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Friday, December 11, 2009
Yummy faux chicken doesn't cluck
I was looking over the menu from our favorite Chinese take-out place last night and was surprised to find soy beef and soy chicken among six dishes listed under "vegetarian cuisine."
I called Zen Kitchen in Teaneck, but was told it only had the soy chicken. So I ordered tangerine soy chicken ($11.75) to be delivered with our usual chicken wings, dumplings, pineapple fried rice and mixed vegetables with fresh garlic. The soy chicken would replace our normal order of pork spare ribs.
Me and my wife loved the juicy, chewy textured soy product, which appeared to be battered before it was stir-fried with broccoli in a light sauce, complete with delicious tangerine peel. We will definitely order it again and now we're eager to try soy beef.
The take-out restaurant also prepares Thai and Japanese food, including sushi, and can deliver a whole fish, steamed or fried, to your door.
Zen Kitchen,1443 Queen Anne Road, Teaneck;
201-837-7322; open seven days
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Your son is so cute!
ReplyDeleteHe is cute, but that's not his picture. Most of the photos I use in the blog are from an add-on called Zemanta. This one is of a boy eating Chinese take-out.
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