wedding, bday, and more boston eats (day 2)

cheers to the cute happy couple! :) It was a little bittersweet seeing one of our last college friends getting married. It harder now to get together with everyone being all busy and grown up. Luckily with this group of friends I'm confident we'll find excuses to meet up somehow.

Before the wedding, we picked a random direction and went looking for food. After walking through mostly retail shops, we finally found a pizza shop. I guess it was meant to be cuz the place was all decorated just for Tina who had to share her day with the bride and groom.

Happy Birthday!

Bostone Pizza: Spinach and buffalo Sicilian slices

Haven't had a Siilian pizza in so long. Thick but not overly bready with a nice crispy crust. I liked the spinach more than the buffalo.

Bostone Pizza • 225 Newbury St. Boston, MA • 617.536.9451 • www.bostonepizza.com/


After the wedding we were exhausted but not ready to call it a night, so chinese food here we come. Boston Chinatown after midnight = ghetto. tons of bums and hoodlums everywhere. Never have I been to a restaurant where there are multiple armed cops walking back and forth patrolling the dining hall. The patrons for the most part looked like gangsters or hookers. haha that was a fun experience. And I was happy with all the food even though what we all really wanted was sleep.

Beef w/ Broccoli

Pepper Salted Squid

Clams w/ Black Bean Sauce

Chau Chow City • 83 Essex St, Boston, MA • 617.338.8158

See you next time Boston!

A&J Restaurant

Where Chinese breakfast (e: & brunch) is concerned, I think Cantonese dim sum can beat up Taiwanese breakfast any day. But with some convincing the food is starting to grow on me. In this area A&J is the place to go if you're craving many variations of fried dough and sweet soy milk, among other non breakfast dishes. You have to come in the weekend to enjoy the full breakfast menu. They have a location in VA as well, but I hear the MD one is superior. We came in for brunch and feasted happily. I think this trip just upgraded A&J to my cubby of favorites!

Fried dough stick w/ sweet soy bean milk

Too bad I recently developed an allergy to soy. But the temporary itchy throat is still worth it.

Sticky Rice Roll (Fan Tuan)

Something about this is so satisfying. It looks small but it's really dense; packed with sticky rice, dried pork, fried dough, and pickled vegetable.

Pot Stickers

If you like meaty dumplings, you'll like these pot stickers.

Seaweed and beansprouts in garlic, vinegar sauce

A really light and tasty side to go with the heavier dishes.

Steamed pork bun

I tried this for kicks and it was disappointing. The meat was disturbingly red, and not soupy at all.

Minced pork with egg over rice

I love this dish here. The meat is seasoned better than most places I've tried.

Fried pork chop over rice

Not over fried and dry like other ones I've had.

Sour cabbage with pork strips and bean thread noodle soup

Sour soup isn't for everyone, but I think it is fantastic!

Beef noodle soup

No thanks. The soup is so salty and the soy sauce flavor is really overpowering.

1319 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852 • 301.251.7878