Fat & Fatter

Lunch 8/10/2017: BAO Soho, 53 Lexington Street, London

Shared: Taiwanese fried chicken, beef soup, classic bao, confit pork bao, lamb shoulder bao, fried Horlicks ice cream bao.

Me: Yakult float.

The husband: The Terroriser cocktail.

Highly lauded by chefs on Eats Abroad so we had to check this place out. It did not disappoint. The recommended Taiwanese fried chicken was a light and crispy delight, and the classic bao—a favorite of one of BAO’s owners—overflows with braised pork, peanut powder, and fermented greens.

The fluffy, pillow-like baos are made fresh in-house, and the fillings are full of flavor. Our favorite was the lamb shoulder, dressed with coriander sauce, garlic mayo, and soy pickled chilli. 

Dinner 8/1/2017: Bacon and scallop rolls.

Dim sum 2/26/2017: Winsor Dim Sum House & Bar, 706 Hancock Avenue, Quincy, MA

Shared: Egg tarts, shrimp rice roll, pan-fried turnip cake, minced beef rice roll, Chinese sausage buns, fried shrimp and chive dumplings, shrimp dumplings, pork and shrimp dumplings, Winsor juicy pork dumplings, pineapple buns.

Dinner 1/28/2017: Thursday Kitchen, 424 E 9th Street, Manhattan

Shared: Gnocchi, Korean pancake, lychee-mango-soju Capri Sun, chicharron, octopus, kimchi paella, truffle mac and cheese, mapo tofu, matcha bread pudding, popcorn ice cream. Also angry sweet potato (not pictured).

Dinner 1/21/2017: Manoa Poke Shop, 300 Beacon Street, Somerville, MA

Me: Kilauea bowl.

The husband: Salmon shoyu bowl.

Lunch 12/23/2016: World of Beer, 100 Cambridge Side Place, Cambridge, MA

Me: BBQ bacon burger.

The husband: Chimay burger.

Lunch 9/10/2016: Foot Bridge Lobster, 108 Perkins Cove Road, Ogunquit, ME

Me: Lobster roll.

The husband: Whole belly clam roll.

Dinner 12/18/2016: Yokato Yokabai, 4185 Rue Drolet, Montreal, Canada

Each: Tonkotsu pork ramen, homemade green tea ice cream.

Lunch 12/27/2016: Lone Star Taco, 635 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA

Me: Carnitas pork taco, grilled avocado with griddled queso taco.

The husband: Beef barbacoa taco, baja fish of the day taco, special carnitas taco.

Shared: Chile con queso.

Breakfast 1.2.2017: Sunny Morning, 1392 Yonge Street, Toronto, Canada

Me: Bacon nutella waffle.

The husband: Big Breakfast skillet.

Dinner 1/1/2017: The Burger’s Priest, 212 Adelaide Street W, Toronto, Canada

Religious Hypocrite burger (cheese-stuffed deep-fried Portobellos plus bacon).

Dim sum 1/1/2017: Rol San, 323 Spadina Avenue, Toronto, Canada

Shared: Shiu mai, sticky rice with pork in lotus leaf, baked milk tarts, pan-fried turnip cake, pan-fried pork dumplings, steamed pork and crab soup dumpling, har gow, shrimp rice rolls.

Lunch 10/27/2016: Zum Zirkelwirt, Pfeiffergasse 14, Salzburg, Austria

Me: Goulash.

The husband: Wiener schnitzel.

Morning snack 10/27/2016: BackWerk, Griesgasse 15, Salzburg, Austria.

Shared: Oreo donut.

Dinner 10/26/2016: Taj Mahal, Bayerhamerstraße 13, Salzburg, Austria

Me: Chicken vindaloo.

The husband: Chicken tikka masala.

Shared: Garlic naan.

Afternoon snack, 10/25/2016: Bitzinger at Prater Ferris Wheel, Vienna, Austria

Each: Käsekrainer.

Dessert 10/9/2016: Apple pie bars.