If you are in the NJ area, please check out Valenca, an excellent Portuguese restaurant recommended by our friend Natalia.
Natalia grew up in Mozambique, and highly recommended the prawns, cooked Mozambique style.
We have been to this restaurant several times, when we used to drive to NYC for the Chinese 9-man mini-tournament. The last time we came here was in 2016.
On our road trip to Maine this year, we decided to stop here again. And the grilled prawns sauteed in garlic whine sauce were still amazing. You should definitely order this. It is served over broccoli rabe, with a spicy Mozambique sauce, and a side of seasoned rice and homemade potato chips. It is delicious.
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| Gambas à moçambique |
The second dish we ordered was the house special: filet mignon over a hot stone. If we were to do this again, we would order something different. We had to do all the work, making sure not to overcook our steak. We did slice the steak into thin slice and seared both sides, but that was a lot of hard work.
Our recommendation is to let the chef cook the meat for us, and skip the hot stone.
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| Filet mignon na pedra |
We had no room left for dessert, so no recommendation there.
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