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 ›
Food & Restaurants
Chinese food in Greater Boston, then and now
A shout-out for Richard Auffrey, the Passionate Foodie, whose blog by that name has been providing thorough and accurate info about food and wine for almost 20 years! In particular, I want to commend him for his numerous posts about… Read More ›
Dumpling Kitchen
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
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 ›
Special anniversary dinner at Tavolo
Last night Barbara and I had a delicious early dinner at Tavolo to celebrate our 44th anniversary. (No, we’re not old.) Barbara started with a gorgeous burrata that came with a prosciutto-wrapped peach, arugula, and aged balsamic dressing. I skipped… Read More ›
Milkweed in Dot
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
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
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?
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!
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
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 ›
The traditional mid-day Christmas dinner…
…at Chau Chow today: Yum, yum!
Dinner at Henrietta’s
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 ›
Duck!
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
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 ›
Apparently a book review: What is Château Rock?
Read the book! But read this review first. (I know that some people don’t like to read reviews first, but be assured that you won’t find any spoilers here.) First, though, take this one-question multiple-choice quiz: What do you think… Read More ›
Trying new (to us) dishes at Tavolo
So often, it seems, we get the same menu items at Tavolo. That’s because they’re so good! But it was time to try something new. Not to jump right into new things, however, we started with our traditional kale Caesar… Read More ›
dBar
Lovely anniversary dinner yesterday out on the patio at dBar! (Zeus must have approved, because it stopped raining just before we got there, and it didn’t pick up again until we got home.) It was hard to know what to… Read More ›
Think globally, shop locally.
My new glasses were ready, so Barbara and I made the brief trek down to Eye & Eye. As we have good parking karma, a legal parking spot opened up for us right in front of Eye & Eye on… Read More ›
Trying some possibly new menu items at Tavolo
These items were new to me, but may or may not be new to the Tavolo menu. In any case, Barbara and I felt a sudden need to have dinner at Tavolo last night, so of course we had to… Read More ›
Learning Strategies 