I noticed that Bamboo Village Chinese restaurant in Woodland Park was listed as an NJ Monthly top 30 new restaurant. I never heard of this restaurant even though it is 5 minutes away from us. We tried a variety of items for takeout tonight. It wasn’t bad but definitely not top 30 material to be included with Il Nido, Bistro D’Azur, or Bloom. I think we will stick with Chengdu 1 Palace that is 45 minutes away. This is good for a local takeout when you don’t feel like cooking. You just can’t order anything crispy because it turns limp and gets steamed in the plastic containers. We tried the three pepper chicken, ants climbing a tree, BBQ roasted pork (we wanted the crispy roasted pork but they didn’t have it), crispy salt and pepper shrimp, and cumin lamb. Our favorites were the 3 pepper chicken and ants climbing a tree. The BBQ roasted pork wasn’t bad either. The shrimp was a nice size but the breading got soggy. It all went great with Limerick red zinfandel.
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