Mandarin Garden- along main street. from 11 am to 3 pm Monday to Friday, they have Luncheon specials. I ordered Cashew Nut Chicken for $6.25. Because of the increasing price of gas, rice is expensive. The dish served to me had 2:1 ratio. The diced chicken, cashew, water chestnut, and zucchini were twice as much as the fried rice. I had left-overs, and I ate it for dinner with the white rice (cooked by my friend and I). The "brown" sauce (water-downed soy sauce?) was flat, but everything else was delicious. The interior looked like a messy amalgamation of western flowery wallpapers and bamboo artwork.
Henriquez Messican & Salvadorian Grill- along main street, I ordered Pasteles de carne (meat vegetable turnover- reminded me of corn beef hash), 3 pieces for $3.50, and Empanadas de Platano (fried plantains filled with milk pudding) 3 pieces for $3.50. It came with this coleslaw-esque side containing red pepper and some kind of vinegar. They were all good (it was interesting to taste and see a derivation from the fried plantains I'm used to: banana-que from the philippines).
La Beau- I ate here with my friends after watching Zohan. For $8, I ordered a Teriyaki Chicken burger and a small raspberry milkshake. Delicious. The teriyaki chicken was up to par with other teriyaki chicken I've tasted, the raspberry milkshake was the bomb (reason why we ate dinner here- my friend recommended it, this shake tasted like the famous raspberry shake she had when she visited the Bear Lakes). The shake was not too sweet or fruity, it retained some of the pungent elements of the natural raspberry without making your lips pucker. Simple interior of red and white with two hanging flat tvs.
Juniper- somewhere near the Transit center. This was the first restaurant in Logan, which I ate at (last august 2007)... for today's lunch, I had a cup of tomato beef soup and a grilled ham and cheese sandwich for $4.17. I was full in the end. The style of serving here is like a classy cafeteria, the soup is fresh. I got the soup served on a tray and they brought out the recently grilled ham and cheese a couple of minutes later (they found my table with my number). There's a tv, some soft rock music and different age groups hanging out: senior citizens, mid-aged women, young family, college students, teenagers, babies and more.
Posted by Michael Diezmos at June 7, 2008 5:59 PM