Magazine Names Millburn Restaurant One Of NJ's Best

MILLBURN, NJ - New Jersey is famous for many things, and one of them is the variety and quality of the eateries available for patrons and New Jersey Monthly Magazine has compiled a list of the top 30 restaurants in the state for 2019.

Millburn's Common Lot made the list. Here is what they said:

"Since opening in 2016, Common Lot has refined its marriage of French technique and Asian flavors. 'We’re making dishes more simple, but more punchy in flavor,' says chef/co-owner Ehren Ryan. Punchy but not so simple is the torched avocado, a salad in which the flamed fruit is elaborated with sliced beans, almonds, puffed rice and a chipotle dressing that leaves a flicker of heat. The protein of the moment here is smoked, dry-aged roast duck. It comes with crunchy Thai eggplant, peanuts, pineapple gel and a red curry sauce made with duck stock and coconut milk. In another deft pairing, roasted and pickled beets mingle with chunks of tender lobster and contrasting dots of beet purée and perky chamomile gel. Similarly striking is the parfait: two layers of frozen mousse, one pineapple, one licorice, with grilled pineapple and macadamia nuts. Turns out licorice loves pineapple. Makes sense when you think about it, but only Common Lot did."

Ehren Ryan and wife Nadine own the business and say the Common Lot is a place for family and friends to gather and share great food and conversation.

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