Red Sox baby

Day 3 with Dad!

Asana breakfast:

had Chinese journey with pork dumplings and congee. It came with scallions, cilantro, red vinegar, and soy sauce. The soy was very dark and thick. Pork dumplings were juicyyyy.

Red Sox game was amazing! We were so close to the home plate, near the Red Sox booth! Papa Gino's cheese pizza haha and peanuts! Those peanuts are so hard to de-shell. 

Dinner at Asana. Tomato and olive oil thinly sliced crusty bread, multigrain bread, and white bread. It's Vermont cured butter was slightly salted with some sour taste to it.

Dad and I shared a caesar salad and we both had nasi goreng. Interested non-authentic nasi goreng was very spicy with bits of chili pepper all over. Each grain of rice was pretty big. came with chicken and chicken satay, cucumber and tomato slices. 

I hate saying goodbye.... but I had to do it. I miss him already. I had to listen to Dad's genre of songs on the way back to school. Made me miss him more, but it fit the mood. I love Dad. Thank you for coming over!

a month and six days until I fly back to Tokyo...!

Grill 23 & Bar

My dad is visiting for the weekend, and I get to be special this weekend and choose to go to steakhouse for our first dinner together since 3 months ago!

First, I must say I love my dad. He is number one.

Anyway, dinner was with Dad and my friend. We went to Grill 23 in Back Bay. It was my second time. The atmosphere was less crowded than the last time I dined there. I love the open kitchen with bread table right there!

Menu:

Bread: the pumpernickel baguette bread with green raisin was the best. I also tried their flat crispy bread that had some kind of pepper on, their hard bread, and focaccia with mushrooms. I didn't love the focaccia.. but i LOVED their butter. Amazing. I think I probably had half of the butter served for the table. It had salt crystals in it. Delicious salted butter. mmm 

Appetizer- shared chopped up tuna sashimi and hamachi sashimi. They were delicately chopped and sliced. It came with two sauces that were on the side: one green and one red. Couldn't tell what it was, but the red one was a little bit spicy. The portion was really small, though. The hamachi had some sprinkles on top, which I couldn't tell what it was. It came with this bread stick that was really salty and gooooood. sesame in it, i think.

Appetizer 2: crab cakes. came with bitter greens with classic louie dressing (mayo based). I thought it had a little bit too much dressing on, but it was ok. Crab cakes were warm and good!

Main: New York Strip. 14 oz. Medium rare. Very nicely done and very juicy, I loved the way they cooked it. A little bit crispy on the outside and the inside was perfectly done.  Not too fatty either. Came with spicy greens (can't remember the name..!!) and side of caramelized onions. The onions were over salted, but that's okay. I loved it.

Main Dad: Dry-aged Ribeye. 16 oz. Medium rare. It looked delicious. I read that this is one of the restaurant's top menu.

Main Friend: grill 23 earth & ocean. Came with Bacon wrapped prime sirloin, wild trap-caught shrimp (3 pieces), potato au oivre, lobster bordelaise. It looked delicious. Shrimp were pretty big like 2 inches in diameter. 

We shared mushrooms, ginger beets and mashed potatoes. Mashed potatoes were really good. I'm not a big fan of them, but it was great. Not too creamy. Best when warm!

Dessert: Carmel Profiteroles. Coffee ice cream was the inside of the profiteroles (ahh! just learned this word!) and it came with crispy candied almonds. The caramel was too much, but the hot chocolate sauce that the chef puts on top was amazingggggg! 

Had a great dining. I loved it. Thank you, Dad!!!