Anjelica’s has competition for the best BYOB Italian in Monmouth County. Very fancy room, very fancy menu. Here is a bad picture of the best lamb chops I’ve ever had.
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There is fighting words! Have you ever had the lamb chops at Aarzu? Those are the best I’VE ever had!
Now I have to go!
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We enjoyed a sensational dinner at Falcone. It was well worth the 2 hour round trip drive. What a beautiful setting in an old church! Thanks for the recommendation @coldbeer70 !
Besides the excellent lamb chops, we enjoyed a whole branzino, excellent calamari oreganata with a nice sweet and spicy sauce, that had a nice kick to it; clams oreganata; agnolotti with sweet corn and ricotta filling, grand marnier, grana padano and sage. We took home some cannoli for dessert. It all went great with an excellent cabernet and Malbec.
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Excellent! Glad you enjoyed it. Will be back there in a couple of weeks and looking forward to it.
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I had no idea this was a former church because I remember it as a Chinese/Thai restaurant (Eastern Empire) where I didn’t see any hint of the church. Here’s a link to a picture of the former location.: https://www.loopnet.com/Listing/623-Newman-Springs-Rd-Lincroft-NJ/4198411/
They've done some major remodeling!
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They did a magnificent job remodeling.
Thanks again for the recommendation! It’s well worth the 2 hour round trip. It checked all of the boxes (beautiful dining room and ambience; friendly and attentive non rushed service; excellent food).
We can’t wait to go back. I just have to find a way to fit it into my tight restaurant rotation. I will probably have to drop one restaurant from our monthly rotation.
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We loved Eastern Empire! I recently saw it on my Contacts list. It made me wistful for their pad Thai.
I guess I’m getting old. I remember when it was King Wok. I would get wonton soup and a pint of plain lo mein for lunch and it was 5 bucks. There is also Emperor Wok on Shrewbury Ave and I used to wonder(because I’m weird) if an Emperor was above a king…
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