bon me pop-up picnic

Bon Me, the fresh & inventive Vietnamese food truck, hosted their 2nd pop-up picnic this week. For this picnic they partnered with West Bridge, a new French restaurant in Kendall (and soon-to-be new neighbors of Bon Me's first home in a building)! The 4-course picnic was $18 and came with a picnic blanket, to make it super romantic. My friend, Grace, and I set up camp and enjoyed the following in the Rings Fountain park on the Rose Kennedy Greenway with a thai iced tea and a spicy ginger lemonade: 

1st: pork butter crostini

2nd: bok choy slaw

3rd: a baguette chock-full of pickle

carrot & daikon, cucumbers, cilantro,

 red onion, housemade spicy mayo, 

pate, with a prepared braised tongue

 and plum mustard.

4th (my favorite course, which I could

 probably eat 5x/day for a week):

 coconut amaranth pudding

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After a filling picnic spent trying to grasp the complexity & range of ingredients combined in the tastiness we were consuming, we decided to walk it out. We headed towards the North End and stumbled upon a beautiful rose garden, on one of the most perfect-weather-evenings of the summer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

After exploring, we headed straight for LuLu's cupcakes to split a carrot cake cupcake, before parting ways. It was a perfect date night on a perfect evening in Boston. Thank you Bon Me & West Bridge for sharing your culinary treats with Boston, if only for 1 night!

 

 

 1: Photo courtesy of Bon Me

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bully boy speakeasy

On Friday, Bully Boy Distillers threw a secret 1-year birthday speakeasy party. Being registered on the list with a prohibition-style password got you through the doors at the Waterworks Museum. The venue was incredible, usually the museum closes at 4pm but they re-opened from 7pm-11pm for the party. There was a DJ that played swing and mixed the music to make you feel like you were back in the prohibition era. Some bites were passed around, but the main reason why everyone was there...an unlimited open bar with 5 choices including their organic vodka, organic whiskey, and white rum. 

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Unfortunately we had to leave early to be reunited with Erin, but the event was fantastic, and we can't wait for the next one!!

We headed home to Erin and my visiting parents. A rainy Saturday revolved around drinks and apps of sliders and escargot at Marliave with friends, dinner at Mamma Maria, and an assortment of desserts to go from Mike's Pastry.

 

(1): Photo taken by Bully Boy

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