BOSTON DIVISION:
#1: Dad's Deep-Dish Pizza
This was years before I moved to Chicago, so by the time I actually had Giardano's, Lou Malnati's, I was unimpressed. Dad did it best. The thing had three crusts. The bottom crust curled around the edge of the pan, and was dusted with corn flour. On top of that, a layer of italian sausage, cherry tomatoes, mushrooms, basil tomato sauce. Another crust. The next layer was pepperoni, more sauce, and mozzerella cheese... A lot of cheese. Another crust, and a final layer of sauce and assorted toppings. You didn't pick it up; fork and knife were completely necessary. Leftovers would last all week.
#8: Dim Sum, Imperial Palace, Boston Chinatown
Jews have a special relationship with chinatown. It might be the New York thing. It might be a nothing-else-is-open-on-Christmas thing. The second floor was full of Jews and, of course, Chinese. Waiters would roll around carts full of dim sum plates... spare ribs, taro cakes, shrimp dumplings, gluttonous rice, scallion pancakes... it would keep coming. They served dessert, but we always skipped it to pick up pastries from chinese-bakery.
WINNER: Dad's Deep-Dish Pizza. Imperial Palace is good, but hey, it got a tough seed.
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