December 21st 2019: Bun's House, Everett

Today for lunch, we decided to try the new Chinese restaurant in Everett, Bun's House. This is a takeout place with very few seats and tables.

 We decided to get the Steamed Chicken with Chili Sauce

and the Shanghai Style Pan Fried Pork Buns.

Right amount of spice and flavor on the chicken, and the buns were juicy on the inside, crispy on the outside, delicious overall. Definitely a hole in the wall place I would recommend.

July 4th 2019: Eating Out in Boston

We decided to take advantage of the Independence Day holiday today to hang out in the Newbury Street area in Boston. Before that, while at the Target in Everett, we got free samples of Caramel Frappucino from the Starbucks there.

When we got to Boston, the stores were not open yet, so we stopped by two places that were next to each other, firstly Pressed Juicery, a juice bar which also does froyo.

We got the Strawberry (water, maple syrup, strawberries, dates, almonds, beet juice, vanilla extract) Freeze (plant based soft serve made from real fruits, nuts and vegetables)

which tasted more like the dates it contained than strawberry itself. Not a fan.

Next door was Pavement Coffeehouse, a cafe which has some interesting food choices,

where I got THE FIX (sausage, egg, smoked gouda, spicy pepper jam, on a biscuit).

which was actually pretty good for a breakfast sandwich.

For lunch, we decided to go to Hokkaido Ramen Santouka, which we had a good experience at before. This time around, we got the Toroniku Goma Miso Ramen (miso and sesame paste added to shio broth, topped with toroniku (pork cheek chashu), bamboo shoots, kikurage mushrooms and baby arugula), Three Yakumi (Assortment of seaweed sheets (nori), bamboo shoots and kikurage mushrooms) and Aji-Tama (soft-boiled egg),

and the Natto Gohan (rice bowl topped with natto (fermented soybeans).

The noodles and side dishes were excellent, although the bitter taste and gooey taste of the fermented beans means it was be the first and last time I am eating natto.

My cousin later bought us drinks from Up Tea Hub in Malden, getting the Kumquat Passion Lemon.

and the Fruit Overload.

Excellent drinks from this place as always.

June 30th 2019: Second Time at Encore Boston Harbor, Everett

This morning, we decided to check out more of Encore Boston Harbor in Everett while the parking was still free. Nice pictures of the exterior this time around.

We had a quick bite at Bru,

getting the Lychee Ice Cream.

which was good but extremely expensive.

We passed by the Oyster Bar

and revisited the Center Bar

before heading to Red 8 for a Chinese lunch.

Intimidated by the prices on the menu, we decided to go for the Peking Duck (mandarin crepes and served with cucumber, hoisin sauce and scallions), thinking it would be enough to feed all of us, considering it was supposed to be from a whole duck. How disappointed we were to be.

and for 88 bucks?! Nothing amazing, and never coming back again.

Recommended Places to Visit: Everett

Recreation

Casinos
Encore Boston Harbor
1 Broadway

Rock Climbing
MetroRock Boston
69 Norman Street


Sports Arenas
Everett Veterans Memorial Stadium
Spring Street and Chelsea Street


Fun Stuff

Skyzone
69 Norman Street

Architecture

Monuments

Lt. Joseph F. Wehner Park
921 Broadway

Town Clock
Norwood Street and Broadway

Time Dial and Fountain
School Street and Broadway

Dam
Amelie Earhart Dam
End of Mystic View Road

Cemeteries
Woodlawn Cemetery
302 Elm Street


Bridges
Alford Street Bridge
Alford Street near Dexter Street

Places of Worship

Glendale Christian Lighthouse Church
701 Broadway

Immaculate Conception Church
489 Broadway

First United Parish
460 Broadway

St. Anthony's Parish
38 Oakes Street

Bethel Revival Center
43 Norwood Street

Elm Street Baptist Church
202 Elm Street

Glendale United Methodist Church
151 Glendale Street

First Baptist Church
50 Church Street

Mystic Side Congregational Church
422 Main Street

Everett Portuguese Church
21 Cottage Street


Schools
Everett High School
100 Elm Street

Albert Parlin Junior High School
587 Broadway

Town Facilities
Shute Memorial Library
781 Broadway

Parlin Memorial Library
410 Broadway

Historical Buildings
Old St. Therese Church
801 Broadway

Edward G Connolly Center
90 Chelsea Street

Whitney Lorenti House
15 Summer Street

Winslow Condominiums
14 Locust Street

Restaurants

Highly Recommended:
Western
The Buffet
1 Broadway


Brazilian
Braza Bar and Grill
158 School Street

Chinese
Bun's House
338 Ferry Street
Recommended Dishes:
Shanghai Style Pan Fried Pork Buns
Steamed Chicken with Chili Sauce

Tried:
Indian
Bar B Q To Nite
18 Norwood Street
Recommended Dishes:
Goat Paya Curry
Naan

Breakfast
Dempsey's Breakfast and Lunch
438 Broadway
Recommended Dishes:
Hot Chocolate
Irish Benny

Carol's Cafe

388 Main Street
Recommended Dishes:
Hot Chocolate
3 Eggs, Homefries, Toast, Pancakes

Italian
JC Grill and Pizza
318 Broadway
Recommended Dishes:
Mineira Pizza



Mexican
La Barra Sports Bar
361 Ferry Street
Recommended Dishes:
Salchipapas
Palitos de Guayaba
Revueltas Pupusa


Montecristo Taqueria Y Pupuseria
574 Broadway
Recommended Dishes:
Garnachas

Dessert
I Love Milkshakes (chain, closed)
132 Main Street
Recommended Dishes:
Ferrero Rocher Milkshake
Triple Bliss Fruit Shake

Starbucks (chain)
1 Mystic View Road
Recommended Dishes:
Caramel Frappucino

Bru
1 Broadway
Recommended Dishes:
Lychee Ice Cream

Santana's Plaza Cafe
161 Main Street
Recommended Dishes:
Guava Juice
White Chocolate Pineapple Tart
Beef Pastel

Broadway Dairy Maid
960 Broadway
Recommended Dishes:
Vanilla Ice Cream


Caribbean
Brother's Kafe Kreyol

299 Main Street
Recommended Dishes:
Plantains with Ragou

Chinese
Red 8 (chain)
1 Broadway
Recommended Dishes:
Peking Duck


Western

Popeye's (chain)
1886 Revere Beach Parkway
Recommended Dishes:
Spicy Chicken
Mashed Potatoes
Biscuit
Apple Pie

Mike's Roast Beef and Seafood

115 Broadway
Recommended Dishes:
Small Roast Beef Sandwich

June 27th 2019: Encore Boston Harbor, Everett

Tonight, we decided to check out the new casino in Everett, Encore Boston Harbor. Really beautiful place I must say.

For food, we decided to try The Buffet, for which there was a wait line, but thankfully we could put our name on a list and get a text message when our turn was up.

Excellent food to be had here, and we managed to try a bit of everything before finally hitting our walls.

Other nice restaurants in the casino include Red 8 (Chinese),

Bru (cafe),

On Deck Burger Bar (burgers),

and Fratelli (Italian).

Definitely want to come back to try them out, but I definitely don't want to pay for the parking. Thankfully today was still free.