Boston - part 2

One of the places we went while were were in Boston was Little Italy.  There was such a delicious aroma of basil and sauce through out the streets!  YUM!  There stores and restaurants were so quaint and inviting. 

The reason we wanted to go to Little Italy is because we heard about this FANTASIC pastry shop - Mike's Pastry Shop.

 They have over 15 flavors of cannolis :)

It was A M A Z I N G!!!!!  We bought 3 cannolis - regular w/ chocolate chip on the ends (me), chocolate mousse (Gab) and a peanut butter (Gab and I shared that one).  Poor Tuna just had butter cookies.  She did say they were way better than Shop Rite's cookies ☺  Gab isn't a big cannoli fan but she L O V E D these cannolis! 

The cannolis were HUGE!!!  Literally, they were the size of a sugar shaker that you find in a restaurant.  (The first picture was taken on my cell, so the quality wasn't great - but you get the idea).

Regular, Peanut Butter, Chocolate Mousse

I have to say that I wasn't too impressed with the service.  The lady seems in a rush and she wasn't very polite.  Granted, it was very busy, but she could have been a bit friendlier. 

                                       

We took our purchases and began to explore a bit more.  The restaurants all had very large windows that were open (like french doors).  We were able to see the decor of the restaurants and smell that wonderful Italian dishes.  We stumbled upon a little espresso place. - sooo cute!!

While I was doing my research on Little Italy, I read that there was a rival bakery right down the street from Mike's Pastry Shop.  The place was called Modern Bakery Shop.  I  L O V E D that store.  It was cozy and quaint.  They had teas, coffees, cookies and other Italian goodies for sale.  The people were much friendlier.  Our original plan was to get a cannoli from both places and then compare them - but I was already cannoli-ed out - even though we didn't eat our cannolis, just the thought of buying more cannolis kinda grossed me out :p  Instead, we opted for a cherry cheese cake and peanut butter cup (which Gab and I split) and a gluten-free/dairy-free whoopie pie (for Tuna).

YUM!!☺