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Food Allergy Resources

H MART

www.hmart.com

3 Old Concord Road, Burlington, MA 01803 (view map)

T: 781.221.4570

It’s like a Costco for Asians. It’s a gigantic supermarket with everything from 70 different types of kimchee to a whole row of ramen noodles to diamond rings and mink coats. Huge display of meat, seafood and live fish that they butcher right there.

Burlington

Asian Market

CK SHANGHAI

www.ckshanghai.com

15 Washington Street, Wellesley, MA 02481 (view map)

T: 781.237.7500

It’s delicious and it’s where I go most often here in Wellesley.

Wellesley

Chinese

THE CHICKEN BONE

www.thechickenbone.com

358 Waverly Street, Framingham, MA 01702 (view map)

T: 1.800.WINGS.2.U

I adore it for their chicken wings. It’s off of 135 West. Wellesley is ten miles west of Boston and this is another five miles west. They always have live bands on the weekend. They literally have the best chicken wings... so good. Total dive.

Framingham

Sports Bar / Chicken Wings

Restaurants - Boston Area

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JAPONAISE BAKERY

www.japonaisebakery.com

Brookline

1020 Beacon Street, Brookline, MA 02446 (view map)

T: 617.566.7730

Porter Square

1815 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02312 (view map)

T: 617.547.5531

Allston / Brighton

1032 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215 (view map)

T: 617.738.7200

They have this great dessert, Azuki Cream Buns. It’s like a creamed-filled croissant donut. Worth the trip. They have three outlets around Boston. They call it a doughnut, it’s the shape of a doughnut, but it’s made with croissant dough.

Multiple Locations

Japanese / Bakery

Boston Area

- Restaurants

- Markets

- Food Purveyors

Boston, MA

- Restaurants

- Drinks

Drinks / Woks

- Sake / Soju

- Woks

GOURMET DUMPLING HOUSE

www.gourmetdumpling.com

52 Beach Street, Boston, MA 02111 (view map)

T: 617.338.6223

The best dumplings in Chinatown. For soup dumplings, vegetarian dumplings, and their Sandong Pan Fried Dumplings, which are Taiwanese style. They are handmade to order, so it takes 15 minutes and they are just freaking delicious. The pièce de résistance is a Schezuan fish soup that is spiciest fish soup that you’ll ever eat in your life. It will blow your head off, but it’s delicious.

Chinatown

Chinese

Restaurants - Boston, MA

MYERS + CHANG

www.myersandchang.com

1145 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02118 (view map)

T: 617.542.5200

Joanne Chang wrote the Flour cookbook. She’s a great baker and she does traditional Asian street food. Very fun and inexpensive.

South End

Vegan / Vegetarian

TICO

www.ticorestaurant.com

222 Berkeley Street, Boston, MA 02116 (view map)

T: 617.351.0400 

Michael Schlow’s restaurant is Spanish, but not as traditional as Toro. Big bar and really fun. More of a scene.

Back Bay

Spanish

OISHII

www.oishiiboston.com

1166 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02118 (view map)

T: 617.482.8868 (make a reservation)

For amazing Japanese food. I put it top five in the country.

South End

Japanese

www.toro-restaurant.com

1704 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02118 (view map)
T: 617.536.4300

It’s a must place. You can get such good authentic and amazing tapas.

South End

Spanish

SILVERTONE BAR AND GRILL

www.silvertonedowntown.com

69 Bromfield Street, Boston, MA 02108 (view map)

T: 617.338.7887

It’s a great dive. When you walk downstairs to go to a place, you know you’re in a dive. They do have the best mac n’ cheese in town, which is something you love at 1am, after a night out.

Downtown

Bar

Drink - Boston, MA

EASTERN STANDARD KITCHEN AND DRINKS

www.easternstandardboston.com

528 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215 (view map)

T: 617.532.9100

I go there because it’s close to Fenway, it’s a fun, big bar. I get a draft beer or a Bloody Mary before a Red Sox game.

Kenmore Square

American

SUPER 88 MARKET

Boston

1095 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215 (view map)

T: 617.787.2288

Malden

118 Commercial Street, Malden, MA 02148 (view map)

T: 781.333.6888

Quincy

731 Hancock Street, Quincy, MA 02170 (view map)

T: 617.376.2388

There are three of them. It’s a Chinese market that’s been around for a long time.

Asian Grocery

Allston / Brighton

Markets - Boston, MA

CAPTAIN MARDEN’S SEAFOOD

www.captainmardens.com

279 Linden Street, Wellesley, MA  02482 (view map)

T: 800.666.0860

One of the best seafood purveyors in town, bar none. Super high quality all the time. They always send me the best they have at all times and will tell me if they don’t have something good.

Wellesley

Seafood

KINNEALEY

www.kinnealey.com

Milton Market (Inside the Milton Market Place)
6 Bassett Street, Milton, MA 02186 (view map)
T: 617.696.2260

Newton
753 Beacon Street, Newton, MA 02159 (view map)
T: 617.964.3577

Wellesley
227 Linden Street, Wellesley, MA 02482 (view map)
T: 781.235.8322

I’ve used them since day one, for thirteen years here at Blue Ginger. The best purveyor of meat and poultry. They are all about quality.

Multiple Locations

Meats

Food Purveyors - Boston Area

WASIK’S THE CHEESE SHOP

www.wasiks.com

61 Central Street, Wellesley MA 02482 (view map)

T: 781.237.0916

The Wasik’s are just the nicest family that you’ll ever meet and have been working with cheese their whole life. I love all of their cheeses. I spent two and a half years in France, so give me the bluest blue in the world or the creamiest triple creme brie or a nice salty gouda.

Wellesley

Cheese Shop

ALL CLAD STAINLESS OPEN STIR FRY WOK

www.all-clad.com

Available from Ming Tsai.

Available on Amazon.com.

They make the best, it’s 3-ply which conducts heat best, it’s flat bottom, which is important because no one has a real wok burner at home. It’s also best for stir frying, because it has two handles.

Wok

Woks

LE CREUSET ENAMBLED CAST-IRON 14-1/4” WOK

They makes a good cast iron wok. Once you get it heated, it keeps its heat.

Wok

TY KU

They’ve taken traditional Japanese, sake and soju, and they’ve packaged and presented it with a modern approach. They have sake, soju and cocktails. Their white label Junmai Daiginjo sake is one of the best sakes you’ll ever have and it’s expensive. It’s $100 a bottle, so we’re not talking about cheap sake. It’s made beautifully. They also have a great melon liquor.

Sake and Soju

Sake / Soju

GIVE2ASIA

They give directly to Asian charities on the ground. So, right now, they are dealing with Japan. They did the same thing with the Thai tsunami and with the horrible earthquakes in China.

Charity

Charities

ALLERGY ART

www.allergyart.com

9 Meriam Street, Suite 24, Lexington MA 02420 (view map)

T: 781.771.7181

They have cured my son of all of his food allergies. He was allergic to soy, wheat, dairy, shellfish, peanuts and eggs and now he is cured.

Allergy Release Technique

ALLERGY KIDS

I just saw a presentation from Robyn O’Brien [founder].  Her point is what we do to our food chain may be one of the reasons that we have so many more food allergies than anywhere else.

Allergy Foundation

TED TALKS

Dr. William Li does a presentation on anti-angiogenesis, which is the next cure, or the preventative cure for everything from cancer on down. The old adage, you are what you eat. By what you eat, you can prevent cancer. I think that is very powerful.

Online Idea Conferences

Chef Ming Tsai

April 6, 2011

WHO

Chef / owner of Blue Ginger Restaurant in Wellesley, Massachusetts and host of Simply Ming on PBS TV.

WHY

Aside from his acclaimed cooking, Ming Tsai is a successful entrepreneur and a chef with a big heart. He donates much of his time to charity work and is currently exploring the role food plays in curing ailments.

Blue Ginger - Wellesley, MA

COOKBOOKS

- Simply Ming One-Pot Meals [buy it]

- Simply Ming: Easy Techniques for East-Meets-West Meals [buy it]

- The Asian Kitchen [buy it]

- Ming’s Master Recipes [buy it]

- Blue Ginger: East Meets West Cooking [buy it]

RECOMMENDATIONS

Ming Tsai’s recommendations for restaurants, cocktails, markets, and food purveyors in the Boston area, as well as his favorite woks, drinks, and food allergy resources.

Charities / Resources

- Charities

- Food Allergy Resources