P. F. Changs

The Shops at Riverside, Suite 50
Hackensack, NJ 07601
http://www.pfchangs.com/

I know. I know. I said I wouldn't do chain restaurants, but this one left a really good taste in my mouth.

Sunday. Dinner w/ cousins Jess and Naomi.

The decor is neato. Has the whole Asian vibe going on. cute. My cousin says its "high class," hold on I have to laugh. LOL. I loved the horse statues in the front! I took a picture with one! I think the tables are to close though. Our waitress was suuuuper nice, ultra friendly, and she refilled my water--a challenge because I happen to be half camel.




Food. pretty effing delish. For appetizers we ordered the Changs Chicken Lettuce Wraps and Shrimp Dumplings (Pan Fried). My cousins really liked the Chicken lettuce wraps. They didn't look appetizing but from the bare plates I can tell they enjoyed lol. The shrimp dumplings were good, but they could have been better.

Entrees. I had the Vegetarian Ma Po Tofu. I've had quite a bit of Tofu and this was pretty much top notch of all the tofu I've had. Jess had a chicken entree, I can't remember which, but she enjoyed it. She even tried my tofu and liked it! Naomi didn't like the silky inside--sounds gross but it was yum. Naomi had some beefy goodness, she loved, she's a Changs regular. Why she hasn't found me a baller, exec, producer, etc. to marry in Edgewater? I couldn't tell you. LOL.

DESSERT. BANANA SPRING ROLLS. WOW. OMG. Amazing. "I don't even eat bananas, but I ate those!" Jess. I think this had to be my favorite part of the meal, they were just amazing. I think if they put an endless plate of banana spring rolls in front of me it would be the equivalent of meth--in terms of addiction, dopamine, and euphoria. I'd probably kill for some banana spring rolls. I love bananas! I also happen to love spring rolls! its like they took two of my favorite things and montaged! lol.

Ok. So I'm changing to ratings to reflect a scale of 1-20.

Food 17. Heavy on the Banana Spring Roll.
Decor 14. It was pretty cliche.
Service 17. Good, but we were there for a while now that I think about it.
It was moderately priced. not cheap.

Overall, I give P.F. Changs a 16. I want to give higher, but I feel like I'm being to lenient. When I'm scoring I try and think, is there a restaurant better than this? Probably so.

I would definitely eat @ Changs again. There were quite a few things on the menu I'd like to try.

OH! and they gave us fortune cookies with the check!

Cafeteria

119 Seventh Avenue (17th street)
New York, NY


Cafeteria was the last stop of a night out with friends. Good choice I would have to say, I was pleased.

We didn't wait very long even though it was around 3 am, we got there before a crowd because when we left a line had formed outside the restaurant. I loved the lighting even though I don't really like dark restaurants, but it worked with the atmosphere, I guess it was the time of day that made me appreciate it. the music was blaring and people are kind of forced to talk louder over the music, so I didn't really like the noise. However, I'm realizing that all restaurants are noisy, especially in Manhattan. Our waiter seemed pretty happy to be there, which I always like, and the service was great.

It seems like one of those trendy places that I assumed was just image and rep, but the food was actually good. I had the pancakes which I really enjoyed because of the fresh berries, I LOVE berries! and they put this 'chantilly cream' on the pancakes, good stuff. Michael had the veggie burger, I tried it, it was amazing--and I've had quite a few veggie burgers. Mike had the super-sized waffle, which I would say he enjoyed because he inhaled it, he says it was "f.a.b.o.l.o.u.s." Alex had a burger, he liked it. Needless to say, we were all hungry which influences how you (well, me lol) taste/judge your food but I think I can say if I wasn't starving I still would've enjoyed my food.

Overall, Cafeteria gets a 4.5/5. I enjoyed it.
Food 4.5/5. Decor 4.5/5. Service 4/5.

Would I go here again?
fo sho! definitely could see it become a regular place for me. I looked at the menu and I'm dying to go try the warm fallen chocolate cake and/or waffle banana split.


this kind of worries me a bit(doh rating)-->
http://167.153.150.32/RI/web/detail.do?method=detail&restaurantId=40619544&inspectionDate=20070815

Juniors

1515 Broadway (44th b/t 7th and 8th)
New York, NY


Ok. I have to admit that the only reason I wanted to go to Juniors is because I've never been, so I needed to see what the talk was about. Not very impressed to say the least.

The decor is pretty nice, even though i noticed we were sitting in the cramped area of the restaurant. Our waiter and waitress were pretty nice but sort of strange, like they were forcing creepy smiles. Music was playing, which I didn't understand because it just seemed like extra noise.

Any who, I had the grilled cheese sandwich with fries, to my disappointment because that's the only vegetarian option they had. I mean cmon, you cant even offer a veggie burger? I went with my friends Katherine, Rashad, Rodolfo (happy belated bday). Katherine had a cheeseburger, Rashad had a steak burger, and Rodolfo had buffalo wings (he better have because he was complaining all day about how wherever we go better have buffalo wings lol). Everyone pretty much liked (not loved) their food but Katherine said her onion rings were "too bready, I prefer the ones from johnny rockets." OMG. I just remembered, we all had fries. I swear, they were ORE IDA STEAK FRIES! I can't even believe they have the nerve to serve ore ida steak fries! I didn't notice until now that the familiar feeling I had when I ate them was because I've had them in my own kitchen!


So the important part, dessert. I really wanted the strawberry shortcake cheesecake but after waiting about 10 minutes the waiter told me they didn't have anymore. so on a limb and Rashad saying "its the check or red velvet," I ordered the red velvet. the slice was HUGE. I loved it but i do think that if i didn't share it with everyone i would've gone into a diabetic coma. Katherine said 'it was ok', she's experienced with red velvet cause she has it all the time at her job.

Overall I give Juniors a 3.5/5. It wasn't bad, but it just wasn't great. It was pretty cheap though. 20 bucks each for dinner and dessert, including tip. then again we didnt really get that much food.
Food 3/5. Decor 4/5. Service 3/5.

Would I go here again?
No. Only for dessert.