For Your Dining Pleasure - Visit Resto!

If you haven’t been to Resto in Madison New Jersey you are missing the best meal of your life !  I took a group of 20 people for dinner and a dessert demo and it was truly outstanding!

The décor at this restaurant resembles a small bistro in Paris with beautiful artwork decorating the walls.  We were presented with a menu consisting of:

Mussels with saffron and white wine sauce as the appetizer, and Pan Seared Scallops with onions and leeks ragout as the main course for the evening.

Robert Ubaus, the owner and chef, explained each of the dishes that were presented to us.  He also spoke to us about ‘healthy eating’ considerations especially when you are dining out.

 After we finished our main course, Robert, gave us a cooking demonstration on making crepes, which was our dessert!  Topped off with whipped cream infused with Calvados.  During the demonstration he educated us on the making of Calvados! 

 It was an evening full of good food and great company.  So all you foodies out there you must give this restaurant a try!  It will be sure to enlighten your taste buds!  Bring your own wine and enjoy!

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By the way he is in the process of expanding his facilities this December but you really need to call in advance to make those reservations.   When he opens the adjoining section, he will be serving both lunch and dinner and brunch on Sundays!

Buon Appetito!

Great Gelato here in New Jersey!

[gallery] Attention all you ice cream lovers!  When I go to Italy I must indulge my cravings for gelato and have been known for having it more than once in one day!  Ice cream does not come close to the creaminess and light texture of gelato.  Now I will say that all gelato, in Italy, is not equal.

 The other day I was going to a meeting in Florham Park, NJ and a sign caught my attention:  Angelato’s Heavenly Ice Cream (Florham Park, NJ).  Needless to say after the meeting I had to investigate this new ice cream store.  Ice cream?  It offered every imaginable flavor of gelato !  Upon entering, I thought I was in Italy between the display of gelato to the ambiance of the place.  So of course I tasted a few flavors.  It was heavenly !  The next evening my son, who is equally crazy over gelato, and I took the ride to Angelato’s.  I kept saying, ’It is worth the ride’.

As we entered our taste buds were in over drive.  They kept offering us tastings and then finally we settled upon our favorite flavor, noccello, which is made from hazelnuts. We were in heaven !  This is a well worth the visit.

The Best Pizza in New Jersey!

[gallery columns="2"] Recently I had a pizza at AMANO, a pizzeria in Bergen County N.J. I must tell you that it was the best pizza this side of the Atlantic Ocean. Having been to Italy in November 2008 with my family we made an effort to eat pizza at a very old pizzeria in Naples, Da Michele. The pizza at Amano comes very very close to an authentic Neapolitan pizza. The pizzas are cooked in wood burning ovens, which were built by Neapolitan Artisans and will reach temperatures of 1000 degrees. Everything from the flour to the cheese is imported from Naples. It had a think crust and the dough was very tender. They will create your own personal size pizza, which you will not have trouble finishing. Bring a good bottle of wine and buon appetito! Don’t forget to have some gelato to finish off your meal. Again all the ingredients are from Italy. By the way, A Mano means by hand in Italian.