Maluken

November 3, 2003

Keith and Val apparently saw my site and wanted to try Maluken. So Becky and I went with them. I think this is gonna be Maluken's third appearance on the site...

crazy maki, spicy salmon maki, hamachi tempura maki, unagi maki, soft shell crab maki

california roll, spicy tuna maki Solid again. When you're eating budget sushi, there's no toro to be had, but the weird rolls are usually pretty good. Lots of tempura stuff. The spicy makis also have more than just fish in them... dunno what it is but it's not bad.

Sichuan Garden

November 2, 2003

Didn't eat much interesting stuff this weekend. Lauren came to visit; she wants to go to BU. Halloween was alright. Also saw Sean's play over the weekend, and he was hilarious again. The other day for lunch I went to Sichuan Garden in Brookline with Becky, Lauren, Mike, Snezhana, Dave, and Ahrie. One of Mike or Snezhana's friends said they had pretty spicy stuff. It was funny fitting all of us in Dave's car...

various appetizers from sichuan garden

spicy fried chicken The food was spicy I guess, but not that spicy. Still tasted pretty good though. A beef dish not pictured was well done, and I also liked the beans. They were nice and crisp. Other than that I ate pretty boring stuff this weekend... Subs, macaroni and cheese, sandwiches, and so on. Promise to bring more this week!

Pho Pasteur

October 31, 2003

Went to Pho Pasteur in Chinatown for dinner... thought it would be good to compare to Sugar Bowl which I went to earlier this week.

grilled pork and imperial roll bun The pork was better, but the imperial roll wasn't really crispy enough. I gotta try the imperial roll at Sugar Bowl some time. Still, I think it's easier to just go to 88 since it's right next door... the difference wasn't very big (I could, of course, go to the Pho Pasteur which is like 2 blocks away).

Dave's cooking

October 31, 2003

Guess what I woke up to today... Dave making something!

David Chang - MASTER CHEF Turns out they were kinda burnt on the bottom. There's something wrong with our Bagel Bites...

Maluken, Super 88 Sugar Bowl, Beijing Cafe, and Uno

October 29, 2003

Finally got my computer back up and running... I guess I'll put up a few pictures of the past few days. I'll keep the comments brief since this is gonna be pretty long.

maki from Maluken, left to right: avocado, spicy salmon, caterpillar, crazy

ebi, hamachi, sake, maguro, and a tekka maki Had a sushi CRAVING today, so went to Maluken in Kenmore again. This place is pretty solid for the money. The crazy maki has tempura and some other crap in it... I'm a sucker for tempura rolls.

grilled shrimp and pork bun from Sugar Bowl

spicy beef noodle soup This is from Sugar Bowl in 88 the other night. Mike says the spicy beef noodle soup was good, and is the best deal in Super 88. It was the first time I tried the bun there, which was pretty good too at $6.25. I liked the pork a lot. Always goes back to the Vietnamese place being inexplicably cheaper than the Japanese place (Ajisen Ramen) by a few dollars, even though the food is better and the portions are larger.

cashew chicken from Beijing Cafe Takeout style Chinese from a couple days ago... at least it fills you up.

fish sandwich from Uno Went to Uno twice within what, one or two weeks? Someone felt like going and there weren't any other options. As you can see, the piece of fish on this sandwich is pretty damn big. I had to kinda fold it over to fit it. Fish wasn't bad, but coulda been better... A little dry, and not enough meat. The fries were seasoned like curly fries, but not curly. I approve! That's about it for now. I'll be updating regularly again now. :D

Computer problems

October 25, 2003

Sorry for the lack of updates... relatively major computer meltdown. I screwed up my network settings and I can't go online anymore. Posting this on Dave's computer. Gonna reinstall Windows, maybe reformat... should be up and running again soon.

Kat and Colleen's cooking

October 22, 2003

Kat and Colleen came over today to cook for us. I don't know how that happened, but I got to eat so it's fine by me. Colleen made LASAGNA and Kat "made" salad (with corn).

Colleen's lasagna

THIS IS FOR YOU MOM - Kat's salad It was really good! I was definitely impressed. I haven't had lasagna in a looong time. And I guess corn in salad is okay. We even have some leftovers, but not as much as I thought we would at first... oh well. Thanks Kat and Colleen!

University Grill

October 21, 2003

Sorry about not posting yesterday, but to be honest I didn't really eat anything. Had half a sandwich for lunch and delivery for dinner. Today, Dave, Mike, and I stopped by University Grill in the afternoon. I think I've made a convert out of Mike.

mushroom burger with swiss The burger is actually pretty decent there. Meat ain't much, but I like the bun, and the fries are alright. It's kind of in between a fast food and a real burger. God I miss Mo's.

Pizzeria Uno

October 19, 2003

The Niners beat Tampa, so I am very happy. Sadly they did not show the game... During the afternoon, I had a couple hot dogs and some chips while watching football. For dinner, I went to Pizzeria Uno in Kenmore.

shrimp and sirloin steak from uno

shrimp and sirlion steak from uno It was no Ruth's Chris, but for 12 bucks it was pretty good. Ordered medium rare, and as expected it came medium-ish, but it was still okay. I finally actually read a lot of the manual for my camera, and I learned a bunch of stuff about white balance and different shooting modes. From now on, the orange effect shouldn't happen anymore! I'm such a budding photographer.

Limoncello

October 18, 2003

Had a nice dinner last night in the North End at Limoncello, which I've been to a couple times before. Had a scallop salad appetizer which was really good, but I forgot to whip out the camera. Here are some pictures of the pasta - they were very dark but I tried to brighten em a bit in Photoshop.

linguini frutti di mare

rosette pasta with prosciutto, montasio cheese, mushrooms, and truffle oil Both of the pastas were good. The frutti di mare had a red sauce, and I always prefer white, but the seafood tasted pretty good. The rosette was very interesting. I ordered it based off recs from Chowhound. They used pasta sheets, wrapped it around the stuff into a rosette shape. Could definitely smell and taste the truffle. Good stuff.

Arthur's cooking

October 16, 2003

THE RED SOX LOST. Boston enters depression. I made a scramble earlier today, but didn't have time to post it because I was watching the game.

3 egg scramble with bacon, mushrooms, onions, scallions, and hash browns I kinda threw everything in there in between classes. Should have made the bacon a bit crispier. The crappy part is I finished cooking, ate half of it about, then realized I had to be at Morse for econ in like 20 minutes... so I wolfed down some more and ran out the door.

Victoria's

October 15, 2003

Had a low-funds dinner tonight at Victoria's with Keith. They have cheap rice plates... this time I got pork chop with spicy salt.

pork chop with spicy salt over rice It's the usual. LOTS of food for $5. Got a little vegetable intake too... :)

Bertucci's

October 15, 2003

Tried Bertucci's again for lunch, this time made it in time for the lunch special. I got a trenette puttanesca.

trenette puttanesca from Bertucci's It was not bad. Not too tomatoey which I was a little worried about, and the pasta was a surprisingly well-cooked al dente. The picture kinda sucks; their light is very orange-ish. It was a great deal - the pasta, unlimited rolls and salad (both were pretty good) for under 8 bucks. Gonna have pizza next time though. I remember it being pretty good at the one in Cambridge.

Spike's Junkyard Dogs

October 14, 2003

I finally went to try that Spike's Junkyard Dogs place. They boast all-beef hot dogs on freshly baked buns.

ball park dog with cheese fries I got a Ball Park dog, which means mustard, onions, and cheddar (didn't know cheddar was white ever?) and some cheese fries on the side. It was so so... the hot dog tasted pretty good I guess, but the bun was too big. It would probably be better on a sandwich. The fries were so so at best. They were like curly fries that weren't seasoned, and that's just against the rules. Like messing with Texas.

Beijing Cafe

October 13, 2003

After a depressing Niner defeat last night, all I could do for lunch was get Beijing Cafe.

Beijing Cafe fried rice

house special fried rice from Beijing Cafe I like this fried rice the best out of all the places nearby (Quan's, Victoria's, etc.) and we've been eating it since last year. The rice cooker finally got here today (surprised UPS was working today), and Mike says he's making better fried rice. I guess we'll see...

Mike's cooking

October 12, 2003

Long weekend! Had lox and bagels for our Sunday brunch today.

lox and bagels We used some salmon that we bought at Shaw's yesterday. We also went through our pack of pagels surprisingly fast... but we still got the English muffins as backup. Tonight the Niners are on ESPN HD... sweet.

Mike's Chow Mein

October 11, 2003

We went to Shaw's today and stocked up on some random food. Mike made some chow mein.

beef chow mein with broccolini We were in the vegetable section thinking of what to get for the noodles, and I saw broccolini. Figured it was pretty good and simple enough... it actually went really well. Noodles were a lot better than takeout stuff. Mike bought better noodles from Super 88, and also made it spicy, so it was pretty tasty.

Maluken

October 9, 2003

Had Japanese tonight for dinner at Maluken, the place right off of Kenmore Square. I went there a couple of times last year and it was pretty good. This time we had some sashimi, maki, and a torikatsu (tonkatsu but chicken). Apologize for the dark pictures - it wasn't very bright where we sat.

sashimi including maguro, sake, saba, and tai

sashimi including maguro, sake, saba, and tai

sashimi: maguro, sake, saba, tai

salmon maki

torikatsu All of the stuff was good. I actually like this place better than a few of the more expensive places I've tried... It's far better than Ginza for the money. I think they do the fried items pretty well... the katsu isn't too greasy, and I've had tempura that was pretty good in the past. It's also strangely been almost empty each time I've gone, so it's really quiet. It hasn't closed yet so maybe I'm just not there when it's busy. They had the Red Sox game on while we ate... speaking of which, I have to go watch that now.

Super 88 Kantin

October 9, 2003

Had a quick lunch at Super 88 today. I had a weird craving for congee.

pei dan sauw yook jook and a chinese donut

congee and chinese donut It kinda sucked. Can't find a place with good Chinese donut, but I'm still lookin'. Gotta go back to central campus for econ now...

Mike Cooks Chinese

October 8, 2003

Mike made Chinese food for dinner (sort of). He made some stir-fried beef with onions, and a soup using some beef, kim chee, and some other crap. So it's sorta Korean-ish too.

stir-fried beef with onions

kim chee soup thing

kim chee soup It turned out pretty good, but the fun cee wasn't actually fun cee, so that part sucked. Soup tasted good though. We had some rice too, but we're still waiting for the new rice cooker, so we had to cook the rice white person style in a pot.