Results tagged “sushi”

Eating sushi in the suburbs can be a harrowing prospect. People tend not to want to try new sushi places because of the potentially disastrous results. For some reason, eating sushi downtown feels safer: perhaps the big awnings and plethora of other restaurants we know and trust makes the risk seem smaller.

This Bostonist hates brunch. Hates it. He has no idea what would possess so many thousands of people, of otherwise sound mind, to wait in 20-person-long lines only to pony up anywhere between $12 and $20 to buy food that cost a restaurant a buck fifty in the first place and that you could totally cook at home.

It appears that the Boston culinary community has a bone to pick with Tim Cushman, chef of the highly praised Leather District sushi restaurant O Ya, who was recently named one of Food & Wine's Best New Chefs of 2008. The issue? According to Boston Magazine, Cushman may have been pulling a Dane Cook all along, stealing material from seasoned pros to fuel his own stratospheric rise.

Japanese restaurants can get pricy pretty fast - sushi adds up. But Fin's Sushi + Grill (in Kenmore Square and Cleveland Circle) has a fantastic bento lunch special that severely cuts down on the cost.

This Bostonist swung by the newest sushi restaurant to invade Back Bay last week, and the overall impression was a good one. First off, Haru is a New York city implant, and the location in Dick's Last Resort's old spot in the Prudential Building is the chain's first in the city. Thank you very much, New York. We'll take your trophy AND your sushi. That'll be just fine. But Bostonist digresses. The decor at...

--Meet the best state trooper ever and the dumbest truck driver ever over at Other People's Emergencies.

Trevor Corson will read from The Zen of Fish: The Story of Sushi, from Samurai to Supermarket at Harvard Book Store, tomorrow, Wednesday, June 13, at 6:30 pm.

French electronic producer and Tiger Sushi label founder Joakim Bouaziz released Monsters & Silly Songs in February, making a huge leap from his previous efforts. Having remixed Air, Annie, Stereolab and Fischerspooner, along with two previous albums that stayed true to the French electro genre, Monsters brings elements of post-punk and pop to the mix. Tonight at Axis, Joakim plays a DJ set in lieu of the live band he’s taken on tour (The Ectoplasmics) for the last few months. You can expect a toss of techno, house, and synth-disco alongside Boston duo DJ Die Young and Djezus, who’ve recently started the minimal techno saturated Slumber Party. Die Young has been DJing the Boston circuit for some time now, but his strongest talent is in his remixes, which mix the elements of electro, house and hip hop into the roots of rock and synth tracks. What’s next? “I kind of want to do a really deep minimal mix though. I'm tired of all of the bloghouse shit. Everyone is playing the same stuff these days.” Well said. Also spinning is Boston-based Damien Cuvelier (also French!) of Robot Love Songs.

The Globe reported today that Deval Patrick was reversing an order by former Governor Mitt Romey and would allow 26 couples to have their marriages to be recorded in Massachusetts. A 1913 law which stated that those couples whose marriage was specifically outlawed in their state of residence could not marry in Massachusetts was used by the Romney administration – and withheld by a State Supreme Court decision – precluded the couples marriages from being...

With the demise of the drive-thru and the largely inhospitable weather in New England, the outdoor movie theater has been all but forgotten. Too many film buffs are denied the simple pleasure of munching popcorn while the moonlight casts shadows over the screen. If you're one of the poor sods who's never experienced the romance and magic of al fresco cinema, fear not! Boston's own Asian Community Development Organization (ACDC) is teaming up with Chinatown residents to offer Films at the Gate, a series to raise awareness and foot traffic in the downtown area. Every evening from September 13 to 17, the vacant lot on the corner of Hudson and Beach will be transformed into a makeshift movie theatre, featuring such classic films as "Enter the Dragon" and "Once Upon a Time in China".

What goes better with summer than al fresco dining? Al fresco beer, of course, and Cambridge Brewing Company (a.k.a. CBC) has both in spades. Although this Kendall Square hideaway makes for a cozy nosh during the winter months, (wood-burning stove outside the front door so smokers don’t have to freeze,) once the mercury rises CBC opens its spacious patio for diners and drinkers alike. It’s an ideal place to while away a weekend afternoon, and the proximity to Kendall Square Cinema makes it a great choice for evening as well – you can drink a pitcher then wait out your buzz in the theater.

If you’re an astute reader of the postings here you’ll know that Bostonist packed up our things and moved to the other side of the tracks back in September. After a good bit of time living in Egleston Square our landlord decided to sell our triple-decker apartment building as affordable condos. They were priced affordably by Boston standards, not, unfortunately, by Bostonist standards. While living there we told our mother we were living in Jamaica Plain, we told her to address letters there but make sure to use the zip code 02119. We knew, as the USPS knew, 02119 really meant Roxbury. Before we left our little neighborhood with Dominican flavor we were sitting out on our neighbor’s deck enjoying a nice summer BBQ one evening, just as dusk was turning to night. We heard some gun shots. A 14 year old and 17 year old had been non-fatally shot, one was the target the other was apparently recipient of stray retaliation fire. Incidents like this didn't prompt our departure, rather it was the 1-hour commute and the notice of impending sale.

Just north on Route 1 in Saugus lays Kowloon Restaurant, a gaudy landmark entertaining people with Asian cuisine for years. Primarily filled with an Polynesian/Easter Island look, Kowloon is best described as eclectic. The front lobby is filled with pictures of past celebrities that have visited Kowloon over the years, most of who are no longer celebrities. Bostonist didn't really pay any mind to that though since we were craving some Chinese food. Luckily Bostonist...

Mama Bear Jen Chung made the top five. In fact, she’s number three. Bostonist recently stumbled upon our very own Katie listed on David Krug’s site as a “2006 Sleeper” for the top ten most powerful women in the blogosphere. In the spirit of High Fidelity, we really can’t get enough of these lists. The liberalcowboy (David Krug) put together one of the many lists on his site and titled it “10 Most Powerful Women in Blogging.” Being vain, as we bloggers are sometimes known to be, the posting was hit and made it half-way around the ‘net. Katie reports that when she got caught googling herself last week, the Krug list was a top hit. We’re happy to know that she’ll potentially be knocking back some shots with the Pats in the post-season. Stays tuned for the next Bostonist Happy Hour, when she promises to drunk-dial some sushi afterward and do a “wicked sweet” post on it. We don't quite know what to make of Katie's being a sleeper pick for '06, especially since number eight on the list of 10 is Joi Ito, a guy.

One of the better kept secrets in Boston is the Langham Hotel's Three Season Chocolate Bar at Café Fleuri. Bostonist wants to be clear. It's a bar that serves chocolate, not a bar of chocolate or a bar made out of chocolate. (What imaginations you have!) When the doors are closed for three months over the summer, it's not certain whether the chefs head for the Cape or if no one in Boston likes chocolate in the summer. The doors reopen for Café Fleuri after the lengthy hiatus this Saturday, and remain open every Saturday until Memorial Day. If you are wondering what you can expect from this devilish indulgence, prepare yourself for a 30-dessert buffet of all things chocolate; vegans, please, don't mention carob. The restaurant's website describes a "wondrous assortment of light and dark chocolate mousses, cakes, tortes, éclairs, crepes, ice cream, cookies, pies." If that sounds like a common candy store, be prepared for fondue stations that allow guests to create their own chocolate-themed lollipop. There is also chocolate croissant bread (a Langham signature item) as well as the oddly tempting hand-made chocolate "sushi." At $26/ person (kids under four are free), this could be an excuse to skip brunch and replace it with a delightfully sweet calorie-packed buffet lupper, or shall we say "bressert"? Breakfast and Dessert, anyone? Anyone?

When someone hears the word, "tsunami" today, one instantly thinks of the natural disaster that hit the Indian Ocean, devestating the entire region. Unfortunately, a sushi restaurant in Brookline has been named "Tsunami", complete with a tidal wave on their sign, for some time. Located in Coolidge Corner, this smaller, little frills Japanese place was visited recently by Bostonist, who usually turns to the "big guns" of Brookline sushi, like Fugakyu and Jae's for their...