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Boston Restaurants On Twitter

andrew — Mon, 04 May 2009 20:57:14 +0000

If like me, two of your habits involve messing around on Twitter and eating at restaurants (sometimes at the same time), the list below may actually be of interest to you. Based on my hunting and pecking around THE INTERNET, I have compiled the rather exhaustive (but likely still missing many) list of Boston restaurants, pubs, hotels, and food related profiles on Twitter.

If you know of others, please leave them in the comments.

Restaurants/Bars/Pubs/Hotels

Other Boston Food Related Feeds

http://twitter.com/BostonCheapEats
http://twitter.com/OpenTable
http://twitter.com/BostonTweet
http://twitter.com/BostonFoodDiary
http://twitter.com/bostonfoodwhine
http://twitter.com/GastroSpkBoston
http://twitter.com/RWboston
http://twitter.com/Boston_Bakes
http://twitter.com/GrubHub
http://twitter.com/TheSecondGlass
http://twitter.com/edibleboston
http://twitter.com/HubEats
http://twitter.com/bostonfoodwhine
http://twitter.com/yelpboston
http://twitter.com/BostonBubbleTea
http://twitter.com/GlobeFood
http://twitter.com/eatboston

Why Fruit On The Bottom?

andrew — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:09:02 +0000

What is the logic behind fruit-on-the-bottom yogurt? Is there any benefit to this? I want answers, and I couldn’t find much. Except this great Mitch Hedberg clip…and any excuse to post a Mitch Hedberg video makes things alright.

Twitter Food Diary

andrew — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:23:35 +0000

This little idea comes from two random thoughts/bits of information that collided last night randomly. While migrating some stuff from old laptop to new, I was thinking about how I haven’t really been fully bitten by the twitter bug (but I have tried) while simultaneously reading a snippet about how those who keep food diaries eat much healthier than those that don’t.

Being someone who has softened up a bit since college due to a dramatic decrease in physical activity (I played on the men’s soccer team in college and therefore worked out at least 2 hours per day, now I work out maybe an hour per week), and increase in appetite and access to tasty foods, it struck me that twitter might make for a great way to keep a food diary. Easy and quick posting, right at the time of consumption, right to a chronologically sorted storage area online.

I’m sure someone has done this before, but now so am I. You can follow my progress (thrilling I know), and mock my food intake, at http://twitter.com/whatamieating

Citrines

andrew — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 19:16:58 +0000

I have always liked clementines, but hate getting the 5 pound boxes that they are sold in, as I can never use them in time. Why are they sold in these crates anyways?

Clementines have long been packaged in wooden boxes for the European holiday gift market, according to Juan Calvo, president of Ibertrade, the Manhattan-based importer that was one of the first to introduce clementines and has a 20 percent share of the market, second only to LGS.

It would seem that no one has ever bothered to separate the box from the clementines…still not sure why.

ANYWAYS, this weekend at the Shaws in Allston, I came across a new fruit called a Citrine, that looked a lot like the clementine, but was sold individually.

Citrines offer the superior qualities that research indicates citrus consumers desire. They are larger, virtually seedless, have a sweeter taste and are easier to peel. There really is no other fruit quite like Citrines (more).

Long story short, I just had my first Citrine, and I was impressed. Slightly larger than a clementine, “virtually seedless” (I had one seed in mine), nice and sweet, and overall a good piece of fruit.

Read more about Citrine’s here, and be sure and look for them in your local supermarket.

My 2007 Restaurant List

andrew — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 02:14:41 +0000

I go out to eat a lot. Probably too much. So as 2007 wound down, I was thinking about all of the restaurants that I had eaten at over the past year. As I put together the list, I tried to think of every place where I had eaten a sit-down meal, not take out. I was able to come up with slightly more than sixty spots that fit this criteria, using my credit card statements, yelp lists, and just general recall. I know I am missing probably 10-15 more.

Some of the highlights of 2007 included a meal at Bobby Flay’s Mesa Grill in Las Vegas that far exceeded my expectations, dining on a lovely surf and turf at the Bayside Restaurant (at Sandals resort) overlooking the Caribbean Sea in Jamaica, and flat out amazing meal at Nobu in NYC this fall. Oh, and I can’t forget a pretty awesome dim sum experience that Julie and I had at Empire Garden here in Boston with my friend Kyle and his girlfriend Ashley.

Bamboo – Brighton, MA
Bar Lola – Boston, MA
Bayside Restaurant – Montego Bay, Jamaica
Beacon Street Tavern – Brookline, MA
Betty’s Wok And Noodle – Boston, MA
Blackstone Grill – Boston, MA
Blue Ribbon BBQ – Newton, MA
Boston Beer Works – Boston, MA
Brown Sugar Cafe – Boston, MA
Bucky’s Grill – Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Butcher Shop – Boston, MA
Cafenation – Brighton, MA
Capital Grille – Boston, MA
Casa Romero – Boston, MA
Charlie’s Kitchen – Cambridge, MA
Chau Chau City – Boston, MA
Daedalus – Cambridge, MA
Dali – Somerville, MA
Dok Bua – Brookline, MA
East coast Grill – Cambridge, MA
El Oriental De Cuba – Jamaica Plain, MA
Empire Garden – Boston, MA
Excelsior – Boston, MA
Finale – Brookline, MA
Fireplace – Brookline, MA
Fugakyu – Brookline, MA
Gari – Brookline, MA
Golden Temple – Brookline, MA
Great Bay – Boston, MA
Hana Zen – San Francisco, CA
Harry’s Bar and Grill – Brighton, MA
Haru – Boston, MA
Henrietta’s Table – Brookline, MA
Jake’s Dixie Roadhouse – Waltham, MA
Joshua Tree – Brighton, MA
Kupel’s Bagel – Brookline, MA
Mesa Grill – Las Vegas, NV
Michael’s Deli – Brookline, MA
Moogy’s – Brighton, MA
Mr. Bartleys Burger Cottage – Cambridge, MA
New Ginza – Watertown, MA
Nobu – New York, NY
Not Your Average Joe’s – Watertown, MA
Petit Robert Bistro – Boston, MA
Rosie O’Grady’s Saloon – New York, NY
Ruth’s Chris – Boston, MA
Sabur – Somerville, MA
Seiyo – Boston, MA
Sel De La Terre – Boston, MA
Shabu Village – Brookline, MA
Solea – Waltham, MA
Sunset Grill and Tap – Allston, MA
Tasca – Brighton, MA
Ten Tables – Jamaica Plain, MA
Ted’s Montana Grill – New York, NY
Teryaki House – Boston, MA
The OtherSide Cafe – Boston, MA
Trescas – Watertown, MA
Tokyo Joe’s – Montego Bay, Jamaica
Tsunami – Brookline, MA
Union Oyster House – Boston, MA
Washington Square Tavern, Brookline, MA
Woody’s Tap – Boston, MA
Zaftigs – Brookline, MA
Zocalo – Brighton, MA
Zon’s – Jamaica Plain, MA

So there it is, every place that I can recall dining at in 2007. The list is definitely long, and pretty varied, but it was interesting to list them all like this (to me anyways). In 2008, I plan to record these places as I go, so as to have a more accurate list.

A Trip To Super 88 Asian Market

andrew — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 20:03:31 +0000

Every now and again, I take an hour or so and spend some time at the Super 88 market, an Asian supermarket not far from my apartment. It is about as authentic as you are likely to find in Boston, and between the staff, shoppers, and goods, there is very little to be found in the way of English…spoken or written. It’s part adventure trip, part culture exploration, and part actual grocery shopping trip.

Whenever I go to Super 88, my cart usually ends up containing 10% items intended for specific recipes and dishes, and about 90% items that I have never seen before. With prices (specifically for snacks and sweets) that are beyond reasonable, it is quite easy to grab a few shopping bags full of never seen before Asian snacks for under $30.

On today’s trip, I grabbed a good amount of cheap, and interesting things, most of which came in at under $2 and had zero English on the labels. In some cases, I literally have no idea what the items are, which makes the tasting kind of fun.

Here is what I came back with:

Garlic Cracker Nuts. Probably the most basic looking item of the lot. Though I don’t know if they are crackers or nuts. Not sure how they could be both simultaneously.

Yam Yam, which appear to be some sort of strawberry cream covered crunchy stick…complete with little sayings on them.

PANDA LAND! Panda printed biscuits that are “best quality”. How can I miss?

"Sac Sac (orange)" drink and an apple soda. I can’t say I have ever had a carbonated apple beverage.

I quite literally have no idea what these are. There isn’t a single English word on the label. It is a candy I think…it was in the candy section.

Rice crackers, that much I know. This is one of what appeared to be 5 or so different varieties or flavors, not sure what this one is. Red might mean spicy, which I like, so we’ll see.

All I could tell with these, is that they are peaches, just not sure the form. Presumably dried or something, and awfully pink looking.

Spicy prawn flavored crackers. I have high hopes for these, don’t ask me why, they just look like they could be tasty.

If we can do prawn crackers, why not chicken flavored crackers?

Another item from the candy section, with not a word of English on it. The chicken graphic worries me, as I have zero idea what this is.

Though the above items are odd, this is far from the most out there stuff at Super 88. I skipped the durian flavored candy for instance, and passed on the chips of dried unidentified fish.

None of this stuff will be consumed today, but I will bring it all with me tomorrow when I go see my family. They are not the most adventerous bunch when it comes to eating (I am far away the most adventerous eater in my family), so it should be fun to break this stuff out and see what everyone is willing to try. I’ll report back on the findings.