In preparation of our trip, I lurked on Chowhound to see what interesting restaurants there were in the Boston area and then planned the trip around those places. The first place I wanted to try was called Strip T’s. Aside from the weird name, it was also in the middle of nowhere (ok it was in Watertown, but where is that really?). We took the bus over on our first night to try it out.
This place had some unique preparation and presentation, but we found everything was overly salty. We shared a couple of starters:
The pig head toast with aioli, radish, and iggy’s baguette. This was our first dish and it was decent as the baguette soaked up the juices (and salt)
The charred baby octopus with smoked tomato wasabi sauce and fennel. I thought this dish was decent and worked well together but Pauline didn’t like it much
The cauliflower with chorizo, cojita, and picked red onion. This dish looked cool, but I didn’t like it. The cauliflower was browned and thus dry which made it lose its normal texture. Not sure where the chorizo went either.
The Strip T burger was why I decided to come here. It was made with smoked miso, lemon aioli, pickled onion and fries. However, this burger was disappointing, primarily because it was too thick! I couldn’t fit it in my mouth as you can see below and had to resort to using a knife and fork. Because of this, the ingredients became separated and I couldn’t taste how it normally should be.
The next day at lunch, I had planned to go to Island Creek Oyster Bar, but they didn’t open until 4PM. Instead, Eastern Standard Kitchen was nearby so we went there instead. We had the market soup, which we were told was lobster bisque, but was actually cream of mushroom. It was still great though.
We also had the Raclette as this was the first time we’ve seen it on the menu outside of Switzerland. I actually prefer this one over the one I had in Switzerland.
We also had their special which was Berkshire schnitzel with horseradish mashed potatoes which was one of the better schnitzels I’ve had as it was not very tough or breaded.
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