Post #241999 by Jason Perlow on Mon, Jul 10, 2006 9:10 AM

So, for lack of a better description, I didn’t get enough umbrella drinks and expertly prepared bad American Chinese food this week (we ate at Chan's Dragon Inn in Ridgefield on Friday) so Sunday night we went to North Jersey’s other Polynesian throwback, Lee’s Hawaiian Islander in Lyndhust.

Lee’s is a huge orange painted building with no windows that dates back 30 years.

The Tiki Bar.

The ceilings at Lee’s are at least 18 feet tall, probably closer to 20. A Polynesian outrigger boat filled with fake Hawaiian orchids and stuffed exotic birds is suspended from the ceiling.

The drink menu. Unlike other Polynesian restaurants I have visited previously, these drinks defy description. I guess they are so classic that everyone should know what they are and what’s mixed in them, but you could always ask.

A Mai Tai (left) and a Zombie (right). The Zombie appears to differ from the Mai Tai in that it has probably 4x the amount of alcohol in it.

Zombie Closeup.

Zombie after-effects.

Pu Pu Platter, the classic.

Young Chow Fried Rice

Sweet and Sour Pork. Yeah, I know, totally gwai-lo, so sue me.

Along with Shrimp with Lobster Sauce, Egg Foo Young is also a benchmark Chinese-Am dish for me, so I order it at pretty much every place I visit that specializes in that type of food. Lee’s is excellent — the gravy doesn’t taste like uncooked flour or overly grease laden and the egg patties are perfectly cooked.

[ Edited by: Jason Perlow 2006-07-10 09:26 ]

[ Edited by: Jason Perlow 2006-07-11 08:55 ]