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| Shrimp Soong at Lotus Cafe in Hackensack. |
By Victor E. Sasson
Editor
We planned to have dinner at Seafood Gourmet, the popular fish market-restaurant in Maywood, but couldn't get a reservation before 8:30 on Saturday night.
So, we jumped into the car and drove a couple of miles to Lotus Cafe in Hackensack, our favorite restaurant for Chinese-style seafood.
Three of use ordered seafood soup, a shrimp dish, a fish dish and a vegetable stir fried with fresh garlic, plus small bowls of complimentary white and brown rice. We took home leftovers.
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| My portion of Seafood Soup for 3 ($11.25) contained a stray piece of meat, which I gave to my wife in return for the tender squid she put in my bowl. |
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| Our waiter divided and served the soup, as well as the Shrimp Soong. |
From the menu's list of Chef's Specialties, we chose Shrimp Soong ($16.95), a delicious combination of minced shrimp with celery, pine nuts, black mushrooms, water chestnuts, sweet pepper and peas, which we ate wrapped in a lettuce leaf.
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| Ask for chili paste to spice up your food. |
Our second seafood dish was one of our favorites, Filet of Sole with Scallion & Ginger ($16.95), and our vegetable was Chinese Broccoli stir fried with fresh garlic, a vegetable that is both leafy and crunchy ($9.95).
We found that all of the dishes but the soup served four.
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| Filet of Sole with Scallion & Ginger. |
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| Chinese Broccoli. |
Lotus Cafe, 450 Hackensack Ave., in the Home Depot Shopping Center, Hackensack; 1-201-488-7070. BYO. Free delivery within 3 miles ($12 minimum).
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| Lotus Cafe is a BYO. |
Ever wonder how meat gets into a seafood soup? I'd want to know the answer to that question.
ReplyDeleteReally? I don't think it's a big mystery. The meat, which is probably pork, is fully cooked, and maybe it was being transferred to another dish, and fell into the soup. No big deal.
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