Nu Do’ Society is an Asian noodle spot with a delicious menu and Instagram-ready dishes. The restaurant was slated to open in 2020, but the pandemic and other delays pushed it to finally open in the summer at the site of the former River Gods, a once popular night spot. The all-Thai team behind Nu Do’ Society — including partner Nutthachai “Jeep” Chaojaroenpong, who assisted with Dakzen’s opening in 2018 — has a passion for noodles. The pan-Asian menu draws […]
The modern Chinese food restaurant District Kitchen, located just steps from the Malden Center T station, is open for dine-in, takeout and delivery. It has a cozy, but casual bar and dining room, differing from the usual, simple mom-and-pop takeout Chinese restaurants. We dined there recently for Lunar New Year, enjoying some appetizers to-go. Since it was the holiday, we wanted to order dumplings, or jiaozi. The dumpling shape resembles the ancient Chinese gold ingot. For Chinese people during the Lunar New Year, […]
Empty lots often attract the interest of passersby, as does the one on Hudson street in Boston’s Chinatown. Except for a 2019 project carried out by the Chinese Historical Society of New England and sponsored by the Boston City Archeological Program, its history may have been lost. It had been the site of the famed Ruby Foo’s Den, bordered by the 16 Hudson Street home of the Ginza restaurant. On that exterior wall, still rests a sign advertising the China Pavilion (pictured […]
For many, the Lunar New Year brings back fond family memories, filled with tradition, lively celebration, and, of course food. Let’s look at how several area Asian Americans celebrated with their favorite dishes: China Pearl Style New Year For Patty and Brian Moy, owners of China Pearl and Shojo restaurants, the dish that defines new year is nian gao (年糕). “I love the savory version with snow cabbage, shredded pork, and the nian gao is cut up from a thick, […]
Asia has a long history of drinking tea. But one style of tea has long been bubbling above the other vareties — and taking the global market by storm. Originating in Taipei in the 1980s, bubble tea made its way to the United States in the 1990s. It became extremely popular within the Taiwanese American community on the West Coast. Shops began opening up all over California, becoming well known with the surrounding Asian American communities. But how did it […]
The Anatolia Buffet and Kebab House has been serving delicious Turkish food since 2004 in Brookline Village. The restaurant is named after Anatolia — or Asia Minor — which makes up most of modern day Turkey. We recently had lunch in the Anatolia Buffet’s simple, yet spacious dining room. We ordered the Lahmacun ($5.50), the Turkish version of a cheese-less pizza. Seasoned ground lamb and finely diced vegetables were topped over a crispy and very thin dough. Each bite was […]
Are egg rolls a traditional Chinese dish, or were they invented in the United States? If they were invented here, who created them?
During a recent road trip up to Maine, we stopped by Somersworth, New Hampshire to get some Indonesian food at a small hole-in-the-wall called Tasya’s Kitchen.
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I was happy to see Futago restaurant (Japanese for “twins”) still open during a recent lunch time visit. Its owners also run the izakaya and soba house, Sugidama. They have been dishing up solid udon dishes at Futago since opening almost three years ago. The open and minimally decorated dining space has two beautiful paintings featuring steaming udon bowls ready to be enjoyed by a hovering hand with chopsticks. I started with a favorite, takoyaki, a dish of grilled octopus […]
