/ck/ - Food & Cooking

never been there but I'd assume their seafood would be good, being on the coast and all
is it not?
t. Canuck

>>14162958
Better than the entirety of west coast

>>14162958
Drive down to Rhode Island, silly.

>>14162964
seafood is gross except for red fish

mass and ct are actually literally hell, rhode island is kind of based though

>>14162981
this

>>14162981
Someone isn't a fucking retard. Providence > Boston when it comes to food

>>14163047
What do they eat in Providence?
Loecraft would only eat canned beans, spam and ice cream. Tell me.

>>14162965
Why do so many people here hate the West Coast despite knowing nothing about it and likely never having been west of the Mississippi?

>>14162958
I like Greek Corner in Arlington, used to live near there.

>>14163054
Providence has a bunch of great food anon, so many different choices too. Gotta have the staple coffee milk

>>14163067
Because CA liberals anon, you can't make good food when you're so obsessed with politics all the time. Just look at Hollywood and the "food" they eat with their "molecular gastronomy" gross

>>14163067
fuck off westy

>>14163079
Can you give me some examples? Genuinely curious and interested. Please

>>14163054
Aside from all the RI staples nobody has heard of outside RI, Providence has a huge Italian and Portuguese population (and the largest Khmer population in the US, because why not), and Providence has one of the best culinary schools in the country, so there's tons of really good restaurants for such a tiny city.

>>14163107
>Aside from all the RI staples nobody has heard of outside RI
Those are the ones I'm interested in

>>14163145
Walt's Roast Beef.

>>14163154
shit that looks good!
based amerifriends

>>14163097
We have this awesome event every few months called RI Food Fights where you pay $20-$30 for a stack of coupons called a "flight". The flights are themed each month (Wings, Iced coffee, Cupcakes, Pizza, etc) They are great for food lovers because you get to try every best voted local restaurant all for one great price. Some coupons are good for 2 free slices of pizza, some you could use for a whole pie, some good for one slice. Pic related, tried to find the best one showing you the coupons

>>14163093
>the entire west coast is hollywood
>>14163097
>westy
You know it's possible to have lived in more than one place, right?

>>14163158
If you want some from around the area I grew up in RI, there's Spumoni's, Natalie's Pizza, Dot's ice cream, Honeydew Donuts, and Quinn's pub.

>>14163186
don't care, if you're a westy you're no friend of mine

>>14163190
Well, i'm actually going to write that down because I'm visiting New England next year (unless the kung flu fucks us over again and tourists from europe are banned). I'll make a thread when I'm there. Thanks ameribro

>>14163198
I hope you get to eat the fuck outta some seafood

>>14163208
Can i get my hands on lobster easily?
Lobster is rare ad expensive here

>>14163213
it'll probably be cheaper further north but it will be there

>>14163218
Nice

>>14163198
There's literally no reason to go to Pawtucket.

>>14163186
In terms of cuisine, yes the entire place is Hollywood. The west coast seems to like to think they have cuisine because they eat Mexican food so much, but that's Mexican cuisine, not west coast cuisine.

>>14163198
If you do visit that area, whatever you do don't go to Tiggers Two. And if you want the full experience you have to walk over the bridge into South Attleboro and catch the Commuter Rail into Boston and go hang out at Copley Square for a day. Get off at Back Bay and then walk outside and head right, you can't miss it, it's right in front of the Cathedral. Go across the street to the Boston Public Library, hang out for a while. Then go and catch the Green Line, take that to Park Street, get on a Red Line train to Alewife and get off at Dudley and walk down to the Greek Corner for dinner. Before that if you like you can catch a Green Line E train to the Smithsonian Museum. If you do that make sure you make a day of it cause there's a lot of cool shit there. Also, if you're going to be in that area, check out the Isabella Stewart Gardner museum, it's also really cool. Or if you want to do a little more touristy stuff, you have a couple different options. Take the Commuter Rail all the way to South Station and then walk down and check out the Museum of Contemporary Art. Free admission on Thursdays. I can also vouch for the American Repertory Theatre but it's a little harder to get to from train. If you want to really commit, catch an Orange Line down to Government Center and take the Commuter Rail out to Salem and check out the Peabody Essex museum. That's about three days worth of stuff for you to do.

>>14163228
Yes, because PDX is well known for it's Mexican food, retard.

>>14162958
Fucking right. I came to live in this hell from delicious Atl. What an error.

>>14163237
What is PDX known for in terms of cuisine? I will admit I've heard they have interesting beers there, but beer does not make a cuisine.

>>14163248
It's one of the top 3 food cities in the country, but you wouldn't know that because the entire west coast is apparently Hollywood.

>>14163253
I notice you still haven't named a single cuisine that the PDX region is known for.

>>14163229
Thank you very much for the advice, friend.
I will do exactly as you said! Sounds very romantic and my girlfriend will love it. Is it safe to walk around at night?

>>14163253
>It's one of the top 3 food cities in the country
Source: YOUR WESTY ASS

>>14163280
In those areas, yes. There are some sketchy parts of Boston but in that post probably the iffiest areas at night would be the walk from South Station to the MCA or Salem, and neither are very iffy.

>>14163295
I see, thank you!
based amerifriends

>>14163274
It's known for really fresh ingredients and really well done, non-pretentious cuisine. It's a chef's city.

>>14163305
still can't name a single fucking dish lmao you fucking delusional west bitch

>>14162985
well buddy boy that sounds like your opinion, and a pretty shitty opinion at that

>>14163198
the sandwich hut is based

I member having one of these in Fanueil Hall years ago.
Tourst trap or not it was hella good

>>14163311
nice that looks really good
the gf digs the one on the right

>>14163306
Portland has pretty much everything. It's not the kind of place that is known for one little specific thing, so naming a single dish would be disingenuous.

>>14162981
based
>>14163047
for me it's Bristol for the Portuguese food and Newport for waterfront dining in a city that isn't overrun by the homeless
>>14163067
because we're liberals but West Coasters are the annoying faggot type of liberals

>>14163318
Having "everything" means you have nothing, you have no culinary identity. Just a mish mash of hipster overpriced restaurants.

best seafood in the region is served here

>>14163298
Also ignore that guy talking about there being no reason to go to Pawtucket, Rhode Island is small enough that you can hit up a bunch of these tiny little towns pretty easily from basically anywhere in the state. If you are actually planning to go to Boston that much without just getting accommodations there Pawtucket is going to be one of the easier places to stay in RI to enable that as depending on where you are you'll be able to walk to the train station, or at least it'll be a short distance away. In Pawtucket, Slater Park is nice and there's a really nice section of the bike path up off of Armistice boulevard, I think it's called the greenway but I always just called it the bike path. If you take the entrance off of Armistice you have about a 20 minute walk one-way through some nice scenery. If your girlfriend likes the outdoors at all those are pretty good bets.

>>14163325
>a mish mash of hipster overpriced restaurants
PDX consistently ranks at the top of cheap eats cities, and while it has lots of hipsters, they're not the kind of "hipsters" that live rent free in your brain and have nothing to do with reality.

>Portuguese Omelette
>Chourico, peppers, onion and cheese
can't go wrong here
>>14163333
Pawtucket will finish becoming a dead city once the Pawsox leave. It's already pretty pointless to go to unless you need something at one of the state offices there.

Also it's too far away.

>>14163336
Modern Diner > Bishop's

Dude wants to go to Boston, Pawtucket's going to be the best place in RI for that. Ignoring the fact that if you want to go to Boston it'll probably be easier to just stay in Boston.

>>14163228
You do know Oregon and Washington are also on the west coast, right? Fucking dumbass

>>14163342
The only thing dumber than driving up to Pawtucket from Providence because anon recommended the diner he ate at as a kid is driving down to Pawtucket from Boston instead of just going directly to Providence.

>>14163333
Quads of truth

>>14163342
I've never been to Modern Diner, but they don't have chourico on the menu so they automatically lose
>inb4 linguica and chourico are the same
They're not.

Providence is only 15 minutes further than Pawtucket and there's actually stuff to do there to make a day out of it. I wouldn't spend a day in Pawtucket, especially if I was just in Boston.

I would recommend going the extra 40 minutes to Newport though. You can easily make a day out of the island and Bristol

>>14163335
what a fag

>>14163213
When I was in Boston I had a great grinder from New York Pizza in the theatre district. This was at least 6 years ago and I still think about it.

>>14163368
The point I am trying to make is that IF you want to go to Boston and IF you want to stay in Rhode Island for some reason instead of just staying in Boston, Pawtucket is going to be the best place to stay. Unless you want to drive all the fucking way up to Boston but fuck that, just take the train. You can always just go down to Providence and do stuff there, like you said it's 15 minutes away. And it's not like there is literally nothing to do in Pawtucket, there's only practically nothing.

>>14163380
Why would you stay in pawtucket, though? The hotels are shit and like you said, there's "practically nothing" to do.

If I'm staying overnight, I'd rather spend a bit more and stay in Providence where you can catch a hotel shuttle everywhere.

>>14163392
Because you're cheap and you want to walk to the train station instead of having to get a car, I suppose.

>>14163368
>Providence is only 15 minutes further than Pawtucket
15 minutes is an hour in Rhode Island time.

>>14163229
I'd argue that the Smithsonian-Isabella Stewart Gardner-Museum of Fine Arts area in Boston is one of the best zones for museums in pretty much every city I've visited, and I've been to a shitload of places.

>>14163425
It's great because they're all so close together, and there isn't one that you can really cut out. You do all of them or you're missing out on something.

>>14163403
Yeah but he's not from RI.

I live in Newport and haven't been to Providence (40 mins away) in probably 6 months. I haven't left the island since coronavirus hit.

https://www.yelp.com/biz/the-mooring-seafood-kitchen-and-bar-newport-2

>>14163431
I was there for two days and I took one day visiting every historical site from the Boston Common (I was basically a short walk away from Chinatown station) to the USS Constitution, which is lovely if you're into American history, the whole thing is unbeatable, and the other I made the mistake of walking to the MFA and the ISG. I did stop and see some fucking awesome old American churches and some even had service, and I stopped for a while because the acoustics were fucking amazing, but that meant that by the time I got out of the ISG, I couldn't go to the Smithsonian because by the time I'd get there it'd close. I'd love to go to Boston again, place's great. I'm stuck in Cincinnati for now, I suppose.

>MA/RI food thread
>no mention of the chow mein sandwich

WOODMANS ESSEX

>>14163477
Yeah, because it's garbage.

>>14163435
Don’t come back til this shit is over, most local restaurants aren’t even opening indoor dining next week like they’re supposed to and eating next to the street is bullshit

>>14163477
Carbs and carbs

>>14163477
I'm from MA and I've never heard of a chow mein sandwich

>>14163477
what's in there?

>>14163342
>>14163368
>>14163392
>>14163398
please stop arguing :(

for me it's gotta me
>clam cakes and a stuffie (with spicy chourico) for appetizer
>baked stuffed shrimp for dinner
>ice cold Del's while you sit on your boat and hold hands with your gf

Lowell/Dracut/Tyngsborough and Nashua NH (which is part of Massachusetts) have some of the best Thai, Vietnamese and Cambodian food I have had in the country. But anything not from SEAsia in these areas is garbage. Lawrence has good dominican/Carribean food but if you don't speak spanish don't expect to eat. Other than that expect mediocre from the Boston area.
North end of Boston is known for it's Italian food but as has been said a million times Providence blows it out of the water.

>>14163507
unbelievably based

>>14163507
that sounds amazing
fricc

>>14163507
you ever been to matunuck oyster?

>>14162958
Massachusetts kinda looks like a handgun.

Nordic lodge, Charlestown RI. All you can eat lobster, steak seafood a million ways. Over 100 a head but well worth it. give you 2 hours to stuff yourself with lobster. if your in RI its a must go to once for the experience. also Iggys clam bar. small state great food

>>14162958
>ITT people that never even been to Mass.
get mad, faggots.
>>14163067
It's just a small percentage of sad people that feel the need to lash out. I'm East coast thru and thru, only because I grew up around here. I still love other places too.
People that talk vague, nondescript shit about other states or countries have clearly never traveled. It's so apparent once you realize it.

>>14163494
cuz it doesn't exist outside of some random shitty place that does it.

bump

>>14163320
Hello, baynon

>>14163093
Molecular gastronomy hasn’t really been a thing for at least 5 years. And it was much more a New York phenomenon than SoCal.

>>14162958
um, no sweaty

>>14163494
it's in the west

>>14166242
I live near springfield

>>14163335
Name a single specific dish that originated within the west coast and is integral to the culinary identity of the west coast.

>>14166219
Looks like shit with a bun on top.

op here

I have lived in MA for 15~ yrs now, here are some MA """""""""""STAPLES""""""""

clam chowder -- disgusting potato bullshit dish

roast beef sandwiches -- i'll space you the details, just look it up

lobster -- sounds great until you realize it's gobbed with mayonnaise and you're practically eating mayo bread

any kind of sea food on the north shore -- WHY DONT WE FRY IT? FRIED EVERYTHING!

the south shore is a desolate no mans land of yuppies and transplants

somerville has the best food in the boston area and even then it's like two good restaurants

ALL BARS IN BOSTON ARE SPORTS BARS

college kids ruin every city they touch, esp ivy league retards

>>14163479
place is as close to garbage as you can get also always full of redneck new hampshirerites

>>14163036
What are you smoking in regards to CT. New Haven literally has the best pizza in America and Fairfield County has some of the best deli food/sandwiches and Italian food in the country.

>>14168081
CT is another dead land of rich yuppies

>italian american """"""""""""""""""""""food""""""""""

>>14163229
this is terrible advice, go to the science museum, go to the harvard musuems which are all free and go to the aquarium. Jamaica plain probably has the best food culture of the neighborhoods. Check out the purple cow for the whitest taco you'll ever find.

>>14168088
Okay poor

>>14168104
xd

>>14163093
damn I forgot they only allow haute cuisine on the west coast, there's no taco shops or burger joints or asian restaurants. fucking idiot

Massachusetts is not a state it's an illness

itt ass ravaged westies frothing
t. mountain chad

>>14163479
Holy fucking based came here to post this

>>14168020
gay post desu

>>14167431
Outside of the South, none of the US really has that distinct of a culinary identity. In the East Coast and Midwest it's just basic shit like putting slightly different toppings on a hot dog and claiming that makes it totally unique and special.

That said, California does have a few dishes of it's own like Santa Maria style barbecue and San Francisco's cioppino.

>>14163507

Found the Bristol County fella

>>14162958
What do Harvard and MIT fags eat then?

>>14169265
trendy ramen
shitty bars


the only good thing abt new england food are breweries and the alcohol

>>14163746
Nope, but I hear it's good
>>14163697
>>14163705
It really is. There's nothing quite like Portuguese seafood mixed with New England seafood. People rave about Maine lobster but I'd rather have this any day
>>14166166
is that Jamestown?
>>14169257
tfw broke up with the portuguese gf shortly before corona

>>14163067
People on the west coast couldn't make good pizza or italian food to save their lives.

Same goes for northern style chinese food.

>>14169421
>we have good [x] food where i live so you can't possibly have good [x] food where you live too
Nah, the West Coast has everything.

>>14169425
I lived on the west coast for nearly a decade for work. It's a food wasteland when it comes to italian and pizza.

>>14162958
Jealous of the glorious New Englanders, our chowder and Worcester Lunch Cars the standard nation wide, our seafood coveted the world over, our maple and dairy the finest in the country? Perhaps you crave our superior Boston Chinese food, or our Bakery Pizza, or our Steak Bombs, or even our humble red flannel hash and Johnny cakes? Behold the Yankee, founder of this nation!

>>14168020
ok masshole

Steak bombs are a MA thing. Chopped steak, provolone/american, onions, mushrooms, peppers, chopped salami.

lobster rolls

boston cream pie

baked beans

>>14169496
It's ok, people from the states just can't get into the commonwealth state of mind. It's what protects us from hordes of retards. Besides all the Japanese people milling around lexington for no discernible reason.

I REPRESENT LOWELL, ASSHOLE OF AMERICA. WE HAVE DEEP FRIED SANDWICHES WITH PLASTIC IN THE, WE HAVE SUGAR PIZZA, WE HAVE 300 DOMINICAN RESTAURANTS SELLING GRILLED MEAT AND PLANTAINS. TRULY IT IS GODS COUNTRY.

>>14163069
Comfy spot bro.

>>14169844
If Lowell is the asshole, the fuck is Lawrence?

>>14162985
>Wah Wah fish stay in bowl for pet not food Wah Wah

>>14162958
I've only been to Boston and Providence but both have amazing food? Also some of the absolute top tier best breweries in all of America like Trillium and Treehouse are in Massachusetts.

>>14168526
>Mountain
Lol enjoy the ticks and gross nature

>>14163320
comfy Newport posting

>>14169871
A festering hole in the taint of the commonwealth


I used to work in the Ruby Tuesday's in the mall in Salem, NH back in like 2015. The dishwasher was this tranny named jose I felt bad for because he had to take a cab ride to lawrence to get home and it cost like half what he made in a shift. So I told him if he paid me half what the cab cost for weed money I would drive him home. Then pick up an 8th on the way back home.

One time after I dropped him off I am on some side street near Holy Family texting my weed guy and this dominican guy knocks on my window. He asked what I needed, I said I was all set but thanks. He dropped 2 points of the best heroin I ever did into my car in a tiny baggy with a little strip of paper that had his number.

I stopped using dope like 3 years ago.

>>14163327
EYYYYYYYYYYYY my fucking GUY

>>14169435
I assume chains or overall? I can name a few.

>>14169928
W-when did you start using dope anon...

>>14169435
>t.Larping Flyover Retard
California has the best food in the country. Including peetzer.

>>14169944
When I was 15 I joined the wrestling team because they didn't cut and I needed a sport for my college app. At my first tournament I broke both bones in my arm. The doctor prescribed T3s which I began using because all of my summer plans were ruined. That transitioned into percs and eventually heroin. I never got addicted and stopped when my brother OD'd in my bathroom from a batch of fent. So 9 years to answer your question.

>>14162958
>state full of irish bugs
>culinary wasteland
How does this surprise you?

>>14163093
Is molecular gastronomy political? Your two sentences are incongruous.....