Today, we headed into Boston, getting a New England Clam Chowder Bread Bowl from Boston Chowda Company, a stall located within Quincy Market.
Nothing special, all bread with not much soup.
With that, we headed to our event for the day, Dino Safari, an exhibit of moving robot dinosaurs, which our little one was very intrigued with, but not worth the ticket cost in my opinion. At least our little one enjoyed the event.
After leaving the exhibition, we decided to head to the nearby
Starbucks for a break,
getting the Chestnut Praline Latte ( signature espresso and velvety steamed milk, and then add flavors of caramelized chestnuts and spices—all topped with a holiday finale of whipped cream and specially spiced praline crumbs),
the Blueberry Scone (A traditional scone with blueberries, buttermilk and lemon),
and the Kale and Portabella Mushroom Sous Vide Egg Bites (Delicious chopped kale and portabella mushrooms delicately folded into cage-free eggs with Monterey Jack and cooked using the French sous vide technique ).
The drink was pretty good, as was the scone, but the surprise was the eggs, which was surprisingly tasty for something that did not look like much. Healthy too!
From here, it was on to dinner at
Mariel, a Cuban restaurant in the Financial District nearby. Really nice inside, but we were surprised when they told us that they were not child oriented. Oh well.
We got the Old Habana (guava, rum, lime juice, mint soda),
the Chicken Tots (cuban sweet potato, spicy caribbee mayo, key lime),
the OCTOPUS PINAREÑOS (pork belly masitas, sour orange-mojo butter, green papaya, thai basil),
the CUBANO (roast pork, sweet ham, pickles, gruyere, scallion, cilantro),
the FUFÚ GNOCCHI (plantain dumplings, garlic-brown butter, aji picante, pecorino)
and the ICE CREAM SANDWICH (mojito-mint, passion-papaya, ruby-guava, chocolate bocadito cake) for dessert.
Except for the tots, which were a tad dry, everything else was pretty amazing. The octopus had just the right amount of tanginess, even with the onions, while the pizza tasted just like the namesake sandwich. The gnocchi was hands down the best dish of the night, looking like seared scallops and having a bounce to their texture, not the mention the flavors, simply delightful. The combination of ice cream flavors was excellent as well in the dessert. Can see why this is one of the top restaurants in town. With that, a perfect end to a day of robot dinosaurs in Boston.
