Vietnamese restaurants, parts 6 and 7
For part 6, we returned to Saigon Seafood for salt and pepper lobster and salted fish fried rice. The salt and pepper lobster, according to John is more a Chinese than Vietnamese disk. It consists of lobster cut into pieces that are breaded and fried (deep fried?). It's tasty, but as is typical with lobster, you have to do some work to extract the meaty bits. I was initially dubious about the salted fish fried rice (not a huge fan of salted fish), but it was very good. The fish was shredded into very fine pieces which serve to add a nice flavor to the fried rice without being excessively fishy.
For part 7, we went to Lucky Cafe, an Asian barbecue place at 1107 Dorchester Ave. I think they have more typical Chinese offerings, but we got the rice combo that comes with 2 kinds of meat. It was $8 and had enough rice and meat for two meals. I had chicken and duck; John got chicken and pork. John is a big fan of the ginger sauce they put on the chicken. I liked it, but I won't rave about it the way John does. BTW, this restaurant is cash only.
For part 7, we went to Lucky Cafe, an Asian barbecue place at 1107 Dorchester Ave. I think they have more typical Chinese offerings, but we got the rice combo that comes with 2 kinds of meat. It was $8 and had enough rice and meat for two meals. I had chicken and duck; John got chicken and pork. John is a big fan of the ginger sauce they put on the chicken. I liked it, but I won't rave about it the way John does. BTW, this restaurant is cash only.