SHOPPING AND DINNER UNDER ONE ROOF, A TRIP TO SUPER 88

Last night Arti mentioned that she wanted to do some grocery shopping at Super 88, so I figured we could meet up there for some quick dinner and then she could shop away. For those of you who don't know, Super 88 is this giant Asian grocery store on the border of Boston and Allston/Brighton. I like this Super 88 more than the ones in Chinatown because it's bigger and a whole lot cleaner. The other great thing about Super 88 is that they have a nice food court attached with a number of different restaurants, so you can find food to make everyone happy.

Arti had a cold, so she decided that she wanted to order some spicy soup to help clear her sinuses. She order a Tom Yum Noodle soup from the Thai restaurant in the food court. Here's a pic of it along with the watermelon juice that she ordered from Lollicup, the bubble tea shop.








I decided to also have a noodle soup and ordered a pho ga (aka. pho with chicken) from the Vietnamese restaurant. Here's a pic of their sign:
And of course, a pic of my dinner- a big bowl of noodle with the fixings (raw bean sprouts, basil and lime) on the side. My pho was pretty good. Not the best in the world, but also not the worst. A little too much white pepper on top, but for less than $7, I'm not gonna complain a whole lot. It was so big that I ended up eating only half of it, but I've never really been up to finish a whole bowl of pho anyway.Oh, and for those who don't know, the Super 88 food court finally got a liquor license. It was a big contentious issue for sometime, but it looks like they finally won out. So now there's this little roped off area on the side of the food court where there's a bar and you can order drinks and watch tv. Personally, I'd rather have a drink in a real bar, but if you'd like to have a beer with your big bowl of pho, at least you can now.

After dinner, we just hopped over to the supermarket where Arti bought a lot of instant noodles. I guess it is better than eating nothing when you're tired. And so, if you ever want to eat and shop at the same place, Super 88 is a great location to pick up something exotic and quick and satisfy even a group of diners with lots of different tastes.