Dear American friends in Boston and New York

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  • AJ_Pete
    AJ_Pete Posts: 863 Member
    Boston- NORMBURGER.
  • jillybeanruns
    jillybeanruns Posts: 1,420 Member
    Portion sizes are indeed larger in the US. Drinks especially, such as sodas, are enormous, as are the amounts of ice they will put in said glasses. DO NOT feel as though you must clean your plate. When indulging in seafood dishes, just use common sense. Most places will offer various cooking methods- fried, grilled, broiled, pan seared, etc. Grilled and broiled will be your best bets.

    There isn't anywhere you need to avoid, just be aware the amount you are eating. Also, you are going to two cities that are very walkable. You should be able to burn some of those excess goodies off! I live between Boston and NYC (in Connecticut) and am certain you'll have a blast!

    Ditto everything said here - even the part about living between Boston and NYC in CT. Boston is the best, but NYC is good as well...as long as you don't root for the Y*****s
  • rachelrb85
    rachelrb85 Posts: 579 Member
    I work in Boston, and I have to say there are actually some healthy options around! There are lots of local cafes (Boston News Cafe, Boston Common Coffee, Sip Cafe, Cafe de Boston) that sell healthy sandwiches and salads. There are also some great chicken kebab places that I grab lunch from. Feel free to message me if you have any questions!
  • fieldsy4life
    fieldsy4life Posts: 155
    Please don't come to my lovely city and count calories ;)

    Seafood you have 2 choices - hole-in-the-wall places and more fine dining establishments.

    For hole-in-the-wall, ask around about a place called "The No Name". Get fried seafood there. Don't count calories.

    For nicer, easier to get to places, check out Atlantic Fish Co. on Boylston Street (which is in the neighborhood called Back Bay - the heart of Boston in my opinion). Legal Seafoods is always good - they have locations all over Massachusetts; my recommendations are the 2 locations in the Seaport District: Legal Test Kitchen (known as LTK) and Legal's Harborside. The Seaport District is home to the best bars as well - be sure to check out the roofdeck at Legal's Harborside, as well as the tequila bar Temazcal.

    Also the Chart House is consistently one of the best rated seafood restaurants.

    McCormick & Schmick's is good too.

    My best suggestion would be to check out yelp.com. The reviews are usually always accurate!!

    EDIT: Didn't realize this thread was from way back. Somebody brought it back from the dead. Oh well, for next time :)
  • BG10708
    BG10708 Posts: 91 Member
    I can't comment on Boston but here in NY if you order fish it is often served swimming in liquid butter even though it just lists broiled (grilled to you) salmon or whatever on the menu. You need to ask for your fish to be served DRY to avoid a greasy mess.

    The portions here are indeed huge but in many places, for an extra charge, two can share a main course and have a soup or salad each.

    Hope you have a wonderful trip.

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