I turned 24 last week and to celebrate my best friend took me out for some drinks, after our annual trip to the painfully glittery So Good store on Newbury Street for a painfully glittery birthday tiara. Our destination was to be Lolita Cocina & Tequila Bar, a bawdy, kinky, Red Light District style “taboo…
Last weekend for my father (fellow Aquarius)’s birthday, we went to Swish Shabu, a Japanese hot pot and sushi place that moved into my hood recently, taking the place of the late Umi, which was one of my three beloved Peterborough St. restaurants that burned down on that fateful day in 2009. The restaurants on…
Last night a friend of mine convinced me to leave behind the nauseating couple laden Back Bay Fens, and treck it out to Dorchester for dinner and drinks at Ashmont Grill, located in Peabody Square right near the T-station. The ride out to Ashmont actually took about one third of the time I was expecting it to…
The other night my mom and I decided to have a much-needed girls’ night and, having heard good things about The Salty Pig near Back Bay Station, we decided to give it a go. Although it is technically one of what I think is way too many pig-parts-are-now-cool charcuterie and booze places, with a very…
One faithful night a few weeks back some friends and I stumbled out of The Kinsale and into this little place called Saus, a quaint hole-in-the-wall type eatery tucked into cobblestoned Union Street, near Faneuil Hall. The place dedicates itself to Belgian late-night drunk food – pommes frites and poutine, frikandel and Liege waffles. The…
Back in the West, I am less of a Westerner than I was in the Orient. I’m surrounded by authentic and inexpensive trattorias and enotecas, by bakeries with crusty sourdough bread and housemade marmelade, and on almost every corner of every street there is a privately owned little cafe in which every single employee knows…
I’d heard many great things about Toro, Ken Oringer’s Barcelona-style tapas joint in the South End and, having already had a wonderful meal at Toro’s Italian sister enoteca, I decided the other night to try it out with a friend. It was finally the right time to do so, as this friend had recently gotten…
A horrible rainy Sunday morning in Boston but a friend is here visiting, so brunch is in order. The pristine outdoor dining of Back Bay and the always-a-bonus people watching associated with it is out of the question. We need somewhere warm and cozy, where we can wait out the downpour and continue sightseeing in…
Feeling particularly giddy after learning how to properly prepare (and consume…) four delicious gin cocktails at the very well organized and fabulous Hendrick’s Gin tasting last week, I was feeling like a light bite to eat. The tasting was held in one of the private “classrooms” in the back of Catalyst Restaurant, located deep within…
Recently I had dinner at Penang Malaysian Cuisine in Boston’s Chinatown. It’s a pretty cool place made to look like a bit like tropical Malaysia without being too tacky or gimmick-driven. Despite its high capacity, it was packed by 7pm on a Saturday night. The menu was a nice blend of Chinese, Indian and typically Malaysian…
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