almost nothing they do is excellent, but nothing is ever bad. Fast service, very friendly people taking orders, large portions and cheap prices, basically its your typical dinner.
One thing you have to try is the large fried shrimp as an appetizer, its amazing. Excellent large shrimp, really good portion and well cooked always, worth the price. They seem to always have cream of turkey soup, which is alright, a bit bland, but the red peppers in it add a nice touch. The french onion soup is very good, and the matzah ball is ok. The turkey burgers are good, standard. The burgers are better then usual dinner burgers, i really enjoy them. Panini's are great, good bread. The crazy fries, like the Disco fries or the lord of the (onion) rings are good but arrive soggy most of the time, those may only be good for eat in, avoid smothered fries for take out. Shakes are fun, the Elvis shake with bananas and peanut butter and chocolate... yea its great. The baklava is usually very fresh and excellent, this being Astoria i would expect no less. Salads are great, fresh quality ingredients. I usually order a turkey sandwich of some sort, its always lean. Good turkey.
24 hours, cheap, fast, and about a million items on the menu. Love it.
Nuevo Jardin De China Restaurant
Good Chinese food, decent Cuban style food, not much mix. I guess i expected more of a mash between the two styles, instead either one or the other, not really fusion. Still good food overall. Better than the usual Chinese food in Astoria.
The meal started with hot bread which is certainly not usual. We started with the fried dumplings. Not enough meat, all breading, thu it tasted good. The Yat Gaw Mein Roast Pork was my favorite item of the night, the port was very tender, lean and tasty. The broth was simple, a tad salty, but good. The Corn Chicken soup was decent, also a bit bland. For entrees, the Shrimp and salmon were not very good. Both overcooked, bland and not as fresh as they should have been. The General Tso's chicken was good, typical. The Arroz con Pollo con Jamon was not very good. Bland, boring. The platanos were exactly the same way you would get anywhere, they gets points for that.
The service is good, they are nice and attentive. They make good mix drinks, surprisingly. The prices are a bit high for food of this quality. Recommended if you love Chinese food. If not, its not really worth it.
The meal started with hot bread which is certainly not usual. We started with the fried dumplings. Not enough meat, all breading, thu it tasted good. The Yat Gaw Mein Roast Pork was my favorite item of the night, the port was very tender, lean and tasty. The broth was simple, a tad salty, but good. The Corn Chicken soup was decent, also a bit bland. For entrees, the Shrimp and salmon were not very good. Both overcooked, bland and not as fresh as they should have been. The General Tso's chicken was good, typical. The Arroz con Pollo con Jamon was not very good. Bland, boring. The platanos were exactly the same way you would get anywhere, they gets points for that.
The service is good, they are nice and attentive. They make good mix drinks, surprisingly. The prices are a bit high for food of this quality. Recommended if you love Chinese food. If not, its not really worth it.
Monday, December 15, 2008
Seva
Decent Indian Food. Nothing special, not worth going out of your way for. The one thing that this place has going for it, are the VERY cheap prices, it is one of the cheapest Indian places I've had.
We waited about 10 minutes to get menu's after being seated and the manager took our order after waiting another 10 minutes. They were very busy with take out as well as it being a packed restaurant, so they need more staff. I asked the bus boy for the check at the end of the meal, since our waiter (the manager) was very busy.... Of course the bus boy never passed on our request and we waited another 10 minutes before i simply asked the manager for the check. Frustrating.
The food was OK, and that's because i just love Indian food, but it was some of the worst Indian food I've ever had. The Crab Cake Masala tasted like fake crab (should have expected that...), the chicken malai kabab was very tasty but i had a huge chunk of fat or grissel that was just nasty. The chicken samosa, a first for me, was good, simple, nothing special. The maleghotony soup was bland.
The entrees were also bland. The shrimp korma was extremely overcooked, its almost like the chef does not understand that it really only takes 60 seconds to cook mini shrimp. They left the tails on, which i never understood, i am supposed to dig my fingers into the sauce and rip off the ends of the shrimp??? The Shrimp tandoori was very overcooked and nearly burnt, terrible tasting. The chicken Korma was boring. The Korma sauce was very bland, not a good dish at all.
Overall the only reason i MIGHT go back or at least call in, would be the prices. $12 for 3 courses is quit good. They need more staff and a better chef thu!
We waited about 10 minutes to get menu's after being seated and the manager took our order after waiting another 10 minutes. They were very busy with take out as well as it being a packed restaurant, so they need more staff. I asked the bus boy for the check at the end of the meal, since our waiter (the manager) was very busy.... Of course the bus boy never passed on our request and we waited another 10 minutes before i simply asked the manager for the check. Frustrating.
The food was OK, and that's because i just love Indian food, but it was some of the worst Indian food I've ever had. The Crab Cake Masala tasted like fake crab (should have expected that...), the chicken malai kabab was very tasty but i had a huge chunk of fat or grissel that was just nasty. The chicken samosa, a first for me, was good, simple, nothing special. The maleghotony soup was bland.
The entrees were also bland. The shrimp korma was extremely overcooked, its almost like the chef does not understand that it really only takes 60 seconds to cook mini shrimp. They left the tails on, which i never understood, i am supposed to dig my fingers into the sauce and rip off the ends of the shrimp??? The Shrimp tandoori was very overcooked and nearly burnt, terrible tasting. The chicken Korma was boring. The Korma sauce was very bland, not a good dish at all.
Overall the only reason i MIGHT go back or at least call in, would be the prices. $12 for 3 courses is quit good. They need more staff and a better chef thu!
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