Jul
17
Menino’s kit
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Last month I posted something about the paucity of Taste of Allston photo coverage on flickr. Allston Village Main Streets got around to fixing that yesterday, uploading this 140 shot set of the festivities. My favorite is this one of the mayor sitting in with some band, which I like mostly because the expression on the face of the red-panted guy in the background (presumably the real drummer) who was displaced for photo purposes. He’s all, mrrrrrr.
Jul
2
Mr. Mayor, dissed for ribs
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I for one am legitimately grateful towards Wicked Local (& Rachel Weiner) for doing on the ground reporting on The Taste of Allston. Re: Sunset’s booth -
For event volunteer Diane Williams, a self-proclaimed “Internationalist,” her love of the ribs was surprising to her — she even turned down a picture with the mayor in order to ensure she got her second helping!
A note – the above photo is not meant to imply that the right-most person in it (jrob) would rather have a mayoral photo-op than eat ribs. I would not even begin to make predictions about the meat eating habits of anyone who is “the only one there bike as fuck”.
Jun
30
A Taste of Taste Of Allston
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Brad (of Almanac fame) was apparently the only person on flickr to photo document the Taste of Allston with this past Sunday with this single cell phone shot. My favorite part (of course) is the person being resuscitated in the foreground presumably due to too many potstickers. All in all a controlled, modest amount of fun was had by most (surmisedly).
Jun
26
Beware the evil eye
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When contemplating the exotic ‘otherness’ of meats, perception is all relative to your normal dietary interactions with friendly planetary fauna. So the potential to try some goat at the Taste of Allston (this Sunday!) might not measure up to a fricasseed wallaby, it’s still (somewhat) noteable.
Muhammad “Pasha” Nurpasha, manager of two-month old Dawat Indian Cuisine, is planning to highlight several dishes, including a goat dish, since he said they’re the only Indian restaurant in the neighborhood to serve this meat.
“We are fresh and people need to know us. Some of our specials are things people don’t find,” Nurpasha said.
Dawat will also be serving chicken tikka masala (chicken in a tomato sauce) and palak paneer (homemade cheese in a spinach sauce), though this selection doesn’t come close to representing the extensive menu Dawat offers daily.
Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 day of.