E.N. Z.'s Profile

Don't be misled by the other reviewers, this place is good for more than just the jeans.

Owner Riccardi has his sense of style which is a blend of casual and formal wear and playfulness, funkiness. The store definitely reflected his sensible fashion style.

We were serviced by Riccardi each time. He was like a friend, suggesting, helping us to find extremely flattering outfits. They do carry very interesting jeans, but they also have a good selection of Vivian Westwood shirts (one of my favorite's).  

I gave it four stars because I thought they do lack a little on the women's clothing. To me, a girl's wardrobe should contain some funky casual outfits, but also some girly stuff. I sense this shop lacks a little feminine touch to attract me to buy more things there. (which is not a bad thing!)

Excellent food and service! I am surprised that Chris didn't see any more Asians. I was amazed to see the amount of Asians there when I dined there recently for weekend Brunch.

I have had dinner there as well, both time the food was consistently superior. The waitress was super nice. Some restaurants won't allow the party to sit down if not all people are present. For my party of 6, the latest couple arrived an hour late. I was the first to arrive. The waitress immediately seated me.

Dinning at the B&B is well worth the money. The brunch is particularly reasonable in price. I sampled a few different things from my party, I was very impressed by the chef. I am looking forward to another visit so that I can write more in depth about my dishes.

I was greatly disappointed with Dok Bua after being a loyal customer for many many years. Their portions got smaller and they lost some of my favorite dishes. I have been looking for an authentic Thai place as a substitute. S&I turned out to be even better than I had imagined.

I only went once this week (although I would like to go again very very soon). And although I am not Thai, having only visited Thailand a few years back for a couple of weeks, I sense that this is the most authentic place in the entire Boston area.

My Indonesian fried rice was to die for! The rice is flavored sticky rice (the best I've ever had). The chicken noodle soup (with ground chicken) has the best soup - thick (in terms of tastiness) fragrant. The waiter (or maybe owner) was prompt and friendly. They also have loads of Thai language Vogue like magazines for eat-in diners to browse.

It is definitely a great experience to eat at S&I. I highly highly recommend it. Oh, it can get spicy (the right amount spicy), instead of the regular very tamed taste at places such as Brown Sugar, Kao Sarn. Be prepared for some good stuff!

I am not rating for their Shabu. I heard about their Taiwanese breakfast, so I went there today to try it out.

I guess this place is really owned by the Taiwanese people. They advertised their smelly Tofu (steamed or fried) to be just like the way in Taiwan.

From my ratings you can tell I am not excited about their food. First of all, they only service the Taiwanese breakfast on weekends. I went on a Saturday which is the first day of the two-day weekend. I arrived at 1:15PM, ok, let's say at 1:30 the latest. They were open from 11:30AM. They already ran out all their soy bean drinks long time ago and their congees.  That's very interesting because when we were there, no other new customers came and there were only one other party there. I think they didn't stock up their stuff. I was put off by that.

We ordered the Tofu Vege shreds. The trick of the tofu shreds is to make them tender instead of chewy. The tofu shreds at Shabu Village is only a tad short from tasting like rubber bands. The seasoning was not right too. They put too much sesame oil.

We ordered the fried smelly tofu. It smelled right, but it didn't taste right. It was not crunchy on the outside (somewhat mushy) and the inside was rather empty. It smelled much better than when I actually had it in my mouth.

The other dishes we ordered were all mediocre at best.

The layout of the restaurant is not very appealing. The cooking is in plain view wtih all the tools and buckets and sauces placed here and there at the Shabu counter. Plus, since the Shabu counter is rather low, I can see more of the disarray. I had the feeling of eating at a cafeteria instead of a nice restaurant.

The food is alright if you can take the service. I was going there almost every weekend for two years, and I am Chinese myself, they never smiled, nor acted friendly. I was tipping well, but after that kind of treatment, continuously as if I interrupted an argument, I can't even go there anymore.

The service is inconsistent in terms of the speed. Some nights they are very very slow. Other times, they are super fast, as if they want you to leave immediately. On winter nights, the little space can be very stuffy and smelly even for me as a Chinese person!

I endured this for quite a while because there wasn't much quality Chinese food around. But I am not willing to take their attitude and the ambiance forever. Now I hardly go there. There are so many great Asian restaurants opened up in Boston and greater Boston area... Why do I have to face the sour faced waitress to ruin my dining mood!

One last comment, this place like Chun Shin Yuen can get boring very quickly due to their never changing brunch menu. I got the sense that they felt they were doing so well that they needn't improve or change anything - hence the attitude.

The most famous soup has a strange taste to it. It tastes sour. My special with Chilean sea bass was undercooked, so that the meat still stuck to the bone. Now if you know a little about cooking you would know that Chilean sea bass is one of the easiest to cook. It tends to leave a buttery soft taste to your mouth. Not here, although undercooked, it was tough and not fresh tasting.

I am not going there for a while. I only decided to try it again because I got disappointed with Pho Pasture with them changing their names to Les and I detected a change in their food quality (a definite decline).

Don't know where to go now for Vietnamese unless I go to Dorchester...

I am so glad that a Jamaican place made it across the river!

The food is home made, very casual but very good! Try their beef appetizer (I forgot the name), it is very tasty.

Their menu items are limited in choice, but you can't go wrong with any of them. I highly recommend you to try them out, but not too late in the evening. My first time, I got there after 7:30 and the place was already closed. We ended up eating at the Full Moon.

Excellent food if you consider the price, the taste, the service. I have never been to Burma. But the food at this place (freshly cooked- everything) reminds me of the home cooked food I had in Indonesia and Thailand.

When we were having our delicious food (chowing that down in no time), two other couples came in. The last couple sat down for a few minutes, studied the menu for 5 minutes, then stood up and left! They told the waitress that they were leaving because they had no idea of what Burmese food was and after reviewing the menu they didn't want to eat there! That's really too bad for these people since they are truly missing out on the good stuff!

However, this does bring up one issue about this place. When we first arrived, we also didn't know what to order after reading the menu. We had to ask the waitress to recommend - which was very good choices (Burmese Samosa (this is not on the menu so I don't know how to spell it, but it is different from the Indian ones. I like the Burmese far better in this case.) , Egg curry (another very different dish from Indian and Japanese sauce mushy stuff), Pork Stew with noodles and garlic, spice) . I think they need to better describe their menu to make the food more attractive. The pork stew I ordered is really slow cooked pork chunks which is really really tasty.

According to the waitress, they are printing new menus next week. I wonder if they are improving their dishes or increasing their prices... We will see., For now, I give it a 5 star.

I only go to this place when I need something quickly because it is close to me. Otherwise, no way Jose.

This particular branch of super 88 is a lot more expensive than the other 88s (I think because of the location, it has all the students to rip off from). Also super 88s cater to Cantonese style foods. A while back, it tried to carry some other northern style of frozen foods, (which was quite good) but then they stopped.

So, if this place offers less selections, more expensive, why would I go there?

If you are a super 88 fan, hop in your car, drive to Dorchester. That is a very nice branch which is almost comparable to Ranch 99 in CA.

For a very good alternative if you don't mind driving - head over to Quincy. Kam Man is quite good with a wonderful food court. I usually select lunch time to go food shopping so I can have the yummy rice plates before shopping.

For real fresh, well priced good stuff, go to Russo's at Watertown. That place has all the Chinese veggies for much cheaper prices. They are so fresh that they last longer in my fridge than Super 88's foods.

Wonderful drive from the city to this museum. Take the Winter St. exit on 95/128, follow winter st.  hugging the lake, turn right on Old Country Rd then left onto Trapelo, the rest is just normal way to the museum. This route is extremely scenic.

I agree with other reviewers about the sculpture park. It is playful and good for the entire family. There are some trails around the museum. One also leads to a lake.

Everyone forgot to mention the museum itself. You have to go to the roof deck. That's where my baby icon was taken. Roof deck has beautiful panoramic views of the area. The collections are frequently changing. They also tell you when the artists will be visiting so you can meet them next to their artwork and talk to them.