Thursday, September 30, 2010

Pulse Cafe

Had a nice vegan lunch at the Pule Cafe in Davis square.


Sweet Potato Home Fries


The Pulse Grinder
Garlic Aioli, Smoked Tofu, Tomato, Pan Fried Peppers, Fried Eggplant and Lettuce on Ciabatta or Baguette.


Seitan Gyros
Thinly sliced marinated Seitan grilled with onions and served in Whole Wheat Pita with Tzaziki Sauce, Sliced Tomato and Lettuce.

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Parish Cafe

Parish Cafe where the sandwiches are made from the the minds of chefs around the city.



Nicoise Salad
Grilled RARE tuna steak, topped with a dollop of wasabi aioli and served over a bed of greens with sliced hard boiled eggs, Kalamata olives, string beans, tomatoes, and diced cucumbers. Served with a fresh lemon-olive oil dressing.


Pudding Portobello
Created by: Debra Hughes,Chef / Owner- Upstairs on the Square, Cambridge
Portobello mushrooms, casa de roma cheese, onion marmalade and a walnut-parsley pesto on focaccia bread. Served with mixed greens and a white bean salad topped with an herb vinaigrette.

Garden on the Cellar

Anywhere that has grilled cheese and tomato soup on the menu is a win for me. Garden on the Cellar is one of these places.


Bacon Wrapped Dates goat cheese and curried apple hash


Homemade “Tater Tots”


Cauliflower gratin with and mushrooms


Classic Tomato grilled Vermont cheddar sandwich


Falafel Sandwich spiced yogurt, mint, parsley and pickles

Thursday, September 23, 2010

Gaslight

Had some delicious food at Gaslight.

Started out with oysters but started eating them before I remembered to take a pic.


Duck Confit
with orange gastrique, citrus chard salade and roasted garlic potatoes


Pan Roasted Cod
with mussels, oysters, spanish chorizo & americain sauce


Gateau Aux Pommes
apple and caramel cake with cider maple sauce

Diesel Cafe

Went to the Diesel Cafe for lunch today. It was warm enough to have the garage door open and sit in the sun.



The 02144
Hummus, radishes, sprouts, cucumbers,
carrots, and greens in a wrap


Made up my own sandwich. I call it yum.
7 grain bread, hummus, fresh mozzarella,
tomatoes, avocado, cucumber, carrots, and sprouts

Monday, September 20, 2010

Highland Kitchen

Highland Kitchen is an always busy cute comfortable neighborhood bar with really good food.


Arugula Salad
warm goat cheese, black mission figs,
roasted almonds & sherry vinaigrette


Handmade Potato Gnocchi
vegetable ratatouille, basil, parmesan reggiano


Scallops over fried green tomatoes


Pan Roasted Boneless Half Chicken
sweet potato hash, broccoli rabe
& herb gravy


Fettucini Primavera
fava beans, english peas, spinach, mushrooms. tomatoes,
asparagus, mascarpone & basil pesto


Warm Banana Bread Pudding
carmel sauce & vanilla ice cream

Friday, September 17, 2010

Toraya

Toraya is a super cute authentic Japanese place that has really delicious food.
This is my second time eating here and I will be going back again.


agedashi-tofu
fried tofu, served in a special sauce with scallion and daikon radish


kabayaki
-broiled fresh water eel w/special sweetened soy sauce


sake shioyaki
broiled lightly salted salmon

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Franklin Cafe South End

I've posted on the Franklin Cafe in Southie before but never on their other location in the South End.



FRIED GREEN TOMATOES
with greens


BABY WHITE BEAN PISTOU*
Pea Tendrils, Grilled Pain De Mie



SWEET CORN RAVIOLI

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Gail Ann Coffee Shop

Gail Ann's has the best donuts around.


Sugar raised donut

Spice n Rice

Spice n Nice was very nice.


Shrimp wonton soup


Silken tofu soup


Drunken Noodles
Flat rice noodle, chicken and vegetables in a hot basil sauce.


Pad Thai
Stir fried rice noodles with tofu, carrots, broccoli, peanuts, bean sprouts & scallions.

The Pad Thai was good but it still doesn't beat one from Chi Thai

Darwin's

Darwin's is a cute coffee and sandwich place. There are two locations the one that we went to today was On Cambridge St in Cambridge.


The Leonard
Tabouli and Hummus with Cucumber, Green Pepper, Red Onion,Tomato, Carrots, and Sprouts with Herb Vinaigrette


Made up my own sandwich. I call it yum.
Whole wheat bread, hummus, avocado, tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots, sprouts and cheddar cheese

Greek Corner Restaurant

Got some take out from Greek Corner Restaurant. It was good but the falafel were too big n soggy in the middle.



FALAFEL Plate
With hommus, tabouleh, rice, and greek salad

Thursday, September 9, 2010

WholeFoods

I was completely overwhelmed by the selection of prepared food offered at Whole Foods. Ended up getting a made to order burrito.


Sun dried tomato tortilla, cheddar cheese, mexican rice, black beans, bbq tofu, corn salsa and sour cream
Delicious!

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Russell House Tavern

Russell House Tavern


Chilled Jumbo Shrimp
Avocado, Honeydew & Serrano Pepper


Island Creek Oysters
Sweet Pickle Mignonette, Green Herb Aioli


Creamy Spinach Gratin
Buttermilk Blue Cheese, Sesame-Zahtar flatbread


Flat Bread Pizza
Mozzarella with figs and basil

Haru again

I went back to Haru because I was craving the fish ceviche tacos.
They are delicious!


A trio of fish tacos
Tuna, striped bass, and salmon hard shell tacos with cherry tomatoes, shallot salsa, avocado and apple yuzu ceviche sauce

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Tasty Burger

Tasty Burger is a new burger joint that opened up in a converted gas station. Garage doors as walls and everything. The veggie burger was yum.





MUSHROOM sautéed mushroom, A-1 steak sauce, swiss


VEGGIE BURGER homemade, loaded with veggies
Loved the sprouts.

Monday, September 6, 2010

Haru

This is the first time I went to Haru and I will absolutely be going back.
The white fish taco was unbelievable.





Lobster Mango Ceviche
Fresh lobster, mango and sweet peppers wrapped in whitefish
and served with a citrus ceviche sauce***


A trio of fish tacos
Tuna, striped bass, and salmon hard shell tacos with cherry tomatoes, shallot salsa, avocado and apple yuzu ceviche sauce


*Golden Passion Roll
Charred super white tuna wrapped around asparagus, shiitak


Eel and avocado Roll


Avocado Roll