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Non-gourmet Food Trucks
So what you are saying is that the Hong Kong needs a food cart?
SF Hound Arriving 4/27 - Would appreciate advice
fwiw- if you sit at the little curved oyster bar in the old part of the restaurant they shuck to order for you. A cold harpoon and a dozen half shells is a great experience there. If you can't get a seat at that bar, move on to greener pastures because as the previous poster mentioned, they are all preshucked and the rest of the food sucks.
Pizza slices: variety & high quality?
Leones in Winter Hill is fantastic for sicilian squares and has a big variety at lunch time. I think the selection is limited in the evening though. Cash only.
Szechuan Peppercorns- Who piles them on?
Chili Garden in Medford always leaves my mouth tingly and I have a pretty high tolerance. Try the cilantro and green pepper salad for some real zing.
ISO: Davis Square restaurant- Sat. lunch, good for conversation
PJ Ryans, Foundrey on Elm(can get loud but generally not bad at lunch), Diva
The Burren would be good for conversation but I wouldn't reccomend eating there.
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Burren
247 Elm St, Somerville, MA 02144
PJ Ryan's
239 Holland St, Somerville, MA 02144
October 2011 Openings and Closings
Kee Kar Lau an americanized chinese joint in Teele burnt down on saturday night. Not going to send waves through the boston dining community but for those of us who live in Teele, we will have to learn do without our 2 am eggroll fix.
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Kee Kar Lau Restaurant
1158 Broadway, Somerville, MA 02144
Rodizio/Churrascaria: What's best these days?
I've been very happy with Oasis in Medford lately.
Pho Hoa Malden - Banh Mi now available at lunch
I work in everett and while there are lots of great places to eat lunch nearby, the one thing I've always missed/craved was the ability to grab a banh mi at lunch. Trekking to chinatown has been done but after ending up with a $52.50 sandwich($50 parking ticket, 2.50 banh mi), that stopped. Went to pho hoa today and lo and behold they had a sign out front advertising banh mi for lunch.
At 4.50 the sandwich was a little pricier than I'd like but still a good deal. The amount of meat on the sandwich was more than what you would get in chinatown but less then on the bon mi food truck version. I got the pork and it came with seasoned grilled pork that had a nice char, pate, and the usual veggie accoutrements. The bread was perhaps a tad too crusty/hard for my taste but not by much.
This new sandwich combined with their excellen pho means that I'll be getting over to pho hoa more often.
Cuban Sandwich
Dave's Fresh Pasta in Davis Sq
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Dave's Fresh Pasta
81 Holland St, Somerville, MA 02144
Best breakfast sandwich?
I go to MM&B almost every weekend due to proximity but wouldn't recommend anyone to make a trip to it.
Oysters Cambridge/Somerville Sat night
Foundrey on Elm in Davis has Oysters. Usually 2 or 3 varieties. Gets hoppin in there on a saturday so reservations are definitely in order.
6/9/10 The Clam Box of Ipswich: NOW I Get It: Unquestionably the Best!
I love clam box for their chowder, scallops, and other fried things but have been seriously underwhelmed by their clams. I've found them lacking flavor and the bellies always to be small.
If i'm going to take the 50 minute drive I'll head south to Oxford Creamery in Mattapoisett or Kool Kone in Wareham
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Oxford Creamery
98 County Rd, Mattapoisett, MA 02739
September 2011 Openings and Closings
Masala Indian & Nepalese in Teele is supposed to open today. They finally took the paper off the window. Didn't think it would ever open as it has been under construction for like a year.
going to chinatown tonight need some suggestions
Peach Farm - Salt and Pepper Fried Shrimp scooped live from the tank.
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Peach Farm
4 Tyler St, Boston, MA 02111
CSA Rating
I do Parker Farm and would rate it a 3 this year. It was a 5 last year. The main reason for the drop is that there is much less variety this go round. Quality of the vegetables is still very high.
Somerville/Davis Square: 3 Superlative Dishes?
Wanted to add Fish & Chips at PJ Ryans which has very good pub food and one of the better versions of F & C that I've had in the area. MUCH better than the Burren's version.
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Burren
247 Elm St, Somerville, MA 02144
PJ Ryan's
239 Holland St, Somerville, MA 02144
Somerville/Davis Square: 3 Superlative Dishes?
woops meant fried pickles with jalapenos. I might ask for a straight up order of fried jalapenos next time tho!
Southern Barbecue in Boston? Oxymoron?
Just heard about this place. Not too far from work. Will check out soon and report.
Excellent Fried Clams?
Havent' loved the clams at kellys. The bellies are always too small. The scallops on the other hand, have been perfect. The reuben is also surprisingly good.
Somerville/Davis Square: 3 Superlative Dishes?
My experience is at the davis location as well. They keep a tub of liquid lipid warming on the grill and the tortilla gets a little dunk right before it goes on.
Somerville/Davis Square: 3 Superlative Dishes?
For my preference, Chili Garden is superior to Qingdao. Quingdao is still draws me in for their dumplings and cumin lamb which is forgettable at CG. For serious sichuan though, Chili Garden rules. Avoid the americanized side of the menu at all costs, they don't even try to do it well.
Recomendations-
Apps: pork tripe, Beef Toungue with peppercorn oil, cilantro/green pepper salad, rabbit
Mains: double cooked pork belly, ma po tofu, dry diced chicken with chili pepper
I haven't dug as deep into the menu as i would like because I don't get it that often and crave the dishes above when I do.
Somerville/Davis Square: 3 Superlative Dishes?
Redbones:
Fried Jalepenos
Jerk Beef Sandwich (caution: very spicy!)
Posto:
Mushroom Polenta
Chicken Mousse
Istanbulu:
Anything with eggplant
Flatbread Pizza:
Pulled Pork pizza
Brownie Sundae
Delivery: Chili Garden - Double Cooked Pork Belly(!), Cilantro/Pepper Salad, Ma Po Tofu
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Redbones
55 Chester St, Somerville, MA 02144
Somerville/Davis Square: 3 Superlative Dishes?
boca grande does this as well although somewhat less successfully. They do not wrap their quesadillas as tightly as annas though so it ends up being more of a fork and knife type of dish. I've only been once but if were to go back I'd prob ask them to give it a tighter wrap or maybe get it to go so it could be eaten in hand.
Somerville/Davis Square: 3 Superlative Dishes?
That is exactly what i'm saying. Just ask for everything that you would normaly get on a burrito. They don't default to putting rice on. The ends aren't sealed quite as tight as the normal burrito so they are slightly more prone to leakage. Best to leave the foil on and peel back as you eat.
I myself thought anna's was super overated unti i jumped on the quesadilla bandwagon.
Somerville/Davis Square: 3 Superlative Dishes?
I'm pretty sure they put the same amount of cheese on the burrito as they do on a quesadilla unless you specifically ask otherwise. They also roll their quesadillas into a burrito shape so it is not like you are getting the typical flat folded over thing. Service can be rushed but other than that i've never had a problem with special requests. I almost always have them chop up a habenero for me and they are always happy to do so. I do agree with you that the steak (and chicken) leave something (a lot) to be desired but find the carnitas, toungue, and pastor to be completely delicious.
Somerville/Davis Square: 3 Superlative Dishes?
I suspect many of the anna's haters have never gone for the quesadilla. I get mine filled with everything that i normally would in a burrito. Half toungue/Half carnitas is sublime.
Chicken place - Middleboro
If you are referring to Huckleberry's Chicken House right off the highway, I believe they are now closed.
Casual weeknight birthday in Boston/Cambridge/Somerville?
Posto in Davis sounds like it would be a fit. Good wine program and cocktails.
Seeking Boston's BEST Brownie Sundae.
Flatbread company in somerville makes a terrific brownie sunday. Fresh baked brownie, local ice cream(can't remember which brand). My s.o. likes it so much she has been known to order it as an appetizer.
