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“A lifestyle blog with a focus on my food adventures”

Monthly Archives: April 2014

30/04/14 Patty Chen’s Dumpling Room

Patty Chen’s dumping room has taken over the space that was formerly Pu Pu Hot Pot (insert giggle here). Patty opened Pu Pu Hot Pot in 1993 with her parents, and she and her husband, Mark Shulman, re-branded to the dumpling room in 2013. The restaurant only has about 10 tables and a communal high […]

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29/04/14 Snappy Ramen

Since we were on Newbury Street, we decided to pop into Snappy Ramen, formerly known as Snappy Sushi. We used to come here for lunch when we worked in the Back Bay – they have great grab and go sushi, and you can get brown rice sushi! The have a small upper balcony seating area […]

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28/04/14 El Centro Dos

El Centro is located in Brookline Village, near the Edible Arrangements store. The space is small, but a large mural and bright colors help open up the space. It’s fairly quiet on a weekday night, with about 3 other tables sat, but they were doing quite a bit of take out. I’m a glutton for […]

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25/04/14 Piperi

After enjoying my lunch at Piperi, I decided to stop in for dinner. It is much quieter at dinner time, and I kind of like that. Unfortunately I have missed Tim, the owner, I would have liked to have had a chance to chat with him. Americo greets me as warmly as he did when […]

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24/04/14 The Local – Wayland

We had been to The Local in Newton, and decided to try out the one in Wayland, a suburb west of Boston. While the dining room looks like it wasn’t crowded, the area on the other side of the bar was packed. The bar was hopping with people coming in to watch the game. Looking […]

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24/04/14 Soon Spoon

I received an email on Monday about a last minute pop up event on Tuesday hosted by SoonSpoon for a rare, small grower wine tasting (with bites from Uni). Never heard of SoonSpoon? They are new to the scene, run by Travis Lowry and Conor Clary.  You can reserve last minute tables at some of […]

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23/04/14 Silver Spoon Bakery

Mark and Bekka are getting married in a little less than a month! They went down to Rhode Island to try some macarons and while they were there, Bekka entered the cupcake contest that Silver Spoon was hosting. Here’s her ice cream sundae cupcake: a vanilla bean cake is filled with a chewy chunk of […]

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23/04/14 Lettering by Liz

A good friend of mine, my most craft-tastic friend, asked me if I wanted to take a calligraphy class. Always up for anything once, I said sure, why not? She sends me the link to the class schedule and low and behold, I know the woman running the class. We met a few years ago […]

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22/04/14 Lanta Asian Cuisine

This tiny place is jam packed crowded. Good thing we called in our order. We wait near the tables, next to a space heater and a fish tank with these creepy looking fish inside… There are a few tables here, but it is certainly tight, most people are getting takeout. I have the crispy chicken […]

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22/04/14 Broma Brownies

I had the pleasure of meeting Derek and Kristin Wilson this weekend at their pop up at Olives and Grace. The Wilson’s are the minds and talent behind Broma Brownie Co. (formerly Boston Brownie Co.) Between the two of them, Derek and Kristin have almost 50 years of restaurant experience (Kristin is the pastry chef […]

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