Hops Test Kitchen: A Summer Tasting of Lobster

A Summer Tasting of Lobster

Hops Test Kitchen
Pop Up Dinner

July 25, 2016

Cambridge, MA

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There we were... wandering through the VIP section at A Taste of Cambridge when we came upon a booth carrying a tasty lobster bite. Tara can't refuse a lobster snack and so... was drawn right in. In our brief discussion with the folks at the table we were told of the Pop Ups they do and pointed to a note pad that would be used to gather reservations for these small and personal events...

I'm certain you're all shocked that we signed up.

A Splendid Taste of Chicago

NoMi

April 1, 2016

Chicago, IL

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It was rainy in Chicago during our first expedition out together on Friday April 1st. That... was unfortunate. But we had a good sight seeing adventure from the John Hancock Tower and afterwards we descended 94 floors to find ourselves some food. The first restaurant we looked at (per recommendation of one of the attendants at the checkout) was filled up until way too late for us... so Nick took to Yelp and we found this place called NoMi and upon looking it up in OpenTable... we found it to be a 1k point restaurant so we were in! 6:45PM reservation it was as we figured that would give us enough time to move on over the few blocks to get there.

The above was my first view of NoMi. I liked the window.... little did I know what we were getting ourselves into!

 Restaurant Week
Boston 2013

Bistro 5

March 27th, 2013

Malden, MA

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Bistro 5 became a restaurant week choice in a game of point and click!  Wanting to find another restaurant but tired of putting in the effort of pouring over menus that just weren't meeting our needs as a diverse trio, Nick and Tara tried the "How about THIS!?" and dropped a finger on the scrolling mobile Boston Restaurant Week app.... Who knew that our game of chance would land us on a  menu that looked FANTASTIC right from the get go?! So we got our reservations on OpenTable and off to Malden we went!

 Restaurant Week Boston 2013

Masa

March 12th, 2013

Boston, MA

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We always hem and haw over where to start on restaurant week. There are always so many great options. Masa has been on our list for a few years now and so, we decided this was the year and made reservations... little did we know it was going to snow! But the three of us made it out there (because we're crazy like that) and boy were we not disappointed!

 Restaurant Week
Boston 2013

29 Newbury

March 22nd, 2013

Boston, MA

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29 Newbury Street was a backup choice for us but the menu seemed to draw us in and it felt like a good choice to try out during Restaurant Week so we booked for a party of 6 and headed up to Tremont Street after a day at PAX East (a gaming con held in Boston every year.) So you'll see some extra foods in this one that we might have a few words to add to but since it wasn't all ours, you might only be getting our experience (though the overall thought was pretty universal...)

WD-50

A Birthday Excursion

WD~50

August 11, 2012

Manhattan Lower East Side

 Food-Flash!

Oye's

March 18th, 2013

Reading, MA

The plan for the night was to see Oz: The Great and Powerful at the Reading Jordan's Furniture IMax theater but dinner was definitely needed before hand. We had seen this place and Tara had heard good things about it from co-workers so we decided to give it a go....