Looking for your next great Asian meal in Boston? These new spots will satisfy all your cravings. Here are the newest places to check out the next time you're in the mood for Asian food.
Kala Thai Cookery
151 Hanover St., Haymarket
Kala Thai Cookery is a downtown Thai spot helmed by Manita Bunnagitkarn, who also owns Cha Yen Thai Cookery in Watertown. The food is free of MSG and made to order.
Start your meal with appetizers like crispy shrimp rolls stuffed with mozzarella cheese, sweet corn, onion and scallions, and fried sweet corn fritters with a sweet and spicy peanut dressing. Craving a salad? The restaurant offers the spicy mango salad, made with red onion, cilantro, scallion, chile flakes, carrot, Chinese celery and cashew nuts.
Noodle options include spicy Sukothai: your choice of egg noodles or rice noodles, soft-boiled egg, fish cake, fish ball, green beans, scallion, cilantro and peanuts. Favorites like pineapple curry, pad thai and roasted duck breast with marinated soft-boiled egg and asparagus are also on offer.
With a 4.5-star Yelp rating out of nine reviews, Kala Thai Cookery has been getting positive attention.
Larry S. noted, "The counter-person was delightful and offered excellent advice on adjusting dishes to our differing spice tolerances. The seating is clean but no-frills, with several tables for four and counter seating in the window. Our dinners were delicious!"
Yelper Tania G. wrote, "The menu is on the smaller side but they have the essentials. I wish they had fresh rolls, but they do have fried spring rolls so most people will like that! I ordered a tom yum with chicken. The broth was delicious and fresh."
Kala Thai Cookery is open from 11:30 a.m.–9:30 p.m. from Monday-Thursday, 11:30 a.m.–10 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and 3:30–9 p.m. on Sunday.
Cheers Cut
154 Harvard Ave., Allston
Cheers Cut is a fast-casual Taiwanese spot with multiple locations. The menu is simple: deep-fried or grilled combinations with an array of protein options. Offerings include chicken, squid, beef, shrimp, calamari and chicken nuggets.
Look for appetizers like bean curd, fish cake and king oyster mushrooms. Wash it down with grapefruit green tea and lime black tea.
Cheers Cut is off to a promising start with a Yelp rating of four stars out of 21 reviews.
Yelper Angela S., who reviewed it on July 21, wrote, "There's plenty of seating but don't expect to find many open spots on weekend evenings. I recommend trying the basic ninja chicken nuggets, which is popcorn chicken in true Taiwanese fashion. Pick the salt and pepper flavor and Taiwanese teriyaki sauce (given on the side) for a taste test of the original classic style."
Vinay F. noted, "This place is solid value for money! The food is great, service is quick and parking is easy nearby."
Cheers Cut is open from 11 a.m.–11 p.m. from Monday–Thursday and Sunday and 11 a.m.–midnight on Friday and Saturday.
Sushi Today
1562 Tremont St., Mission Hill
Sushi Today features a wide assortment of maki and hand rolls. Start off with appetizers like edamame, seaweed salad or Lollipop Naruto (crab stick, tobiko and avocado rolled in cucumber).
Signature maki includes the Scorpion, made with eel, cucumber, avocado, tobiko, covered with shrimp and eel sauce on top, the Cherry Blossom (salmon, avocado and tempura crumbs, topped with tuna) and the Fire Dragon (shrimp tempura with spicy tuna, tobiko and sauce). Or try the sushi and sashimi special with a chef's choice of nine pieces of nigiri and nine pieces of sashimi with a California roll.
Yelpers are excited about Sushi Today, which has a current rating of 4.5 stars out of 15 reviews.
Erika L., who visited the sushi bar on Aug. 18, wrote, "I ordered the lunch special with the station and Boston roll. Both tasted fresh! They also gave me a serving of miso soup, which I was surprised to get! Bonus points for the cute little soy sauce bays they include for pickup orders."
Yelper Brianna H. wrote, "A small homey feel of a sushi place. It was pretty small, but not crowded. The sushi was great! It tastes fresh and the rolls were very aesthetically pleasing."
Sushi Today is open from 11 a.m.–10 p.m. from Monday–Thursday, 11 a.m.–10:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and 4–9 p.m. on Sunday.
