Affordable Asian Restaurants in Boston
If you're craving some old-school Asian food replete with the traditional fortune cookie to top off your meal, there are many good Asian restaurants in Boston. Head to Chinatown. However, Boston’s restaurant scene offers diversity beyond the typical red-and-white Chinese food takeout box. In fact, there are a slew of reasonably priced restaurants scattered throughout the city that will satiate your craving for variety, including flavors from Southeast Asia and a few that offer sushi in addition to their core Chinese staples. Yes, it’s time to whip out those chopsticks. Here’s a lineup of affordable Asian restaurants in Boston:
Le’s Vietnamese Restaurant -- While the hole-in-the-wall ambience of Le’s Vietnamese Restaurant hidden in Cambridge’s Garage can be enough to scare off the average foodie, don’t judge a venerated culinary hot spot by its food-court cover. Locals know their pho, or the traditional fragrant soup of Vietnam, and Le's is perfect for those longing for an affordable fix of noodle goodness.
Penang Restaurant --This restaurant located in the outskirts of Boston’s Chinatown boasts a Malaysian menu that deviates from the Asian cuisine norm. It’s a fusion between the fragrant rice dishes of Thailand coupled with the curry-flavored spices associated with Indian food topped with the flavors of Indonesia.
Empire Garden -- If you’re looking for a traditional dim sum experience in Boston, it’s a good idea to do what the locals in Chinatown do. Empire Garden, a Chinese restaurant that set up shop in a former Combat Zone-style movie theater in Chinatown near the Orange Line’s Tufts Medical Center T stop, serves up authentic Cantonese cuisine in a typical a la carte fashion.
The Q Restaurant -- There’s a mysterious, flirty vibe at The Q Restaurant, a recently opened sushi den and hot pot hotspot nestled beneath Chinatown’s luxury Archstone Boston Common complex. The entranceway, a blue LED-lit creation that simulates a lava-lamp style water feature, greets patrons into a lair of intrigue, as if one has been transported into a contemporary, Asian-themed hideaway.
Teriyaki House – Nestled on the other side of Boylston Street near Hynes Convention Center and Berklee College of Music, Teriyaki House serves up their no-frills Japanese and Chinese food into the wee hours of the night.
Posted on May 13, 2011 by Sam Baltrusis
