Dining Out Boston

Last night I left work flustered, uncertain as to where to seek the perfect fish sandwich, and still craving seafood. A hearty take-out portion of Chef Chow’s Ginger and Scallion Shrimp ($10.95) did the trick.

Unlike other Chinese restaurants of lesser quality, Chef Chow’s actually includes the a dish’s supplementary ingredients, instead of merely providing […]

If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to go back in time and eat Chinese food, visit Emperor Garden.
With an hour to spare before the curtain rose on Boston Ballet’s Carmen, my roommate and I were more than happy to take advantage of the Wang Center’s proximity to Chinatown. Keeping the theme of Trying […]

I’m making a serious revision in my prior assessment of Chinese restaurants. In an earlier post I referred to the “Big Three” Chinatown establishments, which I claimed were superior to all others in the neighborhood. It was a foolish and premature judgment given that on Saturday night I had the absolute best Chinese food […]

After a long day of working hard (or hardly working) I met Bunches and Denny at Chau Chow City to fulfill my daily intake of MSG.
Chau Chow City could be considered one of the Big Three of Boston’s Chinatown with its thousand-item menu and continual preponderance of real Chinese people eating inside. (I consider […]

Friday night’s dinner was epic.
In celebration of Chinese New Year my friends and I organized a dinner at Chef Chow’s in Brookline. Traditionally around ten of us go out to a Chinese restaurant, order six to eight dishes one of which is always Peking duck, and stuff ourselves silly. In past years we’ve […]

I had lunch today at East Ocean City, 25-29 Beach St., Chinatown, which offers one of the best Chinese combo plates in the city. For $5.25 you have a choice of entrees (Szechuan shrimp, General Gau’s chicken, etc.), which all come with either peking ravoli, chicken wings, egg roll, or scallion pancakes, and hot-and-sour […]