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Oishii

Posted on March 10, 2017April 26, 2017 by yummyventuresco

Overall taste: 7/10 | 2016 | 1166 Washington St #110, Boston, MA 02118

We came here during the 2016 Dine Out Boston week. We thought that the food had great presentation but the taste was pretty average.

20170307_231627 — **Choice C: Gyu Kaku Donburi** ($20) – Miso soup & salad. Grilled beef & onions on top of rice topped with sweet garlic sauce *[It tasted good, and the beef had great flavor but it was quite tough]*. Icecream *[We thought their green tea icecream tasted a little artificial and would prefer it if they used more matcha powder].*

IMG_20170307_224735_086 — **Choice D: Kaiseki Lunch** ($30) – Green salad & sesame dressing. Fresh lobster wild mushroom risotto *[This was tasteless, like white rice with a little bit of sauce, and we couldn’t taste the lobster at all]*. Crispy rock shrimp lemon aioli *[Despite it’s name, it wasn’t crispy. It was fried way before it was served and the shrimps were too tiny]*. Oishii crab cake *[Not that oishii]*. Seared wild king salmon with ikura. Spicy tuna salad in a cucumber handroll. Grilled miso black cod. Sake & rocky sushi. Hamachi & maguro sashimi. *[The rest were pretty good, but the hot dishes were already cold by the time it was served to us.]* Ice cream.

IMG_20170307_222403_897 — **Choice E: Pork Belly Ramen** ($20) – Green salad & sesame dressing. Ramen noodle soup *[It was quite bland and we would have preferred more pork flavour in the soup]*. Pork belly. Napa cabbage. Fresh egg. Icecream

Dig Inn

Posted on February 12, 2017February 13, 2017 by yummyventuresco

Overall taste: 7/10 | 2017 | 557 Boylston St, Boston, MA 02116

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

Dig Inn takes pride in buying food from local farms/suppliers, which may explain why their food is pricey. The taste of their food is above average, but we found that they’re very heavy-handed on butter, oil, and cream. Also, it would be so helpful if they had labels indicating what each dish was.

If you’re looking to support local suppliers, or looking for a place that is vegan or vegetarian friendly, this would be a place for you. However, we don’t find Dig Inn to be a healthy restaurant choice.

2017-02-09-21-18-36 — **Iced matcha latte** ($4.67) *[This was unsweetened and we requested to have it with almond milk. It’s pretty good, especially if you add a little syrup found at the counter]*

2017-02-09-21-18-50 — **– – – Organic dark hot chocolate** ($4.67) *[We both hated their hot chocolate. There were spices mixed into the chocolate. We wished they told us ahead of time or indicate it in the menu.]*

2017-02-09-21-18-18 — Marketbowl. **Protein – short ribs**. Base – toasted farro w/ butternut squash & celery. Sides – upstate mac & cheese, brussel sprouts w/ maple & sriracha. Sauce – garlic tofu aioli (Total: $15.5) [Lynn really liked the short ribs. The meat was on the fatty side and was pretty greasy (which may be good or bad depending on your preference). The mac & cheese was one of the creamiest we’ve had. The 1st few bites were good, but it got sickening after a while. The brussel sprouts were charred and was pretty dry. As for the sauce, pretty sure they put lemon in it; not a fan of the sourness.]

2017-02-09-21-18-03 — Marketbowl. **Protein – herb grilled steak.** Base – classic brown rice. Sides – broccoli w/ meyer lemon, avocado (+$1.5), eggplant. Sauce – pesto (Total price: $13.88) *[The steak was chewy and a little dry. The broccoli was too burned for us; it was bitter and sour. The eggplant was good, but extremely oily. Again, their pesto sauce was too sour for us.]*

Brasserie Jo

Posted on January 16, 2017February 12, 2017 by yummyventuresco

Overall taste: 7/10 | 2016 | 120 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02116

We were invited to Brasserie Jo for a complementary meal, but we try to stay as objective as possible. There were some dishes we loved, and some, not so much.

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

+++ Mussels Riesling Mariniere – pommes frites – mussels in white wine with fries ($25.95) [This is my favourite dish in the restaurant! I would rate its taste to be 9/10. The mussels were fresh, plump and cooked perfectly. The wine sauce was not over-powering and goes really well with the mussels.

Steak hash with quail egg – this item is not on their menu. Extremely cute presentation, but I found it to be too salty.

Sea scallops provencal – peas, rice ($26.95) [the scallops were overcooked. I wasn’t a fan of the peas and rice underneath as well]

Escargotsen cocotte – garlic butter ($14.95) [I generally like food with less salt, so I do find a lot of food to be on the salty side. However, this dish is extremely salty.]

– – – Steak tartare – pommes frites, mustard butter, bearnaise ($19.95) [Steak tartare is a dish I will never fail to order if it’s in the restaurant menu. The ones I’ve had are usually chopped, which is the way I like it. This beef here was finely grounded; its almost as if it was blended]

+++ Eggs with lobster and creme fraiche – this item is not on their menu. [This would be my second favourite dish after their mussels! It’s lightly salted and there were at least 5 – 6 big chunks of succulent lobster meat in there.]