cafe pamplona
Some food porn from Harvard Square
$1 Oyster Mondays at Rialto in Harvard Square, best with a squeeze of lemon
I adore oysters, the aftertaste of sea, the freshness and briny goodness cut through a zingy squirt of lemon. Add some good company, and it’s a party.
A turkey/avocado sandwich from Cafe Pamplona - so so
Also posted to the lovely 3 Buck Bites awhile ago.
I thought this was funny.
Found this on the walk between Central Square and Mulan, a great Chinese restaurant I ate at recently. Apparently they make candy.
Butter in Iceland, for real.
But of course!
Cafe Pamplona
Cafe Pamplona, a charming, yellow-painted cafe in Harvard Square, is the kind of place where you read your literature coursepack with a tiny cup of coffee (try the shot of espresso, shot of condensed milk combo). Due to its small space and close tables, this is a poor place to have a serious conversation or first date if it isn’t crowded enough and every awkward revelation is made very, very clear.
The food was pretty average to mediocre cafe fare, with a few pleasant surprises like a guava and muenster grilled cheese. Stay far away from the desserts, which were not worth the calories. The fruit tart was a hard, tasteless shell filled with a pedestrian vanilla pudding and topped with so-so fruit. 3.95. I’d rather have a Frapp.
The rum cake did a little better, but was nothing to blog about. Except for the fact I already have photos, so here they are.
