After experiencing several wonderful omakase meals at Cafe Sushi and many terrific (self-selected but basically omakase) dinners at O Ya we felt it was time to see what Oishii was doing in the world of “I leave it up to you” cooking. Previously, we had only ordered a la carte at Oishii. The restaurant has some fun dishes – salmon on fire…
Boston
Boston: Local Fish!
How totally cool is it that they discovered the largest (and only the second) shipwreck on land in Boston a little over a week ago?? It was at a construction site in the Seaport area and we walked over the other day to take in this historic sight. The wooden boat they unearthed was about…
Boston: Select Oyster bar
Life just called out for a return visit to Select Oyster Bar (an earlier write up of this marvelous place can be found here). Take one cracked iPhone screen, the need to kill a little over an hour to get it fixed (the Boylston Street Apple store is just one block away from Select) and…
Boston: Cafe Sushi
Before we opened our restaurant, we made it a point to pick the brains of a lot of successful chefs and restauranteurs. Of all the advice we received, Chef Dan Barber’s (of Blue Hill in NYC and Blue Hill in Stone Barns fame) mantra “Under Promise. Over Deliver.” stuck with us. The idea of managing…
Boston: O Ya
The year was 2008 and the New York Times food critic Frank Bruni was traversing the country seeking the very best new restaurants. He sang the praises of some terrific places such as Cochon in New Orleans, Coi in San Francisco, Michael’s Food & Drink in Miami, Guy Savoy in Vegas and Ubuntu in Napa….