Vote to Donate to Feeding America Chase Sapphire and Bravo’s Around the World in 80 Plates

We love getting behind noteworthy charitable efforts. Donate with your votes and help raise money for Feeding America and The Greater Boston Food Bank. Vote for your favorite international fare among eight Boston restaurant contenders that serve up cuisines seen on the new Bravo culinary series Around the World in 80 Plates, hosted by Cat Cora and Curtis Stone and follows 12 chefs in a race across 10 countries in 40 days.

From now through July 31, vote to raise money for Feeding America and The Greater Boston Food BankFor every online vote, Chase Sapphire will donate $1 to Feeding AmericaFeeding America will distribute up to $10,000 to The Greater Boston Food Bank, so your’ votes will help provide needed meals locally. 

In Boston, contenders, their featured plates and our reviews:

Morton’s Steakhouse Seaport: Tasting Series Champagne and Sparkling Wine May 2012

Morton’s Steakhouse Seaport has paired with the Boston Bruins Foundation to do a tasting series on the fourth Monday of every month through November 2012 from 5:30-7:30pm. Each month features a different specialty beverage along with appetizers. We will be attending the Champagne and Sparkling wine series on Monday, May 21st.

For us, champagne is synonymous with celebration. The visceral feeling of little bubbles dancing on the tongue combined with the light, chilled fluid is mesmerizing to watch and fun to consume. It will be interesting to taste the various combinations of champagne notes and food pairings.

Proceeds of the Morton’s Steakhouse Seaport Tasting Series go to benefit the Boston Bruins Foundation. The Boston Bruins Foundation provides grants to organizations that improves the quality of life of children throughout New England, focusing on athletics, academics, health and community outreach.

If you can’t come out for hor d’eouvres and champagne in May, please come to any of the other dates listed below to support a good cause. Tickets are $40, inclusive of tax and gratuity.

  • June 25 – Mojitos
  • July 23 – Classic Vodka Cocktails
  • August 27 – Summer Whites
  • September 24 – Classic Bourbon Cocktails
  • October 22 – American Craft Beer
  • November 26 – Wines of the Northwest

*Due to the Memorial Day holiday, May’s Tasting will take place on Monday, May 21.

Disclaimer: Please note we received complimentary tickets for BakingMeHungry. All opinions are our own.

TV Diner Platinum Plate Gala at Seaport Hotel

Are you going to the TV Diner Platinum Plate Gala on Friday, January 20th at 7pm? We are!

 

The 5th annual gala, presented by Dadgar Insurance, will be opening up the 2012 Boston Wine Expo weekend for the first time at a new venue, the Seaport Hotel and World Trade Center.

Hosted by NECN’s TV Diner co-hosts Billy Costa and Jenny Johnson, the TV Diner Platinum Plate Gala is the ultimate food lovers event, featuring some of the best dishes from 30 of Boston’s top local restaurants and purveyors of wine and spirits. There will be many restaurants such as Market, Davio’s, Taranta, Bokx109, Haru and our previously reviewed restaurants such as Temazcal and Red Lantern. Tickets to the event are $125 and are available online at NECN. Admission includes beer, wine, cocktails and entertainment from the 18-piece Hip Pocket Orchestra.

There also will be a live auction to benefit Horizons for Homeless Children. Costa and legendary Kiss 108 Matty in the Morning Host Matt Siegel will conduct a live auction to benefit Horizons for Homeless Children.

Enriching the life of every homeless preschool child in Greater Boston and beyond.

Horizons for Homeless Children provides critical services to 2,375 young homeless children each week in Massachusetts in shelters and its three Community Children’s Centers. It is Boston’s only comprehensive, full-time early education and childcare centers specifically for young homeless children.

The featured live auction will include: a NECN TV Diner “Diner for a Day” package; an all-expenses trip to Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida; a VIP sports package; and a TD Garden Luxury Suite for an upcoming 2012 concert.

We hope to see you there as BMH will be covering this wonderful foodie event as VIP press.

We will be receiving complimentary entrance to the event. Images used are from the TV Diner and HHC websites.

Mission Street Food, San Francisco

2234 Mission St Lung Shan Restaurant, Mission Chinese Food, formerly Mission Street Food, a dining concept where the rotating chef  offers high-end food at cheap prices. Now the restaurant is focused on Oriental flavors, but still with the create cause of donation proceeds of the meal to a local charity.

Breakfast flatbread: with Benton’s Bacon, scrambled egg, avocado, queso fresco, salsa verde $6

Braised Pork Migas: Braised pork shoulder with pimenton, pasilla peppers, charred spring onions and a fried Soul Food farm egg $9

Lung Shan’s Vegan Delight – shitake and oyster mushroom dumplings in miso soup $5 and Cinammon Toast Crunch”: Firebrand pan de mie, bruleed with cinammon butter and condensed milk – $5. Both so impeccably delicious.