‘Porter Square’ Archives
Masa’s in Porter Square Exchange Mall serves some really awful sushi
Being the kind-of-poor college student I am, I'm a huge fan of cheap food. Really cheap food. Under ten dollars for dinner, say. But I am not a fan of really crappy food. Especially not bad sushi. It makes the sushi-lover inside of me cry. My only consolation was that my non-sushi-eating-friend thought it was reasonable, and was not turned off of the concept of sushi altogether. If only he [...]
The Blue October Pizza at Zing! Pizza
I love a well-made pizza pie as much as anybody else, but I often seek out pies that stretch the definition of pizza (see: my entry on Veggie Planet). If I'm going to go the traditional pizza route, I place huge stock in the crust, which should never be soggy from the sauce nor be overpowered by the cheese, and should have the right amount of crunch (especially thin crust) or a touch of buttery [...]
Joys of Japanese Food – Cream & Azuki Buns, Unagi Nigiri, Salmon Terayaki, Spicy Eel Roll
Porter Square Exchange Mall is a veritable heaven of cheap Japanese food, with everything from that strangely sweet, addictive Japanese curry, octopus dumplings (takoyaki), giant bowls of ramen, and of course, sushi. My friend David, a fan of Japanese food, had never been here, so I knew it was ripe time to introduce him to all that is delicious in Porter Square. He insisted on Blue [...]
Eating faces
I've never quite understood why people can't take their fish with a face on it. I've grown up in a family where my mother talk rapturously of fish eyeball and fish cheek, and when I expressed curiousity over what fish brains would taste like, she picked up the translucent skull and cracked it opened between her teeth. So that's when I tasted fish brains. I have to say, pretty gross... a lot like [...]
North End Scallops, Porter Sushi, Audio Slideshows: A busy weekend
FRIDAY 12:15pm: decide to drop Macroeconomics. Now I'm only taking four classes! 1:15pm: Run off with Crimson photographer to Second Time Around, Oona's, and Great Eastern Trading Company to get audio and video for a slideshow. Photographer is unexpectedly hiliarious; storeowners are sometimes crazy/unstable. 4:30pm: Makeovers at the YWCA. Turns out the women are more impressed by my [...]
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