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Notes from the Weekend: June 14
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Notes from the Weekend: June 14
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[...] QUESTION: We’ve already fussed over the Chocolove brand’s chili/cherry bar, but this one has got to be their absolute best. [...]
Friday - Egg Salad for lunch - Creole Shrimp at Oyster House for dinner Saturday - Fried Chicken with Gravy, bacon and biscuits for brunch at Wishing Well, good bloody mary - lots of good beer all day - English Muffin Burger at London Grill late night. Sunday - cheesesteak omelet and John L King scrapple sandwich (shared) at South Philly Tap Room, with a Dogfish Black and Blue and Russian River Supplication. Ordered dinner from Franco and Luigi's - Sausage, Pepperoni and Onion Pie, wings and brocolli rabe.
Friday: Founders dinner at SPTR, where my favorite of the 9 courses was an ordinary-sounding-but-not-tasting peppered Berkshire pork loin over a summery pared-down ratatouille. Saturday: Sushi at the Shore. Best part of the meal was when the waiter pronounced 'tempura' 'tempurie' and 'tartare' 'tartear'. Sunday: Mack & Manco's! Half red, half white with spinach. Washed down with PA Dutch birch beer, followed up with Boardwalk fries.
Friday - Ommegang/Duvel Beer Week event at Grace Tavern - disappointed to only see 2 beers from each brewer on tap. Followed that with a delish dinner at Melograno, where husband's steak was the clear winner. Ended the night at Sidecar for another Beer Week event. Saturday - My 30th birthday party, which we catered, in part, with Bebe's BBQ. Holy pig, those ribs are good! Sunday - should have gone to Odunde, but the rain kept us away. Ended the weekend at Fish's prix fixe. Small, but delicious, portions. No longer the weekend, but very excited for an official birthday dinner at Morimoto. Mmmm.
Friday - Amazing dinner. Scallops and Filet appetizer was the bomb, only to be outdone by the Seafood Napoleon (review at foodrulez.com) at Sean's Restaurant in Cape May, NJ! Saturday - Pizza at the famous Mack's on the boardwalk in Wildwood, NJ - seriously - the white pizza was bumpin' Sunday - Tandy Cake Sundae at Fleck's in Cape May, NJ. Nothing brings a weekend at the beach to a close better than a sundae from Fleck's, it's a Cape May tradition!!
Friday- My sister and I had a wicked craving for Indian cuisine so we went to Bindhi on 13th and Sansom. Apps -Lobster pani puri, and beef lettuce wraps Entrees - Chicken Tikka and Seafood Gooza Side - Sweet Goat Cheese Paratha bread. - I live for this.
Saturday - I think I did my weekend eaten all in one night at Oyster House. Ordered up a dozen and half of Hama Hama Oysters, follow by half a dozen of east coast oysters, a dozen of cherry stone clams, oyster shooters, and there was also the lobster roll and soft shell crabs...ohh and of course dessert, which was apricot crumble a la mode. The food was split among 4 people, but I'm pretty sure I did the most damage.
10th reunion up in Ithaca, NY. Pizza bagel at Collegetown Bagels, decent dinner at Maxie's Supper Club, and the award winning brunch at the Ithaca Ramada. A culinary wonderland.
Friday we got to LBI late-night and were greeted with a nice glass Tignanello. MMM. After reading Philly Mag's BEST OF THE SHORE 2010 I decided to drive-by each nominee on the 18-mile isle. The best stop, by far, was Foodies. Chef Peggy does it ridiculous in this 2x2 shop and literally packs in flavor with 7-layer brownie bars, loads of composed salads (we got Santa Fe Slaw and Roasted Corn Salad) and artisan pizzas on lavash, wheat dough, naan bread. The most gorgeous of them all was one I dubbed "The Antipasti", quite literally like a charcuterie platter on pizza dough. It pairs fantastically with La Fin du Monde. Family friends introduced me to my new favorite pound cake from Stock's. I'm probably on the late train with this one, but I've strictly been a chocolate lover and when it's not chocolate it's Potito's pound cake only.
Friday I got an over-priced (and unfortunately not very strong) Miss August at Varga Bar. Not technically this weekend, but just tonight I checked out Stephen Starr's new restaurant, Stella, a pizza place in the Headhouse district. So flavorful! I've never had octopus again, but the mint-tinted appetizer there certainly turned me into a believer. Between the three of us we had more than enough pizza with a Marguerita and (my personal fave) Spinach pizzas.
Had Cinnamon Toast Crunch/Chocolate Cheerios cereal salad for dinner Friday night during a brief respite from Beer Week. I am so healthy. Saturday got up late and trekked up to Memphis Taproom for a super-late brunch with friends. Liked what they ordered (Tacos Bruncheros) more than what I got (the Red Rooster, with Scrapple subbed in for sausage). That afternoon we wandered over to the P.O.P.E. for one last Beer Week beer -- I got Ommegang's Tripel Perfection and it was DELICIOUS. Homemade pizza and gummi worms for dinner. I am so healthy!
A friend brought hoagies from Lenny's in Roxborough for a tailgate on Sunday. They give anything from the Italian Market a run for their money.
[...] we pointed out in a recent edition of Notes from the Weekend, we’ve become a bit obsessed with flackzi, a very traditional Polish soup done up with beef [...]
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