Seafood Feast at Neptune Oyster

I did not take part on this month's Petite style challenge # eight "Spinning the fave," but please visit Gracie's put up to look her entry as well as 24 other girls' clothing!

closing Sunday, my weblog buddy Ping came to town and we spent a lovely afternoon roaming the city, purchasing on Newbury St, ingesting, and consuming ourselves silly. We started off at criminal Seafood (local chain - don't like it, however it become close by) for Ping's first oyster experience. "should I chunk?" she requested, as she by chance gulped it down entire. next, we moseyed over to the North end to place our call down at Neptune Oyster. With three $$$, 750 opinions, and almost 5 stars on Yelp, this region is well-known for it is seafood and long waits (which could rise up to three+ hours for dinner). Our wait became under 1 hr, abd we killed time with the aid of analyzing magazines in CVS.

Appetizer: Hamachi Crudo

Entree #1: North End Cioppino (giant prawns, salmon, shellfish, and saffron rice in a spicy broth)

Entree #2: Neptune Oyster's famous Hot Maine Lobster Roll

All in all the meals became scrumptious. A need to-attempt for proper seafood lovers journeying Boston. There had been such a lot of huge chunks of buttery lobster within the roll, we could barely finish simply the filling. For the ones who've by no means come to New England, chowing down lobster rolls are pretty the famous pastime right here : ) I even tried my hand at selfmade ones last year with grocery keep lobsters - now not the equal.

 All speedy'd out at Copley rectangular - more photos in Ping's put up

In my last publish, I inadvertently stirred up a chunk of "West vs East coast" chatter. i have constantly desired to move to sunny Southern CA in which Nick is from, and used to no longer care for Boston (we both moved here for college). over the past few years, even though, i've come to expand a deep appreciation for the records of the metropolis, the benefit of a very stroll-in a position metropolis (I loathe riding!), lovely Autumns filled with apple cider and cider donuts, and of course, the awesome sparkling lobster, clam chowder, and oysters. Oh, and the easy joy of ingesting a piping-hot bowl of pho or shabu shabu when it's 2 stages out. One thing I really will no longer miss, however, is carrying four layers in June.

Readers - I realize lots of you are from the West coast, and perhaps a sprinkling from the Northeast? Please proportion a number of the matters you adore approximately wherein you stay! And fellow Bostonians - what are some of your preferred things about this town?

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