Thread: Tapas at Tico in Boston

On Sun, 7 Aug 2011 15:51:28 -0400, "Felice" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>Went to Tico, Michael Schlow's newest, for margaritas Friday
>afternoon. The margs were great but the small plates (they offer about
>thirty or so) were fantastic. We overstuffed ourselves on these:
>
>lobster and avocado tacos
>fried shrimp with pickled jalapenos on tiny toasts
>mac & cheese with serrano ham and bread crumbs
>fried Manchego cheese with pomegranate honey sauce
>sweet corn with bacon, chiles and Thai basil
>snap peas with orange zest and Tabasco butter
>
>Needless to say, that was our dinner.
>
>Felice

Lobster and avocado sounds the best to me... never had that combo but
should be good... faux tomalley is safer... I will try it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomalley

Cooking serrano ham, especially with mac n' cheese is a terrible
waste... cooking ruins the texture and serrano is not even smoked,
adds nothing to mac n'cheese, other than salt... cheese needs salt
like one needs a boil on their ass.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jam%C3%B3n_serrano

The rest of that list reads like keyboard kookery... overly
pretentious/sound and fury signifying nothing.

Felice wrote:
> Went to Tico, Michael Schlow's newest, for margaritas Friday
> afternoon. The margs were great but the small plates (they offer about
> thirty or so) were fantastic. We overstuffed ourselves on these:
>
> lobster and avocado tacos
> fried shrimp with pickled jalapenos on tiny toasts
> mac & cheese with serrano ham and bread crumbs
> fried Manchego cheese with pomegranate honey sauce
> sweet corn with bacon, chiles and Thai basil
> snap peas with orange zest and Tabasco butter
>
> Needless to say, that was our dinner.
>
> Felice
>
>
Hmmmm. I LOVE tapas... and haven't had them for a really long time.

--
Jean B.

"Jean B." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Felice wrote:
>> Went to Tico, Michael Schlow's newest, for margaritas Friday
>> afternoon. The margs were great but the small plates (they offer
>> about thirty or so) were fantastic. We overstuffed ourselves on
>> these:
>> lobster and avocado tacos
>> fried shrimp with pickled jalapenos on tiny toasts
>> mac & cheese with serrano ham and bread crumbs
>> fried Manchego cheese with pomegranate honey sauce
>> sweet corn with bacon, chiles and Thai basil
>> snap peas with orange zest and Tabasco butter
>>
>> Needless to say, that was our dinner.
>>
>> Felice

> Hmmmm. I LOVE tapas... and haven't had them for a really long
> time.

Jean, you should give this a go next time you're in town. Tico is
where Cottonwood used to be, at Berkeley and St. James.

Felice

Felice wrote:
> "Jean B." <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]
>> Felice wrote:
>>> Went to Tico, Michael Schlow's newest, for margaritas Friday
>>> afternoon. The margs were great but the small plates (they offer
>>> about thirty or so) were fantastic. We overstuffed ourselves on
>>> these:
>>> lobster and avocado tacos
>>> fried shrimp with pickled jalapenos on tiny toasts
>>> mac & cheese with serrano ham and bread crumbs
>>> fried Manchego cheese with pomegranate honey sauce
>>> sweet corn with bacon, chiles and Thai basil
>>> snap peas with orange zest and Tabasco butter
>>>
>>> Needless to say, that was our dinner.
>>>
>>> Felice
>
>> Hmmmm. I LOVE tapas... and haven't had them for a really long
>> time.
>
> Jean, you should give this a go next time you're in town. Tico is
> where Cottonwood used to be, at Berkeley and St. James.
>
> Felice
>
>
Ah! I used to like Cottonwood. Had it survived until recently?
I get downtown so infrequently now....

--
Jean B.

"Jean B." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Felice wrote:
>> "Jean B." <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]
>>> Felice wrote:
>>>> Went to Tico, Michael Schlow's newest, for margaritas Friday
>>>> afternoon. The margs were great but the small plates (they offer
>>>> about thirty or so) were fantastic. We overstuffed ourselves on
>>>> these:
>>>> lobster and avocado tacos
>>>> fried shrimp with pickled jalapenos on tiny toasts
>>>> mac & cheese with serrano ham and bread crumbs
>>>> fried Manchego cheese with pomegranate honey sauce
>>>> sweet corn with bacon, chiles and Thai basil
>>>> snap peas with orange zest and Tabasco butter
>>>>
>>>> Needless to say, that was our dinner.
>>>>
>>>> Felice
>>
>>> Hmmmm. I LOVE tapas... and haven't had them for a really long
>>> time.
>>
>> Jean, you should give this a go next time you're in town. Tico is
>> where Cottonwood used to be, at Berkeley and St. James.
>>
>> Felice
>>
>>
> Ah! I used to like Cottonwood. Had it survived until recently?
> I get downtown so infrequently now....
> --
> Jean B.

It closed down within the past six months or so, I believe, and Tico
took its place. I loved Cottonwood and do miss it, though.

Felice

On Sun, 7 Aug 2011 15:51:28 -0400, Felice wrote:

> Went to Tico, Michael Schlow's newest, for margaritas Friday
> afternoon. The margs were great but the small plates (they offer about
> thirty or so) were fantastic. We overstuffed ourselves on these:
>
> lobster and avocado tacos
> fried shrimp with pickled jalapenos on tiny toasts
> mac & cheese with serrano ham and bread crumbs
> fried Manchego cheese with pomegranate honey sauce
> sweet corn with bacon, chiles and Thai basil
> snap peas with orange zest and Tabasco butter
>
> Needless to say, that was our dinner.

Tapas is becoming a very overused word. Even mediocre bars are now
serving "tapas". You know, chicken wings, french fries, deep fried
mushrooms, shot glasses full of peanuts, sliders, etc... You know,
typical tapas. <sigh>

-sw

On Tue, 09 Aug 2011 22:33:06 -0400, Jean B. wrote:

> Hmmmm. I LOVE tapas... and haven't had them for a really long time.

Everything and anything are tapas nowadays. Even French fries and
onion rings. And apparently mac and cheese, too. You can even go to
Golden Corral and have tapas. Just use small plates and get small
portions (I wouldn't be surprised if even THEY start advertising AYCE
tapas).

-sw

Felice wrote:
> "Jean B." <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]
>> Felice wrote:
>>> "Jean B." <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>> news:[email protected]
>>>> Felice wrote:
>>>>> Went to Tico, Michael Schlow's newest, for margaritas Friday
>>>>> afternoon. The margs were great but the small plates (they offer
>>>>> about thirty or so) were fantastic. We overstuffed ourselves on
>>>>> these:
>>>>> lobster and avocado tacos
>>>>> fried shrimp with pickled jalapenos on tiny toasts
>>>>> mac & cheese with serrano ham and bread crumbs
>>>>> fried Manchego cheese with pomegranate honey sauce
>>>>> sweet corn with bacon, chiles and Thai basil
>>>>> snap peas with orange zest and Tabasco butter
>>>>>
>>>>> Needless to say, that was our dinner.
>>>>>
>>>>> Felice
>>>> Hmmmm. I LOVE tapas... and haven't had them for a really long
>>>> time.
>>> Jean, you should give this a go next time you're in town. Tico is
>>> where Cottonwood used to be, at Berkeley and St. James.
>>>
>>> Felice
>>>
>>>
>> Ah! I used to like Cottonwood. Had it survived until recently?
>> I get downtown so infrequently now....
>> --
>> Jean B.
>
> It closed down within the past six months or so, I believe, and Tico
> took its place. I loved Cottonwood and do miss it, though.
>
> Felice
>
Oh, wow! Cottonwood was around for a LONG time then. I am sorry
I hadn't been there for years, thinking it MUST be gone. I
started eating there when it was in Porter Sq. and even went there
with my infant daughter. (Yeah, if she'd started squawking, I
would have been out of there.)

--
Jean B.

Sqwertz wrote:
> On Sun, 7 Aug 2011 15:51:28 -0400, Felice wrote:
>
>> Went to Tico, Michael Schlow's newest, for margaritas Friday
>> afternoon. The margs were great but the small plates (they offer about
>> thirty or so) were fantastic. We overstuffed ourselves on these:
>>
>> lobster and avocado tacos
>> fried shrimp with pickled jalapenos on tiny toasts
>> mac & cheese with serrano ham and bread crumbs
>> fried Manchego cheese with pomegranate honey sauce
>> sweet corn with bacon, chiles and Thai basil
>> snap peas with orange zest and Tabasco butter
>>
>> Needless to say, that was our dinner.
>
> Tapas is becoming a very overused word. Even mediocre bars are now
> serving "tapas". You know, chicken wings, french fries, deep fried
> mushrooms, shot glasses full of peanuts, sliders, etc... You know,
> typical tapas. <sigh>
>
> -sw

I wouldn't be too thrilled to go somewhere expecting tapas only to
get that type of thing.

--
Jean B.

Sqwertz wrote:
> On Tue, 09 Aug 2011 22:33:06 -0400, Jean B. wrote:
>
>> Hmmmm. I LOVE tapas... and haven't had them for a really long time.
>
> Everything and anything are tapas nowadays. Even French fries and
> onion rings. And apparently mac and cheese, too. You can even go to
> Golden Corral and have tapas. Just use small plates and get small
> portions (I wouldn't be surprised if even THEY start advertising AYCE
> tapas).
>
> -sw


LOL! I guess I will stick to places where I can expect real
Spanish tapas.

--
Jean B.