It doesn’t matter what your heritage is, if you grow up in New Jersey, you grow up on Italian food. When my family was in need of some good comfort food, we went right to Antonio’s (on Applegarth Road in Monroe Township).
Since my sister loves artichokes as much as I do, the family split two fried artichoke apps. They were lightly breaded and fried and in a lemon sauce. Mmmm yummy!
Most of the table went right for a special on the menu that sounded insanely good. I just wish I could remember exactly what it was! It was mainly lobster ravioli, but I know there was something else in it. Veal? Shrimp? I just can’t recall. But it was SENSATIONAL.
My sister went with the crab stuffed shrimp. It was SO tasty and SO flavorful and over a bed of some of the best spinach any of us had ever tried. How they got it to taste that good, I will never know. I’m not even that big a spinach fan but I went back for a second bite since this was so good.
I was so impressed that this little restaurant within a strip mall that was in the middle of (what I consider) nowhere could produce food this good. It easily rivaled many of the places I’ve been to in NYC, but much cheaper and much more casual. So very New Jersey. This place is not only a neighborhood gem… it’s worth going out of your way for!
Total Nom Points: 7.5 out of 10
