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Eat This Immediately: Artisans Bacon, Egg and Cheese

POSTED: Friday, October 22, 2010, 8:59 PM

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Photo | Adam Erace

Leave it to Andre Chin and wife Amanda Eap, resourceful Cambodian owners of the best little French bakery in town, Artisan Boulanger Patissier (1648 S. 12th St.), to do classic American bacon and eggs better than anyone. If you love Artisans croissantsthe buttery gold delights are so delicate and flaky they crumple in your mouth like delicious origamiimagine a fluffy omelet, two strips of crunchy bacon and a thin veil of cheese tucked inside one. (They also do a sausage version.) Compared to the bakerys other offerings (chocolate croissants, pyramid-like croque monsieurs, viscous Vietnamese iced coffee), the bacon, egg and cheese croissant seems positively healthful. We had it for breakfast this morning and seriously contemplated going back for seconds. Eat your heart out, Dunkin Donuts.

Dan Obley

Posted 2010-10-23 16:42:25

What are their hours for business?

Allitia

Posted 2010-10-22 18:31:37

I was just there this morning for the first time--having dropped off my black lab puppy at Doggie Style's daycare--and I must say I remarked on how damn fine the madeleines were!

danya

Posted 2010-10-22 16:15:33

Thank god I don't live close enough to visit Artisan everyday. 

Although it does mean I still haven't snagged their elusive pistchio croissant.

danya

Posted 2010-10-22 16:16:36

*ash. achio. Or ahhhchio, if that's your style.

Rock Colors

Posted 2010-10-26 09:12:26

Thanks MT for the breakfast tip. That was one awesome way to start today.

danya

Posted 2010-10-23 16:09:47

Yes! I had the madeleines for the first time last week, excellent. (Okay, I do get there pretty often.)

And thanks again to Adam, who alerted me on twitter that the pistachio were available this morning and obtained one for me! At last. The green color was slightly odd, but the flavor was excellent, not too sweet and very nutty. And the flaky, ethereal texture was not at all dampened by the filling.

I did swing by Artisan anyway, and picked up another croissant special of the day, which I have yet to try: An OREO COOKIE FILLED CROISSANT. Oh my.

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DRINK THIS IMMEDIATELY: The Pumking Bomb at P.O.P.E.

POSTED: Monday, October 18, 2010, 6:51 PM

Filed Under: Booze | Eat This Immediately

Hollis Alger, a very creative waitress at P.O.P.E. (1501 E. Passyunk Ave.) has come up with a drink worthy of your time and money. It's not on the menu at the beer bar, but I think it should be. Take one shot of SNAP liquor. Take on pint of Southern Tier Pumking Imperial Pumpkin Ale (sometimes it's on draft, but you can always order a 22-ounce bottle). Mix them together, and voila, you have the perfect fall beverage to get your autumnal drink on. It tastes like a wedge of pumpkin pie thanks to the ginger cookie elements of SNAP combining with the caramel malt and pumpkin puree in the beer. Peep the above video, featuring Hollis, Dr. Tony Fast and yours truly for a how-to walkthrough. Drink this immediately!

MattJH

Posted 2010-10-18 19:44:57

i'm virtually crying tears of longing. must try this ASAP.

Kyle

Posted 2010-10-19 12:43:39

National Mechanics has been doing something similar, a pumpkin pie shot with the Pumking and Pinnacle whipped cream vodka.

Michelle

Posted 2010-10-18 14:26:38

What a great video! I can't wait to go try one!

Saeed

Posted 2010-10-18 23:21:24

this is what I was destined to drink

La Blanca flama

Posted 2010-10-19 12:26:36

Wishing well has the 'autumn bomb' that's New Holland pumpkin with a shot of snap.  Damn good.

Clint

Posted 2010-10-18 16:59:44

This mix is a bit of an autumnal assault.  I like Snap and JK Scrumpy's Apple Cider.

Rachel Burgos

Posted 2010-10-20 11:10:15

note to self: try out these other "pumking bombs"

also, JK Scrumpy's is my jam, I love that stuff!

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DRINK THIS IMMEDIATELY: Golosa's Chai

POSTED: Wednesday, October 13, 2010, 8:04 PM

Filed Under: Eat This Immediately

Photo | Adam Erace

tea time

La Golosa (806 S. 6th St.), the Bella Vista dessert boutique as effortlessly stylish as its Italian owner Fabio Scarpelli, is best known for chocolate, but just get a load of this masala chai I sipped from a crushed blue velvet chair there last night. Served in a gypsys crystal ball of a teapot, the teas haunting aromas snake forth form the spout. Cloves. Cardamom. Cinnamon. Five bucks might seem steapGet it? Steap!but pour out a spot of the black tea-and-steamed milk-based elixir and youll see the pricey spices flowing forward into the cup-top strainer. Drink this immediately!

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EAT THIS IMMEDIATELY: The Sloppy Dog 2.0 at Jake's Sandwich Board

POSTED: Wednesday, October 6, 2010, 7:14 PM

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Photos | Neal Santos

Got a chance to peep some new eats off the fall menu at Jake's Sandwich Board (122 S. 12th St.) last week. While we can assure you that the new Il Calabrese Italian hoagie is indeed ill (housemade creamy balsamic dressing in lieu of oil and vinegar? try it, purists), the sandwich we were most geeked on is definitely their new-look Sloppy Dog. Jake's sandwich masters Gary Dorfman and Sean Stein admit that the OG Sloppy Dog they offered upon opening in May was a bit unwieldy that's what happens when you throw eggs, hot dogs, rib-eye steak, fried onions, mushrooms, peppers, cheese AND (deep breath) homemade marinara sauce on a roll. Version 2.0 keeps the tubesteak spirit of the death-dealing original alive, with much neater results. Two deep-fried (but not breaded) hot dogs hit a crispy Carangi's roll with fried onions, mushrooms, roasted peppers and cheddar cheese. Streaks of hot brown mustard and a modest top layer of fries spices and crisps up each dogged bite. It's a tasty-as-hell lunch for sure, but we were most impressed by the Sandwich Board crew's ability to get all this stuff to work together as a cohesive, easy-to-eat lunch unit one that satisfies without ending up on the front of your damn dress shirt. (Oh, and keep this in mind, Phils fans attending games stop in before any home playoff battle and flash your tix, and they'll hook you up with free fries and a drink with your sandwich purchase.) Eat this immediately!

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Posted 2010-10-11 10:57:46

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Gail Simmons

Posted 2010-10-06 14:28:47

Super mega-delicious!!!

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EAT DRINK THIS IMMEDIATELY: Yards' new/old Love Stout

POSTED: Thursday, September 16, 2010, 7:03 PM

Filed Under: Booze | Eat This Immediately

Photo | Drew Lazor

We dropped by Oyster House (1516 Sansom St.) earlier this week for the release of Yards' latest Love Stout, which this time around is brewed using a bushel of oysters Sam Mink's shuckerie provided Tom Kehoe and Co. for the process. Though Love Stout is brewed annually, it's been some time since they've done it as an oyster stout, a style popularized in the UK that's been creeping back into the craft-beer discussion recently thanks to local entries like Flying Fish's Exit 1. But that's actually how it started Sam's father David, who ran Sansom Street Oyster House at the same location in its day, blessed Yards with bushel of oysters for the brew the very first time they cranked out the stout, so 2010's new-look stout is actually a bit of a throwback. The beer, which was concocted using Yards' original small-batch equipment (throwback part deux) is a creamy, easy-drinking, well-rounded stout through and through, with a warm malt backbone and some nice dark chocolate flavors. As far as we can tell, the oysters don't really influence the flavor of the beer in any dramatic fashion we're told they mostly affect its texture, though maybe there is a bit of brine hiding in there somewhere but it's fun to know they're back. Look for it in firkins and on tap at Philly's finer bars. Drink this immediately.

Posted 2010-09-16 18:27:47

NOT VEGAN. BOOO. No love for vegans this year :(

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EAT THIS IMMEDIATELY: Pawpaws

POSTED: Tuesday, September 14, 2010, 7:34 PM

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Sit. Good boy. Gimme your pawpaw.

This is a pawpaw. Looks like something Angelo would have ~~made love to~~ purchased at the Singaporean market in this weeks Top Chef, no? Though its appearance, tropical flavor and family tree (cherimoya, soursop, ylang-ylang) suggests far-flung origins, this fruit grows right in our backyard. A blend of smoky banana, mango and passion fruit, is how Ian Brendle, who grows pawpaws on his familys Green Meadow Farm in Gap, Pa., describes the fruits evocative flavor. The taste is really unbelievable. To open, slice along the oblong fruits prime meridian, exposing the custard-y, peach-colored interior crossed with onyx, lima-bean-shaped seeds. The flesh is full of natural pectin, says Brendle, making pawpaws perfect for ice creams and jams. A delivery of Green Meadow pawpaws lands on Thursday at Fair Food Farmstand (Reading Terminal Market, 12th and Arch streets), where theyre running about $5 per pound. Be vigilant: They sell out in a day or two, according to product manager Emily Gunther. While theyre in season (through September), you can also try foraging for pawpaws yourself. Gunther came upon a grove while foraging in the Susquehanna River Valley just last Wednesday. I dont remember exactly where, she says. A likely story, but we cant player hate. Having tasted this exotic indigenous crop, wed also keep the coordinates confidential.

danya

Posted 2010-09-15 08:47:12

Ate my first pawpaws this season. Truly an original flavor, unlike other fruits I have tasted. Great texture, silkier than a banana but not stringy like a mango.

WDIW: Pawpaws « Green Aisle Grocery

Posted 2010-09-30 15:11:08

[...] seasonal window on pawpaws, those exotic-tasting North American oddities, is closing fast. So you pick up a set of these seeded studs–and then what? For virgins, the [...]

Ed Levine profiles Glenn Brendle, Green Meadow « Green Aisle Grocery

Posted 2010-09-30 15:11:23

[...] kaffir lime leaves, candy-sweet red cipollini (currently in stock) and the pawpaws we’ve been talking about all month. A great article on a great farmer who keeps us stocked with local goodness [...]

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Posted 2010-09-20 08:01:49

[...] What the hell is a pawpaw? Read on to learn why you should eat them immediately. [...]

Farmer Ben

Posted 2010-09-15 12:42:22

The paw paw is the only tree fruit species that is indigenous to the the continental US

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EAT THESE IMMEDIATELY: Scuppernongs

POSTED: Friday, August 13, 2010, 8:00 PM

Filed Under: Eat This Immediately | Weird Regional Foods

Photo | Drew Lazor

Say it with us: scuppernong! It's a weird and oddly pretty muscadine native to North Carolina (it's actually the Tarheel state's fruit), and we're bearing down on the grape's very short season as we speak. Named f0r NC's Scuppernong River, these little tomatillo-lookin' things are much plumper and juicier than your typical supermarket white grape; their meaty flesh is almost plum-like, and biting into them creates a fun burst-tastic sensation you don't get from many fruits of this ilk (just watch out for seeds). Though it seems counterintuitive, it's best to gravitate toward the slightly more brown or bronzed scuppernongs, as they're the most ripe; the greener they are, the tarter and tougher the fruit will taste. They're selling for $2.50 a pound right now at Sue's Produce (114 S. 18th St.), but if you've seen them anywhere else, holler in the comments. Eat these immediately (seriously, hurry up, the season ain't long)!

Posted 2010-08-13 21:32:27

They are also at the Asian supermarket at 3rd and Oregon.  They even have a *tasting* basket so you can try them first.

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Eat This Immediately: Frangelli's Ice Cream Doughnut

POSTED: Monday, August 9, 2010, 4:43 PM

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Yep, you read that right. Ice. Cream. Doughnut. A cardboard sign advertises this glorious union in the window at Frangellis (847 W. Ritner St.), a bare-bones deep-South-Philly bakery that looks like its been there since Bobby Rydell, Fabian and Frankie Avalon haunted these precincts. Crunchy, brown, wide-holed Italian doughnuts dipped in glossy black chocolate have always been Frangellis bag, but sandwiching an old-school vanilla or Neapolitan ice cream brick between a halved, hole-less one is something new. The flavor and contrast of texture and temperature call to mind waffles and ice cream, but this isnt something to be knife-and-forked in a twee dessert shoppe. The glory is in the $2.50 treats mess vanilla-chocolate-and-strawberry rivers will run down your forearms, and Frangellis saucy lady-bakers lay on the powdered sugar so thick youll look like Debbie Mazar in Goodfellas by the time youre through. Eat this immediately!

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Posted 2010-08-16 11:02:18

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Sam J

Posted 2010-08-09 15:54:56

Wow. You paint a glorious picture Adam, yet you were still unable to full prepare me for that experience. And they even gave us free cookies to eat while we waited. Insane!

Let’s get crazy | Ice Cream Boss

Posted 2010-08-22 19:31:49

[...] invention and…. DOH! I’ve been beaten to the punch by places like Holey Cream and Frangelli’s…. or have I? Their’s is more of an doughnut ice cream sandwich, plus they use those [...]

Sweetie

Posted 2010-08-10 18:19:06

Oh I wish to taste it but darn I live in Calif and am a dibetic..  SHOOT!

Sweetie

Posted 2010-08-10 18:19:36

typo error... diabetic

Oleg

Posted 2010-08-10 10:51:32

This has been my favorite donut place for a while and indeed their hand pumped jelly and cream donuts are amazing. It makes 11AM on any particular weekend that much more interesting.

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Posted 2010-08-09 13:23:42

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BarryG

Posted 2010-08-09 13:31:52

Their filled-to-order jelly donuts are awesome, too.

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EAT THIS IMMEDIATELY: The Liverrace at Paesano's

POSTED: Monday, August 2, 2010, 5:05 PM

Filed Under: Eat This Immediately

Photo | Drew Lazor

In the impassioned struggle for liver-ation, chicken bests calf at least for now. Nathan Baynes, partner with chef Peter McAndrews in Paesano's (901 Christian St.), says the sandwich shop's original Liverrace, which came layered with seared slices of calves' liver, wasn't selling very well they needed to switch things up, while keeping the spirit of the original sandwich (and its amazing name) alive. So about three months ago, Baynes called a vital-organ audible, benching the beef in favor of seasoned and battered chicken livers wrapped in fatty salami, with cool-crunchy iceberg lettuce, raw white onion, roasted tomatoes, broad strokes of garlic mayo and a nice bit of gorgonzola. If this sandwich doesn't drastically improve liver's public image, we don't know what will. Eat this immediately.

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Posted 2010-08-09 11:03:05

[...] The Liverrace at Paesano’s is something you should eat immediately. [...]

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EAT THIS IMMEDIATELY: Caprese sandwich at Ultimo Coffee

POSTED: Friday, July 30, 2010, 3:49 PM

Filed Under: Coffee | Eat This Immediately

Photo | Adam Erace

This summer marks the second for Ultimo Coffee, the caffeinated half of Newbolds scrappy Ultimo/Brew (1900 S. 15th St.), as well as the reprisal of their perfecto Caprese baguette. "As soon as local tomatoes were available, the sandwich went back on the menu," says owner and coffee swami Aaron Ultimo, who served as judge at the most recent Thursday Night Throwdown barista competition. Pairing tomatoes with fresh mozzarella and basil is nothing new, but layering it on a split Four Worlds baguette takes the Italian-flag-colored trio to another plane. "People say bread makes a sandwich," says Ultimo. "In this case, its really true." Baker Michael Dolichs slender roll possesses that elusive balance of exterior crunch and inner chew, an ideal foil for the sliced Lancaster tomatoes, petals of Claudio mozzarella and torn basil from Ultimos back yard. So which of the cafes rotating Counter Culture coffees make the best match for this $6 summer lunch? An iced Finca el Puenta from Marcala, Honduras has sweetness to counterbalance the tart snap of the sandwich," says Ultimo. "Its nicknamed the 'Purple Princess' for its plum, grape and lavender notes. Icing the brew according to the Japanese school coffee's brewed fresh at double strength in a press-pot and poured hot directly over ice "intensifies all that sweetness and nuance. Eat this immediately.

poncho

Posted 2010-07-30 13:02:20

Oh man, this post is reason why I should never read Meal Ticket on an empty stomach...

kitchenplay

Posted 2010-07-30 14:26:39

I was totally coveting these about two hours ago.

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