When we arrived at Foumami (pronounced "Foo-mah-mee") a little after noon, the line was out the door. This was fine thought because it gave us a chance to catch up and we happily accepted a piece of scallion pancake offered to us while we waited in line. Despite the long line, service moved fast and soon enough we were at the counter ordering our lunch. Even though their sandwiches were severely tempting, I decided to go with one of their salads along with an iced cinnamon tea.
The food was prepared very quickly and was served on an adorable square cafeteria tray. I don't know why but this really charmed me.
Although there was outdoor seating, it was all filled up so we sat inside in one of the corner tables, which gave Alicia and I a great view of the place. The restaurant had a nice modern vibe that reminded me of Pinkberry with white tables and white chairs contrasted with dark wood benches along the windows. There's a tall community table with stools in the middle and some funky dome-like lighting fixtures. I wish I had taken some photos of the interior but it felt a little intrusive during the busy lunch hour.
My iced cinnamon tea was intensely cinnamon flavored with fresh cinnamon bark, ginger root, brown sugar and Chinese red dates. The flavor combination reminded me of Christmas and I think this will be a fantastic hot tea during the winter months. As an iced tea though, it is still incredibly refreshing!
For my lunch, I ended up choosing their glass noodle salad. I loved that my glass noodle salad was topped with a traditional Korean glass noodle dish called japchae. The glass noodles are sauteed with spinach, carrots, sliced egg omelet, wood ears, sesame seeds and soy sesame dressing. While japchae is not my favorite on its own, it worked really well with the fresh greens and seared chicken breast. The portions are huge and I had a lot of greens remaining at the end of lunch.
Alicia had the sprouts and tofu salad and she absolutely loved it. She, however, couldn't finish hers either and took about half of it as leftovers. All of the salads also come with a piece of the house scallion pancake, which is seriously addictive!
I really liked Foumami a lot because it really offers a unique twist to the typical salads and sandwiches available for lunch. In fact, Foumami is a word that the owners of this take-out restaurant created that loosely translates to "what Buddha finds to be most delicious." Interesting, right? I can't wait to head back there soon to try one of their sandwiches out. Plus, they also have red bean shaved ice, which is a street food favorite of mine!
Foumami is located at the back side of the building at 225 Franklin Street, Boston, MA (at the corner of High and Oliver Street). Foumami offers breakfast and lunch and also tweets their daily specials at @Foumami.
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