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.
Boston, MA
Sydney's Grill at the Hotel @ MIT
NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2002 02:31:46 GMT Organization: AT&T Broadband Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2002 02:31:46 GMT Xref: usenet.INS.cwru.edu ne.food:22609 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.