BonChon @ Allston Boston, MA and Birfuday Weekend

havent used my fisheye for a while, thought it’d be cool to shoot a review wit it.

omg this cranberry froju is AWESOME!!! have a bite of the fried chicken and wash it down with this froju, life is amazing! life is sweeeeet!!

my friends are freakin awesome. they bought me this chocolate cake from LA burdick! delishhhh

food is pretty decent! man that froju, im hooked and def coming backkkkk!!!!!

Categories: Food, Korean, Chicken Wings
123 Brighton Ave
(between Linden St & Harvard Ave)
Boston, MA 02134
Neighborhood: Allston/Brighton
(617) 254-8888

http://www.bonchon.com

my birfuday landed on a monday this year. was my 8th 17th birfuday yesterday the 27th. pork belly’s flight back to VA was at 8ish so we couldnt do birfuday din din yesterday so he cooked for me! yay!! in the past 2.5 years that weve been together, this was the very second time he ever cooked for me!

chef pork belly cooked me swordfish with ponza sauce with rice

he picked this up for me at ebisuya

my fave white roses <3

he also got me this limited edition bearbrick x up. isnt it the coolest gift ever!?!?
up is our movie. my fave movie ever.

he even has a grape soda cap thingy. love it!!

pork belly also made me a matcha green tea mousse cake at his house and carried it allllll the way to boston. failed 2 times and this was the third try. how can i not love this guy!?

isnt this the MOST AWESOME cake ever!??! tasted sooooo goooood!!! freakin love it! yummm!

pork belly did take me to o ya on saturday for my birfuday din din. i took soooo many pix it ll take me forever to edit! stay tuned!

we went out bar hopping saturday nite with a few close friends. got pretty wasted at the end and didnt take too many pix, but we def had a sweet time.

Bondir @ Cambridge, MA Boston

ive written a pictureless review about bondir before. i revisited bondir recently and figured i would do another one with pictures!

so without further ado, lets get right into it!

homemade maple + mint soda

Breads
9 Grain, The Sea, Barley Flour with Cranberries and Walnuts

Black Mission Fig-Almond Flour Tart
Washed Rind Farmstead Cheese, Seared Teff, Puffed Amaranth,
Summer Vegetable Mignardises, Hot Snow

Hand Made Burrata
Heirloom Tomatoes, Melon and Sumac Granite,
Romano Beans, Pickled Green Beans, Confit Lemon Vinaigrette

Roasted Chicken Breast and Saucisse
Rhode Island White Flint Cornmeal Cake, Fried Green Tomato,
Braised Kale, Jacob’s Cattle Beans

Barley Flour Rigatoni
Roasted Shiitake and Black Trumpet Mushrooms with Fava Beans,
Pickled Sweet Corn, Fresh Cream Ricotta

Vermont Wagyu Beef Braised Chuck
Adirondack Pink Potato Salardaises, Dandelion Green, Spelt,
Eggplant Caponata, Braising Jus

super tender tasty! best dish of the night.

i absolutely love this place!! if you wanna read more about this place please check out my older review.

Categories: French, American (New)
279 Broadway
Ste A
Cambridge, MA 02139
(617) 661-0009

http://www.bondircambridge.com/

Mistral @ Back Bay Boston, MA

went to mistral for din din last night. we opted for the 3-course restaurant week menu.

sauvignon blanc – they have an extensive wine list. this wasnt bad, relatively smooth, pleasant and has a unique aroma to it.

really liked the hummus, maybe because i was starving.

Chilled Summer Corn Soup with Avocado and Jumbo Lump Crab, Jalapeño Oil
FAVE thing of the nighttt. loved it! sooo creamy and a hint of sweetness from the corn. avocado and crab can never taste baddd.

Grilled Sirloin with “Pommes de Terre Lyonnaise”, English Stilton and Port Wine
a giant piece of steak! not a huge fan of steak, but ive had way better than this.

panna cotta – not sure if i liked it. too jelly and wasnt creamy enough.

i dont wanna judge a restaurant during restaurant week, but it would be a huge plus if they nailed it. unfortunately it didnt happen here, but i freaking loved the soup! no need to comment on the service or the crowd. it’s restaurant week. enough said.

happpppppppy monday!!!!!! my 8th 17th birfuday weekend is this coming weekend. im gonna do some damage to pork belly’s bank account. stay tuned!

Categories: French, Mediterranean
223 Columbus Ave
(between I-90 & Cahners Pl)
Boston, MA 02116
Neighborhood: Back Bay
(617) 867-9300

http://www.mistralbistro.com

Dapanji 大盘鸡 @ Gene’s Chinese Flatbread Cafe Chelmsford, MA Boston

just wanted to do a quick update on Gene’s Chinese Flatbread Cafe. ive written a full review for it before, if you havent read it before you should def check it out!!!

anyways, apparently gene’s has a secret menu that cant be found anywhere. on tuesdays and wednesdays, they are able to make this dapanji 大盘鸡 dish for you if you order a few days in advance. Dapanji is a popular Uyghur dish in Xinjiang, China. the main ingredients usually consist of chicken, potatoes, green peppers, onions, sichuan hot peppers, and most importantly, handmade noodles. doesnt the word ‘handmade noodles’ just hit the spot?!

i made a reservation a week in advance. he only makes dapanji that serves 5 people plus starting from $55. we only had three people, but oh well, cant stop us! we still got the 5 ppl portion.

when we got there our dapanji wasnt ready yet, i was starving to death, so i ordered the lamb stew as an ‘appetizer’ hehehehe.

on the right is their homemade sour plum drink 酸梅汤 – yes sour, but light and refreshing, i drank 2 of them.

so here comes the dapanji!

the handmade noodles are buried in the bottom of the dish, soaking all the sauces, oil, and all the good stuffff!! very al dente, firm, chewy, heavenly!

this dish is savory, spicy, or super spicy if your tolerance is low. my friend was sweating like crazy and he said his mouth was numb and couldnt taste anything after a while. gene’s is def my fave noodle place in MA and gene’s version of dapanji wasn’t bad at all. i enjoyed it although it wasnt china good yet. we were super stuffed at the end of our meal and we didnt even finish half of the dish, i could barely walk or breath.

the owner told me that they are testing out more dishes on the secret menu such as pork rib with buried handmade noodles.

so once again, if you wanna check out this dish, make sure you call in and make a reservation first. they will NOT make it for you without a reservation.

oh fyi, they will be closed next week, i believe from thursday til sunday or something, im sowwie i totally forgot the dates. please call in to make sure. chelmsford is pretty far, dont waste your gas!!!

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257 Littleton Rd
Chelmsford, MA 01824
(978) 256-6789

Hungry Mother & Tatte Fine Cookies & Cakes @ Kendall Square/MIT Cambridge, MA Boston

a friend of mine recently moved to kendall square area so we decided to explore the dinning scene around the area. i picked hungry mother for din din last sunday; was able to get a same day reservation on opentable.

parking wasnt too hard to find, but they do offer validated parking at kendall square cinema garage.

hungry mother consists of three dinning rooms. the room we dined in didnt have much decorations, but i did like the ambience: quiet, intimate.

hungry mother does change their menu a lot. they get the ingredients from farms in and around new english. everything is pretty much made in house.

crispy antebellum grits, beets, wild mushrooms, pickled ramps, sorrel & leek soubise

smoked beef tongue on toast, robinson swiss cheese, dijon, gremolata – bbq flavor, super tender beef tongue, very yum!

pickled florida gulf shrimp, avocado spread – delish

fried chicken

sausage

french gnocchi – flavorful, awesome texture, but a bit salty.

i basically loved/liked everything we ordered. everything was very flavorful and well executed; did live up to the hype! we were pretty full after dinner, but next time i ll def try their desserts! one year it was rated as ’10 best american restaurants in the america’. they offer $8 tickets to kendal square cinema if you dine at hungry mother. would be a great date night.

Category: Southern
233 Cardinal Medeiros Ave
Cambridge, MA 02142
Neighborhood: Kendall Square/MIT
(617) 499-0090

http://www.hungrymothercambridge.com

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my friend bought me a tiramisu from Tatte Fine Cookies & Cakes. pretty good.

Categories: Bakeries, Cafes
318 3rd St
Mid-Cambridge, MA 02142
Neighborhoods: East Cambridge, Kendall Square/MIT
(617) 354-4200

http://www.tattecookies.com/

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ive been getting a lot questions about my camera and my secrets of taking photos in restaurant/low light settings. yes it is super hard to take good photos at low light settings. most of the time lighting is even nonexistent. this is when a dslr would really make a difference. a decent dslr + low aperture will allow you to take sharp photos at low light settings, but most importantly it’s the magic of photoshop!!!

below is a comparison of two photos, left one straight from the camera and right one after photoshopped. wow i know hehe

shot with canon 5d mark II with a 50mm 1.8f

i am no where close to professional and ive never taken any photography or photoshop classes, but feel free to ask me any questions about my pix. i’d be more than happy to answer with the very little knowledge i have.

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LA Burdick Chocolate @ Back Bay Boston, MA

My macarons are available for sale on Etsy.com
Please check out my listing: https://www.etsy.com/listing/130648068/12-french-macarons-boston-free-delivery

LA burdick has two stores in boston. one in Harvard sq and this one is in back bay. the back bay store just opened not long ago. if you are not familiar with their chocolate, everything is handmade. they import the best ingredients from fance switzerland, and venezuela. they dont use extracts, concentrates, or flavorings. all flavors come directly from their sources.

ive written a review on their chocolates before. i love them. super rich and smooth!

their macarons are only ok. a lil too hard for my liking.

super rich chocolate cake.

this is actually the first ive had their iced chocolate drink. i got the dark chocolate drink. extremely rich. ive had hot chocolate in the winter, really thick and rich like you are drinking melted chocolate. you’d imagine the white chocolate drink would be super sweet right? no, it’s actually nice and light, like milk.

Categories: Desserts, Chocolatiers and Shops
220 Clarendon St
(between Boylston St & Newbury St)
Boston, MA 02116
Neighborhood: Back Bay
(617) 303-0113

http://www.burdickchocolate.com/

Bergamot @ Somerville, MA Boston

went to bergamot for din din last night. had a reservation for 8:30. went kayaking in the afternoon @ charles river. pork belly and i were STARVING when we got there. service was friendly but super slowwwww. it looks like they have plenty of wait staff, but we waited for an hour before our appetizers came. we ate a billion pieces of bread cuz we were soooo hungry.

complimentary bite

House-Made Charcuterie – duck live mousse, some kinda meat thingy, and sausage. very yummmm

Grilled Oyster Mushrooms – Roasted Fairytale Eggplant, Cippolini Onions, Pickled Ginger Raita, Fried Rice
tasty. really liked the eggplant. mushroom was good as well.

Grilled Heritage Pork Loin Chop -Escarole, Roasted Golden Beets, Chanterelles, Peach Gastrique
tender and flavorful

zucchini tomato and feta cheese – im not a big fan of feta cheese, but pork belly loved it. basically he loves everything stinky.

Pan-Seared Striped Bass － New Orleans Oyster Stew, Grilled Yellow Tomato, Zucchini, Chanterelle Mushrooms, Corn
really liked the broth, very creamy

red currant sorbet

cheesecake

we did enjoy our meal at bergamot except the unbearably long wait. everything was good but nothing was mind blowing. pork belly liked more than i did. at the end of the meal i felt like i was getting hives from the dirty charles river water i wasn’t feeling well.

fyi, they do have a small parking lot to the left of the restaurant from the beacon st side. if full, there are plenty street parkings.

Bergamot
Category: American (New)
118 Beacon St
Somerville, MA 02143
(617) 576-7700

http://bergamotrestaurant.com

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