Hey everyone, I wasn’t in Boston for that long and pretty much endured a freezing rainy weekend (what luck…), but I had a pretty good time.
Started off with a lunch meal at Saltie Girl and had around 5 oysters, a clam chowder, and the fried clams. The oysters all had different tastes but… I’ll be honest I was never a huge fan of raw oysters haha. I wasn’t really impressed with the clam chowder (I thought it was expensive at 18 a bowl, but was thinking maybe it’ll really wow me). When it was served I was hoping the chowder would be piping hot and well, it was more towards the warm end for my tastes. Had chunks of thick bacon, clams (with shells), potatoes, and salsify (some sort of root veggie) but dunno, I expected a little more. The fried clams were quite good though! Friend had some smoked salmon bagel and I tried a bite and though they were good. Didn’t have room for crudo 
Went to Neptune Oyster for dinner though and I enjoyed that place a lot more even if I had to wait a little bit (I really wanted to have a huge bowl of ramen at Yume Wo Katare but that place was closed) and eventually wandered back towards that area. Had the hot lobster butter roll which was fantastic and five oysters as well. I really enjoyed that lobster roll with pretty much the lobster meat spilling everywhere onto the salad so I suppose I had lobster salad as well…
The following day, tried some cider donuts at Kane’s and the little mini ones at the Boston Public Market (friend brought some cider donuts from Apple Hill back in California so I just thought I can do a quick comparison). I think I preferred the little mini donuts more but that’s because I had them still warm. Perferred the sugar coated cider donuts vs the hard glazed ones at Kane’s. Also tried a sample of the blue fish pate (I thought it was quite nice! Though maybe I was blind, but they don’t really sell the whole blue fish?).
Wandered around that area up to Scampo for lunch though I really had no idea what to order. Waiter suggested scallops and I can’t say I can resist no to that! Thought the scallops were cooked quite well, but not sure exactly what people usually order there. Eventually wandered up from there towards Cambridge area (seems like a really bustling area as well for restaurants!) and tried Giulia. Started off with this beef crudo which was terrific. Had this octopus and smoked squid appetizer as well with chickpeas, tomatoes and a hint of citrus (I just presume lemon). Lastly finished up the main course with pappardelle with wild boar pasta. That sauce was delicious, and getting an extra piece of bread to sop up the sauce is pretty much the end goal. Saw another diner next to me order this hazelnut gelato and I had to try that as well. Excellent gelato is all I can say, nice smooth texture with a great hazelnut flavor.
On my final morning, tried Winsor’s dim sum for that dish that wasn’t even on the outside menu. Found it in the end and they call it pan fried sticky rice in English, but per my conversation it was a pan fried lo mai gai (lotus wrapped rice with sausage, pork, mushrooms, and sometimes egg). The rice of the item was crispy, and there was an scrambled egg that wrapped around it. I honestly never seen this before in the bay area so it was a new surprise. The other few items I ordered were the rice noodle shrimp roll, ha gau, siu mai, char siu bao, and xo pan fried radish cakes (this was a huge dish). I thought everything was fine, but i wouldn’t really say that it is a must visit. After that I got a slice of pepperoni and mushroom pizza slice from Regina Pizzeria.
Thanks for all the help, definitely missed a lot of places and a lot of items and I will want to checkout Boston sometime soon!
and if you’re uh hoping for pictures… I might eventually post them lol
