Restaurants
After holding on to 2021, you deserve caviar, a feast of Beijing ducks and all the truffles.
Should we forget 2021 and never remember it? Absolutely. While this year’s problems don’t fade once the clock strikes midnight on January 1, we all deserve to ring the new year with a sure celebration. And that means there are packs of food to take away unnecessarily, from caviar kits to culinary experiments led by a chef, while the bubble is passed before the ball is released. Look for these options from eight local restaurants, and here are some brighter days for 2021.
Caviar in Alcove. / Photo courtesy of Alcove
Alcova
You know how this year was a “what’s next?” rain of bad news? Alcove offers an antidote in the form of food – a New Year’s menu with a wide range of products, from caviar to chicken fingers, that will leave you similar to their disbelief but much happier. Savor dinners for two (between $ 125 and $ 150) that combine three pounds of butter-filled lobster with salmon tartare (in the “Surf” package), or 14-ounce tomato pork chops with broccoli salad and potato gratin (for “Lawn” ”). Meanwhile, the cocktail appetizers of prawns, oysters, balls of arancini with Fontina cheese and caviar are perfect for a cocktail or at least the equivalent of “party” of 2021, which consists of making a bottle of bubbles supplied by Alcove. immediate home. And finally, you can even invite kids with an all-natural chicken finger meal before taking them to bed, keeping the decadent dessert of cookie and banana dough ice cream. Place an order before: Monday, December 28, at 4 p.m. To pick up: Thursday, Dec. 31 after 5 p.m.
50 Lovejoy Wharf, Boston, 617-248-0050, alcoveboston.com.
Chickadee
You’ve achieved this all this year, proving that you’re a resilient soul with whom you don’t fool yourself, and now it’s time to claim your rich reward. Chickadee’s current Holiday Essentials menu includes a luxurious Osetra caviar kit ($ 80), as well as two truffle kits: choose a half ounce of black Perigord ($ 65) or the coveted Alba white truffle ($ 120) and your feast of rich mushroom flavors includes accompaniments of black truffle snail paste, truffle butter, Parmigiano-Reggiano, and even a truffle cutter. There’s also a lot of “truffle-friendly” red wines and bubble bottles, ranging from $ 10 to a $ 280 bottle of Dom Perignon Brut from 2008. (You deserve it, as it seems like only December has lasted years). Need some more background? Make a meal of mezze cold and hot offerings: bright herbal falafel with tzatziki beets, smoked baba ganoush or larger dishes, such as rich piccata lamb loin. Chickadee will close December 24-30, but you can still place orders to pick them up or deliver them via Toast on December 31st.
21 Drydock Ave., Boston, 617-531-5591, chickadeerestaurant.com.
Doris Huang, owner of the Chinese king, will close her restaurant after New Year’s service. / Photography by Chris Haynes
King of China
Too many Boston restaurants have closed this year and now the royalty of the China King Center is ending its eight-year reign after New Year’s Eve dinner. What to achieve? The crown jewel of owner Doris Huang’s menu is the Beijing Duck Dinner ($ 70), a three-course meal that includes fried duck and noodles (or a vegetarian version for carbohydrate-conscious people), a simmer duck soup and crispy duck skin that is perfect for stuffing homemade pancakes and dipping in hoisin sauce. Huang says he’ll be back with another adventure at a restaurant after a break and a refill (we know the feeling), so stock up on his perfectly shredded onion pancakes: you can toss them in the freezer and heat them in the freezer. oven later: steamed pork buns and legendary rakes while waiting for his return to the culinary throne. Place an order before: Call the restaurant before Wednesday 30 December to book the duck dinner. This 24-hour notice does not apply to other takeaways, which may be placed online. To pick up: Thursday, December 31st.
60 Beach St., Boston, 617-542-1763, bostonchinaking.com.
A holiday charcuterie stretched from Eataly. / Photo courtesy of Eataly
Eataly
Ciao, 2021. Eataly invites you to sound like the noble Roman style of 2021 with absurdly decadent offerings, including a socially spaced five-course dinner at Terra Restaurant, for those who feel comfortable dining indoors. Otherwise, consider family-style takeaway options, such as the Mezzanote 2021 kit ($ 399), which feeds up to four people with ambrosial antipasto (including Calabro truffle burrata and Wagyu bresaola). as a food like lasagna and chocolate panettone for dessert. You can also browse the holiday menu entries in the Terra and Eataly basket, such as silky pumpkin-stuffed ravioli or aubergine parm with grated cheese bread. Requested by: Sunday, December 27, at 9 pm for the Mezzanote kit (via Tock, where you also select a delivery time), as well as offers in the Terra and Eataly basket, which can be ordered by phone or mail electronic. [email protected]. To pick up: Eataly will contact employers to arrange a time slot for Thursday, December 31st.
800 Boylston St., Boston, 617-807-7300, eataly.com.
Frenchie Wine Bistro
Petite South End, Frenchie, offers a takeaway party for francophiles. Season with a buttery snail ($ 18 for two dozen); whole stuffed sea bass ($ 55), wrapped in paper to block the flavors of garlic, herbs, and lemon; or sumptuous Thermidor lobster ($ 70), which fills a shell of cooked lobster meat, egg yolk and cognac. Of course, you’ll find many of these vital ingredients in French cuisine, butter and cream: check out the heavenly casserole of potato dauphinoise potatoes and Gruyere, leeks cooked with garlic cream or Mont Blanc meringue desserts drizzled with homemade chestnuts. nata i nata muntada. Finally, Le French Market, online from Frenchie, invites you in the spring for delights to elevate your home-made charcuterie cakes, including jars of rich foie gras and fig jam, delicate Normandy-style cheese and boxes of macarons. Getting out of Frenchie is the second place after a real walk along the Seine, which hopefully is back on the charts for an easier 2021 trip. Requested by: Sunday, Dec. 27, at 6 p.m. for takeaway options. (Le French Market orders can be placed at any time online or by phone and can be picked up during normal business hours). To pick up: Thursday, December 31st.
560 Tremont St., Boston, 857-233-5941, frenchieboston.com.
Grill 23 and bar
2021 was the year of bottom-down fashion: business-appropriate zoom at the top, tracksuit pants at the bottom. To continue this trend with New Year’s Eve food, consider the Grill 23 box of champagne and caviar ($ 175): It features a can of Island Creek white sturgeon caviar, a bottle of Louis Roederer Brut 2012 bubble and a humble bag of homemade products. French fries. Alternatively, the Back Bay chophouse can help you increase your stakes with a box of steaks ($ 140 small; $ 200 large) full of 100-day-old uncooked rib eyes, cute steak, and a jar of butter. beef so you can flex your skills your own. Place an order before: End of the day on Tuesday 29 December. To pick up: Thursday, December 31 between 1 and 4 p.m.
161 Berkeley St., Boston, 617-542-2255, grill23.com.
Tasting table
Take advantage of New Year’s resolution to cook more with the interactive and live virtual cooking sessions offered by Tasting Counter’s [email protected] program. Let the chefs at the gourmet restaurant teach you how to cook lobster coral balls, Wagyu beef carry flap and buckwheat and maple desserts. The package includes all the ingredients to enjoy the dining experience, as well as entry to one of the three interactive Zoom sessions, which can also be downloaded to revisit later (perfect if you’ve entered the bubble a little earlier). There’s a family primary care session ($ 125) from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. that welcomes future Michelin-starring kiddos into your home; a “Quarantine & Chill” engagement from 19:00 to 21:00 and a party from 21:30 to 12:00 organized by chef Peter Ungár, which is completed with a midnight toast. Place an order before: Wednesday, December 30 at midnight. To pick up: Thursday, Dec. 31, during a delivery period that the tasting counter will assign after purchase. Delivery is also offered less than 25 km from Somerville.
14 Tyler St., Somerville, 617-299-6362, tastingcounterathome.com.
The lamb holiday dinner at Woods Hill Pier 4. / Photo courtesy of Woods Hill Pier 4
Moll Woods Hill 4
Woods Hill Pier 4’s family-style holiday packages include cooking and heating instructions to finish meals during the day. Just hide the take-out bins from your inevitably impressed family and no one will ever know you haven’t spent all day working over the stove. Package options include a slowly cooked lamb dinner for six people ($ 235), a hearty Spanish seafood stew for four ($ 185) and an oily candied duck leg casserole, Italian sausage, cannelloni and much more for three or four people. ($ 135); All include many sides and bindings. Spring for brunch ($ 120), too: Serve four with uncured bacon from Woods Hill Farm in New Hampshire, as well as waffles and other products that will consolidate your status as the family’s famous future chef. Place an order before: End of the day on Monday 28 December. To pick up: Thursday, December 31 between 12 and 5 p.m.
300 Pier 4 Blvd., Boston, 617-981-4577, woodshillpier4.com.