Tasty Portugese at Tero's

Tero's Restaurant
222-224 Ridge Road
Lyndhurst, NJ 07071
(201) 935-8818

Brother D gave us a heads up about this place.  I was not too keen to try it at first because of the dearth of relatively good Portugese/Spanish food in these parts... I dunno, their seafood tends to taste really bland most of the time.  And Brother D is just irrationally particular about his food (e.g., hates vinegar, or anything containing vinegar, likes his steak tough and well-done, etc).  So Tero's was a very nice surprise.

Location-wise, it sits on I guess what is downtown Lyndhurst, across from a big cemetery.  It was not exactly a happenin' spot for a Saturday night dinner with him and the new sister-in-law.  Inside, the furnishings look rather dated and bring to mind a sleepy restarurant within a small-town hotel.

But the food was a delight!  The seafood was fresh and expertly prepared, prices were very fair and the portions were huge!!!

Soup of the day.  I did not catch the name, but it looked like pasta e fagioli to me.

Clams in garlic and olive oil.  Bracingly briny and it was a delight sopping up all the tasty juices with pieces of bread.  I was quite full by this point already.

This was a bisque-type soup that Brother D got.  Maybe crab?  He really liked it. 

Brother D's steak (well-done, of course).  With chips and garden veggies.

DJKung and his poppa shared the rack of lamb entree.  Also with chips and veggies.  DJKung found it tender, juicy and tasty. Cooked just right, too.   The thin-cut potato chips were freshly made and was just awesome. 

 I wish more places had 'em.

The sis-in-law and I (the whole table, really) shared this humongous platter of seafood.  Very nice assortment of jumbo shrimp, mussels, squid, scallops, clams and lobster.  What a treat!  Was not bland at all. . . it tasted like something you'd get in a restaurant closer to the ocean and everything was grilled just right.

Accompaniments: chips, veggies  and yellow rice.

Postprandial drinks.  It was funny seeing DJKung's pop's face when he took his first sip of the Mexican coffee. "Whew!  That's strong!" said he. FIne end to a meal.