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Sunday, March 04, 2007

8/10 Restaurant: A score to reckon with

After a long evening of waiting in the blizzy, cold weather, Nana and I decided to reward ourselves with a good meal after we had reached the hostel.

In a foreign land, always try what the locals highly recommend.

In tune with this principle, I headed for the 8/10 Restaurant, as recommended by the Prescott International hostel’s manager.

Seriously, I would give it the same score (or even higher) as its sign board for very good food at reasonable prices.

Clam Chowder

When in Rome, do what the Romans do. When in Boston, eat lobster and clam chowder.

At least that’s what my travel companion persuaded me to do in New England.

The waitress told me that they had started serving this dish only after overwhelming demands by visitors. I can tell that she was rather amused by the visitors’ unexplainable obsession with clam chowder.

Let’s talk about clam chowder.

Not that I’m an expert on it since my tangential relationship with it only comes about courtesy of Campbell soups.

But to make chowder taste like well, chow-der, I presume the soup needs to be thick, creamy, stew-like with loads of ingredients such that the soup is more of a main meal, rather than an appetizer.

And 8/10 Restaurant’s clam chowder didn’t disappoint. :)

A thick, creamy soup with CHUNKS of clam in it.

I was expecting tiny pieces that occasionally surface from the bottom of the bowl (much like some canned soups) but obviously, the clams live well in Boston.

Which in effect, results in generous, chunky clam meat swimming around in the tasty chowder.

Delicious and satisfying.

Coconut Shrimp

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Coconut slices and peanut bits flaked the outside of the deep-fried shrimps and complemented by a dollop of sweet tangy pineapple sauce.

Fresh, crunchy taste charmingly enhanced with the tantalizing fragrance of coconut and peanuts.

Who ever gave the chef the idea to put Hawaii into a dish?

Highly recommended for a taste of great cheer and holiday-ish mood (particularly important during this cold weather in Boston :) )

8/10 Mixed Grill

This consisted of steak and turkey tips, sweet Italian sausage with vegetable stir-fry and rice.

You get several choices such as rice or mash potatoes, salad or stir-fry. It’s a definite value for money since its huge portion just dominated our view on the dining table.

The friendly, matronly waitress was amazed at our appetite.

In summary, we were stuffed when we finally finished the whole meal. Had to leave the rice since we couldn’t squeeze in another grain.

It was a pity that we’re only staying for one more night at the hostel or else it would have been great to eat at this friendly place again.

Carol blogged @ 2:20 AM

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