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    1 Jun 2009

    Seattle: Baguette Box

    While in Seattle a couple weeks ago, Kennedy and I hid out the rain by ducking into the Capitol Hill location of Baguette Box, a gourmet sandwich shop with a small, Vietnamese-inspired menu.


    Roasted pork loin with apricot aioli baguette, $6.50

    Among the offerings of baguette sandwiches (in varieties such as braised pork shoulder with red wine and grilled ‘la espanola’ chorizo) are interesting items like truffle fries and Thai iced oolong tea, made in-house.



    Fries, $2.80 / Truffle Fries, $4.80

    I opted for a salad myself, made of the same ingredients in the crispy drunken chicken baguette but served alongside greens and drenched in white wine vinaigrette instead.


    Drunken chicken salad, $7.95

    Baguette Box
    1203 Pine Street
    Seattle, WA 98101
    (206) 332-0220

    Tags: reviews. dining. travel.

    8 May 2009

    It’s lobster roll season! My lunch at the Barking Crab by the Seaport. Surprisingly, I was most blown away not by the shellfish but by the amazing homemade barbeque sauce. Unfortunately, it wasn’t for sale, so it looks like I’ll have to learn how to make my own.

    It’s lobster roll season! My lunch at the Barking Crab by the Seaport.

    Surprisingly, I was most blown away not by the shellfish but by the amazing homemade barbeque sauce. Unfortunately, it wasn’t for sale, so it looks like I’ll have to learn how to make my own.

    Tags: food. dining.

    21 Apr 2009

    Braised pork shoulder at Beacon Hill Hotel & Bistro, one of my favorite restaurants in the neighborhood.

    Braised pork shoulder at Beacon Hill Hotel & Bistro, one of my favorite restaurants in the neighborhood.

    Tags: food. dining.

    18 Dec 2008

    Korean for dinner at the 24-hour BCD Tofu House on Western.

    Korean for dinner at the 24-hour BCD Tofu House on Western.

    Tags: food. dining.

    30 Sep 2008

    Oops. Ate all four cupcakes purchased today at Sweet Boston (49 Massachusetts Avenue at Commonwealth). We grabbed seasonal flavors caramel apple, pumpkin, and s’mores and the ever classic red velvet. Go next door to India Samraat for awesome Indian food (supposedly some of the best in Boston). Picked up the vegetable curry mix and chicken tikka masala  for dinner tonight. They deliver through Foodler.

    Oops. Ate all four cupcakes purchased today at Sweet Boston (49 Massachusetts Avenue at Commonwealth). We grabbed seasonal flavors caramel apple, pumpkin, and s’mores and the ever classic red velvet.

    Go next door to India Samraat for awesome Indian food (supposedly some of the best in Boston). Picked up the vegetable curry mix and chicken tikka masala  for dinner tonight. They deliver through Foodler.