Dakshin Express Crushes Paradise Biryani Pointe

For some odd reason, Biryanis have become a big thing on the East Coast lately. From Massachusetts to Georgia and perhaps even beyond, it seems like every other day a Biryani place is opening up in one city or the other on the Eastern seaboard. In Edison, New Jersey, the two well-known Biryani places are […]

Spice Zone – Spiceless Travesty in Edison, NJ

When your restaurant is Spice Zone (Rt-27, Edison, NJ), baby, the least you can do is spice it up. You know, give us a burning, tingling, sexy sensation. 😉 Spiceless Charade Alas, alas, Spice Zone turned out to be a spice-less travesty that dashed all our hopes on the hard rock of a mediocre kitchen. […]

MovieCity NJ Review – Shitty Then, Shitty Now

How naive we were. We thought Anil Ambani’s Big Cinemas’ Movie City theater on Oak Tree Road in Edison, NJ would improve after the renovation. Shows how little we know. The theater is still a dump and richly deserves the MovieShitty curse. Here’s what we’ve seen at MovieShitty, post-renovation: * Pee all over the toilet […]

Saravanaa Bhavan Edison – Murder Most Foul

These days, murder seems to be Saravanaa Bhavan’s raison d’etre. Picture this South Indian vegetarian restaurant’s shady reputation: * Saravanaa Bhavan’s founder P.Rajagopal murders people, literally. * Saravanaa Bhavan founder’s son P.R. Shiva Kumar murders U.S. immigration laws, allegedly. * Saravanaa Bhavan Edison (New Jersey) murders diners, figuratively. Murder most foul, as the Ghost laments […]

Jhupdi – Welcome Respite in New Jersey

Folks, let’s face it. Most Indian restaurants in New Jersey exist for the sole purpose of tormenting unsuspecting diners unlucky enough to step into their portals – they dole out huge dollops of ugly food, serve big helpings of trashy service and overall serve as bad poster boys for our wonderful cuisine, be it North […]