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Shaka in Pier Village, Long Branch

Shaka Long Branch Pier Village On a very cold Monday morning around 11am, I ventured up to the Long fish tank shaka pier village long branch Branch beach for an overdue trip to a little piece of Hawaii called Shaka at Pier Village. Guests are first greeted by a set of bright yellow Adirondack chairs and high top tables made out of bottle caps optimistically waiting for warmer weather! Walk through the doors and you are instantly drawn to their beautiful fish tank designed and serviced by Advanced Reef Management of Keyport, which contains tropical fish and Hawaii’s State fish, the Humuhumunukunakuapua’a (hmm, spell check thinks I misspelled that.)

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Sunday, February 21st, 2010, by admin, Filed under: Restaurants| Long Branch| 2 Comments

The Rosemont Cafe

I am thrilled to introduce you to the newest addition of the Jersey Bites family, Robin Damstra. Robin will be taking over as Jersey Bites Regional Editor for Hunterdon and Mercer Counties. Regional what? you ask. Oh, we’ve got big things a cookin’ here at Jersey Bites. Within the next 6 months, we will be launching hyper-local Jersey Bites blogs in Hunterdon, Mercer, Monmouth and Hudson Counties. Each Regional Editor or Editorial Team will be covering all of the local food news and reviews for their area. We will continue to offer great recipe suggestions, giveaways and all the rest that makes Jersey Bites unique but now you will have your own backyard piece of Jersey Bites . The regional blogs will aggregate here on Jersey Bites central, so if you’re in the mood to discover what’s going on in different parts of the State, tune in to JerseyBites.com. If you want just your own local foodie news, check your neighborhood Jersey Bites blog. We’ll be rolling out more and more hyper-local JB blogs as the year progresses. It is going to be a very interesting year here on Jersey Bites and I hope you will send in your suggestions and best wishes as we blaze this new and exciting trail. For those of you in Hunterdon and Mercer Counties, you are in for a treat. Robin Damstra is a talented food photographer and writer. You can check out more of her gorgeous photos and recipes on her blog Caviar and Codfish.

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Wednesday, February 17th, 2010, by admin, Filed under: Restaurants, Reviews| Hunterdon County, Rosemont| 8 Comments

The Winner of Trinity Restaurant’s special Valentine’s Dinner

Happy Valentine’s Day Jersey Biters.

Cin trinity church dy Lou of Red Bank is the lucky winner of the romantic dinner for two at Trinity Restaurant. Congratulations Cindy. I know you are going to love Trinity. Please send us a picture of your special night.

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Sunday, February 14th, 2010, by admin, Filed under: Events| keyport| 1 Comment

Giveaway: Valentine’s Day Dinner for Two at Trinity Restaurant, Keyport

trinity valentine's giveaway I am so excited about this Giveaway. Trinity Restaurant, one of my absolute favorite places in Monmouth County, has offered to give away a Valentine’s Day Dinner for two to one very lucky Jersey Bites fan and their special Valentine.

»» Giveaway: Valentine’s Day Dinner for Two at Trinity Restaurant, Keyport

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Friday, February 12th, 2010, by admin, Filed under: Restaurants| keyport| 26 Comments

Chocolate Lava Cake: An Easy & Elegant Valentine’s Day Dessert

chocolate lava cake

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Thursday, February 11th, 2010, by admin, Filed under: Desserts, Recipes| | 1 Comment

Tommy’s Coal Fired Pizza in Red Bank

Tommy's coal fired pizza red bank

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Sunday, February 7th, 2010, by admin, Filed under: Restaurants| Red Bank| No Comments

Your Superbowl Sunday Menu

180px-Superbowl_Trophy_Crop This weekend is going to be a great one for staying inside and cooking. As weather.com is so gently putting it this morning, we’re supposed to get “walloped” by a pretty big snow storm. So, the grocery stores are going to be packed, but if you want that perfect pot of chili ready for game day, I’m sure I’ll see you there. Here are my picks and some guest picks for some super Superbowl menu choices. I don’t list wings but you can bet we’ll have them at my house. The recipe I use is nothing more than coating the wings lightly with seasoned flour, deep frying them and tossing with the hot sauce recipe right off the bottle of Frank’s Hot Sauce.

»» Your Superbowl Sunday Menu

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Friday, February 5th, 2010, by admin, Filed under: easy entertaining| | 1 Comment

Sip & Twit Wine Tasting at The Wine Loft

Tambi Spit and Twit Many of you already know that Twitter and I are quite an item. I realize the little blue bird does not appeal to all, but for the 20 + million people using Twitter, it’s a down right addiction. So, when Wine Twits contacted me to tell me that they were throwing a Sip and Twit event at The Wine Loft in Pier Village on Wednesday February 10th and asked if I wanted to get involved, I said (in under 140 characters of course) Absolutely, I’d love to.

»» Sip & Twit Wine Tasting at The Wine Loft

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Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010, by admin, Filed under: Events| Long Branch, Wine, wine tasting| No Comments

Sausage, Butternut Squash & Asparagus Pasta

pasta butternut squash, sausage asparagus

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Sunday, January 31st, 2010, by admin, Filed under: Pasta, Poultry, Recipes| butternut squash| No Comments

Big Apple Bite: Cercle Rouge Brassierie on West Broadway

waiter at cercle rouge Before a much planned visit to the “Big Apple” I went to the internet to find a French restaurant for dinner on one of my few precious date nights out with my husband! In my ‘internet travels’, I came upon CERCLE ROUGE on West Broadway, a quaint French restaurant that I just have to share with all of you!