This past weekend was great reconnecting with a good friend who was here in Boston for training. I got to meet some of her colleagues---one was hilarious and I loved her Brit accent. We got to work out (I need to do more of that---don't we all?) and chill. Tried a new Vietnamese place in Dorchester my friends did not think was up to their usual standards. I defer to their expertise and palate.
Saturday night, checked out a Korean restaurant in Union Square that replaced the former HOMETOWN around the corner from Wu Chon. I was with a big group, it is a good sign even on a very rainy Saturday night the place was busy. We were the only almost all non Korean group there. Lucky for us, Susie ordered in Korean for us. We got Tong Mon doo,ja jang myun, bulgoki, seafood pancake, chapchae, kimchi chigae and other great food. I loved the homey atmosphere plus they have another place in Allston on Brighton Ave but that is more focused on Ja Jang Myun.
Sunday started out nice and sunny and a gal day out brunch in the North End. We hit a cozy small place and noshed on pasta. I had a simple mesclun greens salad and shared a chicken gnocchi with a marinara sauce laden with sun dried tomatoes and mushrooms (yum!). This is the third year the gals have had a Super Bowl brunch in the North End. I just joined the group last year and we had a nice time together. After wards, alot of us split up and we hit Chinatown.
On Sunday, the lion and dragon troupes were out in full force going to the various Chinese businesses in Chinatown. It has been years since I participated. I saw lots of eager faces enjoying the firecrackers and the beautiful dragons blessing the various store fronts for a prosperous New Year of the dog.
Then I went over to a friends and we decided to cook and not watch the Super Bowl. Caught a Korean horror flick ---I thought it more thriller than horror with the name "Virgin Ghost." Did start on two other Korean flicks but did not finish them, I am excited about the Sword and the Moon. I am a sucker for action period pieces. Bring on the Iron Monkey or the original Wong Fei Hong series with Jet Li--those are such classics and good flicks too -not many are made to that type of quality.
Dinner we made was good--I tried grandma's recipe for braised beef shin and I made okonomiyaki but we did not have the tonkatsu sauce. We made our own "ghetto" version that had to suffice. The soup noodle turned out great and the Japanese style cold tofu was scrumptious.
Too bad weekends have to fly so quickly all the time!
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