For Malden, I’m a fan of:
Golden Garden–good sour cabbage and bacon, great Three Delights aka potato, pepper and eggplant, also nice dumplings & etc. for their Sat/Sun AM fare
Go Chi–another solid Dongbei style place that’s downtown, really liked the twice cooked pork dish here
Sichuan Taste–quality Sichuan fare, not outstanding but good
Cafe de Lulu–great cheap eats at this Hong Kong style place that used to be in Chinatown. Real cha chaan teng food–many value lunch plates, awesome French toast and milk tea
Sun Kong–not spectacular for dim sum, but as good a cart service place as any of the ones downtown. if not better.
Sillari’s Pizza–underrated, high quality pizza at this Medford St place that is pretty much pizza only
Mandarin Malden–have only eaten at this Taiwanese place once, but enjoyed the versions of the Taiwanese classics three cups chicken and oyster omelette that I got here
a few other spots I’ve found in Malden are Dom’s (good sausage and sometimes they have amazing bread that they sell right in front of the deli counter), Monkey King Tea for puffle cones and takoyaki, Atlas Market for falafel sandwiches and Arabic groceries and J & R restaurant for Caribbean. There’s also the 99 Asian Supermarket on Broadway, which is one of the better Asian markets around.
For Chelsea I like Katz’ for bagels and Restaurante Sabor Especial for great, made to order pupusas. Ciao Pizza is on my list tor try, but haven’t made it yet.
For Revere I’ve only done enough groundwork to take in New Deal Fruit, a great Italian market with fantastic subs. I need to try Sabor Salvadoreno (I think it was galangatron who said they have good pupusas), Thmor Da for Cambodian, and maybe Las Delicias Colombianas. I’m also intrigued by Fedala Bakery, a Moroccan/French bakery that I think looks really promising.
Hope that helps!
