busy girl thoughts

I’m now in Princeton. Don’t blame me for not telling you. Here’s what happened.

We were told a few weeks ago that we’ll eventually move to Princeton mid or late september at the client site. The day after labor day weekend we started to clean up the New York in anticipation of the move. That was a Tuesday right? Tuesday afternoon we were told to book hotels and we’ll start at Princeton on Thursday. We were pretty much in shock since it was such a short notice. We hurried up and made the necessary hotel and flight arrangement, and I had to change my travel plan for the coming weekend as well.

As if the notice was not short enough. Tuesday night when I was having dinner w/ a coworker around 8pm, I got a call from another coworker, and we were told to show up the next morning, 9am sharp.

I didn’t know how to react to that but i didn’t really have time to think anyways. So we booked rental cars for the next morning and packed that night. I left in such a hurry that my laundry was still in the dry cleaner and i had to go back this Saturday to pick it up.

So, here I am, in Princeton!

I was surprised to find such an exquisite seafood restaurant in Princeton, NJ. Two hotel clerks strongly recommended it, and one of them said their seafood is shipped in daily so freshness is guaranteed.

The restaurant is on Nassau, the major route to the university area and where most of the restaurants are located. We saw a couple cute restaurants and cafes nearby. There was a noodle house on one side of Blue Point and a Chinese restaurant on the other. All of them are remodeled residential houses, so they have a small-town, home-made feel to it.

The menu has a southern flare to it. Like the special I ordered was Seafood Creole (gumbo/soup), and it tasted authentic, with full creole flavor and slightly spicy. It had chunks of seafood including lots of Seabass! The softness of seabass contrasted so well w/ the creole flavor, and the gumbo was so thick i ate it w/ a fork.

I tried my friend’s Catfish and it tasted traditionally southern as well. One thing on the menu that made me want to go back is Macadamia Nuts Tilapia, and also the fresh oyster bar w/ about 12 different kinds of oysters. I’ll continue the review in a separate post.

An interesting thing about Blue Point is it doesn’t serve wine. There’s a liquor store right next to it and customers just get the wine from next door and bring it to the restaurant. Hmmm, i think i’ll do the same next time. I actually prefer that since restaurants always charge premium for wine and we’ll have more choices.