Sunday, June 29, 2008

Mooo

This restaurant took over for the Federalist in XV Beacon, a small boutique hotel in Boston. As the name suggests, it's a steakhouse, trying to compete with Abe & Louie's, Smith & Wolinski's, Capital Grille, etc. However, I must say it's just not the same caliber as any of the restaurants mentioned above.

The service, is well, just not up to par. The hostess seemed slightly out of it. I'm not even sure they sat us at the right table. Our waiter was ok, but he lacked any personality. This is supposed to be a high quality restaurant - you should have high quality staff.

The food - mixed reviews to be honest. A coworker had the Kobe Beef Dumplings which he was pleased with. I started with the Lobster Bisque which made me sick (aka - don't get this). The steak was average. Both desserts (strawberry shortcake and key lime alaskan) received good reviews.

Overall, for the price and the type of food - go elsewhere. This restaurant simply is nothing special and you can get far better service (and probably steak) at another restaurant.

Sunday, June 22, 2008

Scooper Bowl!

Many of you know how much I love ice cream. For a long time, I thought I should have a career in the ice cream business. No joke, no matter how much time I spend around it, scooping it, eating it - I always want more. So it was a great treat when I got to take a little bit of time out of work the other day and attend the Scooper Bowl. The Scooper Bowl is a fund raising event for the Jimmy Fund in Government Center. You pay $8 and get to eat all the ice cream you can! Next year, I need to remember to not eat lunch first! Anyways, here's a run down of what I had:

Ben & Jerry's - Cake Batter - As the name indicates, this tasted exactly like yellow cake batter. I must admit it wasn't one of my favorites, but the flavor was definitely spot on.

Breyers - Cookies & Cream - A classic, you just can't go wrong with this.

Cold Stone Creamery - Chocolate Devotion - Wow, intense chocolate. Fantastic!

Haagen-Dazs - Raspberry Sorbet - Definitely refreshing on this intensely hot day. I think I might actually buy this in a store.

Doriti Gelati - Lemon Sorbetto - Hands down the best ice cream I tried. Unbelievable - in fact, my aunt went the day after me, and commented on exactly the same ice cream without any prompting. (As a side note, their mango gelato, not so hot).

I'm sure I missed a few that I tried, but what a great event. I love summer and all the ice cream that comes with it!!