Boston｜June Food Hits & Misses 🍽️💥

This month had some great meals… but also some major letdowns. Had to share! 🚫 Misses: 1️⃣ Mikiya Omakase (Highest Tier) Went for my birthday since I had a good experience last time (mid-tier) + annual membership. Four “special dishes” were mostly carbs — barely any meat. Wagyu sushi tasted like convenience store quality 😬. Beef bone marrow was greasy and fishy. Three A5 wagyu cuts were worse than last time — inconsistent quality. 2️⃣ Yunnan Kitchen Most dishes were underwhelming. Steam pot chicken: oily, heavy ginger-scallion taste, bland and dry meat. $10was basically overpriced sago dessert 🥤. Grilled fish was EXTREMELY salty — three of us went silent after eating it 😶. Only highlights: stir-fried rice cakes and decent fried ribs. 💰 311 Omakase Fish quality was actually good… but the best items (like uni with real sweetness) were all on the add-on menu (+$50). Bill was $400+ 😵‍💔. Great spot if you ignore the price. ❤️ RED LIST (Partial): 1️⃣ House of Hong Kong Cuisine Went with a friend from — no disappointments! Wok-fried green beans had great “wok hei”, authentic Dongbei-style sweet and sour pork (only downside: meat was slightly overfried). Will be back! 2️⃣ Yume Ga Arukara Amazing cold udon! Chewy noodles, light yet flavorful broth, topped with tempura bits and well-marinated fatty beef 🍜❄️. (Note: tried the hot version later — not good. Texture and flavor were ruined.) 3️⃣ Qiao Lin Hot Pot Best spicy beef tallow base in Boston — very close to Sichuan style when dipping meat or. Downsides: mediocre dipping sauces (except sesame oil), chilled (not fresh-cut) meat, overly “processed” frog legs. Good for flavor, not for premium ingredients. 4️⃣ Wong Kok Fresh ingredients, piping hot claypot rice with real wok aroma — better than other Cantonese spots. Tiny space but feels like a Guangzhou dai pai dong 🍚🔥. Recommend cured meat and beef claypot. 5️⃣ Sunrise Seafood Restaurant Located in Quincy — just as good as China Pearl. Rare seafood options and authentic preparations. XO sauce fish maw and eight-treasure tofu were legit Cantonese standards. Only flaw: old chive stems. I’m officially food-coma’d this month… ready to eat again in July! 🥳 If you want to join group meals/food adventures, feel free to join our chat — we organize meetups! 👥✨ #FoodieBoston #BostonEats #BostonFoodScene #FoodHitsAndMisses #BostonFoodGroup