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All Japanese products adorn every single aisle and wall of this well-lit, comfy, convenience store. Almost feel like I'm walking through the middle of an anime series actually. If you like hard to find Japanese snacks, drinks, coffee-based drinks, various compact Japanese convenience & cosmetic products, then you no longer have to drive to Mitsuwa in New Jersey or those oddball asian stores that carry just 3 or 4 Japanese items. In all seriousness, there are products here for all ages...... and for me, they have some of my fav hard to find products that allow me to no longer treat my friends like pack-mules when they travel back and forth to New Jersey.

Love these items:
UCC, Ajinomoto instant coffee,
fruit jelly snacks,
seafood based savory snacks,
Japanese ceramic dish and cup-ware,
Frozen Japanese food

Like many build-your-own bowls with ingredients centered around a protein or starch like CAVA [for Mediterranean] or Chipotle [for Americanized Mexican], this place is your CAVA-version but for noodles, specifically stirfried noodles.

It tastes great. I was excited - I almost missed it because the establishment name doesn't really indicate that it's a noodle place.

Not sure why a place like this never existed before but noodles isn't really a major American food fare. This feels like a very modern take on stirfried noodles with flavors bordering on fusion of flavors from different cultures. Too bad only stir-fried noodles are offered as there are no soup-based noodles.

Overall, I wish there were more places like this. I would give it more stars but there are a few areas which I found perplexing:
--> portions are smaller than expected
--> ingredients like major vegetables items are super small
--> there seems to be only 1 noodle texture use for all noodles dishes..... so no mei-fun, soba, or any other very popular asian noodles that make great stir-fry.

Goats are known to be social animals each with their own distinct personalities. One would think baby goats' personalities are still developing ...... well, that is not the case because these little fellas act like total farmhouse teenagers. Come to the Little Goat Farm at the Lake; it's actually a lot of fun, see our pics. You can bring your own vegetables (we brought carrots and celery), just be sure to clear it with the owners. You don't have to bring veggies for the goats - you are provided milk bottles at the entrance. When you feed them, the babies like to put their two front legs on you sometimes trying to knock down the baby you are already feeding (see, they act like teenagers). We also got a tour of the chickens and surrounding areas ..... and the adult goats follow you & keep you company along the tour. The owners are there next to you the whole time and they are really nice and knowledgeable.

This is as local (read: genuine) as it gets since this activity is a family run enterprise on privately owned land and not a large commercialized affair. Another words, the experience is very down to earth and feels very personal and family + little-kids oriented. Just be sure to call ahead and check on event availability.