Food

July 24, 2020 0

In an already vulnerable business sector, Black restaurant owners battle to stay open

At this very moment when the Black Lives Matter movement nationwide encountered the long-lasting Covid-19 pandemic, the situations of small local businesses, especially Black-owned businesses, have been brought to the forefront of public awareness. The restaurant industry in Mass. is approaching $5 billion in lost sales, and 200,000 employees have been laid off since the state government shuttered dine-in business for bars and restaurants March 17, according to Steve Clark, the Director of Government Affairs at Massachusetts Restaurant Association (MRA), […]

July 10, 2020 0

Ruby Foo, Chinatown’s first woman restaurateur (Part 2)

by Richard Auffrey

Let me continue the tale of the admirable Ruby Foo. Her restaurant in Chinatown opened around 1929 and the first advertisement I found for it was in the Boston Globe, July 2, 1935. The restaurant, known as Ruby Foo at The Den, offered “delicious Chinese Foods” and it was open until 4 a.m. It was said that Ruby Foo originally presented Cantonese food for the Chinese community, but eventually, the quality of her food enticed non-Chinese to dine there. Ruby’s restaurant was […]

July 10, 2020 0

Food for Thought

by Carey Lin

Two sisters offer authentic Vietnamese online ready-to-use dishes By Anna Ing “Omsom” in Vietnamese stands for “rambunctious, rowdy, and noisy” and it is the name of a recently launched “proud, loud dish starters for Asian Cuisine” brand. It was a nerve-wracking gamble to launch a new product during a worldwide pandemic and recession against the advice of their investors. With confidence in their product fulfilling a niche for the rise of home cooks created by Covid-19, Omsom stormed the food […]

May 22, 2020 0

Asian cuisine restaurants coping during Pandemic lockdown

by Carey Lin

By Carey Lin Since Massachusetts went into lockdown due to Covid-19, restaurants have been coping by continuing their takeout business with “no-contact deliveries”. Some restaurants are weathering the storm. Tora, a Japanese restaurant on Tyler Street in Chinatown is “doing okay” and busy with takeout orders, according Eric, a Tora part-time worker. “Weekends are still pretty busy for us,” he said. But those who rely heavily on the dine-in experience such as hot pot, are not as fortunate. Hot […]

March 5, 2020 0

A food aficionado: Silk Road Uyghur Cuisine

by Anna Ing

Samosa or a savory beef-and-onion meat pie in flaky pastry. (Image courtesy of Ling-Mei Wong.) I was excited to try Silk Road Uyghur Cuisine in East Cambridge. This cozy and no-frills restaurant serves Uyghur (pronounced “wee gur”) cuisine since 2017. The Xinjiang Uyghur autonomous region is located in the Northwest region of China, along the Silk Road trading route. Thanks to this history, the food blend East and West beautifully. The samosa ($2.99) is a savory baked meat pastry. This […]

February 6, 2020 0

Chalawan packs flavor with elegance

by Ling Mei Wong

Chalawan adds fresh flavors of Southeast Asia to Porter Square. Thailand is well represented on Chef Palm Amatawat’s menu, but you won’t see pad thai or noodles among the main courses. The cuisine draws inspiration from his travels to Indonesia and Vietnam. The Aunty Wang steamed snapper dumplings ($11) were an exquisite appetizer, with four dumplings dressed in black vinegar and slivers of chili. My companion declared the snapper dumplings one of her favorites. The seared Alaska scallop with green […]

December 19, 2019 0

A food aficionado: Sugidama Soba and Izakaya

by Anna Ing

Sugidama Soba and Izakaya serves an extensive Japanese food menu, including housemade udon, yakitori and makimono. The bustling Davis Square eatery opened in 2016 and expanded earlier this year with Futago in Brookline. Sugidama refers to a “cedar ball,” or cedar branches gathered in the shape of a ball, hung outside Japanese beer and sake establishments. As time passed, the branches turned brown, signaling the sake and beer were ready. It was a packed weekday night and we were hungry. […]

June 22, 2012 0

Little Panda Hot Pot and Szechuan House

by guest

About a mile from Quincy center and the hustle and bustle that comes with a city center is a Chinese restaurant that lights up the quiet little neighborhood it is situated in. Little Panda Hot Pot and Szechuan House (25 Copeland Street, Quincy,MA02169) is a gem in a neighborhood scarce on anything other than auto body shops and two-family houses. This is why the restaurant’s near midnight closing time is so convenient, too. But where this restaurant really shines is in […]

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