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Singh's vs Ali's
Which of these two Roti places to Hounders prefer ? I have been hitting Ali's lately but reading reviews on Signh's it seems I may have to give them a shot.
also, any other roti shops in the area ?
Crawfish in May
Would be looking to sit and eat and have a few beers. I have had them at the French Market, but wonderng where else.
Crawfish in May
Hello All,
I will be coming down to NO for a conference in early May. I was wondering if that is Crawfish season. If so, where are some places to get some ?
Thanks
Whole Lamb, striking out on sources?
Try Tony's Market in Roslindale. I have never gotten the whole lamb but he does a great job with Italian Sausages
http://www.tonysmarketroslindale.com/
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Tony's Market
4253 Washington St, Boston, MA 02131
Youngs Double Chocolate Stout
does anyone know of a bar in the boston area that carries this beer full time ? The Dogwood in JP carries is as a brew of the month but once it is gone I have to fight them to bring it back.. Any help is appreciated, bonus points for JP/Rolslindale area.
Crawfish
Hello, My wife and I will be coming down from Boston over Halloween. We were wondering if crawfish will be available that time of year?
Boston Hound coming over Easter weekend
Thanks for trhe suggestions ! Any places that only the locals know that we should try to hit ?
Boston Hound coming over Easter weekend
Hello all,
My wife and I will be visying your city for the first time over Easter weekend. We would be looking to try some of the best mid priced restaurants you guys could recommend. My wife will eat fish, but no beef,chicken,or pork. I on the other hand will gobble it all up. We would like to try some of the places the locals go and not just the tourist spots (although from what I hear the tourist spots in NOLA are very good compared to other cities). We will be staying in the French quarter and not renting a car, so places that we could walk to or use public transportation would be great. Thanks for any help you can give me.
Scoobie
Rec's for Waterfire restaurant
We are open to really all types, we do have a copuple veg heads in the group. Our budget is pretty open as well. We don't want to break the bank, but also don't want the 10 dollar meal at TGIF's.
Rec's for Waterfire restaurant
Hello, My wife and a few friends will be staying Providence in September for a Waterfire night. We were wondering where we should eat. We are staying at the Renaissance. We would prefer walking distance to the hotel and Waterfire. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Food Court in Chinatown
Thanks for the responses people ! Sad news indeed. I willhave to try the few places everyone has mentioned
Food Court in Chinatown
a friend used to work in the now defunct downtown crossing and I would meet him occasionally for lunch and we would go to this really cool food court upstairs from a store. Does anyone know what I am talking about ? Does this still exist ? If so where is it ?
Lobsters At WR Roche Bros
Thanks for the advice. I live in Roslindale but work in Watertown. Any places close by to watertown ?
Lobsters At WR Roche Bros
Has anyone bought lobsters at the WR Roche Bros ? Wondering about the Quality and freshenss of these bugs. Any other suggestions for Lobster in the area is appreciated as well.
Summer 2009 openings and closings
Tried to go last night and they are still not open. Was really looking forward to a falafel last night.
It is strange that on Shwarna Kings web site they do not mention the opening of this "branch"
where can i buy aji dulce?
I missed the Pork Shoulder thread, can someone point me in the right direction ?
where can I get key limes?
we usually have to hit Russo's on Sunday and if you get there before 9:30-10:00 it is not so bad. Was there yesterday around 12:00 and it was a n absolute zoo.
I did see Key Limes there as well.
Catering in Salem NH
Hello All,
A co worker had a family member pass away and those of us in the office would like to send some food to the family. We are in Boston so have no knowledge of any decent places in the Salem area. Any suggestions ?
ScoobieSnack
Vegetarian Dim Sum
Thanks to all who replied. It was what I expected.
Science Chick--She does eat fish,maybe we will give Chau Chow City a shot
Vegetarian Dim Sum
Hello all, My wife and I tried Dim Sum at Shagri La in Belmont for the first time last week.. We really liked it and would like to branch out a bit and try one of the places in Chinatown. The problem is that she is a veggie only. Where would you go and what would you recommend ?
Young coconuts. Where?
Don't know if this is what you are looking for but I saw some "green" coconuts today at Russo's
Prime Rib in JP/Roslindale/West Roxbury
Where do people go in this area for decent Prime Rib ? I would like to not break the bank if possible but have been craving Prime Rib for a while and just do not know where to go for it.
Amsterdam recs for sweets and cheese?
I third Puccini Bomboni.I have dreams about this place. The Honey Bon Bon is outrageous.
For Cheese we hit Kaasland. There are a couple of them.One on the Single and one on Harleemerdjik.The Moustard Kaas is real nice on a slice of bread.
Looking for good pizza in the Chestnut HIll/West Roxbury area
I second the Pleasant ! One of the best in Boston
Vegitarian Pho in Chinatown
Thanks for the heads up. It is true that Pho is based on a beef broth, but a lot of Pho shops will offer a Pho Chay (vegetable) with chicken based broth.
Vegitarian Pho in Chinatown
Does any one have a rec for a good Veggie Pho in Chinatown ? I would need a place that used a vegetable broth as opposed to Chicken based.
Thanks for the help.
RW --Tangerino- Big Let Down
Went to Tangerino for RW last night and it was,as the heading says, a big let down. We arrived and were seated in a little tent area, which was the highlight of the night. The hostess left and said she would return with the wine and cocktail list. We never saw her again. It took over 15 minutes for our server to show up (which given that they state as you walk in that RW customers have 90 minutes to eat is pushing it).We ordered our drinks, which took another 15 minutes to arrive. Once the drinks arrived we placed our order. Which was a partial let down b/c what was on the on-line RW menu wasn't the same as the menu they gave us.
There were for of us and we ordered the following: the Cuscous Royale which was made with a lamb filet, the 7 layer veggie couscous, wild salmon w/ fingeling potatoes & veggies, chicken tangine. Appetizers were salad w/ raosted pistachios & asparagus, grilled jumbo shrimp & a soup. 3 of us ordered the chocolate souffle (the chcolate mousse had been taken off) and 1 orderd the sorbet.
The apps came out and we started to giggle b/c the "jumbo" shrimp was 2 shrimp cut in half to look like they were giving you 4 shrimp. The soup was about 1/2 of a cup and the salad was missing some of it's ingredients. These took about 20 minutes to come out. Dinner was another 15 minutes to come out.
The lamb sirlon w/ cousous ended up being a lamb shank. the person that ordered that wouldn't have gotten it knowing it was the shank. And the person that got the chicken wanted the shank but it was supposedly no longer on the menu. So they split their meal but the chicken was totally dry. The 7 veggie cousous was a small entree and it wasn't anything special. They forgot to bring the broth out that went w/ the cousous until about 10 minutes after the meal arrived. My salmon dish was just ok. I will say that the salmon was tender but had no flavor. And the potaotes & veggies that came w/ it was about 1/3 of a cup.. not much.. luckily I ate some of the couscous from the person that got the shank.
When the waiter finally came back to ""check on things" we mentioned the shank and he just looked at us w/ a blank face. he finally said "do you want me to get you something else?" But by this time we had already eaten 1/2 the meal b/c we were starving and it took him 20 minutes to check on us after dinner was served.
Dessert came and I took one bite of the souffle as did my friend and we just looked at each other. It was mushy and "wet." It's the only way I could describe it. We didn't eat it..the sorbet was nothing special either. Honestly the stuff I can get at the supermarket is better. During the dessert fiasco we are waiting for our waiter so we can order coffee... he finallly shows up and we order it and that takes forever. He comes back to ask if we want anything else and how was everything and I say "it wasn't what we were expecting and I'll take the check." He didn't say a word and just left the check. Normally I tip very well but this guy got 15% b/c he stunk.
What kills me is the managers were walking around and they could see our table was empty, no waiter, etc, etc and they didn't do anything either. The bill came to $179 and I was so bummed b/c it wasn't worth 1/2 of that. If my meal was great as well as the service I wouldn't care what the bill would have cost. All I kept thinking was "I could have gotten a lot of godzilla maki for $204 (that was w/ tip).
My feeling is if you don't want to do RW then don't do it. Don't ignore your customers b/c we are part of RW. Don't let your waiters ignore RW customers. Don't change the menu (I can understand if you run out of something but that wasn't the case). It was poorly, poorly managed and i will not go back again. It's their loss b/c we eat out a lot as do our friends and we are big on recommendations but if I recommend this place to you I must not like you! It was a total thumbs down.
Did i mention the music was blaring so loudly that we were sitting in our tent and still couldn't here each other??? I don't think I would do a dinner for RW again.. that is how dissapointing last night was.
Diesel (rave)
Glad to hear that the service has gotten better in that regard. We haven't been in a while (moved to Roslindale about 2.5 yrs ago) . It bummed me out about how I was treated there because I used to like the food and the space itself.
