‘Coolidge Corner’ Archives
Genki Ya in Brookline: the worst Japanese restaurant flub ever
Hell is not bad food. It's other people. Specifically, hostile servers. After an atrocious experience at Brookline's Genki Ya, I'm trying to pick apart the mess. When I was 16, I was a cashier at my local A & P. Old ladies with tubes in their noses would squawk if a box of crackers rang up 20 cents higher, demanding that I follow them into the aisles to see the price sign. (They usually [...]
A love letter to poached eggs – brunch at Zaftig’s Delicatessen
I'm a sucker for poached eggs. Piercing the yolks with your knife. Sliding down the plate like the ooze of a lazy, ruptured sun. Top it with even more yolk in the form of Hollandaise, slide a velvety slice of smoked salmon underneath. Cut, and at the bottom is a fried potato pancake. A bit of green from spinach leaves, a side of good hash browns, prettified by a round of pale orange cantaloupe. [...]
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