{"id":10225,"date":"2010-06-26T05:40:00","date_gmt":"2010-06-25T21:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2010\/06\/26\/how-not-to-kill-yourself-with-food\/"},"modified":"2010-06-26T06:18:09","modified_gmt":"2010-06-25T22:18:09","slug":"how-not-to-kill-yourself-with-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2010\/06\/26\/how-not-to-kill-yourself-with-food\/","title":{"rendered":"How Not to Kill Yourself (with Food)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thankfully, Matt and myself weren\u2019t always gouging ourselves with food. On most occasions \u2013 the lunches at least anyway \u2013 we ate more modestly.<\/p>\n

The first night I hooked up with Matt was on Thursday last week \u2013 this was before the two nights of vindaloo and steak horror \u2013 and he introduced me to a nifty burrito place (‘Chipotle’)\u00a0 in Harvard Square. I haven\u2019t had very many of these before, and they were pretty good.<\/p>\n

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These are ordered quickly and are quite customizable. Matt had the chicken, and myself the steak burritos:<\/p>\n

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One special feature of the burritos is its use of rice in the wraps:<\/p>\n

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Just before we headed out to the whale-watching trip at Gloucester on Saturday, we had lunch at the Topside Grill and Pub, a rated #5 of #54 restaurants in the small coastal town. No, we didn\u2019t know it was rated so highly. I just sort of liked the fa\u00e7ade when we droved past it, and Matt didn\u2019t mind checking it out too.<\/p>\n

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Everyone says that you shouldn\u2019t leave New England until you\u2019ve tried their lobsters. To be honest, I wasn\u2019t sure what ordering lobsters entailed. So, when we were presented with the lunch specials and saw a \u2018lobster\u2019 item, we went for it.<\/p>\n

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What we got wasn\u2019t the lobster, but a sort of sandwich with lobster meat on it. No wonder it\u2019s called a lobster \u2018roll\u2019. These things are hugely popular; we saw them everywhere in both Gloucester and Provincetown (which we visited the next day), and look like the easy foods to partake in compared to the actual lobsters.<\/p>\n

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The lobster roll was served on a plate with coleslaw and fries; yep the same stuff that those unfortunate fellows<\/a> returned onto the ship\u2019s deck (Matt’s “Gloucestered” haha) when we went sailing into the Atlantic Ocean later.:)<\/p>\n

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Likewise, our lunch fares in Provincetown were simple. At this point, we\u2019d both sworn off heavy dinners after the vindaloo and steaks from the earlier nights!<\/p>\n

The town square of Provincetown is lined with many eateries, like this one below that we checked into.<\/p>\n

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Very small town feel to it, though it was a little crowded during the lunch hour with many visitors also grabbing quick lunches.<\/p>\n

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Matt downed at least three fruit smoothies in the afternoon at Provincetown. I had the ice tea \u2013 which was very different from our local versions. Specifically, they were unsweetened. That\u2019s my egg and bacon on a bagel sandwich.:)<\/p>\n

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The fast ferry bringing us back to Boston was departing only at 7:30 PM in the evening. With plenty of time to kill and weather increasing gloomy, we ducked into a restaurant for a quick bite. That\u2019s clam chowder for me, and some sort of Portuguese concoction for Matt:<\/p>\n

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Not nearly enough food for me though for a dinner event. No American experience is complete with a hotdog. I wanted to see how bare minimum these go, and found an outlet doing these for USD2.75.:)<\/p>\n

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That\u2019s about the sum of our non-destructive meals the two of us had. I\u2019ll do a third post on breakfasts at my homestay soon.:)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thankfully, Matt and myself weren\u2019t always gouging ourselves with food. On most occasions \u2013 the lunches at least anyway \u2013 we ate more modestly. The first night I hooked up with Matt was on Thursday last week \u2013 this was<\/p>\n

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