Cho Cho's!

Last night I picked-up dinner so we had time to eat before Ann had her back-saving massage at Sollievo.

I walked to Porter Exchange and got takeout from a delicious Korean restaurant, Cho Cho's. We enjoyed:

Pajon - Scallion pancake with zuccini, summer squash, green and red pepper
Bulgoki Combo - Marinated beef served with mixed green salad, dumplings, shumai and steamed vegetables. White rice and miso soup.

Plenty of food and very tasty. I particularly like their orange-colored salad dressing... and of course the beef. But truth to tell, their food is better when you eat in. Especially the pajon which had lost its crispiness. Still, a tasty treat!

Berryline

On Tuesday I swung by and picked-up up a pint of the scrumptious original flavor frozen yogurt from Berryline in Porter Square.  Glad to have a store closer than the one in Harvard Square.

One of Ann's favorites, and I thought she deserved a tasty treat. Topped it with defrosted frozen pineapple from Trader Joe's.

I've tasted numerous versions of the tangy-style frozen yogurt, and declare Berryline the best!
Lesser cups in the Bosto area include:
BoYO Natural Frozen Yogurt
YoTango at J.P. Licks

Restaurants in 2009

Notable restaurants I ate at in 2009.

Cragie on Main (What a tasting menu!)
Fore Street Restaurant (Worth a trip to Portland, ME)
Great Bay (Now defunct)
Hammersley's Bistro (awesome chicken!)
Henrietta's Table (Thanksgiving)
Le Champlain Restaurant, Le Chateau Frontenac (When in Quebec City be sure to get the flambe!)
Maggiano's Little Italy (Annual Christmas Pilgrimage)
Oleanna (always a hit!)
Sel de la Terre (surprisingly bad service)
Scampo (quite tasty)
Teatro (Antipasto for two!)
Ten Tables Cambridge (with Adam Borden)

The Oak Room Restaurant

Ann and I had lunch today at the Oak Room Restaurant. Shared:

French Onion Soup
Maine Seared Crab Cake, red pepper coulis
Maine Lobster Roll, French Fries
Aged New York Strip (12oz.), Melot demi glaze sauce, mashed potatoes, asparagus spears

Delicious meal, especially the well-seasoned steak!

We used a Groupon coupon which gave us a terrific deal.

Also discovered they have a lunch special for $20.09. The Chef's Express Menu is four-course meal served on one plate, choice of soup, salad, entree, & dessert. We'll have to go back and try it since one option is a 5 oz NY Strip.

Some Much Food, So Little Time

Sorry about not posting!!!

I've eaten a lot place since I lasted posted. I can take both Speed Dog and Hamersley's Bistro off the list of places to try. Both delicious!

For a conference at work I helped put together a list of restaurants in the area. Discovered that of the 71 places, I'd been to 66. Only 5 left to go!

In Tibet, the beef is better

Last night, Ann and I had dinner with our friends Adam and Mary at Rangzen Tibetan Restaurant in Cambridge's Central Square. The food was quite good, if a bit pricey. All of the beef dishes were superior to the chicken or vegetarian ones. Perhaps we should have heeded the advice of our waiter who said that chicken wasn't very traditional in Tibetan cuisine. We ordered:

- TSEL MOMO (steamed)

Handmade vegetable dumplings filled with cabbage, spinach, tofu, garlic & ginger. Served with a small bowl of soybean soup or lentil soup.

- LANGSHA MOMO (1/2 order, steamed) 
Handmade minced beef dumplings mixed with spinach, cabbage, ginger, garlic & cilantro.

- CHHASHA MOMO (1/2 order, steamed)

Handmade chicken dumplings filled with minced chicken, spinach, cabbage, ginger & garlic.

- PHINGSHA 

Beef with bean thread noodles cooked with black mushroom & potato, ginger and garlic

- CHHASHA CURRY

Chicken cut into pieces cooked with potatoes, tomato, onion, turmeric powder, cumin, curry & herbs

- In addition, we had some brown rice and also white rice. I also had a mango lassi. (Couldn't resist!) 

Bertucci's Express Lunch Pasta

Wow... time flies when you aren't posting. I had lunch today with Victor at Bertucci's. I had the mediocre rigatoni abruzzi: Roasted peppers and sweet Italian sausage in a mildly spicy plum tomato sauce. I knew it was mistake, but ordered it anyways. I don't think I've ever been satisfied with their pasta. I did my best to convince the waiter to have the ritatoni baked in the clay oven. He would have none of it. Victor had the lasagna and seemed to enjoy it. Probably the best part of the meal is salad and extra hot rolls that come free with lunch. Yummy steaming rolls dipped in olive oil, cheese, and spices.