On Friday night we went to a going away dinner at Sydney's Grill which located on Sydney St a block from Mass Av at the University Park Hotel @ MIT. I was pleasantly surprised at how good the food was. There were about 30 in our group and we were in the back room area that is curtained off. There was a fixed menu of selections for our group. (regular menu is http://www.hotelatmit.com/sydney/menus.html) These items were from the events menu. - Crab Cake with Spicy Napa Slaw, Mustard-Cognac Cream - Mesclun Greens, Roasted Beets and Great Hill Blue Cheese, Balsamic Vinaigrette I think these were from the regular menu Choice of - Herb Marinated Swordfish with a grilled corn & celery relish - Grilled Ribeye with goat cheese (not on either menu) - Maple & Thyme Chicken with a maple glaze + some sides (that I don't remember) Cranberry Cheesecake served with vanilla sauce (I think) The menu had a good selection of wines by the glass. For tea there was a choice of several types (tea bags) but the hot water was in a ceramic teapot! (Actually I see that the menu does have loose tea, but noone told me but then again I ordered the tea late since I had been hob-nobbing at another table for a while. So many restaurants including the finest ones have bad tea served in lukewarm water in an unsuitable container so its nice to see that isn't always true.
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