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Boston Restaurant Blog -- May, 2007
Tuesday, May 1, 2007
My Favorite Dining Experiences in 2007 (So Far)
Over the past couple of weeks, I haven't been to many restaurants, but I hope to pick up the pace once again starting this week (it's a tough job, but someone has to do it). Looking back at some of the restaurants I've been to in 2007, I have to say that I've had a number of pleasant surprises, perhaps more so than in 2006. What have some of my favorites been so far this year? Read on for a few select places...
Perhaps my favorite meal since the start of the year was at Cafe Polonia in South Boston. This Polish restaurant, a true hidden gem near Andrew Square close to the Dorchester border, has some of the most amazing food in the Boston area. And the meal I had there in January--wild mushroom soup with sour cream, followed by a plate of potato dumplings with goulash--was simply extraordinary, and extraordinarily cheap to boot.
Another unforgettable meal I had was at Cafe Azteca in Lawrence. Cafe Azteca is little-known outside of the Lawrence area, but it is one of the best (and most authentic) Mexican restaurants in Eastern Massachusetts In January, I had a sauteed chicken dish with a tangy brown sauce and strips of cactus that ALMOST was on par with some of the best Mexican food I've had in San Diego over the years. It was that good.
Chinatown is full of many excellent restaurants, and one of my favorites is New Jumbo Seafood on Hudson Street. I've been to several good Chinese restaurants over the past few months, but perhaps none as good as New Jumbo. The Singapore Rice Stick and fried calamari made me forget about a lot of other great Chinese dining spots in a hurry when I went there with some friends late one night in January.
Everyone seems to have their favorite burger joint, and mine is probably either O'Sullivan's in Somerville or Mr. Bartley's in Cambridge. But I had a burger at Zon's recently that nearly made me forget about both places. Zon's, a funky Jamaica Plain restaurant, has many terrific dishes, including their fabulous macaroni and cheese, but the burger I had there in March was a juicy, messy, meatball of a burger that was simply too good to really describe in words.
Since I love burgers so much, I think that this is a good place to stop. But the restaurants above definitely have helped make 2007 a special year for restaurants, and we're only about a third of the way through!
Posted by MH, Boston's Hidden Restaurants, on May 1, 2007.
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