A Little Bit About a Lot of Things

Tiger Mama is Tiffani Faison’s newest restaurant in the Fenway/Kenmore area, just steps from her other restaurant, Sweet Cheeks. Tiger Mama pays tribute to the Southeast Asian cuisine that Faison had on her many trips to the area.

I stopped in a while back for lunch (they are only open for dinner these days) after I had my fill of City Target. Lunch service wasn’t particularly busy, which is probably why they moved to just dinner service. Better for us, we had a great table to ourselves and we were able to have a leisurely afternoon meal.

I love the decor here, oversized chandeliers, a live plant wall, neon signs, and a tin ceiling.

The best piece of all might be the disco ball elephant in the front entrance! Have you seen it for sale at Home Goods? Because you could have one of these babies at your house!! (I also saw that they have an enormous yellow rubber duck for sale for the low price of $800)

Even the non alcoholic beverages are delicious: the grapefruit palomita with grapefruit, lemon, salted agave nectar and soda and the pineapple shrub soda with pineapple, vinegar, lemon and soda.

While it’s not very adventurous, I had to try the pad thai: kway teow 1942- rice noodles, peanuts and bean sprouts. Really light, super flavorful – a great dish.

They have a daily special fried rice – this one was vegetarian to boot. YUM!

All the dishes were delicious and bold in flavor. There wasn’t a thing that we ordered that we didn’t like!

Check out a sampling from their menu:

COLD/FRESH

Nam Prik
spicy green chili garlicky dip,cucumber & pork cracklin’

Southern-Style Pork Laap
fish sauce & lime-spiked hand ground pork, thai chili, mint

Chili Spiced Short Rib Crudo
rich chili seared short rib, herb “salad”,black vinaigrette, charred leeks **

Pea Pod Stems
garlicky wok roasted greens, black vinegar

Lobster Fresh Rolls
charred lobster, bright veggies,spicy silky peanut dipping sauce

Tuna Tom Kha
silky coconut lemongrass sauce, avocado, cilantro

Papaya Salad
green papaya, tomatoes, peanuts, hot hot chilis

Grilled Spanish Octo
sour tomato salad, seed jam, mint

RICH AND EARTHY

Issan–Style Sausage
lemongrass, kaffir & garlic sausage,banana ketchup

Yu Shiang Eggplant
stolen chinese sauce, chilis, mint, chinese sausage crumbles, cilantro

Milk Jam Roasted Bone Marrow
herb & onion salad, tom ko & lime vinaigrette, sticky rice

Coconut Marinated Mini Chicken
marinated & char-grilled hen, spicy ginger-tamarind sauce

Mala Mushrooms
numbing & spicy mushrooms, smashed garlic, mustard greens

Lamb Roti
brickfields spiced & braised lamb, crispy roti, holy basil raita, mint cilantro jam

Pad Gra Pow
rich & spicy ground chicken, chilis, thai basil, purple choi, fried egg

Tiger Mama

1363 Boylston St., Boston, MA

http://www.tigermamaboston.com

Tags: asian, casual dining, celebrity chef, chinese food, fenway, kenmore, restaurant