April 2nd 2013: Dinner at Union Oyster House, Boston

Tonight after work, I had a meetup dinner at Union Oyster House, a seafood place in Boston and the oldest restaurant in town, but before that I decided to get some food from the Real Deal, a deli that looks like a typical fast food place, in the West Roxbury area, for the guys working late on the food truck tonight.

After looking at the menu, I decided to get several paninis and a burger, namely the Colombian (Slow roasted pulled pork, sliced ham, provolone, krinkle-cut dill pickle chips, and chipotle mayonnaise),

the Enforcer (Smoked turkey, bacon, sliced tomato, cheddar cheese and Kickin' Bayou sauce),

the Italiano (Thin sliced prosciutto, genoa salami, provolone, roasted red peppers,fresh mozzarella, and pesto mayonnaise),

and the Wolf Man Burger (1/2 lb.burger topped with cheddar cheese, bacon, over medium egg, chipotle mayonnaise and pickles).

The egg was an interesting touch to the burger, and the pulled pork in the Colombian was pretty good too. The rest were just average.

After passing the food to my friends on the truck, I headed to the Oyster House, passing by the Theodore Parker Church along the way.

The restaurant has many different rooms, and my group was in the top most floor of the place, which looks pretty bar-like overall, with lobsters in tanks in in the lobby area. There was especially large lobster, but my friend told me the meat was better on the younger, smaller ones, being less tough.

My friends and I decided to share our food, getting the Crock of Oyster Stew,

the Seafood Newburg (lobster meat, tender shrimp and scallops in a creamy sherry sauce, served on a baked pastry shell with rice pilaf)

and the Hot Oyster House Sampler (Union Grilled Oysters, Baked Stuffed Cherrystones, Clams Casino, Oysters Rockefeller, Shrimp Scampi).

To be honest I was really disappointed with not one, but all the dishes we got today, and the high price we had to pay for the dinner just made it even worse. The Oyster stew was extremely bland, the oysters themselves not being very good, and the Seafood Newburg was average or below. The sampler was nothing to write home about either. I'm definitely never coming back here again. What a disappointment the oldest restaurant in town was.