Beer and bar-food after a seemingly endless workday. Where to do it? Well anywhere you can really. A frosty pint of fizzy brew and a warm, salty fried thing dipped in sauce in a dimly lit, comfortable pub feels like ambrosia after 8 hours parked in a desk-chair in a mercilessly fluorescent room in front of a screen full of mind-numbing…
Red Bean Shaved Ice KAKIGORI? PATBINGSU? BAO BING? SNOW CONE? Foumami’s done it yet again. Amidst the countless identical soup-salad-sandwich places frequented by countless identical suit-tie-loafers businessmen looking for a rushed “artesenal” BLT or “country-style” white bean soup sparkles this singular gem of clean, simple, super-flavorful (?Pan-)Asian lunch alternatives. Their sandwiches are made with fresh Shao…
A gentleman took me on a date one night to Craigie on Main and I finally got the chance to try their legendary Chef’s Tasting Menu. It started with simple, bite-sized thoughts, followed by a series of more complex concepts materializing perfectly on our plates. Zesty, yet delicate cocktails prepared by famously talented mixologists periodically intervened like products…
Tipsy from July 4th weekend day-drinking and movie-hopping in Harvard Square? No? Well either way, a slice or three at OTTO Pizza will definitely hit the spot. I remembered the hype when this place opened but since I’m generally jaded when it comes to pizza (too many greasy, late-night catastrophes to count), I didn’t try…
Top of the Hub’s innovative, always-changing but always-satisfying menu is simply worth both the price and the bitchy treatment you will inevitably receive from the prim little-black-dress clad hostesses working there if you neglect to make a reservation. (As someone who just doesn’t do reservations that often but likes to spontaneously drop in on places…
Mare Takes on the Tuna Tartare The tuna tartare at Mare in the North End is definitely not the best I’ve ever had, but not bad. The tiny chunks of fish were tender and very flavorful. However, I felt that the capers and kalamata olives were not the best combination, as they seemed to be fighting…
Dali is lively, welcoming and romantic Spanish tapas bar in Cambridge and is a well-known and well-liked place among Harvarders to bring a date. I can see why. The sangria is phenomenal, the atmosphere relaxing yet elegant and the menu is full of tasty, funky little 5-bite, small plate dishes some of which are extremely hard…
Lamb, eggplant, tomato and cream – quaint little Istanbul’lu in Teele Sq. does Turkish comfort food correct. Though the menu is not exactly the most versatile thang on the block, if you’re in the mood for a stewy mélange of these particularly well-juxtaposed ingredients, look no further. Istanbu’lu serves them up in a number of creative, home-made Turkish…
Webster’s Dictionary defines “sandwich” as “two slices of bread with meat, jelly, cheese, or some other filling between them.” But does this description really do it justice? Is a sandwich just that, two slices of bread with stuff in between? Is it really just a plebeian lazy-food slapped together with minimal time, effort or ingenuity invested? Any…
Joanne Chang and Christopher Myers have truly altered Boston’s notoriously flat culinary landscape. First came Flour Bakery and Cafe, which seemed to instantly became the favorite lunch-spot of many, and then Myers + Chang, a funky little Asian fusion indie diner on the edge of the South End. The menu is composed of a wide…
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