The Angry Korean

So, Valentine's Day isn't so much something we celebrate here at home; I'm pretty ambivalent about most holidays, and can skip most as well as not. This semester, since I'm teaching an evening class that coincided with Valentine's Day, my husband and I decided that it was a good an excuse the avoid the whole thing altogether and go out for for dinner tonight (really this was an excuse to visit The Angry Korean, which my husband really wanted to try).

We started with the fried tofu, which was served with scallion
sauce and sesame oil.

We both had the rice bowls - I had the chicken katsu (panko-crusted fried chicken with house katsu sauce and avocado-cilantro aioli), while my husband had the beef bulgogi; both rice bowls included a fried egg, two pieces of mandoo (a meat-filled Korean dumpling), Japchae noodles (stir-fried glass noodles), rice, and a salad; a kimchee sample and a house-made beef and daikon soup on the side.

my chicken katsu rice bowl

It was pretty awesome. Ed cleaned out his bowl and what remained of mine. (There was a lot of food.)

Market Street Grill & Oyster Bar

Tonight, my husband and I decided (well, I decided) we were in the mood to go out for dinner, so we went to the Market Street Grill & Oyster Bar.

We tried the Oysters Rockefeller, which were good, but we
decided that we're just not into oysters.

We also had the Atlantic smoked salmon; it was like a
somewhat deconstructed bagel.

The clam chowder was pretty good.

My New England cod fish 'n' chips were not quite what I was
expecting. They were okay, but I wouldn't order them again.

Tsunami Restaurant & Sushi Bar

To celebrate New Year's Eve, my husband and I had dinner at Tsunami Restaurant & Sushi Bar this evening.

appetizer: seaweed and squid salad

small plate: U.S.-raised seared Kobe beef sashimi 

ocean trout nigiri

We order several rolls, but I'll be honest when I say I can't remember which was which: 

• Don Juan roll (spicy tuna, crab, smoked salmon, avocado, cream cheese, and eel sauce);
• Mainelander roll (tempura lobster and scallions topped with U.S. kobe beef, tobikko, and wasabi lemon aioli); 
• Tsunami roll (a special house roll that featured soft shell crab);
• B.Q.D. roll (spicy tuna, avocado, scallions, and masago topped with eel sauce and sesame seeds); 
• D.T.H. roll (tuna, salmon, yellowtail, avocado, spicy-sweet sauce).

the Don Juan roll

the Mainleander roll

the Tsunami roll

the B.D.Q. roll

I can't remember which rolls these were, but the one on the
left had a lovely spicy kick to it.

The Wild Rose

To give you an idea of how rarely my husband and I go out to the movies: We got a gift card for a local movie theater last Christmas, and it wasn't until tonight that we used it. (To be fair, we do go to the movies more than once a year, but not much more often than that.) We were really glad for this gift card, though, since there are a few movies that we'd wanted to see, most especially Minions. Before the movie, though, we had dinner at The Wild Rose. We'd been there before, shortly before we got married, but we're not sure we'd be back: While the food was good, the service was very slow, and we had to make multiple requests for beverage refills (and sugar for the iced tea).

We started with scallops.

I also had a Caesar salad, which felt a bit deconstructed.

Entree: the oven-roasted double cut pork chop, with a
roasted garlic BBQ demi-glace and  mashed potatoes

Saffron Valley

One of the trainers at the gym I go to regularly told me about a really good Indian restaurant that she and her husband had gone to: Saffron Valley. My husband and I decided to try to it out, so we drove on over after Mass tonight.

We ordered two breads: This one is the Aloo Paratha
(whole wheat flatbread with lightly spiced potatoes
and green peas). 

We also tried the garlic cheese naan,
which was amazing.

I got the lamb saag, which was very delicious
(and one of my favorite dishes).

This place doesn't have appetizers, but we ordered the
Saffron Platter as one (and it came out as we were eating
our curries); it included an assortment of kebabs,
including shrimp, seasoned fish, and four chicken kebabs
(nawabi, hariyali, malai, and tikka).
It also came with a mushroom soup.