What a face! |
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Lunch at Daily Catch
Today I got a craving for pasta, and we came to Daily Catch in North End. Their website says it opens at 11 am, so we arrived at on time, but actually it opens at noon and we had to kill one hour at Caffe Vittoria, just across from the restaurant. They should correct errors on their website!! |
I ordered latte. |
And my husband ordered cappuccino. And I couldn't resist ordering Napoletane (although we would eat lunch soon)... |
The bread did not look appealing, but was not too bad. |
The calamari scampi. The calamari was tender and the garlic-y, buttery sauce was very good. |
This is the calamari and clam pasta (white sauce). It was served in a pan. |
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Brunch at Winsor Dim Sum Café
The beef tripe with ginger and scallion. This was for my husband. |
The steamed shrimp and chive dumplings. The skin was very thin and it contained lots of shrimp - very good! |
The steamed shrimp rice noodle. If you request, you can get scallions and cilantro infused into the noodle. |
I thought I ordered the steamed char siu buns, but the one we were served was the baked buns - I guess I ordered wrong. |
I'd never had the baked bun version before, but this was not bad, either. |
The sampan congee. It had dried squid, pork, etc. |
The pork and shrimp dumplings. This was just OK. |
The steamed custard buns. |
The custard could have been smoother, but the skin was soft and airy and I liked it. |
The clams with black bean sauce. |
Monday, February 20, 2012
Dinner at Highland Kitchen
Tonight we came to Highland Kitchen, one of our favorite restaurants in the Boston area, for dinner. It is always crowded, so we arrived early (~6:30 pm) but all tables was already totally occupied and we had to wait awhile. |
My husband ordered Narragansett. |
The crispy pork belly. It was really crispy, not fatty at all, and tasted very good as well. |
The fried clams. Clams were very big and had very rich, creamy flavors. |
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Dinner at Catalyst
Today we came to Catalyst, which opened last year in Cambridge, for dinner. It is located very close to where my husband works, but this was the first time for him (and to me) to visit here. |
The interior was very simple and relatively spacious, so I felt very comfortable. |
The bread was ordinary and nothing special. |
My husband drank Sankaty Lager (Cisco Brewers) from Nantucket. |
For the dessert, we shared the pear-almond financier with house made crème fraiche ice cream and candied almonds. This was nothing to write home about. Overall, it good, but not amazing. At this price point, I can find better restaurants. I may come back for lunch or brunch in the future...
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Brunch at Jo Jo Taipei
Today we came to JoJo Taipei for brunch. First we ordered the sweet soy milk. When we order soy milk at most of the Taiwanese restaurants, we are usually served lukewarm milk (which I don't like), so I always ask it extra hot, but I've never got the hot one. And again, I got the lukewarm one although I asked it very hot... I wonder Taiwanese people do not drink (very) hot milk... I asked my husband but he doesn't mind the warm one and has never paid attention... SO I am not sure.. |
Soy milk has to be accompanied by a fried dough... |
The soup with calamari balls. It had a lot of vegetables and calamari balls and was tasty. |
The sliced pig ear with chili oil. I love the texture of pig ear and ate almost all by myself... |
I love the seaweed salad at Chung Shin Yuan, so ordered it here as well. But it was different from what I expected. This was the "Japanese" style seaweed salad (although to me this is more like American-Japanese). A bit disappointed.... |
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Brunch at Posto
Today we came to Posto in Somerville for brunch. We visited here before for dinner but were very disappointed. But I thought that brunch would be OK, so we gave it another try. Similar to Aquitaine, this restaurant also serves prix-fixe brunch menu ($15) with coffee, orange juice, a cinnamon roll and an entree. |
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)