Showing posts with label Wellesley. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wellesley. Show all posts

Saturday, February 8, 2014

February 8th 2014: Celebrating My Friend's Birthday at Fire + Ice, Boston

Today, I was invited to my friend's birthday party, to be held at Fire + Ice in Boston. As always, I spent my day sightseeing, passing through Wrentham,
Hale's Pond, 20 Jenks Street
and Plainville
Lake Mirimichi, ~42 Mirimichi Street







Fuller Pond, 27 Fuller Street
on the way to Attleborough,
New Covenant Christian Fellowship
Immanuel Lutheran Church








First Church of Christ, Scientist
Evangelical Covenant Church








Congregation Agudas Achim
Murray Unitarian Universalist Church







Holy Ghost Church
Willett Elementary School









Some interesting places I visited in town were two schools with the exact same architectural design,

Brennan Middle School
Wamsutta Middle School








and the beautiful Manchester Reservoir at the end of Beagle Club Road.

Manchester Reservoir,
End of Beagle Club Road 










At this point, I felt extremely hungry, so I decided to get a pizza from Park Street Pizza in town, getting the Firefighter's Buffalo Chicken Pizza (buffalo chicken, pineapple and jalapeƱo peppers with red sauce). 
Not too bad, though nothing special.

From here, I headed back toward Cambridge, passing through Easton
Holy Cross Church
New Hope Christian Chapel












before stopping for another bite at the Feisty Greek, a Mediterranean cafe in the town of Norwood.
There were a lot of people eating here today, and it took a while for my order of a Pastitsio with a Greek Salad to come.
Nothing too extraordinary though.

Next, it was time for dessert, from Five Bites Cupcakes in the town of Wellesley. This place, located within a small shopping complex, is nothing to look at,

although the cupcakes I got were really good, namely the Mudslide (chocolate oreo cake filled with chocolate sweet cream dipped in chocolate and topped with chocolate frosting), White Hot Chocolate (yellow cake filled with white sweet cream dipped in chocolate ganache, topped with white frosting), Red Velvet (southern style red chocolate cake filled and topped with cream cheese frosting), Cookies and Cream (oreo cookie cake filled with sweet cream, topped with white frosting), the Double Chocolate and the Yellow Birthday cupcakes.
Clockwise from top left: Mudslide, White Hot Chocolate, Red Velvet,
Cookies and Cream, Double Chocolate, Yellow Birthday
Next, it was on to more desserts at Swissbakers in the Allston area of Boston, which has a red cow on top of the building.

This place is really nice inside, and all the different sorts of desserts I got were really tasty as well, namely the Meringues, the Swiss Linzer (raspberry jam), the Mini Swirl (hazelnut), the Chocolate Prussien (French elephant ear. Light puff pastry dough is folded with organic sugar and baked), Macaroons and the Chocolate Mousse Berliner. 
Macaroons and Chocolate Mousse Berliner

Swiss Linzer
Mini Swirl (left) and Chocolate Prussien




Meringues
Because of the amount I spent, I also got a free bag to hold my pastries as well.
With that, I finally headed to my friend's place in Cambridge, where the views were actually really good.
We decided to take public transportation to the Mongolian BBQ place, which I have been to once in the past. This place was filled with people tonight, but thankfully we had made a reservation, so we were shown to our table pretty quickly. Food here is obtained buffet style, although everything has yet to be cooked.







After choosing what meats, vegetables and starches to have on my plate, it was time to choose the sauce to be poured on top after it has been cooked (pouring it onto the food before being cooked causes it to get burnt), and I went with a pesto sauce.
After being done with my choices, it was time to head into the center, where people were lining up to have their food cooked by the hibachi chefs in the center on a circular hibachi table.
Our food was cooked pretty quickly as well,
although I felt mine needed more sauce, so I just went up and got more. Much better this time around.

After dinner, we headed back to my friend's place, where we had a carrot cake that my friend's mom made for her birthday, and talked all night until it was finally time to head back home. It was good to be able to celebrate my friend's birthday with her today.

Saturday, December 21, 2013

December 21st 2013: Hot Pot Dinner at a Friend's Place

Tonight, I had a hot pot dinner to go to at a friend's place. As always, I spent my day exploring Massachusetts, starting off with the town of Franklin,
Spruce Pond, 333 King Street
Spring Pond, 395 Washington Street








moving on to Norfolk after that.
Bush Pond, 14 Lawrence Street









City Mills Pond, 361 Main Street
Comey's Pond, 381 Main Street










Cress Brook Pond, 37 Lake Street
Populatic Pond, 56 Lakeshore Drive










Kingsbury Pond, 28 Kingsbury Road

I was extremely hungry at this point, so I decided to get breakfast at the Westbury Farms Family Restaurant in the town of Norwood.  This pretty okay looking diner is located within a strip mall, with a pretty decent number of people inside.

 I decided to get the West Coast Waffle (golden brown waffle topped with cinammon apple, strawberry, banana, blueberry, whipped cream) and a cup of Hot Chocolate.
Hot Chocolate

West Coast Waffle
The waffles were good enough to sate my hunger, but not special enough for me to recommend this place. From here, I resumed my sightseeing in Sharon,
Trowel Shop Pond,
272 North Main Street
Sharon Community Center Beach,
50 Dubinsky Drive










then spent the most of the day in Easton, which I haven't really explored.
North Easton Savings Bank,
20 Eastman Street
Veterans Memorial Park,
Mechanic Street and Pond Street



The Fellowship
Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church










New Pond, 600 Foundry Street









VFW Post 2547, 61 Rockland Street
Covenant Congregational Church










The Children's Museum
St. Mark's Episcopal Church










Shovelshop Pond, 71 Pond Street
HH Richardson School










Easton Historical Society
Immaculate Conception Church









Robert King Music Sales

Old Church, 9 Mechanic Street













Oake Ames Memorial Hall
Ames Free Library










Ames Shovel Works








Old North Easton Grammar School,
115 Main Street
Schoolhouse Apartments,
8 Lincoln Street











Queset House
Unity Church of North Easton










The Rockery Memorial Cairn


















View of Langwater Pond from Big Pout,
~15 Pond Street
Oliver A Parker Square,
Oliver Street and Main Street











Langwater Pond, 214 Main Street
Langwater Bridge, ~214 Main Street










I finally proceeded to the town of Stoughton, passing by the Ames Pond Beach at 1000 Highland Street,

where I got my lunch at The Last Shot, a typical bar restaurant in town. I decided to get the Grand Slam for appetizers, consisting of Onion Rings (thinly sliced onions lightly battered and fried golden brown), Dill and Sweet Fried Pickles (lightly breaded and fried golden brown), Money Honey Chicken Tenders, Italian Calamari (tossed with blend of olive oil, banana peppers, Romano cheese) and Buffalo Shrimp (lightly battered shrimp tossed in Sissy La La Buffalo Sauce) , and the Steak Tips (tenderloin tips specially marinated and grilled to perfection).
Grand Slam
Steak Tips











The appetizer was actually pretty good with its variety of flavors, although the Steak Tips were a big disappointment. I had ordered them rare, and yet them came out almost well done. Way too dry for my liking. Definitely ruined my meal. Not coming back here again for sure.

From here, there was still some light left in the day, so I decided to visit Stevens Pond at 1 Longmeadow Drive in the town of Westwood
before heading to Wellesley to buy some dessert from Susu Bakery Boutique for the hot pot.

This place has a tea area for afternoon tea,
much like at the Tea Leaf in Waltham.

For $44, I got a decent amount of stuff, shown below.
Finally, it was time to have fun with friends and eat lots of food cooked by myself.  I had a great time, especially when we were playing Pictionary, although my team lost pretty badly, partly because we all sucked at drawing. We even played mini table tennis with mini bats, and I was surprised that I could even hit the ball accurately.

Today was a pretty productive day of sightseeing, although it could only have been perfect being able to spend time with friends.