Monday, October 5, 2015

Manhattan New York at night

Manhattan New York has the highest density of skyscrapers in the world. Due to this and historical buildings, the city is extremely photogenic. You can capture many great view around the city especially at night. Below are some of the examples:




Empire State Building from Bryant Park.

Chrysler building. An art deco style skyscraper which is unique and contemporary. Was the tallest building in the world before overtook by Empire State building in 1931.

Fulton building.

Times Square.

Playing chess in the middle of Times Square.

The police duty at Times Square must be very busy entertaining photo capture request.

Radio City music hall.

Rockefeller Center.

New York Public Library.

Saturday, October 3, 2015

Wonderful cannoli from Mike's Pastry @ North End, Boston

Before this, I don't even know what cannoli is. My impression was cannoli is a small sized pastry but Mike's version was huge. Now I know why people willing to wait in long queue just to have their favourite cannoli after I tasted it. The worst thing about this place is to decide on which cannoli that you want! Mike Pastry has so many varieties. Do take note that this is a cash only establishment.

Taste:8/10(Good. The cannolis here are huge! The filling is silky and fluffy. The shell is perfectly crunchy and they have a huge varieties of flavors to choose from. I picked the caramel pecan cannoli since I like pecan and sweet stuff. I love the taste of Mike's cannoli once I have a bite of it. Its not overly sweet but its filling).
Price:5/10(Reasonable. Each cannoli priced at USD4.00).


When you arrive to Mike's Pastry shop, do go into the shop and check out. The line looks long but actually there are many lines at the front of the counters.

Variety of cannolis displayed at the top.

Variety of cannolis. In this picture, you can see the chocolate chip and pistachio cannolis.

Pecan caramel.

Since the shop is so crowded, I have to eat the cannoli at the nearby park.

Mike's Pastry shop in North End Boston.

GPS/Coordinate: 42.364238, -71.054271
Address: 300 Hanover St, Boston, MA 02113, United States.
Public transport: Haymarket station via light rail/subway-orange line/bus.

Thursday, October 1, 2015

Underrated lobster roll from Pauli's @ North End, Boston

Pauli's is a small shop located in North End, Boston offering reasonable priced subs, wraps, Italian food and lobster roll. They also cater for takeout, delivery and catering. For the local, this shop is quite famous for its lobster roll. If not because for my walking tour guide told me that this shop has among the best lobster roll in town, I might have waiting in the queue at Neptune Oyster next door. If you lookout for Pauli's in the Internet, you can hardly find any article which would rate them to have among the best lobster roll. Neptune Oyster often rated at no 1 for its lobster roll but the queue to have food in this restaurant is forever long. Pauli's environment was rather different. Not many patrons in their shop and I can have my lobster roll within 5 minutes. Amazingly the fast lobster roll which I get from Pauli's, was superb.

Taste:10/10(Excellent. Upon my first bite of the lobster roll was a burst of flavor with smooth and warm butter coating the delicate lobster meat. The huge portion of lobster meat suits very well with soft bread roll. The lobster meat were full of flavour. Well coated with butter with slight salty taste provided a perfect balance to the natural flavors of the lobster. The potato chips provided also complemented the meal very well. Simple but amazingly delicious).
Price:3/10(Expensive. The hot lobster roll priced at USD18.99 with chips. For cold version of lobster roll, its sold at USD16.99).


The packaging was not impressive. Lobster roll with packed potato chips.


Wow, the smell and taste very good. Well and lightly coated with butter. Fresh red lobster colour.

Looks small but you will satisfied with the portion and taste.


Simple shop but huge variety of food options.

Variety of kettle cook potato chips.

Pauli's featured in The Boston Globe.

Pauli's (Wicked fresh, Crazy good).

GPS/Coordinate: 42.363312, -71.055977
Address: 65 Salem St, Boston, MA 02113, United States
Public transport: Haymarket station via light rail/subway-orange line/bus.