Weekend (Restaurant) Warrior

Yay weekends. Which for me usually mean sleeping in and eating out.

I couldn't make dinner with Alex, Bell, Rosa, Wei, and Tai Friday evening at Royal Hot Pot and Sushi in Quincy. But Tai was decently impressed - he said it's better than Chinatown's Hot Pot Buffet, which isn't saying much at all really. But it's always good to have options.

Saturday afternoon, Tai and I had lunch at Nordstrom Bistro with Jessica and Harry. Really, we go here for the white chocolate bread pudding:

But the food is consistently good as well.

My crab bisque. I always find this a bit salty.

Tai's cilantro lime shrimp salad with avocado. I love this. Light and refreshing, but surprisingly filling.

Harry's french onion soup, also on the salty side.

Jessica's chicken panini. 











After shopping a bit and a movie, we were at Pho Le in Dorchester for dinner, joined by Rosa, Wei, and Edmund, where Harry unwittingly ordered butter beef for one:

I couldn't even get a proper picture of it, but it's a plate of beef, a plate of vermicelli, a plate of vegetables, rice paper wrappers, and a little hot plate to cook your meat. Usually we do this for the table, not one person. Hah.

The rest of us had various bowls of noodle soup. The mango salad is definitely worth trying though:

Sunday, after each putting in a few hours of work, Tai and I headed to Redstone Grill in Burlington for lunch and to watch the game.

I was good and did not try this, but I really want to come back for it.

Steamed Mussels in a white wine and horseradish sauce. Good, but a bit sour. I really wanted more butter on the toast points.

Buffalo Jumbo Shrimp. I really liked this. Crispy with tons of buffalo flavor. I did really want something to help cut at that flavor though - celery maybe?

Turkey Kale Salad. A really delicious and perfectly balanced salad. The rum raisins made this for me.









And that is the end of my indulgent weekend. Onto Monday and the work week, where lean cuisines reign supreme. So sad.