Restaurant Reviews: Whaling in Oklahoma, Villa Mexico Cafe - Eater Boston

"Julia Clancy provides a look at Whaling in Oklahoma in the South End for the latest restaurant review in Boston Magazine. The purposely irreverent name does something useful for chef Tim Malsow’s restaurant, according to Clancy: It helps 'maintain a sense of humor.' The restaurant has a 'compelling and finely tuned' beverage menu, and on the food side, although 'not every dish lands,' highlights include soy-basted chicken that’s 'luxuriously juicy,' as well as a pork katsu sandwich that Clancy calls a sleeper hit. On the chef’s whim tasting menu, stunners include a pair of poached scallops and fried hamachi collar. For dessert, go for the Japanese cheesecake topped with runny cheese. Clancy calls it 'a bold swing of opulence so wrong it was extraordinary.' The restaurant earns two and a half stars out of four, between 'good' and 'generally excellent.'" - Dana Hatic