December 2010
11 posts
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Piada - New York City, NY
I have gone around the world and have sampled almost every variant of the cheese sandwich known to man, but one variant I have never discussed is the Italian cheese sandwich. No… Not, pizza. I refer instead to piadina, the Italian flatbread sandwich which comes from the Romagna region of Italy (also famous for parmesan cheese, basalmic vinegar, and spaghetti bolognese). My friend Hakeem is...
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Bomboloni - New York City, New York
Anybody that knows me well knows that I cannot say “no” to a donut. And that I spell doughnuts “donuts”. Hakeem told me about a place that he reviewed for a website that he writes for (which I have also guest-contributed) called Nuok.com. If you want to read Hakeem’s novice attempt at restaurant criticism, go here. But if you want the real scoop about the Italian donuttiere - Bomboloni,...
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Blossom Vegan Restaurant and Cafe - New York City,...
It’s rare that I actually eat at an actual vegetarian restaurant (as in a restaurant that only makes vegetarian dishes). This is primarily because there are so few restaurants that only serve vegetarian food, and most vegetarian restaurants are a little to “granola” for my liking. I try to avoid any place that serves flax and wheat germ-based dishes. Nevertheless, Hakeem and Chamique decided to...
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La Bonne Soupe - New York City, NY
Brunch in New York is a curious phenomenon, as it appears that city denizens (citizens?) cannot operate over the weekend without having brunch and discussing the stupid drunken tomfoolery they performed the previous night. Because I’m always staying with Hakeem and Chamique as a married couple, the tomfoolery discussions are quite mundane. Although there was one time… Nope… I don’t...
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Jay Bo Pizza - Boston, MA
Sometimes you make mistakes in life, sometimes you may great mistakes, and sometimes you make colossal mistakes (ask George W. Bush). One day, Kenny and I decided to go grab some falafel from Falafel King (always a good idea). However, I was noticing recently, that I haven’t tried a new restaurant in the Downtown Crossing area in a while, so I thought, why not go a little further in the terrible...
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Middle East - Cambridge, MA
In the quest to try and review restaurants in Boston that are vegetarian friendly, I often just walk by a place with no rhyme or reason other than that I need to review a restaurant, so I just go in so I have something to review. One such place that I stumbled upon was the Middle East in Central Square. The Middle East is more notably famous for being a music venue for bigg-ish musical acts (in...
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McCormick and Schmick's Happy Hour - Boston, MA
Every Friday afternoon, my work has a happy hour with free food and is a good opportunity to hang out with work colleagues. Each laboratory in the department rotates responsibility for hosting the happy hour, and over the last 3-4 months, the quality of the happy hour has gone down dramatically, with many labs forgetting about it or not doing it, instead offering a breakfast happy hour the...
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RF O'Sullivan's - Somerville, MA
I am on a trivia team called “Sweep the Leg” (of Karate Kid fame), and we are as dominant in the local pub trivia scene as Kobra Kai dojo was in Southern California karate during the late 80’s. One trivia night that we were told was good was at RF O’Sullivans, which is quite close to me (the superstar) and Vernon (the captain). So, we urged our teammates to come out and try it.
I had been...
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D'Guru - Boston, MA
Getting good Indian food in Boston is practically impossible, unless you go to my Uncle’s house, or I am cooking (it’s possible other households make good Indian food, but I can’t confirm this). But since we’re not close friends (well, we’re as close as blogger-follower relationship affords us to be), you’re probably never going to get good Indian food in Boston. However, every once...
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My Second Cheese Sandwich - One Year Anniversary!
Well, today marks my 1 year anniversary doing this blog, and after writing 184 times about my dining experience, I would like to say thanks to all 35-40 people that read this blog every day, and come back hoping the next that I’ll have written something. I’m sorry that I usually disappoint you the second day, but usually I get you back on day 3. I hope you’ve enjoyed reading my...
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Grill Kabob - Washington, DC
Around the National Mall area, there are not a lot of great restaurants, unless you like overpriced steakhouses. Charles and I spent the day in confused bewilderment on the mall, and left trying to find someplace to eat. We finally stumbled upon a food court, that had was packed with tourists, and the only place that had a short line was a Mediterranean place called Grill Kabob. Nothing says...