Dorchester/Boston

Thai Oishii

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Looking at the name of this Dorchester restaurant, your first thought is that its cuisine must be Thai. It’s right in the name after all! But then you realize that the second word, oishii, is clearly Japanese, not Thai (we… Read More ›

Dumpling Kitchen

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Yum! Barbara and I enjoyed a truly delicious dinner yesterday evening from Dumpling Kitchen in Mattapan, a new-to-us Chinese restaurant. We started with three flavorful appetizers: har gow, Peking ravioli, and scallion pancakes. Each was better than the next, and… Read More ›

Totto Ramen

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Lovely light lunch yesterday at Totto Ramen, at the corner of the South Bay mall in Dorchester. Char Siu Bao (for Barbara) and Miso Ramen (for me). These left enough room for a stop at JP Licks on the way… Read More ›

Milkweed in Dot

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Barbara and I enjoyed brunch today at the brand-new Dorchester branch of Milkweed! Barbara had the “traditional home-made hash,” which came with two sunny-side-up eggs, grilled Roma tomatoes, and sourdough toast — such a generous portion that she had to… Read More ›

Via Cannuccia

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After a long —long for no particular reason — hiatus, Barbara and I went back to Via Cannuccia last night for a special dinner. As we had expected, the food was exceptional. We started by sharing a delicious and very… Read More ›

El Barrio

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We don’t get food from El Barrio often enough, considering that it’s right in the neighborhood, as the name suggests. In fact, the original branch is less than one short block away from us! Last night we wanted tacos and… Read More ›

Twice in the same month?

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But Barbara and I had just gone to Tavolo last week! So, you ask, why did we have to go there again yesterday? Because it was Buck-a-Shuck, of course! Starters were easy. We shared a kale-Caesar-salad-without-kale (which came pre-split by… Read More ›

And it’s back to Tavolo!

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Dinner at Tavolo was delicious as always, even though service was unusually (but unavoidably) slow because it turned out to be much busier than usual for a Thursday evening. Barbara started with the steamed mussels, which came with fennel, garlic,… Read More ›

Tavolo

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It’s been a long time since we’ve been to Tavolo, largely due to weather and not being able to drive after dark. The solution today was to go to brunch! They were serving the regular dinner menu along with their… Read More ›

Abigail: A better photo

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Abigail complained that the photo I posted a few days ago did not make it clear that she is a beautiful princess, so I took a better picture right now while she sat on her royal purple blanket:

Dinner at Henrietta’s

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Barbara and I just got back from the middle-of-the-day Thanksgiving dinner buffet at Henrietta’s in Cambridge (in the Charles Hotel, if you’re not familiar with it). Henrietta is a pig, by the way. No comment on that, please. This all… Read More ›

Santa

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So here I was at CVS, waiting patiently to pick up a prescription, right behind a mother and child, when I heard the kid (maybe four years old or so) exclaim: Mama, mama, look, look! Santa is black! I looked… Read More ›

Duck!

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Duck and lamb are my two favorite entrées to ask for in restaurants, but most of the time I just don’t find them on menus. Sure, you can usually find duck on a fancy French menu, or lamb on any… Read More ›

Buck-a-shuck

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It was monthly buck-a-shuck at Tavolo yesterday. We went early, which is always a good idea. Barbara had 18 oysters — the first photo below shows just the first 12! — along with focaccia and half of a Kale Caesar… Read More ›