Lamb 101

 John G. wrote:

 > There's damn few restaurants on the North Shore...or
 > anywhere else for that matter...that do lamb well.
 >

 I think the Outback steakhouse does a fairly good job with their grilled
 lamb chop.  Also, the Chinatown Eatery (I don't know the address but its
 upstairs across the street from Chins restaurant equipment and
 kitty-corner from the Fleet bank in chinatown) is a food-court type
 place where several of the restaurants have lamb dishes on their menu
 though they are more traditional Chinese preparatiion.  I tried lamb in
 a black pepper sauce a while ago and it was tasty.

 Joseph

 Morris K. wrote:
 >On Sat, 24 Jan 1998 10:35:13 -0500, "John F. Gallagher"
 >Someone wrote:
 >>There's damn few restaurants on the North Shore...or
 >>anywhere else for that matter...that do lamb well.
 >>
 >>When I was a young radio exec in Worcester back in the
 >>70's, we used to drive to Finally Michael's in Framingham
 >>for the Rack of Lamb.
 >>
 >>First of all, you must start with Spring Lamb.  "Spring" means
 >>young, but don't ask me why.
 >
 >Isn't it because lambs are usually born in the spring?

 ..and presumably "spring lamb" means one killed that same spring,
 i.e., quite young.

 Many years ago I had an English colleague who once remarked that it's
 not possible to obtain mutton in the US, but they grow some very big
 lambs.

 >Pulcinella, on Huron Ave. at the corner of Concord Ave. in Cambridge, does a
 >very nice lamb carpaccio.  One of these days I'll get around to posting a
 >review here of Pulcinella, which is a wonderful little restaurant that
 >doesn't seem to be well known.  My wife and I just discovered it, following
 >a recommendation from the owner of a different restaurant.

 Unless I much mistake, this is the original site of Le Bocage; it's
 been several other places since. I keep meaning to check it out.

 (Speaking of obscure and obscurely-located Cambridge restaurants,
 there was a nice review in today's _Globe_ Calendar of Celador, on
 Craigie St.  Anybody familiar with it? I have fond memories of its
 predecessor, Peacock.)