East Ocean City

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Overall taste: 6/10 | 2017 | 27 Beach St, Boston, MA 02111

+++ = highly recommend | – – – = do not recommend

We went there in February 2017 and when we checked today, Google indicates that it’s permanently closed. We weren’t able to verify if it’s true.

In general, their dishes were very oily and the ingredients weren’t that fresh.

Pictured above: Clams – Sweet & spicy thai sauce ($15.95)

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Fish maw soup ($13.95) [We liked the overall taste but their fish maw was on the fishy side.]
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– – – XO sauce duck tongue – flowering chives ($22.95)

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Steamed live fish ($30) [We really like steamed fish but this was overcooked.]
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Steamed surf clam – garlic and vermicelli ($22 for 4 pieces) [It tasted good but the clams were not fresh and tasted a little fishy. It was also on the oily side.]
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– – – Fried garlic spareibs ($13.95) [We think they did not fry it long enough. This was not crispy and was dripping with oil.]

Bakmi GM

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Overall taste: 6/10 | 2016 | Terminal 3, Soekarno-Hatta International Airport Tangerang 15126 Jakarta, Indonesia

Originally called Bakmi Gajah Mada (I assume it was because the first store, which opened in 1959, was in the Gajah Mada area), Now, it is a franchise with branches all over Jakarta. This was Jeff’s childhood equivalent of McDonalds.

Bakmi Special GM – GM Special Noodles (Rp. 25,909 ~ $2 USD) [Jeff used to like it when he was young, but found it lacking after trying it 12 years later. This is probably because he has tried a lot of delicious food since then. Lynn is not a fan of it either. It’s basically salty noodles with a little bit of oil without any other flavour.]

Bakso Kuah – 5 pieces of meatballs in soup (Rp. 21,364 ~ $1.6 USD) [average]

Pangsit Goreng – 5 pieces of fried wontons (Rp. 15,455 ~ $1.16 USD) [this is good, but nothing spectacular]