Boston standbys

I am not yet at a point where I can post about standby restaurants in DC but - for the benefit of our law student - and our many other Boston-based readers, here's a list of favorites from my time there (organized by category, to be read in the key of G-Major).

Thai - Dok Bua
Harvard Avenue, Brookline
Cheap and tasty, what could be better? Nothing. I pine for it still. The food is so good that even the humiliating experience of ordering take out and showing up with no means to pay for it (wallet left in a friend's car and spare credit card expired) couldn't keep me away.

Turkish - Family Restaurant
Washington Street (near the public library), Brookline
The baby eggplant appetizer may be my favorite eggplant dish ever. And for an eggplant-lover like me, that says a lot.

Indian - Tanjore
Eliot Street, Cambridge (Harvard Square)
Two words: lunch buffet. Well-priced and consistently yummy.

Sushi - Mr. Sushi
Harvard Avenue, Brookline
Given the number of restaurants in my list located in tiny Brookline one might be tempted to conclude that convenience was my culinary trump card. Not so. There are probably 10 sushi restaurants in the blocks around my old apartment. Mr. Sushi is not the best (that would probably go to Fugakyu, where Judy's sister once was a hostess) but it is inexpensive and good quality. The caterpillar roll will convert anyone who squirms at the thought of eel.

Pancakes - Deluxe Town Diner
Mt. Auburn Street, Watertown
Eggs are fine. The various lunch and dinner options are nothing special. But the pancakes - they're worth a wait in the cold. This decor at this diner is cute with a capital C and I dream about the blue corn pancakes. Next time I'm in Boston, it's you and me at Deluxe Christine. Ok?

DC recommendations HEARTILY welcome.