
Festivus Gastrnomicus Korea Correspondent Ryan Long gives his first report from Korea. Ryan is there doing research on a fullbright grant and I asked him to share his new adventures with Korean food with us.

So Jen‘s fancy job at Boston Photo Imaging is right next door to the Parish Cafe. The folks at Parish have gotten about a thousand “Best of” awards in the city, so last Friday we went to check out the hype.

As part of Jen’s quest to completely deplete the city of Brookline of reuben sandwiches we stopped at Michael’s Deli in Coolidge Corner to take a bite out of the city’s remaining supply.

So I hadn’t eaten all day and I needed the power of Mexican food to lead a rehearsal of the understudies all by myself. I spotted Carlos Goldstein’s and instantly thought of Shalom Beijing in Boston. Could this be Glatt Kosher Mexican food?

Jason made an offer I couldn’t refuse and took me to Amato’s to give them a review. What I found was a something so good, I’m surprised it hasn’t moved out of San Jose.

This place absolutely sucked. Want to know how I really feel?

I spotted a taqueria I’d never seen before when I went to pick up Jen from work. I had to find out if it was up to snuff or if it was the same crappy tex-mex shit that normally passes for Mexican food here in Boston.
After singing for the Lord at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in the South End, Jen and I decided to try to get some brunch somewhere we could eat outside and enjoy the sunshine. We had no idea that we would find THE place for brunch just a short walk away at Tremont 647.
Jen and I were in the South End, where I’d just gotten out of work. We weren’t sure where to go for a late dinner, so we walked down Tremont looking for somewhere we could eat outside. We found the Garden of Eden, a small bistro focused on fresh ingredients. All the flavor of fresh…