Food Court

From the first bite, my wife, JingJing, pronounces her comforting bowl of noodles hen didao authentic. "You don't often see this in restaurants because it's so simple and homey. If I was sick and staying home, this is what my mom would make," she says. I've eaten her mother's delicious cooking in China's Hebei province, and this dish indeed has the fengwei, local flavor, going for it. That compliment brings a proud smile to Fu Wen Cai, the chef at the awkwardly named One of the Kind, the newest entry in the Asian food court at the Hong Kong Supermarket in Allston.

The fifth annual Walpole Day starts at noon Saturday with a parade and ends with a street dance and barbecue. The parade begins at Walpole High School and the activities are centered at Stone Field. Sponsored by the town Recreation Department, festivities also include a food court, face painting, games, rides, and music. Teen bands will be showcased throughout the day. A highlight of the event is the rubber duck race on Memorial Pond; ducks are $5 each or 6 for $25. More information is available at www.blackburnhall.com.

Wegmans, the New York grocery chain, is planning to build a 140,000-square-foot supermarket near the Burlington Mall by the spring of 2013. It will be the second store in Massachusetts for Wegmans, which is opening its first one in Northborough this fall. The company is proposing to demolish several buildings in a large office park complex on Third Avenue to make way for the store, which will feature a 15,000-square-foot food court, according to Bill Congdon, Wegmans’ New England division manager.

The following was submitted by Reagan Communications: Caring Bunny is hopping into Burlington Mall for children with special needs and their families on Sunday April 1, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. in Lower Level Center Court.  The event will be held prior to mall opening, so that accommodations can be made to support the sensory, physical and other developmental needs of all guests.  Caring Bunny is a joint program developed by The Noerr Programs, the digital imaging company that provides the Bunny Photo Experience for malls nationwide and AbilityPath.org, a...

The fifth annual Walpole Day starts at noon Saturday with a parade and ends with a street dance and barbecue. The parade begins at Walpole High School and the activities are centered at Stone Field. Sponsored by the town Recreation Department, festivities also include a food court, face painting, games, rides, and music. Teen bands will be showcased throughout the day. A highlight of the event is the rubber duck race on Memorial Pond; ducks are $5 each or 6 for $25. More information is available at www.blackburnhall.com.

The lunch queue at the two-month-old Sepal in the Longwood Galleria food court is constant. This is the third location for Sepal owner Walid Masoud, who in the past has opened and closed several restaurants. The eatery's freshly made Middle Eastern items seem to be a welcome departure from the fast food outlets that surround the stall. There's a selection of wraps ($5.35 and $6.95), entree plates ($7.25), and vegetarian sides of legumes and rice ($2.75 to $6.25). One specialty of the house is falafel - baked or fried crispy chickpea balls that are bright green from ground herbs and...

A meal of sashimi and sushi can be a real indulgence, with specialty seafood flown in from Japan and prepared with loving rigor by a trained master. At the best restaurants, you can spend hundreds of dollars, walking away with both appetite and aesthetics satisfied. In a perfect world, each time you crave cool slices of pristine fish, perfect vinegared rice, and creativity that doesn't stomp on tradition's toes, you can head to Oishii or o ya. Better yet, you can head to Logan and fly umpteen hours to have breakfast at Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market, recently reopened to tourists after a ban brought on...

SALEM, N.H. -- They may be owned by the same company, but two New Hampshire malls are using different methods to deal with their younger patrons. "Let's face it -- teenagers have a lot of disposable income and are here spending money on video games, in the stores, and certainly in the food court," said Michael K. Merrow, manager of Rockingham Park Mall. "We see the vans and cars pulling up and teenagers piling out on a Friday or Saturday night. " He commented after the Pheasant Lane Mall in Nashua, which like Rockingham Park is run by Simon Property Group...

PROVIDENCE -- It's a food fight of a different sort as a Chinese restaurant in a mall has gone to court to bar two other eateries from using white rice. The restaurant, Cathay Cathay, is seeking an injunction in Superior Court against Gourmet India and Japan Cafe to stop them from selling certain menu items that include rice. All the restaurants are in the food court at Providence Place in downtown Providence. Cathay Cathay said in court papers that it has an exclusive agreement in its lease to be the only business in the food court serving "white rice (boiled or...

MCKEES ROCKS, Pa. — A 2-year-old girl was rescued after becoming stuck inside a toy crane vending machine in a mall, authorities said. Moon Run Fire Chief Paul Kashmer said the girl didn’t seem upset by the 15-minute ordeal Wednesday night in the food court at the Mall of Robinson, near Pittsburgh. Kashmer said firefighters arrived to find “the cutest little girl in a pink outfit sucking her binkie inside with’’ the toys. The girl apparently climbed up the chute into which the coin-operated crane drops prizes.

From the first bite, my wife, JingJing, pronounces her comforting bowl of noodles hen didao authentic. "You don't often see this in restaurants because it's so simple and homey. If I was sick and staying home, this is what my mom would make," she says. I've eaten her mother's delicious cooking in China's Hebei province, and this dish indeed has the fengwei, local flavor, going for it. That compliment brings a proud smile to Fu Wen Cai, the chef at the awkwardly named One of the Kind, the newest entry in the Asian food court at the Hong Kong Supermarket in Allston.

The lunch queue at the two-month-old Sepal in the Longwood Galleria food court is constant. This is the third location for Sepal owner Walid Masoud, who in the past has opened and closed several restaurants. The eatery's freshly made Middle Eastern items seem to be a welcome departure from the fast food outlets that surround the stall. There's a selection of wraps ($5.35 and $6.95), entree plates ($7.25), and vegetarian sides of legumes and rice ($2.75 to $6.25). One specialty of the house is falafel - baked or fried crispy chickpea balls that are bright green from ground...

WHO Michael Pollan WHAT The science journalist and author of ‘‘The Omnivore's Dilemma" and ‘‘Food Rules," will be speaking later this month at the Boston Speakers Series at Symphony Hall. (Tickets are sold out.) Q. What's wrong with the American diet? A. Over the last 40-50 years we've changed our diet radically and moved to a diet with lots of processed foods, lots of refined grains and fats, lots of meat - lots of everything except fresh fruits, vegetables, and whole grains.

COMEDY Natick : A nationally known comedian with Greater Boston roots, Jimmy Tingle presents his topical, timeless, thought-provoking, and political reflections on life Friday, 8 p.m., at the Center for Arts in Natick, 14 Summer St. $30 to $35. 508-647-0097, www.natickarts.org. EVENTS Lincoln : The Codman Fine Arts and Crafts Festival features works from more 100 artisans, entertainment, children's activities, and a food court Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Codman Estate, 34 Codman Road.

By Jan Shepherd, Globe Correspondent "These craftspeople depend on their livelihood at shows, so we couldn't cancel this weekend's event," said Laura Arnesen, manager of the Mad River Valley Craft Fair in Waitsfield, Vt. Only 1 of the slated 115 juried potters, jewelry designers, glassblowers, metalsmiths, woodworkers, and mixed media artists has bowed out, she said during a telephone interview Thursday. The 41st annual Labor Day weekend fair attracts craftspeople from Vermont and the Northeast and benefits the Valley Players, the local theater troupe.

By Peter Abraham, Globe Staff Before the Sox played the Indians Thursday night, Marco Scutaro chatted with a few of the Cleveland players and staff members during batting practice and reminisced about old times. Marco started his professional career with the Indians, signing with them in 1994 when he was 18. I asked him about those days and Marco told an interesting story. Scutaro spent 1995 in extended spring training in Florida. Then in 1996, he was assigned to play for Columbus (Ga.)

COMEDY Natick : A nationally known comedian with Greater Boston roots, Jimmy Tingle presents his topical, timeless, thought-provoking, and political reflections on life Friday, 8 p.m., at the Center for Arts in Natick, 14 Summer St. $30 to $35. 508-647-0097, www.natickarts.org. EVENTS Lincoln : The Codman Fine Arts and Crafts Festival features works from more 100 artisans, entertainment, children's activities, and a food court Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Codman Estate, 34 Codman Road.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- A suspect was in custody yesterday after a triple shooting at a shopping mall food court that began when an off-duty Secret Service agent tried to break up a melee. The agent, who was able to return the gunfire during the episode Saturday evening , was recovering from a leg wound, officials said. Police did not release the name of the 18-year-old suspect, because detectives have been unable to talk with him and verify his identity. Police would say only that he was from Annapolis and was under police guard in a hospital, where he was in stable...

The Natick Mall was born as a middle-class outpost of Sears appliances and Keds, grew into a gilded McMall for the affluent, and is now returning to its original purpose. Despite renovations and the addition of upscale stores, "The Natick Collection," the moniker chosen by General Growth Properties to rebrand it as a high-end retail and real-estate oasis in recent years, never really fit its Route 9 locale. So it's appropriate, and even a little comforting, that the company is now discarding that name in favor of the tried-and-true Natick Mall.

Wegmans, the New York grocery chain, is planning to build a 140,000-square-foot supermarket near the Burlington Mall by the spring of 2013. It will be the second store in Massachusetts for Wegmans, which is opening its first one in Northborough this fall. The company is proposing to demolish several buildings in a large office park complex on Third Avenue to make way for the store, which will feature a 15,000-square-foot food court, according to Bill Congdon, Wegmans’ New England division manager.