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Banh Mi Ngon opening in West Roxbury next week
Mmm, I loves me some sardine banh mi......
Where can I buy fresh burrata cheese
I love the stufF from MapleBrook Farms....What's amazing to me is that real burrata is low on the calorie continuum...Who knew? ;)
First Soft Shell Crabs Sighting
I was wondering about those...Since they came in already cleaned (dead), how fresh did they taste?
Anything New In Natick/Framingham?
Actually, a little less bar-like, but still with a TV for watching the game, Ten-Ichi, "dynamic fusion cuisine" is fast becoming one of our favorite places for Asian small plates...Big space, but their bar is separated by a low wall, and has a TV...
bánh xèo, ..anything?..anything?...Bueller??
You beat me to it! A touch greasy, but one of my favorite guilty pleasures!
Azorean Restaurant in Gloucester?
We went to the Trackside in February for Galleymom's b'day...I hadn't been there for awhile becasue I tried to go at night, coming from the wrong direction, and I couldn't find it, so I thought it was gone. Wrong, obviousy..
She had a caldierada (used to be her fave, before she discovered sardines), and I had a stewed octopus and potatoes...Both were great! The owner(?) there always remembers us from his years at O Fado, maybe the chef is from there, too?
At lunch, they were short a few menu items. I really wanted one of their bacalhao dishes (can't remember which one!) but it needed another day to soak (another DAY?), they didn't have the lobster for Mom's caldierada at lunch...But hey, it's a bar at lunchtime. They've definitely come a long way since they tried the buffet table at lunch...
BTW, I would vouch for the sardines at Azorean being fresh; I'm sure you can tell the difference! I, unfortunately, tried frozen. Once.
Azorean Restaurant in Gloucester?
Will do! I thought their menu was more varied than the Trackside, and since they're a 'little' more upscale (not much, mind you), we might have a better time finding them there...I liked their polvo better than Portugalia, and the sardines were perfect; wonder who they're getting their seafood through? Ituanas, you must know!
Azorean Restaurant in Gloucester?
Ooh, I didn't know to look, or ask....I didn't study the raw seafood options closely enough, because the voices in my headkept whispering 'pulvo'...Plus, we were there for a late lunch, so I couldn't inspect that many other orders....
Azorean Restaurant in Gloucester?
Wow, I'm surprised no one mentions this place! Galleymom had her first grilled fresh sardines, and they were wonderful! Now she knows why I always look for them. She's a chip off the old block, peeling off the fillets like a pro and popping the grilled heads into her mouth. She got the dinner portion at lunch (well, she IS my mother!), so I got to have a few too. They were perfectly happy to give her rice instead of "punched potatoes"...
I, OTOH, got the punched potatoes to go with my grilled octopus, which, as we all know, I am unable to resist. Fabulously garlicky and herby, with a nice charred finish and glug of EVOO. The punched potatoes are"smashed" whole roasted baby potatoes, a nice side.
The menu is formidable. You could definitely make a meal of their Portuguese tapas and small plates, there are sandwiches and salads for lunch, and a whole lunch menu. Not to mention a separate menu of cataplanas. Decor is tourist Portuguese just this side of kitsch, but clean, lovely and a step up from my usual barroom haunts...Speaking of which, a nice sized pour of the house Vinho Verde. We'll be back!
Looking for great food outside of Boston
YMMV at Harvest cafe....We had an hour wait after ordering for some of the most blah unappetizing food we've ever eaten. I'm always willing to give a place a second chance, but even I had to agree with TC that this was so laughably bad that I couldn't imagine giving them another penny of my money. There were so few non-meat items on the menu, despite it's folksy, womin-run vibe, that I got some quesadillas that appeared to have been made in the microwave...I makes me shudder just to remember it...
If you find yourself out that way, there IS a good Portuguese Restaurant, the Old Schoolhouse Pub and Restaurant, that serves great octopus...Don't expect a lot of atmosphere, tho!
http://www.oldschoolhousepub.com/
As far as Indian, after being forced to eat there numerous times, I would consider Welcome India serviceable, but certainly not the best Indian food around...For an area that has Minerva (Xmas Tree Shop Plaza) and Pongal II, I'm surprised anyone bothers going there...
Pizza slices: variety & high quality?
Well, my favorite is Otto's, too, but, when last I stopped in, Il Mondo (on Huntington, in the old Penguin Pizza location) had a good variety of slices to choose from...
Okonomiyaki in Boston area?
I've never had okonomiyaki I would describe as crispy OR doughy... They may call it Japanese pizza, but that's where the similarity ends for me...
Azorean Restaurant in Gloucester?
WE know I love Portuguese food, and Galleymom is always ready to enable....We hit Trackside in Peabody for her birthday a few weeks ago, and as the hound she is, she got a rec for Azorean in Gloucester from the receptionist in her doctor's office. There's a woman who makes the best of being sick!
There aren't any reviews less that 3 years old here; anyone have anything a little more recent?
March 2012 Openings and Closings
Do they punch you in the face and pull your jersey over your head when you order a beer?
Otto's Pizza coming to Coolidge Corner
LOVE their pizza! Can't wait.....Love the Italian model of choosing from so many options....
Best Affordable Place To Get A Wedding Cake?
Rosie's doesn't do wedding cakes anymore....
March 2012 Openings and Closings
Went past the former Tantewan Thai across from Arsenal Mall in Watertown today, and saw newspaper in the windows, and lights on inside? Rumors, anyone?
restaurant suggestion near Faulkner Hospital Boston
There's also the Chestnut Hill Legal Seafood right across the street from the Met Bar....
Where to buy bluefish pate around Boston?
The one you probably had at Whole Foods is from Spence smoked seafood down in Brockton...Locally produced, and it's REALLY GOOD!
Get Your Goat @ Westborough Korean Restaurant
Yer killin' me here! TC refuses to go for another month, cuz we had Korean last week....Not my fault he always orders wrong in Korean restaurants!
February 2012 Fresh & local markets, farm stands, CSA, Delivery etc
Has anyone been to Water Fresh Farms in Hopkinton? They just opened 2 weeks ago,and are an hydroponic farm, and local farmstand...Going for the fist time tomorrow....
Dark Chocolate at Fastachi, Watertown?
Yep, positive, from Susan, the owner, who mixes it up...They sell EH-made chocolates, among others, but that's not what they use for the barks....
Dark Chocolate at Fastachi, Watertown?
Actually, although they sell EH chocolates at Fastachi, (and they are melt in your mouth smooth...), their chocolate isn't the one that Susan uses to make her barks....I checked. And I was forced to try the EH chocolates, just to make sure...;)
Cheap groceries? Moving to Brookline area,,..from out of state
They may indeed sell some things to Russo's,(altho I can't imagine Russo's having that in their profit plan) but they definitely buy some things too....
Dark Chocolate at Fastachi, Watertown?
It's a proprietary mix, and Susan, the mixer, won't tell!
Cheap groceries? Moving to Brookline area,,..from out of state
"You see their trucks at farms like Allandale." (Russo's...)
You see their trucks at Allandale because they _sell_ to Allandale, to supplement what Allandale grows, not the reverse...I love Russo's as much as the next guy, but just had to chime in here...
Caviar
Yeah, the stuff was really fabulous, and he was working to raise the bar in aquaculture....
So it's back to Bazaar International on Beacon Street for me...
Caviar
Little Pearl suspended operations last summer, when its owner died. One of their finance guys is trying to buy the business, but there are issues, as with deaths of many young people.
