Okay, I realize its Tuesday, and the punch line above doesn’t have the same effect, but doesn’t it feels like every Sunday Night we’re just a little sad :( I mean, the weekend is over, the whole work week lies ahead, and somehow Friday seems so so far away! Generally all Sundays are like this, and some are a little bit more gloomy than others.
But a recent Sunday night wasn’t like that. In fact, it wasn’t even close. Sunday night was actually exciting and Monday was one of the best Mondays ever! No, it wasn’t because work was amazing (or that I got a raise ;)), it because a dear dear friend was visiting from Geneva and we, her friends and husband had planned a Monday day night meet up at Myers + Chang!
If you’ve never been there, it’s a must visit! Located at 1145 Washington St in the South End, the place is the brain child of Joanne Chang, and her husband Christopher Myers and is “a funky indie diner setting offering Chef/Owner Joanne Chang and Executive Chef Matthew Barros's very personal interpretation of Chinese, Taiwanese, Thai, and Vietnamese specialties (http://www.myersandchang.com). (If you don’t know, Joanne is also a celebrity in the pastry world in Boston, with multiple locations of her bakery Flour, and a new cookbook out too!)
We started out the night around 7 with a cocktail as we waited for the staff to arrange our table. They were so gracious and the cocktails were yummy! I started with the Ginjo Gimlet (ginjo sake, housemade ginger syrup, fresh lime) since I love my ginger! The rest of the party enjoyed other various drinks including the Asian Mojito, the Mai Tai, and the Margarita. If the drinks were good, the laughs and catching up was even better. I guess that’s just always how it is with good friends. We were having such a blast, that we were probably the most jovial table in the restaurant that day. Even the wait staff loved it, and totally laughed and joked with us too. They were so kind.
Knowing I was going there that night, I had already checked out the menu, and I LOVED that they had a specific vegetarian menu with so many options – YAY! Most restaurants have a few dishes, and some have a special section, but I was super excited to see the spread here! A friend and I (the only other vegetarians in the group) settled in to order our dishes and the rest of the carnivores decided on theirs.
Unfortunately I don’t have pictures to do all the food justice (just pics courtesy of from my friend N), but we ordered:
- crispy spring rolls
- garlicky spicy coal-black wings
- chicken and waffles
- garlicky spicy coal-black wings
- chicken and waffles
- genmai fried rice
- shiitake and chinese greens potstickers
- mama chang's pork and chive potstickers
- vegetarian wok-charred udon noodles
Everything we ate was amazing! The wok-charred udon noodles absolutely, positively, most unequivocally captured wok hei or the breath of the wok! In two words – so yummy. The genmai fried rice was a treat because it was made with brown rice and finished with an egg, that we mixed table side to create ribbons of cooked silky egg in our fried rice. I’ve never had brown rice in my fried rice and was so excited. My companions raved about the garlicky spicy wings and the chick and waffles as well! And of course mama chang’s pot stickers were a huge hit.
By the end of the night were stuffed, happy, and caught up in the events we missed over the past couple weeks that we wished the night wasn’t coming to a close. In fact we decided for once Mondays could just be the new Thursdays. Maybe not every week (but at least every other). After all, good friends, great company and delicious food make for a wonderful night any day of the week. That Monday was especially special thanks to the food and wonderful staff at Myers + Chang.
