My first Thanksgiving

Obviously having lived in Bangladesh, England and India, I had never experienced Thanksgiving before.

So I was super excited. Suman Bhai had taken the burden on himself to cook the Main HUGE turkey and the rest of us were chipping in what we could.

Coincidentally it was also Rousseau Birthday so we had some Cake too:

It looks normal but it was SUPER yummy:

Here are the chefs and their creations:

First our hosts:

Our Main Chef Suman (On the left)


He made the most DELICIOUS turkey. Most people are not fans Turkey itself but all memories were forgotten. It was just the perfect amount of spicy but not in a deshi style. YUMMMMM


And A YUMMY Russian Salad:


And a deshi style Cranberry Sauce hehe:


More hosts: Rousseau, Pandey and Tuntuni (we had another host MB but he was flopping around somewhere!)


The lovely girls had the hardest job of all, cleaning the whole place; while Birthday Boy made "Devilled Eggs": It was SUPER:


From the guests:

Shamin Apa: made a Super Yummy Cheesecake which sadly didnt get photographed, and Veggies:






I made Risotto Stuffed Tomatoes: (the tomatoes got a little melty at the end)

(little recipe note: Baked tomatoes separately, scooped out
Then poured in Risotto, made with rice, white wine, chicken broth, Corn, chopped spinach, little bit of cheddar cheese and butter to taste)


And our celebrity Shanto Bhai made Mashed Potatoes from a Box. (to be honest he's a FANTASTIC cook!) You can see his mash, in the photos below of the plates!


Every single dish was Superbly tasty, and I didn't over stuff my guts (thankfully that only happens on Qurbani Eid) so YAY!

Plates: (I Love plate shots, have you guys noticed?)

Plate 1:


Plate 2:


I am thankful to all of you who are reading this blog, I love sharing my food life with you :D

Beef Curry for Q Eid

Eid day was my first day at my new job, so couldn't have anyone over, but came home late night and cooked my self some bhuna/jhol beef curry :D

Gorom gorom shaada bhat and a lebu to top it off!

Dear Readers, thanks for supporting my passion of food and photography.

Hope you all had a wonderful Eid.

Eid Mubarak!

Bangkok City on Massachusetts Avenue

Nusha's Mom took me and Nabila out for dinner at Bangkok City on Massachusetts Avenue.


Was hoping to have found a decent green curry finally, but sadly I was in the wrong. America you are disappointing me with your thai food!!!!!


We had appetisers of Chicken wings and Fish cake.


The chicken wings were too greasy and had little flavour:



The fish cake was typical Thai fish cake, i'd say it was good.



Aunty had a veggie mix, it was very light:



The green curry was throughly disappointing, with too much sugar, very light and no real thai taste:



The only thing that i liked was the shrimp fried rice:



I'm sorry to say I will not be back here, rather I will be searching for my perfect green curry somewhere else.

Peach Farm @ Chinatown Boston

In honour of a fellow foodies birthday: Arafat Kazi.












 Last month
Arafat Bhaiya's Dad treated us to Blue Man Group tickets!! I was psyched, been hearing about it for ages.

And if that wasnt enough Uncle took us to his favourie Chinese place in Chinatown:

 Starting off with a cup'o'tea.:

                                                                                                             

                                                      Seafood Corn soup:

Fried Jumbo Shrimp (was okay..too much batter)


Braised Duck: YUMMMMMMMMMMMM


Seafood mix:


Orange Chicken: (contrary to my belief about orange chicken this was really good!)


A BIG THANKS to Uncle for the wonderful treat. will definitely go back there for the Duck.

India Quality Restaurant

Berklee Asian Students Club started this semester at "India Quality" restaurant in Kenmore.

The food was okay,not brilliantly authentic. But normal Indian food made in regular Western cities (ie not very spicy)

We tried a variety of things:

Palak Paneer- wasn't too bad (I lived in India so I have high standards)

This was supposed to be Chicken Curry with Coconut but, it was disappointingly bland with no hint of coconut flavours.

Pilaf- cant go wrong with rice.

This is supposed to be this restaurant's highly acclaimed dish: Chicken Tikka Masala- for me it was too tomato-ey and westernised.

What i DID like however was this dish : Prawn Korma. It wasn't really Korma korma, but it tasted GOOD.


So yeah, it was good to try it out, but I doubt I'll be back there anytime soon.

Himi and Joy's Anniversary Dinner

Now this is one night I stuffed myself silly. Credit goes to a mix of people, some store bought food, some catered and the amazing chef Kuheli.

Appetisers:




















Super Yum: Cheese and crackers:


Veggie Dip:
 


                                                                          Chhola and Phuchka:

Dinner Table:

Salad:


                                                                  Polau (Pilaf rice)

















 Veggie Curry:


                                                                  Fish Curry:

















Beef Curry:


                                                                  Daal:


















And the HIGHLIGHT of the meal: Kuheli Apa's Chicken Korma:


What a meal, I ate 2ce, once at regular dinnertime and again in the middle of the night. Of course the Korma was completely gone by the 2nd time. Kuheli Apa can I please come over and eat some more yummy food?


And big thanks to Himi and Joy Bhaiya for inviting me :D