March Madness Part 2

Another food-filled week. It starts Sunday with lunch at Blue Asia Cafe in Allston with Thu, Jeff, and Alice. All the meals I've had here have been great, but I really do not love this block of Brighton Ave - parking is such a pain. I also don't love Blue Asia's policy of not seating you until the entire party is there. And although they claim to be a Taiwanese restaurant, a bunch of their dishes are Korean.

Tai's salt and pepper fried chicken over rice.

My General Gau's tofu over rice - I wanted to like this more. The meat sauce on the rice and the fried egg are nice touches. But my tofu looked a lot more flavorful than it actually was.

Jeff's fried chicken cutlet over rice - huge portion.

Thu's stewed beef noodle soup.

Soy milk with grass jelly and milk tea with boba - the drinks here are definitely solid.


















We also had the house shaved ice, but my arms were full of Alice. Blue Asia is a consistent place, and cheap. But maybe I'll stick to the beef noodle soup, which I really enjoyed in my previous visits here.

Monday after work, I met with Richmond for dinner. The roads were clear, since schools were closed and so many people stayed home due to the "snow" that turned out to be maybe 3 inches (that melted in the afternoon sun). I wanted to try something new, so we went to Vejigantes in the South End.

The drinks here are fantastic and definitely poured with a heavy hand. The interior is a bit odd, but not awful. Just kind of yard sale-ish. One of our menus was really sticky though - those could definitely use a wiping.

Codfish fritters - so weird. Crispy on the outside, mushy in the middle, but bland throughout. Would not get this again.

Conch salad - also really weird. Cubes of conch with diced peppers and olives, in an olive juice. And I have no idea what those fried things are. Would also not get this again.

Beef pastellillos (aka beef empanadas) - this I liked. Really good flavor. But I wanted a sauce of some sort.

Yuca frita - would also not get this again. It was not at all what I envisioned.

Paella Valencia - paella with chicken and chorizo. This was also enjoyable, mostly thanks to the chorizo. The chicken was eh.

















Not sure I'll be back here. The menu has a lot of options, and maybe that's not a good thing.

On Wednesday, Tai and I went to Shabu in Quincy and ordered what we always get there:

And Friday, we met up with Edmund at Pho Le in Dorchester for comfort food.

Mango salad.

 Fried chicken wings.

Bun Hen - this is new for us. It's vermicelli noodles with clams, mango, taro, rice cracker, and peanuts I think. Served with clam broth and a fish sauce.

Pho.

Definitely a more low-key week, compared to last week. But still delicious. :)