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I had 3.5 hours in Boston that was not in the previous plan so sadly I didnt bring my "places I want to eat notes"....
I had yet to try Todd English's Kingfish Hall, and it was close to the train station so I started there. Damn awesome "Fat Belly Clams" and a glass of Gruner, followed by a dish of melon in a sweet, spicy curry soup, on top was placed crab, herbs like cilantro, mint, basil and toasted coconut!! Super with a German Riesling, great summer dish.
Next stop was the North End, I had never been (not to see Paul Revere's house nor the birthplace of my Grandma in 1901) so I wandered all over, its so much more beatiful than NYC and smells better also. Lines at every restaurant, and they had no bars, so no seats for me. Next I stumbled on a Patron Saint festival, very cool, music, people pining dollars on it. After an amaro and a biera, I went to the most poshed up place (with a nice menu, whom were turning people away) and asked if they had a bar for a single person, "No but we have a wierd table no one wants" (it was the worst table but fine for me) I ordered fresh fava beans and pecorino, that came poshed up in a cone of fried parma cheese, than crab cannelloni with corn, onion, cream sauce etc. Both very good, I would not go back cause I would try some other small place, but Mamma Maria was nice to me...
Last stop Chinatown for dessert, a Tsing Tao.
Had my secong meal at Applebee's (in MA) this year and while it gets no stars its not as bad as I thought it would be.
I had to eat there cause it was late and was close to the hospital my mom is in, she has been not great lately (doesnt eat well and every once in a while wrestle's with a 1.75L plastic bottle of distilled grain) plus was stung by a wasp Saturday to which she is very allergic.
She wandered up to the Emergency Room, screamed to everyone about angels and started talking to my deseased father before passing out cold on the floor.
The hospital is very close and before they expanded many years ago, deer roamed between it and my house. There is a stream between us that had crayfish when I was very young, I sadly never ate them, just liked to play with them. Back in the day the bigger streams had Horned Pout (Catfish).
Now we have Applebee's, Longhorn, one very polluted stream and the best hospital for miles around.