 今日はいつも大人気のお店、南北風味 (Gourmet Dumpling House) へ久しぶりにやって来ました。待つのを覚悟していたのですが運良く最後の1席をゲット。テーブル間は超狭く、人一人通るのも一苦労の小さなお店です。太った人は多分テーブルの間を通り抜けることはできません。Today we visited Gourmet Dumpling House, a very popular restaurant in China Town. I was preparing for a long wait, but luckily we could get the last table. |
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 今日は South End にあるお気に入りのレストランのひとつ、Myers + Chang へブランチを食べにやって来ました。Today we came for brunch to Myers + Chang, one of our favorite restaurants in South End. |
 外の席に座ったので Poirot も一緒です。We sat outside, so Poirot could stay with us. |
 まず運ばれてきたのはお豆腐とセロリのサラダ。さっぱりしていて今日のような暑い日にはぴったりのお料理。The first dish was the celery + tofu salad. Very light and refreshing - perfect dish on a hot day like today. |
 これは私のお気に入り、グリーンパパイヤのサラダ。これもさっぱりしているのですがピリ辛でナンプラー入りのソースがシャキシャキのグリーンパパイヤとよく合います。This is one of my favorite dishes, the green papaya slaw. I love its dressing with fish sauce and some hot peppers - very good with the crunch green papaya. |
 そして夫のお気に入り、目玉焼きとベーコン入りのベトナム風サンドイッチ。毎回注文してもやっぱりおいしい!And this is my husband's favorite, fried egg banh mi w/sweet soy glazed bacon. We always order this dish, and it always tastes good! |
 次々に運ばれてくるお料理を物欲しそうに見つめる Poirot。あなたは残念ながら食べられません。犬用のクッキーあげるから我慢してね。Poirot was expecting us to give him something but didn't get any - he looked very sad. Well, nothing you can eat, Poirot! Instead, I gave him a few doggie cookies. |
 そしてこれは鴨肉と生姜風味のさくらんぼソースの割包。甘いさくらんぼソースはユニークですが、鴨肉には好相性。And this is the stuffed bao with duck and gingered cherries. The gingered cherries were sweet and very unique, but went very well with duck meat. |
 さらにお茶の葉でスモークされたポークリブも注文。お肉は超柔らかくてお箸でつかむとぽろぽろと骨からはがれます。We also ordered the tea smoked ribs. The meat is sooo tender that we could easily remove it from the bones with the chopsticks. |
 そして最後に運ばれてきたのがサツマイモチップス。これはまあ普通の味でした。でもいつ来てもやっぱりおいしいです。And lastly came the sweet potato chips + roasted garlic dip. This was not too special. But overall, we were very satisfied with their dishes as usual. |
 食後はいつも行くドッグパークへ。最初は大きな犬しかいなくて私達の所から離れない Poirot。After the brunch, we went to the nearby dog park. At first, only big dogs were there and Poirot did not want to stay away from us... |
 でもしばらくすると2匹のパグちゃんがやって来ました!But soon after, two pugs came to the park! |
 Poirot は他の犬と遊ぶよりも人間と一緒にいるほうが好きなのですが、パグだけは別。早速3匹で遊び始めます。Generally Poirot prefers playing with humans to playing with other dogs, but pugs are the exception - he is very interested in other pugs. As soon as thees two pugs came in, Poirot started playing with them. |
 そこへ元気いっぱいのフレンチブルドッグの赤ちゃん (生後4ヶ月) 登場!Then a very active French bulldog (4 months old) showed up! |
 この子犬ちゃんはなぜか Poirot が気に入った様で、Poirot にキス攻撃。I don't know why, but this little puppy liked Poirot and gave him a lot of kisses. |
 Poirot はどうしていいのかわからず固まってました~。周りの飼い主さんたちはみんな笑ってました。Poirot didn't know how to handle the puppy, and he was totally frozen~. Peoples around them were all smiling at them. |
 今日は近くまで来たついでに久しぶりに石庫門 (Shanghai Gate) でお昼ご飯を食べることにしました。Today we stopped at Shanghai Gate for lunch after finishing some errands in the neighborhood. |
 白菜拌干絲 (白菜とお豆腐を胡麻油で和えた物)。これは超薄味で、私にはちょっと物足りない感じ。This is the sliced napa cabbage and dried tofu in sesame oil. I tasted only sesame oil - I prefer it with a little bit of saltiness.... |
 薺菜肉絲年糕 (お餅の薄切りと豚肉、葱 (?) を炒めたもの)。これは私の好物。The sliced rice cake sauteed with pork and Chinese leek. This is my favorite dish at this restaurant. |
 これは夫の同僚お勧めの腌篤鮮 (豚肉、ベーコン、お豆腐、筍入りのスープ)。うわ~、これはかなり苦手な味。スープ自体はあっさり塩味なのですが、それが豚肉の臭みを引き立ててる感じ。生姜か何か、臭い消しになるものが入ってればよかったのですが。夫もあまり気に入らなかったようですがそれでもがんばって一人で食べてました。かなり残してしまいましたが。My husband heard from his colleague that this soup (lean pork, bacon, tofu, bumboo shoots in broth) was tasty, so we ordered it - but unfortunately this was not for me... The soup itself was very light, but this light flavor seeped to enhance the (not good) smell of pork. I wished ginger or something similar had been in it to get rid of the smell. I don't think my husband liked it, either, but he had several bowls (but we did not finish most of it). |
 これは唐辛子入りの鳥の唐揚 (楽山川椒鶢)。これは普通においしかったです。このレストランには以前にも何回か来たことがありますが、どうやら私はあまり上海料理は好きではないようです。This is the fried chicken with cili pepper. This was spicy and good. We have visited this restaurant several times, but I realized that I don't like Shanghai cuisine very much (compared to Chinese food in other regions).... |
 今日はフードトラック (トラックを改造して屋台風にしたもの) のフェスティバルがあると聞いて、曇り空で肌寒い中 Greenway までやって来ました。ミニコンサートやフードコンテストもやってました (でもお天気のせいか聴衆は少なかったような…)。I heard that Mobile Food Festival were being held today, so we came to Greenway to try some out. Various activities including performances by local bands, food contests, etc., were also going on (although not so many people probably due to cloudy, cold weather). |
 全部で30店近くあったと思うのですが、私達はまず Mei Mei Street Kitchen という中華 (風) の屋台に挑戦。I think more around 30 food trucks were there. First we tried Mei Mei Street Kitchen, a Chinese-American food truck. |
 これはこごみの天麩羅。まずまずの味。This is the fiddlehead fern tempura. Not too bad. |
 こちらは自家製のパンに中華風の味付けをした豚肉をほぐしたものが挟まったサンドイッチ。これはどんな味だったかあまり印象に残ってません。This is the Chinese pulled pork on house baked bun - I don't remember how it tasted (not too impressibe, I guess). |
 次に試したのが Lobsta Love というロブスターの屋台。ここにはかなり人が並んでました。Next we went to Lobsta Love truck. Many people were making a line here. |
 ロブスタースライダーを注文したのですが、値段 ($6) の割りにかなり小さくてロブスターの味も普通。後で友人に聞いたところ、ロブスターのマカロニ&チーズがおいしいそうです。We ordered the lobster slider, but it was kind of small for the price ($6), and the lobster was just OK. Later my friend told me that I should have tried their lobster mac & cheese... Maybe next time... |
 そしてさらに夫のリクエストにより、BBQ のお店、Redbones へやって来ました。My husband requested to try Redbones, a BBQ truck. |
 注文したのは多分セントルイススタイルのポークリブ。いろいろなソースが置いてあって、自分の好みのソースをつけて楽しむことができます。He ordered (I think) St. Luis style pork ribs. Many different kinds of sauce were also available to try (we had he moderately spicy sauce). |
 リブを見たとたん、Poirot 君の目がきら~っと光ました。As soon as he found out we got the ribs, Poirot's eyes became wide open and shinny! |
 何とかリブにありつこうと必死で背伸びしてテーブルの上を覗いています。このリブはとっても柔らかくてお肉がほろほろと骨からはずれ、おいしかったです。Poirot に食べ終わった後の骨をやったら大喜びでした。Poiro stretched as much as he could, hoping he could reach to our ribs on the table... The ribs were very tender and tasty (meat fell out from bone very, very easily). I gave Poirot one of the bones after I ate the meat, and he was sooo happy. |
 まだなんか物足りなかった私は次に Bon Me というベトナム料理の屋台へとやって来ました。I was still not very full, so tried another truck, Bon Me, which served Vietnamese cuisine. |
 ビーフンのサラダを頼み、いくつか選べる中からチキンをトッピングしてもらいました。これもまあ普通の味。フードトラックって値段の割りに質も量もいまいちで普通のレストランでお昼を食べるくらいお金を使ったので満足感はは余りありませんでした。お天気がよかったらもう少し楽しめたかも。I ordered the rice noodle salad with chicken. It was just OK, too. Food trucks, in general, serve over-priced mediocre foods (of course there are some exceptions), and I was not fully satisfied with the dishes we had today. Maybe it could have been a better experience if the weather had been nicer... |
 今日はケンブリッジにある East by Northeast へブランチを食べに来ました。以前一度夕食に来たことがあるのですが、夫があまり気に入らなかったのでそれ以来訪れてなかったのですが、ブランチなら大丈夫かなということで今回再挑戦してみました。Today we came to East by Northeast inCambridge for brunch. We visited here once for dinner a long time ago, but my husband didn't like it very much and hadn't come back since.. But I thought the brunch would be a low risk, so we gave it a try again. |
 まずは葱油餅のサンドイッチ。目玉焼きと自家製のハムが挟まってます。これはなかなかおいしいかも。ソースは胡椒が効いていて、サンドイッチによく合ってました。First we ordered the scallion pancake sandwich with a fried egg, house cured ham and peppercorn sauce - I liked this dish a lot. The sauce was a bit spicy and matched well with the sandwich. |
 これは饅頭のクルトンにポークのグレービーソースをかけたもの。ポーチドエッグも乗ってます。メニューには芽キャベツが付いてくるとあったのですが、出てきたのは海苔みたいな海藻でした。これは普通のクルトンと変わらない感じで、期待してたものとちょっと違いました。This is the creamy pork gravy, mantou bread croutons, and a poached egg. It was different than what I expected - the croutons were just like normal croutons (I couldn't tell they were made from mantou bread). |
 お次は豚肉、海老、玉葱入りの焼売。
焼売 自体は特別おいしくはありませんでしたが、にんじんのソースがちょっぴり甘くておいしい。Then we ordered the pork, shrimp, and spring onion shaomai with carrot ginger puree and black vinegar reduction. The shaomai itself was nothing special but I liked the carrot puree (slightly sweet) a lot. |
 最後にもうひとつ、厚切り麺を注文。エリンギ、コールラビという野菜、そしてポーチドエッグが入ってます。これも麺自体は普通でしたがスープとエリンギがおいしかったです。Thick-cut noodles with grilled king oyster mushrooms, poached egg, kohlrabi and poached egg in spiced vegetable broth. The noodles were just OK (I prefer more chewy texture), the mushroom was nicely charred and the broth was tasty. |
 食後に胡麻をまぶしたキャラメルが出てきました。やっぱり夫にとってはいまいちだったよう。彼にとっては中華料理というイメージがどうしても抜けないので、その割に値段が高めと言うことも気に入らない理由の一つのようです 。でもいい素材を使って全部手作りでやっているのでしょうがないとは思うんですけどね。After the meal caramels coated with sesames were served. My husband still didn't like it very much. One of the reasons could be relatively high prices (to him, this is the Chinese/Taiwanese restaurant and he couldn't help but comparing it to real Chinese restaurants where of course you can get much more food at much cheaper price). To me the high prices are understandable as I know they use very fresh and local/organic ingredients and everything is house-made. But I don't think I can convince him to come back here sometime soon... |
 今日は辛いものが食べたくて、でも遠くまで行くのはめんどくさかったので近所の中華料理店、瑞福酒家（Fuloon）で夕食を食べることにしました。Tonight I wanted to eat something spicy but didn't feel like traveling too far, so we went to a Chinese restaurant near our home, Fuloon. |
 回鍋肉。ここのはキャベツではなく、獅子唐っぽい唐辛子が入ってました。辛い中にも甘さがあって、見た目よりはおいしい!The double cooked pork. It was spicy but also had a hint of sweetness. It tasted better than it looked. |
 豆苗の炒め物。ニンニクが効いています。The sauteed pea sprouts. Very garlicky but good. |
 そしてこちらが四川水煮牛。これでもかというほどの唐辛子が器一杯に入っています。舌が痺れて感覚がなくなるほど辛い~!! これでしばらくは辛いもの食べなくても大丈夫です。The steamed beef Szechuan style. Incredible amount of chili peppers in the bowl... It was so spicy that my tongue was numb and I lost the sense of taste... I don't think I need to eat spicy food for quite a long time... |
