Taste of Home
“The "cheese patties" are the best I've had in years, and the home made dumplings are worth to buy and freeze at home for a late night craving.”
“I have been taking out from TOH for years and the quality remains as good as ever.”
“There's no seating area, so this is more of one of those really good takeout that you wish you can eat everyday.”
Taste of Home
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Caters: Yes
Price range.
$ Price range Under $10
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Forgot to note, in terms of packaged desserts, I mean the ones on the counter, in terms of the Napoleon or the cherry cake, or honey cake, or anything similar, it's excellent.
They added a full menu in English as well (as well as a proper one in Russian.)
I'd recommend almost everything except for some of the packaged desserts (which are from various other bakeries)
They also sell Tamek, a delicious sour cherry juice, for pretty low prices.
The main people working there now also speak english mostly fluently so there shouldn't be a problem anymore.
Whose "home" cooking are you tasting here anyways?
I own a Soviet era cookbook, published in Moscow in 1955; it contains recipes from every corner of the former Soviet empire. The inside cover includes an imprimatur from Joseph Stalin. Loosely translated it reads: "Our revolution gave us not only freedom and material wealth — but also the opportunity to assimilate many foods and many cultures into our prosperous lives." Eerily enough, you might say the same about NYC these days — especially when it comes to food!
It is a misnomer to call the TOH menu Russian — because it offers tastes from many of the 15 constituent cultures that made up the former Soviet Union, including many traditions from central Asia.
I call it Eurasian fusion…
But first and foremost this is comfort food — Soviet style — endorsed by Uncle Joe — both reasonably priced and delicious! I have been taking out from TOH for years and the quality remains as good as ever.
Recently the staff has taken on a strong central asian flavor, although the Russian language remains ubiquitous — and the younger staff speaks English quite well. This evolution is reflected in an emphasis on central asian offerings like samsa, plov, cheburek, chachapuri and many variations of eggplant salad seasoned with walnuts and pomegranate. These are very authentic preparations and their quality reminds me not to waste my time driving to Brighton Beach whenever I have the need for an Uzbekh or Georgian food fix.
I come mostly for the very well prepared Central European foods like the siberski pelmeny, sour cherry filled varrennyky, kotletky, blintzes, chicken kiev, all sorts of goulash in gravy with mushrooms, stuffed cabbage, various buckwheat preparations — and the list goes on and on.
Their decadent desserts are like a cholesterol IV — rich, creamy, sweet and hard to put down. They look impressive too.
Perhaps the best thing about TOH is that they are an active catering business and for a very reasonable price, they will have the mamsa's in the back hand make the food fresh — to your order. A great show at a small plate party — makes it look like you spent a week cooking exotic stuff for your guests.
Top tip: If you like lamb — Make sure to ask the ladies to substitute lamb for beef in the dumplings and samsa — it makes all the difference!
If you're looking for some authentic Russian food that tastes like it came out straight from someone's grandma's kitchen, look nowhere else. Taste of Home is THE place to satisfy all your Russian food cravings!
Located in the quaint downtown part of Fair Lawn, Taste of Home is one of those hole-in-the-wall spot I ran across when I ran for bagels next door. I've been wanting to give it a try for ages and finally gotten a chance to last Friday during work lunch hour. There's no seating area, so this is more of one of those really good takeout that you wish you can eat everyday. Well I think I really can, the prices of the food for what you get is really reasonable. I had the short container of borscht, a cabbage roll, and a chicken patty all for only $5.79. They have plenty selections of food, salad, and dessert pastries. I really wanna try them all!
Taking it back to my office break room, my Russian coworker swore my food smelled so delicious and asked where I got the takeout from. I kind of assumed she knew about TOH already, but to my surprise she never heard of TOH!
Well TOH, looks like you just got 2 more fans of your food!