Jason A. wrote: > Great ... does a five gallon bucket of MSG come with every table of four? I > was forced into eating there twice ... thankfully they served a mean Zombie > to null out the MSG. ;-) I ate there twice, once on the Chinese side and once on the Japanese side. Both meals were mediocre. The decor was fabulous. I wish they had saved some money to pay for good chefs.
Massachusetts
Weylu's in Saugus
Jean B. wrote: > Dan L. wrote: > > > [snip]Now if we want real > > Chinese food, we got to Chinatown or to the restaurant in Coolage Corner.. > > since the in-laws live in Brookline. Its a Chinatown style restaurant in the > > suburbs of Boston. > > Which Chinese restaurant in Coolidge Corner are you referring to? Chinatown Restaurant 1306 Beacon St, Brookline, MA 02446 Phone: (617) 232-9580 It's right near the nasty intersection of Beacon St. and Coolage Corner. It is quite good, but best if you go with someone who speaks Chinese to order. -- Dan Subject: jasmine bistro From: Uri Guttman Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2002 21:30:12 GMT i had been told about this place a couple of times and last night we were in that neighborhood and so we went. jasmine bistro is in brighton center on market street just off the corner of washington. its menu is very international with sections of french, hungarian, near east, mid east and more. prices ranged about $7-10 for appetizers and salads, and $14-30 for entrees. we listened to the specials and mostly ordered from them. she had the potato leek soup with watercress and a single seared sea scallop. it was very rich and balanced and i am not a major fan of that dish but i liked it. i started with mushroom paprikash which had 5 different types of mushrooms (button, crimini, oyster and 2 more) in a very rich creamy sauce redolent with hot paprika and other spices. it was almost curry like and the spice bite was not too hot but steady. the serving size was large and could have easily been shared by 4 for tasting. i took a good portion home. her entree was lamb with pomegranate sauce (from the french section). the lamb tenderloin pieces were cooked to her liking (medium rare) and very tasty. basmati rice pilaf and some nicely cooked veggied accompanied it. my entree a special, shrimp and scallop curry (it was the same as near eastern entree which just had scallops). the sauce was spiced to my liking (i asked for 5 out of 10 and they got it right). not like any indian or thai curries that i have seen. the bite was delayed and very enjoyable. it also came with the same rice and veggies. the price was more than i expected as the scallops only version was $18 and this was $24 so it was $6 for 2 very large shrimp. had i known i would have ordered the scallops only version. i also took home some of this. the service was very nice and our waiter was pleasant with an interesting accent. his parents were hungarian and pakistani and he came here when he was 7 and lived in east boston. the total was about $70 with one bottle of sparkling water. not cheap but it was worth the price and i have a very nice lunch waiting in the fridge. i haven't had hungarian food since we ate at budapest cafe a few years ago. we will be back sometime when we want an exotic meal and not have to go downtown. uri