Broad Axe Tavern

Stephen — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:41:09 GMT

Address:
     901 West Butler Pike
     Ambler PA 19002
     (215) 643-6300
Web: http://broadaxetavern.com/
Cuisine: American/Modern
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We went to the newly opened and renovated Broad Axe tavern Friday night for dinner. The outside and the inside have been completely renovated. The interior is nothing like it used to look, it has been completely re-done. The cuisine is what I would call "American modern", it has a slightly upscale bar/restaurant fare with some international influence.

They have a tremendous beer selection, on draft and bottled. They have the standards on tap such as Guinness and Yuengling, part of their "Starting Eight", but they also have a rotation of other beers that called the "Changing Eight". They not only have a selection of wine, and other cocktails (quite a nice list of custom martini's and mojitos), but their focus on beer selection is great. Too few restaurants treat their beer selection as an after thought.

Erica and I split an appetizer of fried calamari which was good. Nothing over the top about it, a pretty standard dish. I had the Grilled Ahi tun and baby bok choy in a dashi broth. Erica had one of the specials, a scallop noodle bowl. For desert Erica had the Tripple chocolate brownie (OK, I had some too :).

The meal was pretty good. The seared tuna I had was well done, and had a nice flavor to it. The bok choy it sat on top of in the dashi broth was a bit bland. There just needed to be something more in the broth to stand out more in comparison to the tuna. I really like bok choy and it can have a great flavor to it. Unfortunately the dashi broth seemed to wash it out.

The service was great from when you walk in, through the entire meal. Our waitress made sure to check up on us regularly, and Eric the host even came by at the end of the meal to see how things went. It was a really nice experience and we look forward to going back there again.

- Stephen

Review: Aman's restaurant

Stephen — Mon, 08 Sep 2003 03:29:51 GMT

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2680 Dekalb Pike,
E. Norriton, PA 19401
610.277.5565, Fax: 610.277.5838

Cuisine:          Indian
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This is a very new restaurant near where a very good Japanese/Korean restaurant just went out of business. As the quote on the front of the menu says, "The discovery of a new dish does more for human happiness than the discovery of a new star" - Antheime Brillat-Savarin This is an apt statement for this restaurant.

Erica's friend Michelle was with us for dinner as well. To start, the atmosphere was a bit plain, not too much in the way of decor. Aman's was nicely decorated, just bland. Service was really good, both our waiter, and I assume the owner were friendly and defiantly out to please their new clientele. There were some small slips in service, but really just from a new restaurant finding its feet.

We started with some somosa's which were very good, along with some flat bread and sauce. All very tasty. Of course we had an ordre of naan with our meal. I got the Fish Tandoori (spicy) with Basmati rice and a side of Dall (it is like a bean soup or chili). The fish was something I had not tried before and was very nicely surprised at its taste, and texture. I had it spicy but not too much so. I rounded the meal out with some Masala tea which was excellent.

The portions were just the right size, and the presentation of the food was great. Taste of course is everything and Aman's was no exception. This is defiantly a restaurant which we will be going to again.

- Stephen

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