Yes, I know I skipped day 2 of my LA trip, but that’s because I spent all of day 2 cooking at home. It was my mom’s birthday, so I decided to make a family meal. The very first thing I did that morning was make a pot of coffee, then I drove to the supermarket to get chicken liver. I promised my sister that I would make pate, and so I did. Still warm pate on baguette was pretty nice.
For lunch, I made one of my favorite Jamie Oliver pasta dishes, the pasta peperonata. As for dinner, the previous night I had cooked a big pot of Mediterranean braised lamb and left it in the fridge so that I could scoop all the fat out. While that was heating back up, I made couscous, roasted some squash, cooked asparagus in whole grain mustard, and cooked some Italian-style greens. Everything turned out pretty good.
Day 3: Boston Kitchen
Anyways, the next day I had to run some errands with my parents, and after everything was done, we had a couple of hours to waste before picking up my niece from school. I wanted lunch, and my parents didn’t care where we went, so I decided on Boston Kitchen. This cafe has nothing to do with Boston, and I have no idea why they called it Boston Kitchen. It’s a Hong Kong-style cafe, which, of course, if you’re familiar with this blog, I’m a huge fan of these cafes. Where else can you get an iced coffee tea (yin yan), baked rice dishes, and traditional Chinese dishes?
This particular Boston Kitchen used to be a KFC. I believe I come here with my parents every time haha. The flat-screen TV had Hong Kong news on, which was reporting the typhoon that was currently hitting Hong Kong. As usual, I got a baked pork chop over rice and for a dollar more, I got a Thai iced tea. My parents got broccoli with fish and stir-fry beef with bittermelon. Some cafes give you a choice as to what soup you want as a starter, red or white. Red is a tomato-based beef soup, and white is a corn chowder. I always get the corn chowder. At Boston, there was only one choice, and that was a delicious veg soup with chicken. It was very simple, light, and probably filled with MSG.
Food Rundown
Boston Kitchen Menu
Of course, you don’t go to these places and expect culinary masterpieces. You go to these places to eat. To eat cheaply and be full when you leave. I have to have a baked dish over rice, either pork chop or cow tongue, each time I go home. Certain cafes like Boston don’t serve the baked cow tongue over rice. And certain cafes have an option for the baked dish to have white sauce instead of red.
