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Food Events
As we mentioned in our ramen notebook post this past Friday, the noodle artists formerly known as Roundeye will host their third (and final, at this location) pop-up at Matyson (37 S. 19th St.) on Sunday, April 1. Ben Puchowitz and Shawn Darragh — the partners are now going by Cheu Noodle Bar — have developed a bunch of new menu stuff, including a snack section and a tweaked-out ramen broth. The full Cheu rundown is after the jump. Same rules as the last event — they'll seat from 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. and reservations can be made by calling 215-564-2925 no earlier than 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 31. Cash only.
The fellas of Little Baby's Ice Cream are taking to the stage instead of the streets with a Bruce Springsteen tribute show at Johnny Brenda's (1201 N. Frankford Ave.) this Friday, March 23. Bruce Ice Cream and the Freeze Street Band consists of the Little Baby's founders (Jeff Ziga, Pete Angevine and Martin Brown) and five of their friends (Greg Wright, Dave Fishkin, Matt "Shaggy" Stein, Julia Factorial and Maura Diberardinis). The show is a fundraiser to help LB's buy the necessary equipment for their upcoming brick-and-mortar shop.
"We thought, 'We have ice cream, so what else do we have?'" says Ziga on the idea of the show. Musical chops, clearly: Angevine and Brown met while attending jazz college, while Ziga worked at a rock-and-roll camp with Angevine. Why Bruce? "I'm not exactly sure how Springsteen came up," says Ziga, "but I am a fan of his music and I think it has widespread appeal."
Sweden's traditional Waffle Day on March 25 originates with the celebration of the Virgin Mary's impregnation, not for any fun/twisted reason but because of a simple coincidence: Vårfrudagen, or "Lady Day," sounds a lot like Våffeldagen, or "Waffle Day." The tradition is more secular now, but the waffles are definitely still around. Unlike American renditions of the fluffy IHOP variety, Swedish waffles are thin, made with butter, cream and flour and are joined by strawberry jam and whipped cream rather than Aunt Jemima. For $10 you can welcome spring and toast the occasion this Sunday with coffee and lingonberry juice at the American Swedish Historical Museum (1900 Pattison Ave.) between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. For more info, check out americanswedish.org or call 215-389-1776.
Photo: Courtesy of the American Swedish Historical Museum
Here's hoping that Jeremy Lin reads Meal Ticket. Mike Naessens, owner of Eulogy (136 Chestnut St.) and the new Bierstube (206 Market St.), has his fingers crossed — nothing would please him more than for the upstart Knicks point guard, who's in town to take on our Sixers, to make an appearance at his German bierbar today, drumming up interest in his fundraiser for the Asian Arts Initiative. For $9 at the door, folks get a glass of Russian River's cultish Pliny the Younger between the hours of 2 and 5 p.m. today. All nine of those bucks will go to the AAI. If you're stuck at work, you can still try for some Pliny at Eulogy after 5 p.m. No door charge there, but all Pliny profits will benefit the Old City Civic Association.
Photo: Drew Lazor
On March 31, the Philly chapter of the National Association of Asian American Professionals is hosting its first-ever dumpling-eating contest to benefit the Prodigy Program, a mentoring initiative that matches members of NAAAP with local students in coalition with Big Brothers Big Sisters. Going down at Chinatown's Sang Kee (238 N. Ninth St.), the event will crown first-, second- and third-place eaters and will be followed by a dumpling tasting for non-stuffed attendees. We're telling you about it early because the deadline to RSVP (for the contest or just to watch) is this Friday. It'll cost you $30 to compete for dumpling-inhaling supremacy and $15 to spectate ($10 if you're a NAAAP member). Email mang.chang@naaapphilly.org by March 23 to sign up. Wonder how many dumplings the victor will end up consuming ...
Photo: Drew Lazor
Tomorrow, March 20, the Philadelphia Mobile Food Association will host a launch meeting for current members, potential new members and associates (those who are affiliated but not in the mobile game) to discuss the state of the association and its goals for the coming months. The meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. in Silverman 240A at UPenn Law School (3400 Chestnut St.), but several trucks will be parked in front of the venue starting at 4 p.m. to feed attendees. This is notable since one of the toughest hurdles trucks/carts face in Philly is lack of access to diverse vending spots; UPenn has agreed to allow the entrepreneurs to sell on their property in this two-hour window as a test run. An auspicious, if ephemeral, peek at something that could become more prominent as the PMFA builds its relationships with local businesses and the city itself. For more info, check out phillymfa.com or email info@phillymfa.com.
As if The Trestle Inn (339 N. 11th St.) didn't already provide you with enough incentive to dance about it, they're adding tonight's festivities with Jim (Beam) and James (Brown). Starting at 7 p.m., you can git up offa that thing and shake your gravy boat to the tunes of the Godfather and his colleagues while sipping Beam specials. You'll have your choice of Jim Beam Black or Jim Beam Rye in the form of shots, Manhattans, Old Fashioneds and other staple cocktails to release the pressure.
In honor of everyone's favorite irrational number, Supper (926 South St.) is celebrating Pi Day with ( what else?) pies. Chef Mitch Prensky has put together two pie-filled menus for tomorrow, March 14, one savory and one sweet. Served with a side salad, savory slices will include crab-and-Ritz pie and pork pies. The sweet list will include Mississippi Mud, peanut butter and pecan. Dessert selections can be made a la mode with housemade vanilla, bitter chocolate, caramel swirl or buttermilk ice cream. Each serving of savory pie will be $16, with sweet slices running $8. If you can't decide and want one of each, Prensky is offering a two-course pie dinner (!) for $20.
With the Roundeye Noodle imbroglio recently besieging Ben Puchowitz, it's easy to forget the guy also cooks at a pretty amazing BYOB you may have heard of named Matyson (37 S. 19th St.). One of the restaurant's hallmarks is its weekly-changing $45 tasting menu themed around a specific ingredient or group of ingredients. This week, Tuesday to Thursday, Puchowitz is putting offal on display for the third time in the tasting's history.
"[The offal tasting] is one of my favorite because I get to experiment with different parts of the animal that I've never worked with before," he says. "It's an experience for both me and the diners."
Cuts will include pig's head and liver, chicken gizzards, rabbit kidneys, duck tongues, even calf's brain, as the filling for ravioli furnished with black trumpet mushrooms and salsify. "I don't think anybody’s serving calf's brains in Philly right now," says Puchowitz. "This menu is about allowing Matyson's kitchen to unlock Philly's culinary chastity belt."
View galleryThe long lines outside the National Constitution Center yesterday had nothing to do with its ongoing Bruce Springsteen exhibition. Once inside, the dense crowds of beer drinkers had zip to do with the continuing St. Patrick's Day preview. OK, not exactly zip.
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