Bowling, Moving, Wedding, and Recovering

What a week! And it's almost September. How did that happen?

Wednesday, we had our work team outing to Sacco's Bowl Haven in Davis Square. You walk through the doors and into the past. Pretty cool, but bowling is not my things, especially not candlepin bowling. They also have a restaurant area and make flatbreads, and have a decent bar.

After bowling (and word games), a few of us went to Foundry on Elm for drinks and wings. Those wings are sooo good. I'm still dreaming about them now.

Eat me!

After two rounds of drinks, we moved next door and downstairs to Saloon. It's very posh, but a throwback to a different time. There's really no reception/internet down here, if that's a dealbreaker for you.

White truffle honey popcorn - great snack.

Maple buffalo wings - really good, but I prefer Foundry's dry rub and remoulade combo.

Potato wedges - not as good as I wanted them to be.

Interesting place, but there are so many places popping up all over Davis Square. So, not sure I'll be back. Maybe for the popcorn. 

A couple of nights later, Tai and I go to Chinatown for dinner. We tried to go to BLR by Shojo, but apparently you need reservations. Stay tuned, maybe I'll get to it in a couple of weeks.

Instead, we go to Irashai, which I swear was once the first Pho Pasteur in the city. But I digress. It's a small space, and they use really weirdly rectangular tables. And you can see stacks of Sapporo from the dining area.

Avocado salad - they slice their avocado and layer it on top of the rest of the salad. Different in terms of presentation. Okay in terms of taste.

Hamachi and salmon sashimi, dragon roll, and volcano roll.

So, they're no Oishii, but the food here is really solid. So this will definitely more than replace Fuji for me, except it's in Chinatown and parking here is awful if there's any roadwork going on. But it hasn't been sooo bad lately.

Saturday morning was moving day for Jessica. And she was kind enough to order us lunch from Twelve Hours Boston in Brighton.

Blueberry crab rangoons - I actually liked this. They were smaller than I anticipated though. Not sure the cost is justified.

Pad see ew with beef - Lacking in flavor. It needed more sauce, or something.

Freebies since we placed such a big order. We weren't sure what the green things were, but I think they're the Green Bermuda Triangles; Ray ate one and said it was weird. The takoyaki balls were not bad though.

After moving, we rushed home to get ready for Catherine's wedding at the Danversport Yacht Club. Driving in, it looked like such a giant place, but the wedding was off to one side, with its own area for the ceremony, cocktail hour, and ballroom for reception. So we didn't see any other people at all, except when driving in and out.

Pasta appetizer - standard.

Salad - also standard, but I liked the strawberries.

Salmon - really generous portion, but a bit overdone. I really wanted sour cream for the potatoes hah.

Chocolate cake.

Vanilla cake. The thing that looks like a truffle was actually ice cream! :)

Wedding food. I get it, it's tough to have 150 entrees come out at the same time.

The following day was lazy day. We did make it out to Shake Shack and Wegman's though.

BONUS:

When you need one of these for one person, and you still make more than one trip.

Not the same playing tetris when it's not with snowboard bags.

This. This is a torture device, I swear.

 The cake.

The bride.

Congratulations to the couple!