Peanut Butter and Banana, My Place, NJ

Peanut Butter and Banana/7 Grain bread/$n/a

Bread-5/10

This bread is from work (I'm a lunch lady) it's not bad at all. It has a subtle taste of honey to it. But the bread I used for this sandwich wasn't fresh, it was frozen for months, defrosted and then toasted. Still not bad though.

Not Beef-5/5

The banana I used for this was at perfect ripeness. Brown spots on the peel. Fabulous conditions for the consumption of a banana.

Peanut butter-4/5

The peanut butter on this was also from work. It is smuckers from the little packages, not bad. It is creamy peanut butter. If I had my way it would have been chunky peanut butter.

Flavor-9/10

This peanut butter and banana sandwich is rather delightful. I should definitely spend more time eating these things. They're great.

Misc.-4/5
I'm giving this one a 4 because it inspired me to make myself a vegetarian "Elvis" in the future. For those of you that don't know what an "Elvis" is, it was Elvis Presley's favorite sandwich, basically a peanut butter and banana sandwich with BACON. Yes, BACON. No wonder he got all fat. But if you simply replace it with Morningstar Bacon Strips (I find this to be the best veggie alternative) you're safe from heart attacks on the toilet. I will definitely review the Elvis when I get around to it.

OVERALL-27/35-

Eggplant Parm, Hoagie Haven, NJ

Eggplant Parmesan/L,T,O/Half/$4.00



Bread-5-

Bread wasn't much to speak of. However, it did the job.

Not Beef-5-

The eggplant was delicious on this one. In the past Hoagie Haven's eggplant wasn't up to snuff with their neighbor across the street (Zorba's, review coming soon..) I think perhaps they saw "Not Beef Sandwich" from a mile away.

Cheese/sauce-3-

The cheese was practically non-existent. But the tomato sauce complimented the eggplant very well.

Flavor-7-

This sandwich hit the spot. The tomato was delicious and the onions and lettuce were refreshing. It wasn't overly flavorful, in the future I may get hot sauce on it as well, definitely could have used a little bit of a kick.

Misc.-3-

I was starving before I got to this one, perhaps I was a bit biased. Hoagie Haven's eggplant parms are definitely lacking without the lettuce, tomato and onion. In the past I've also had jalapeno's on it and it did the trick. It was good for an eggplant parm hoagie, but I wouldn't recommend a lone eggplant parm sandwich from Hoagie Haven, there are better ones nearby.

OVERALL-23/35-

Hoagie Haven
242 Nassau Street
Princeton, NJ 08542
(609) 921-7723

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1) Bread 1-10

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