Tampopo, which is in the same building as Cafe Mami, also has great katsudon.

Did Mass Health confirm your address with you on the phone? Did they send any paperwork to you while you were away? Did they at least tell you what the incorrect address was?

Back when I worked in patient registration for a local hospital, we'd run patients' insurances to make sure the plan was still active and that all demographic info matched up with the insurance. This all happens before the patient goes for their appointment. All that information comes from the insurance. If MGB told you that there was an address mismatch, it means Mass Health gave them the incorrect one. What you can do is to call MGB and see if they can tell you what Mass Health gave them for the address. Also make sure that the address listed on your Patient Gateway is correct.

Most people's insurances get updated in January every year and sometimes things just don't get updated correctly.

This. Can't wait for their Brookline location to open as well!

A couple of friends and I, all Chinese-Americans, went to see it a couple of a years ago. After it ended, we all decided it was going to be our first and final Shen Yun show. It was completely bizarre and we had no idea how politically charged it was. The dancing was fine and looked like what we grew up watching, but the rest of it was just a mishmash of religious and political performances. We could sense how cultish it was. It was cringey to watch.

If you can't get refunds, at least enjoy the pretty costumes, acrobats and dancing?

Oh wow, those shelves were completely filled when I went. Glad there are more people using Hobo!

If you go, enjoy the experience inside their store. I stay away for my wallet's sake lol

Yep, it's pretty hard to find around here so I've been ordering them directly from Hobonichi since 2014/2015. It's basically a yearly habit now haha.

The Paper Mouse did have them when I went there in late September. They also posted updates on their IG when they were available for purchase this year so highly recommend checking their account in late Aug/early Sept next year.

My family rotates between Great Taste and Winsor for takeout so those are my top picks. There used to be another place that had great dim sum (I think also owned by Great Taste) but they've since turned into a Hunan restaurant.

I grew up going to places with cart ladies but a lot of them have converted to ordering via paper. It might take away the traditional experience but it also means less traffic in smaller spaces and your food is cooked/steamed to order instead of sitting in a cart for some time. I'm fine with either way.

That's cool. YMMV.

I live and grew up in Chinatown but will gladly go outside of my neighborhood for dim sum, if that tells you anything. If friends who are new to dimsum want to try it in Chinatown, I will take them to Winsor.

I'm not sure when you started going there but the quality of their dim sum has gone downhill over the years from when they first opened. Most of the time when I'm eating their char siu buns (which are now half the size they used to be as with all their buns), I feel like I'm chewing on rubber. The char siu inside is also meh.

The only thing I will say is that their service has always been pretty good despite all the turnovers. Most people I know still go because there's always a table available and they can host big groups.