Blackbird Doughnuts - Boston

Boston Cream

After eating a ton of Boston Cream donuts at Tim Hortons in Toronto, that flavour has become my standard for Boston Cream donuts. This donut didn't taste anything like that. It sounds like it has the same basic ingredients: vanilla custard in a buttery brioche with chocolate ganache. However, the vanilla custard was totally different and lighter in flavour, the dough was kinda everywhere (maybe because it was a brioche?) and the chocolate was really overpowering. 

I think I might have enjoyed their other donuts as opposed to this one. I might just stick to my Tim Horton's Boston Cream (it's my favourite donut there anyways).

Website: https://www.blackbirddoughnuts.com/menus

Bova's Bakery - Boston

Faneuil Hall Marketplace

Pistachio cannoli

I wasn't sure about the neon green cannoli at first, but surprisingly it was really good and filled with pistachio flavour in the filling. The cannoli shell wasn't as good as Mike's, but flavour-wise, I'd come back and eat this one again. 

Website: http://bovabakeryboston.net/

Neptune Oyster - Boston

Rose Kennedy Greenway

Union Square

 

 

 

Clam Chowder

REALLY good! Creamy and tasty with lots of clams

Lobster rolls

 We heard this was THE place to have a lobster roll in Boston. It was a really good roll - good proportion of roll to lobster. Very satisfying

Neptune Burger with fried oysters and lobster roll

The burger was really good! I liked the fried oysters in the burger (they were pretty big too)

Website: http://www.neptuneoyster.com/

Mike's Pastry - Boston

A short Porter flight away and we're in Boston!

Famous for their Cannoli

Pistachio cannoli

Lots of pistachios on both sides of sweet filling. Unfortunately, there wasn't any real pistachio flavour with the filling. However, it was an excellent cannoli shell with yummy filling. 

Website: https://www.mikespastry.com/

Porter Airlines (Billy Bishop Airport)

The Porter Airlines lounge at Billy Bishop Airport (Downtown Toronto) used to serve all you could eat Chocolate Chip Shortbread cookies (which were delicious) then Walker Shortbread cookies. The flights would have Terra (assorted root vegetable) chips as an option. Now they're serving regular chips and Lindor chocolates on flights instead. I'm a little sad, but at least they have unlimited Starbucks teas.

GB Hand Pulled Noodles

I've passed by here pretty often and my friends and colleagues have said that the noodles in soup are really good here. 

Small Lanzhou noodle soup and Large Lanzhou noodle soup

Really tasty! The broth was really good and I liked that they added spices. The large bowl had thick noodles (flat and fat like lasagna sheets) and the small bowl had medium noodles. The noodle soups were really good, I would come back here.