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Cambridge: Beat Hotel

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Location:

13 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA (below The Gap in Harvard Square)

It takes a certain type of restaurant to get me out on a weeknight after work in this city. The Beat Hotel is that type of restaurant. A grand opening party at a bohemian American brasserie inspired by the Beat generation of the 50s Paris, with live music and cockails named "Electric Sidecar"? Well, the food was just the icing on the cake at that point.

The restaurant features live music e'ry night with jazz, blues and world adding to the bohemian vibe. This night we were treated to Kate McGarry along with Steve Santoro and the Tim Ray trio.

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Throughout the evening, our host and co-owner Bertil Jean-Chronberg suggested a variety of American artisanal wines and craft beers to complement the items on the menu. 

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Serving a very eclectic menu of seasonal dishes to tempt both the carnivorous palate as well as the herbavore, our table covered the entire spectrum.

We began the evening with flavorful craft cocktails; my favorite was the American Breed, complete with Maker's Mark and St. Edler's elderflower liqueur and apple cider...it felt like the perfect drink for an Autumn evening.

We started with a slew of appetizers, spanning the entire table. A must-try dish is the Hamachi (yellowtail) Sashimi, served on avocado, sambal and black olives...literally melts in your mouth.

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There was crispy calamari and tempura veggies, crispy tuna spring rolls, a bohemian platter of hummus, cheese, veggies, pickles, enough for everyone to share.

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If that wasn't filling enough, we moved onto our mains, I decided on the 1/2 roasted natural chicken with frites, mustard jus and pickes, generous in portion and robust in flavor.

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The Tandoori spiced halibut with lentils and cucumber raita was a tasty alternative to the chicken, and the Earth Bowls (options vary from vegan, shrimp, chicken, steak and salmon) are yet another satisfying choice.

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Don't get me started on the desserts...the bread pudding is to die for.

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It's the best when you can share in a food experience with food lovers, and amongst these, at my table it was great to meet Tiffany and see Elizabeth who I hung out with in Miami!

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If you're looking for a lively spot to wine and dine with live music every night, be sure to check out the calendar at The Beat Hotel.

Thank you to The Beat Hotel for treating us to an incredible evening in Harvard Square.

All photographs ©Hogger & Co., processed with VSCO Film 04

tags: Beat Hotel, Cambridge, Chicken, Harvard Square, Sushi, Tuna, kate mcgarry, live music, music, steak, steve santoro, tim ray trio
categories: Beef, Boston, Cambridge, Chicken, Dinner, Fish, Fresh, Indian, Lebanese, Massachusetts, Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, Music, NEW RESTO, Olives, Romance, bar
Sunday 10.27.13
Posted by Smita Jacob
Comments: 6
 

TEA WITH: Ana + Alaina at Tatte

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Location:

318 3rd St, Cambridge, MAI had the pleasure of having tea with these two lovelies recently, after a wonderful afternoon at this place.

Here we are at Tatte Bakery, one of the cutest bakeries in Kendall Square. A bakery that is not new to my Instagram feed!

As part of a new series, here I am having tea withAna and Alaina.

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tags: Boston, Cafe, Cambridge, Tatte Bakery, Tatte Cookies, Tea, dessert, kendall square, tatte, tea with
categories: Bakery, Boston, Breakfast, Brookline, Cafe, Cake, Cambridge, Coffee, Cookie, Dessert, Massachusetts, Tea, bread
Friday 08.02.13
Posted by Smita Jacob
Comments: 5
 

Cambridge: REI Camp Cooking Challenge

On July 28, 3 local area chefs battled it out on a grassy hill-top using only 1 local (and secret) ingredient.

The 3rd annual Camp Cooking Challenge was sponsered by REI and the Massachusetts Department of Agriculture, hosted by Dane Tullock, Outreach Specialist, REI Boston and videographed by Jeremy from Studio603films.

Using REI's camping gear and fresh produce from The Food Project the chefs were challenged to serve two dishes to the judges using the red fish as their master ingredient. The judges were DAR commissioner Greg Watson, Editor of Northeast Flavor Magazine, Jean Kerr (whose current issue features Julia Child), Founder and President of Chop-Chop Magazine, Sally Sampson and Director of Food Initiatives , Edith Murnane.

The winners were Chefs Chris Douglass and Nuno Alves from Tavalo for their seafood risotto (I tried it, it was delicious!)

Coming in second was Chef Jay Murray from Grill 23 with Chef Patricia Yeo (from tv's Top Chef Masters fame and Moksa) coming in third. (I'm a huge fan of Top Chef so it was a pleasure to meet Chef Patricia Yeo).

Here, some highlights (my interview by Dane made it to my Instagram feed!)

Happy Birthday Julia Child!

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tags: Boston, Cambridge, Camp Cooking Challenge, Grill 23, Patricia Yeo, REI Boston, REI cook off, Tavalo, The Food Project, Top Chef, chefs, local
categories: Boston, Cambridge, Camp, Farm fresh, Fish, Outdoors, Recipe, Seafood, Sushi
Monday 08.13.12
Posted by Smita Jacob
Comments: 2
 

Cambridge: Helmand

Location:

143 1st Street  Cambridge, MA

Finally! Something tasty in this city!

I've never tried Afghan cuisine, but it certainly has very distinct flavours. Mint to coriander to pumpkin to cardamom. Curries and rices but crispy pastries and soft breads.

We ordered Bowlawni, the pastries filled with veggies, the Qoremay Ma-He, sea bass that's pan fried and sauteed, and served with rice. Absolutely delicious! The vegetarian special which includes baked pumpkin (out of this world!) eggplant, spinach, okra, and rice.

The cardamom cake (called "our cake" on their menu) is a must try. I make a cardamom cake, too, although this was much more moist and soaked in the essence. Mine is more of a tea cake (also a must try!)

It was also fairly busy even on a weeknight, but the service was still attentive and beyond wonderful.

I can't recommend this place more!

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tags: Cake, Cambridge, Cambridge Massachusetts, afghan, cake recipes, cambridge restaurants, cardamom, cardamom cake, helman, ppumpkins
categories: Afghan, Boston, Cake, Cambridge, Dinner, Fish, Herbs, Recipe, Seafood, Vegetarian
Wednesday 06.27.12
Posted by Smita Jacob
Comments: 8
 

Cambridge: Atomic Bean Cafe

 

Location:

904 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA

When my bro-in-law, who used to live in Boston, was visiting in the Fall, one of the areas of Cambridge that he wanted us to see was Central Square.  We walked around and checked out his old place and then were in the mood for some hot chocolate and tea. One of the first places we found didn't serve hot chocolate, the Starbucks had no seating and we found a funny organic health food place that served buck wheat and sprouty type drinks, which we were definitely not in the mood for. We finally ended up at Atomic Bean Cafe, which was well worth the wait. 
 

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tags: Cambridge, cambridge hot chocolate, cambridge tea, central cambridge, central square, central square hot chocolate, hot choclate, hot chocolate in cambridge ma
categories: Baking, Boston, Breakfast, Brunch, Cafe, Cambridge, Cookie, Hot Chocolate, Tea, bread
Thursday 01.12.12
Posted by Smita Jacob
Comments: 20
 

Boston: Border Cafe

Location:

32 Church St., Cambridge, MA

Appearing as though it's the red light district of Harvard Square, this Border Cafe in Cambridge is loud, crowded and welcoming.  

The margaritas were STRONG, the nachos crispy and the Cajun/Mexican mains absolutely delicious.  Each of us in our party of five enjoyed our round-table meal.

I even spilled a drink on my brother in law.

If you can't have a good time here, there is no hope for thou. 

 

 

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tags: Dinner, Foodhogger, Mexican cuisine, SPICY, Vegetarian, border cafe, cambridge mexican, fish tacos, mexican, mexican food boston, seafood mexican, tacos
categories: Boston, Cambridge, Dinner, Fish, Mexican, Seafood, Spanish, Spicy, Vegetarian
Monday 11.21.11
Posted by Smita Jacob
Comments: 6