So my mother recently passed away and I have been staying at her place in Morristown taking care of some things. Even though I’ve spent 1-2 days a week in Morristown going back YEARS, I’ve never really eaten out much here because, well, mom’s always cooking. Anyway, I’ve had a chance to do some exploring (but unfortunately been going mostly back to the same places over and over again) and thought I’d start a Morristown posts to share my finds and get some recs.
Indian
Cinnamon - In Morris Plains rt 10 they do a great weekday buffet. Price comes out to 18 including tax, which is slightly higher than some others, but they make up for it by having a fantastic spread, and there is lamb or goat every day. I try to go on goat days. I’ve been on an Indian food bender, having been at a buffet like 6 times over the last 2 weeks.
Tandoori Flame - this is actually in Parsippany but also pretty great. It’s a bit cheaper during weekday at 15 bucks including tax, which is nice on the wallet. They are almost entirely self service (you get your own water and napkins), and only meat available is chicken, but they give you plenty of options. Well worth it IMO. And their service model tells me I can tip less which is nice. And their naan is cooked to order, super buttery and really great, much better than the ones at Cinnamon. They have a more expensive lunch buffet on the weekends which has goat, so I am hoping to try that out. Have I mentioned I like goat?
Sushi
Miga Sushi, Denville - wow! This is easily the best AYCE sushi place I’ve ever been to. You know how AYCE places usually put out subpar products that’s way more rice than anything else? Not here. It’s all close to or as good as regular sushi place quality. 32 bucks for AYCE. Just don’t get the shrimp tempura, it’s atrocious.
Korean BBQ
Woodam, Morris Plains - who would have thought there would come a day you would see a Korean BBQ place entirely packed with Koreans? This place puts out really good meat. You can’t go wrong with the beef combo for 110ish bucks that can feed 3 people. The combo includes a nice cut of prime ribeye!
Latin stuff
There’s a LOT of hispanic options here in Morristown. Unfortunately these places can be hard to navigate for the really interesting options because I don’t have familiarity with them and often there’s a significant language barrier. Which gets me started with… a place I forget the name of. This Mexcian (?) place is so under the radar that they are listen on NEITHER YELP NOR GOOGLE. If you google their phone number it doesn’t even show a result! The waitress behind the counter spoke so little english she didn’t know what MENU meant. The place is obviously entirely composed of people from the region just looking for a good cheap home meal. It’s one of those buffet behind counter places, which is challenging because I don’t know what anything is, but I intend to go back and report on it.
Pollos Pulacor - right down the street from the above place, this is a rotisserie chicken joint. I’m not sure what nationality it’s supposed to be but if you’ve had Peruvian chicken that’s the experience. The chicken’s nicely spiced, their green sauce is great, and it’s priced right at just 7 bucks for a half chicken.
Rico Pan Bakery - another challenging place, they have a hot premade foods station with sausages, pork, chicken, arepas, empanadas, things like that. I tried this crispy breaded empanda thing and got a strip of fried pork belly (a bargain at 4 bucks). Their hot sauce is great.
And finally, probably the place I’ve eaten the most at-
A&B Bagels, Morris Plains - I’ve probably eaten more bagels in the last month staying at my moms than I have in the last year thanks to this place. I used to be a hater of egg bagel sandwiches, but this place makes it so good and the eggs are perfectly slightly goopy every time. I’m sort of new to the egg bagel game (I’ve always gotten it on a roll, as when I get a bagel I’m usually team cream cheese), but I’ve found getting it toasted makes a huge difference. The best part about this place is their pricing, it’s simply insane. Have a look at this roast beef club: The only bad thing I can say about this sandwich is that there’s so much meat in it that to get the best experience you have to remove some to have a better lettuce/tomato/bacon bread balance. I literally cannot get my jaw around this beast. It’s under 10 bucks for this monster and I swear you couldn’t get this much roast beef at a supermarket for 10 bucks. Also I’m pretty sure the beef is store baked. I’ve eaten here almost every day since I’ve discovered it.
Anyway that’s all I got for now!
Oh 1 more - the local institution Arthurs. I used to go here when their steaks were 20 bucks. Now it’s 40 and they removed free cole slaw. But the steaks are better than ever and the crust they get on these things is really impressive, I’d love to know how they do it. Maybe @NotJrvedivici has some crust insights. At 40 bucks though, I think I’ll pay a little extra and go to the Korean place next door, which is BYOB and much better value.
Do you know if Collins is still there??
If you factor in drink prices the KBBQ next door is a far superior option now, yet there’s still a line out the door every weekend at Arthurs, I don’t know how they do it.
