March 31st 2013: Dinner at Howl at the Moon, Boston

After a long day of doing food truck stuff, my friends and I decided to grab some dinner at Howl at the Moon, a bar with live piano bands playing every night, where I had yet another groupon to use.

We were really disappointed though that when we arrived, the entire place was dead with absolutely no one around except for the waiters and the people playing piano. To make things even worse, only pizza was available tonight, and we were forced to get 4 pizzas, namely the Hawaiian,the Buffalo Chicken,

the BBQ Chicken, and The Meat Lovers Pizzas in order to use my Groupon.

Overall, nothing special about the pizzas, although the BBQ chicken one was pretty tasty. I would come to this place for the music, but not for the food.

With that, we head home for the day to get ready for our launch day tomorrow.

March 30th 2013: Preparing for our Food Truck Launch

To start the day off, before I headed with my friends to go do food truck stuff, I decided to bring them to a brunch place, the Village Cafe in Newton, for brunch.

Choosing not to going for the typical ham and eggs for brunch, I decided to choose the Nutella and Banana Stuffed French Toast,

while my friends chose the Crunchy Granola Dipped French Toast

and the Florentine Omelette (spinach and feta cheese).

Overall, even though brunch was pretty good, I would say it was just average and nothing too special.

After a day of doing food truck stuff, we headed to a nearby bar in Malden, District 7, where I had a groupon as always, passing by the Whole Foods Planet Globe at Bread and Circus Bakehouse on 300 Middlesex Avenue in Medford.

The restaurant is decorated with firehouse memorabilia from various towns in the area, shown below.

For dinner, we decided to share 24 Wings Bone In, covered in Garlic and Pamesan, Honey Buffalo and Thai Chilli sauce, and it was pretty filling, crispy and tasty, even before we even got our main dishes.

I decided to get the Big Joe's Meatloaf Burger (lightly grilled meatloaf topped with melted Cheddar Jack cheese, served on a potato roll),

while my friends got the Potato Skin Flatbread Pizza,

the Beef Spicy Taco Salad (crispy tortilla shell stuffed with lettuce, tomatoes, black olives, avocado and sour cream. Topped with spicy grilled beef),

and the Sausage Cacciatore (Sweet Italian sausage with fresh mushrooms, onions, peppers & garlic in marinara, tossed with choice of penne or linguine).

The meatloaf was extremely soft and tasty, while the sweet potato fries on the side were the best I have ever had, being melt-in-your-mouth on the inside, yet really crispy on the outside. The pizza was not too bad as well, while the beef in the salad was pretty tender and flavorful. I'm definitely placing a recommend on this place.

With that we headed back home, getting ready to do more food truck stuff tomorrow.

March 29th 2013: Dinner at 88 Wharf Waterfront Grill, Milton

Today after work, just like last week, I had to go pick my friends from NYC up from South Station in Boston, so I decided to have dinner at the 88 Wharf Waterfront Grill in Milton. Before that, I visited the old Whitin Mill area at ~23 Douglas Road in Northbridge,

Cotton Mill Apartments,

17 Douglas Road

Whitin Mill

Whitin Mill Dam

Uxbridge,

North Uxbridge Baptist Church

Rice City Pond,

Hartford Avenue East near Oak Street

a few churches in Mendon,

Taft Public Library

Faith Baptist Church,

7 Main Street

Unitarian Congregation of Mendon and Uxbridge

Old St. Michael the Archangel Church, 

29 North Avenue

Mendon Community Church

the Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in Hopedale,

and Millville,

St. Augustine's Church

St. John's Episcopal Church,

49 Central Street

Church of New Hope,

63 Central Street

where the Udor Tower I took a picture of the last time I was here has been reconstructed.

and the First Baptist Church at 1172 South Main Street in Bellingham

before the sun went down for good.

The restaurant is situated at Milton Landing by the water, and is pretty upscale.

For my groupon, I decided to get the soup of the day, a Lentil Soup,

2 appetizers, namely the Kickin' Shrimp (lightly breaded, tossed in sambal cream sauce)

and the Cusabi Scallops (lightly breaded, tossed in cucumber wasabi sauce),

and the Lobster L'American (sauteed lobster, haricot vert and fennel, mushroom ravioli, cognac cream sauce) for my main dish.

The appetizers looked pretty similar but they were extremely scrumptious with distinctly different flavors, the shrimp being sweet while the scallops had the distinct horseradish taste. The soup was okay I guess, while the main dish was pretty dissappointing for a lobster dish, being a little bland.

Finally for dessert, I got the Crepe filled with Chantilly cream, blackberries and Strawberries.

Not too bad either.

With that, I headed to South End to pick up my friends and headed home from there.

March 28th 2013: Dinner at J Anthony's Italian Grill, Oxford

Today after work, I decided to grab dinner at J Anthony's Italian Grill in Oxford.

Before that, I visited the City Hall Common

in Worcester,

Worcester Public Library

the Pig Bus on the corner of Leicester Street and Southbridge Road in Oxford,

the Webster Five Cents Savings Bank at 208 West Main Street in Dudley,

and several places in Charlton before the sun set for good.

Hope Christian Fellowship,
6 Haggerty Road

Federated Church of Charlton

St. Joseph's Church

The restaurant itself, which I had taken a picture of in the past is a pretty decently decorated family style restaurant, with a bar section on the side.

After looking at the menu, I decided to get their special, the Pork Cannelloni, consisting of fresh crispelle crepes rolled with pork, ricotta, asiago, romano and provolone cheese, dressed with marinara and alfredo sauce, 

along with an additional $4 for the salad bar, which I gladly went over to try the salads and the soups, namely the corn chowder and Italian Wedding Soup.

The corn chowder wasn't too bad, although the Italian Wedding Soup was not really to my liking.

The cannelloni, thankfully, was not as sour as I thought it would be, and pretty cheesy, not bad actually.

Overall, I enjoyed my experience here, and headed home after.

March 27th 2013: Persian Dinner at Molana, Watertown

Today after work, I had a meetup dinner at Molana, a Persian restaurant in Watertown. Before heading there, I decided to visit Candy Hop, an old fashioned candy store in Shrewsbury. This place is literally full of candy, presented buffet style to be weighed at the end,

and I decided to go for their mini truffles, which were pretty decent.

From here, I headed to Jordan's Furniture in Natick, which is interestingly decorated to the theme of New Orleans culture, pre-Katrina.

While here, I also decided to use my groupon for 2 Roast Beef Sandwiches at Kelly's Roast Beef, located on the side of the furniture mall. This fast food place is also really nicely decorated, even with a marine aquarium in its center, which had a puffer fish in it.

My Roast Beef Sandwich was actually pretty decent, although I could only take a few bites of it as I had more food to come.

As I left, I saw that the view at the top of the hill was pretty decent, so I stopped and took a picture.

Finally it was time for dinner. I headed to Watertown, where I was able to find parking easily as I was a little early.

The restaurant was pretty empty when we entered and sat at our table, although my friend told us that they usually had more delivery orders than sit down diners. After looking at the menu, I decided to get the Jubeh Kebobs (Marinated Cornish Hen skewered and grilled over open fire) for my main dish, 

trying out the Pomegranate Juice as well.

The juice was a little pruny tasting, so I did not fancy it too much, while my dinner had an interesting presentation. The chicken however, was pretty bland, and I quickly lost my appetite soon after starting to eat it.

Thankfully, the dessert that I ordered, the Zoulbiah and Bamieh (Flour, sugar, honey, rose water in pretzel shape) was much better,

and I realized it was pretty much the same as the Jalebi I had at Katta Mitha in Westborough some time back, which was equally sweet and tasty. However, the sweetness was a little overwhelming as well, and I was forced to take it home together with my chicken.

Overall, I don't think I will recommend this place, based on my experience with the food.