Alden & Harlow

While having a rondevou in Boston, my besties wanted to try out Alden & Harlow, named as one of the best eateries to try. Located underground, this hidden find is popular enough to have a minimum of 20 min. wait and a good 45 minutes during Sunday brunch. They offer farm to table tapa-sized plates and serve as soon as it has been cooked style. So we tried the following:

Fried Mortadella stuffed olives in roasted tomato vinagrette - crispy balls with flavorful tomato based sauce - delicious!

Grilled rabe crostino, pignoli aioli, fried garlic: it had a lemony and salty rabe, which is complimented by the garlic chips - luv the chips and the saltiness is neutralized with the crostini bread.

Ubiquitous kale salad: lemony dressing complimented with roasted peanuts. There is something added - shaved white noodle shaped. I thought it would be cheese, but it wasn't.

Pickled Verrill Farm Corn pancakes: medium sized buttermilk pancakes, maple syrup as based of the food arrangement,  and shishito peppers with popcorn. This dish looks like something and reminds me of what I saw from Foodnetwork's Chopped show, where chefs would have to creatively come up with dishes based on the ingredients in their secret basket. The pancake tastes like regular flour. Popcorn is complimented with maple syrup. The shishito looks like a jalapeno pepper, but not spicy, rather have a subtle pickle taste.

What i discovered is that if you eat the pancake & kale salad together, they compliment each other and tastes better. I think I watch too much Food Network.

Although they have meat dishes, which has a note that it is partially cooked, their non-meat dishes would suit vegetarian tastes buds. Snack size dishes ran around $8, while main dishes run $12+. It's worth a try.