My Favorite Restaurants

Greater Boston, MA:         (partial list -- more to come)

• Afghani:

  Helmand 143 First Street Cambridge 617-492-4646

• Burritos:

  Anna’s Taqueria 1412 Beacon Street Brookline 617-739-7300	Anna’s Taqueria 446 Harvard Street Brookline 617-277-7111	Anna’s Taqueria 822 Somerville Avenue Cambridge 617-661-8500
  Favorite dish: Grilled chicken burrito (all locations)

• Dim sum:

  Mary Chung’s * 460 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge 617-864-1991	China Pearl 9 Tyler Street Boston 617-426-4338
  Favorite dishes: Dun dun noodles, Peking dumplings, Scallion pie, Suan la chow show

  * that "famous TV newscaster"

• Falafel:

  Rami’s 324 Harvard Street Brookline 617-738-3577		Sepal (somewhere on the MIT campus)
  Favorite dishes: Schwarma, hummos, and falafel salad plate		Sepal used to be one of my favorite restaurants, but some time ago it closed its public restaurant and moved to one of the student centers on the MIT campus; parking there sucks, and I’m not sure I can even get into that building (not being a student and all that), so this listing is purely for nostalgic reasons

• Indian

  Udupi Bhavan 1717 Middlesex Street Lowell 978-654-6653		Udupi Bhavan 59 Pond Plaza, Pond Street 417 Waverly Street Framingham 508-820-0230
  (not sure if these are related)
  Favorite dishes: Paratha and daal; mysore masala dosa (both very spicy!)

• Sushi:

  Sakura Bana 57 Broad St Boston 617-542-4311

Note: I haven't eaten at most of these restaurants since about 1998; they could have gone out of business or declined in quality. Take these recommendations with however many grains of salt you feel are necessary.

• Afghani:

  Kabul 833 West El Camino Real Sunnyvale 408-245-4350

  Favorite dishes: Aushak, Lamb kebab, Kadu

• Burritos:

  El Amigo Burrito 4485 Stevens Creek Boulevard Santa Clara 408-248-3113

  Favorite dish: Carne asada burrito

• Chinese:

  Tien Fu 174 Castro Street Mt. View 650-968-6699	Jing Jing 443 Emerson Street Palo Alto 650-328-6885
  Favorite dish: Dry pan-fried string beans	Favorite dish: Sesame noodles

  Alternate choice:

  Mandarin Gourmet
  420 Ramona Street
  Palo Alto
  650-328-8898

• Dim sum:

  Yank Sing 427 Battery Street San Francisco 415-781-1111

  Ming’s of Palo Alto 1700 Embarcadero Road Palo Alto 650-856-7700

• Indian:

  Pasand Madras Cuisine 3701 El Camino Real Santa Clara 408-241-5150

  Favorite dish: Masala dosa

• Seafood:

  Fish Market 3775 El Camino Real Santa Clara 408-246-3474	Fish Market 3150 El Camino Real Palo Alto 650-493-9188
  Favorite dish: Dungeness crab (both locations)

• Sushi:

  Seto Sushi 1082 East El Camino Real Sunnyvale 408-248-1577

  Favorite dish: Spider roll

• Thai:

  Bangkok Cuisine 407 Lytton Avenue Palo Alto 650-322-6533

  Favorite dish: Spicy prawns