Archive: December, 2010

Truffle time at Rouge and Morimoto

POSTED: Tuesday, December 14, 2010, 5:11 PM

Filed Under: Food Events

In honor of chef Michael Yeaman's return to Rouge (205 S. 18th St.), the restaurant is celebrating with a month of truffle-centric menus in December, in both a la carte and pre-fixe forms. Nightly truffle specials will include housemade fettuccine with shaved white truffles, butter and parmesan fondue; white truffle risotto; and a truffled Rouge Burger. Rotating specials will have the prized fungi finding its way into lobster mac 'n' cheese, housemade celery root ravioli and braised oxtail. Special dishes will range from $18 to $40. Another option at Rouge is the $75 three-course menu. The dishes of the pre-fix will change, but will include two savory courses and a dessert. Morimoto (723 Chestnut St.) is also featuring a Truffle Omakase until the New Year. $150 gets you 8 courses ($75 for the beverage pairing). Check out the menu after the jump. 1st course hamachi 'black truffles' truffle pâte à choux, hamachi tartar schramsberg brut rose / napa valley, california '06 2nd course whitefish carpaccio white truffle, hot oil ostatu viura / rioja, spain '09 3rd course truffle cured egg chilled udon noodles, maguro wakatake onikaroshi 'demon slayer' daiginjo / shizuoka, japan intermezzo 4th course black truffle soba risotto nantucket bay scallops, caramelized kakuni, parsnip crème adelsheim pinot noir / willamette valley, oregon '07 5th course uni chawan mushi shaved white truffle andre bonhomme vire clesse / burgundy, france '07 6th course black truffle nabemono japanese stew, bacon truffle-dashi broth castello delle regine sangiovese / umbria, italy '04 7th course sushi shichi hon yari '7 spearsman' junmai / shiga, japan dessert brown butter-hazelnut torte truffled hazelnut ice cream rogue morimoto hazelnut brown ale, newport / Oregon

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Notes from the Weekend: Dec. 13

POSTED: Monday, December 13, 2010, 9:48 PM

Filed Under: Notes from the Weekend

Notes from the Weekend is a Monday feature that sees the members of Team Meal Ticket compiling all the food/drink highlights uncovered during prime eatin time, Friday to Sunday. Consider this a place for good deals, great dishes, wicked cocktails, recipe triumphs (and tragedies), bizarro conversations and more. Were eager to share our notes, but especially excited to read yours.We encourage you to leave notes from YOUR weekend in the comments. Have at it! (View past NFTW installments at citypaper.net/notes.)

Adam Erace: AE Drew Lazor: DL Juliana Reyes: JR

Photo | Drew Lazor

Stopped by Zavino (112 S. 13th St.) for a late lunch Friday afternoon, and tried this very nice new pie tender red wine-braised beef shortrib, lightly dressed argula and super-funky Toma Primavera from Cherry Grove Farm in Lawrenceville. DL Friday all I had was the dry pepper style chicken at Han Dynasty (108 Chestnut St.), and somehow, it was enough. No. 8 on their spice level is perfect when the meal isn't piping hot (and when you don't eat the dry red peppers ... ). Super-impressed by the spice level. Gotta return and try the No. 10 spicy dry pot style. JR Friday night hello, Sidecar (2201 Christian St.), you old friend! Hadn't been to my favorite bar in a little bit for some reason. Saw my fave employees, downed a Ballast Point Big Eye or two and ate a tasty roast pork sandwich special on the late-night tip. Shoutout to server Steve for recommending I dip it into tangy/spicy Asian chili sauce. DL

Photo | Adam Erace

Friday, cooked up one of my favorite quick breakfast-for-dinners, Eggs in Purgatory. Just heat two cups gravy (you heathens may call it tomato sauce) in a shallow saucepan and crack a few eggs right in. Cover, cook5 minutes or until whites have set and yolks have glazed over (but still have an over-easy jiggle) and serve topped with parsley leaves, grated Parm, good olive oil and lots of red pepper. Do it right and the yolks will run when you pierce them, lending the marinara an exquisite richness you wouldn't expect from this poor man's supper. Anyone know a restaurant that serves eggs in purgatory? RoseLena's, which for years lived in the Passyunk space that currently houses Capogiro and the upcoming redux of Salt + Pepper (1623 E. Passyunk Ave.), used to do them on their brunch menu, but I haven't seen 'em anywhere else. Get at us in the comments! AE

Photos | Drew Lazor

Saturday day meatball parm with the girlie and her parents at Paesano's (901 Christian St.) before taping this Talkadelphia podcast (lots of fun). Then I found myself at the bar at Percy Street Barbecue (900 South St.), where the always-sweet Erin O'Shea treated us to two little tastes of stuff she's working on smoked bits of turkey tail ("Best part of the turkey," says O'Shea of the ultra-fatty, chewy little nuggets she's right!) and the smoked roast beef she's doing for holiday pre-order (deadline is Dec. 17). Both quite nice with a neat pour of Johnny Drum. DL

Photo | Adam Erace

For a late-afternoon snack on Saturday, I slid into the sushi bar at Izumi (1601 E. Passyunk Ave.), where the specials list is long and worth listening to. Scarfed fresh uni on an urchin-shell pedestal; butter-soft anago (salt-water eel) alight with lime zest and chives; and aji, a silver-skinned Japanese horse mackerel served by the whole or half fish as sushi or sashimi. When so many Japanese joints slice their sushi from loins butchered during morning prep, it's refreshing to see Izumi's guys showcase their knifework on a whole specimen. Aji is the mackerel for people who don't like mackerel (read: me): mild and sweet, with the subtlest of marine tang. AE Saturday night, shamelessly ordered everything AE had last week from Sky Cafe (1540 Ritner St.) I initially couldn't find the website and used NFTW as my menu. Chicken wings were definitely all-stars, and the same went for the curry rice noodle soup. I think the boyfriend and roommate were freaked out by the fish balls, though. Washed it all down with Breckenridge Lucky U IPA in their funny little six-packs (looks like Campbell's Soup covers). JR


Photos \| Drew Lazor

Ever had lane cake? It's an Alabama specialty that I had the pleasure of trying for the first time at a holiday get-together thrown by Friend of Meal Ticket (and 'Bama native, roll tide!) Clint F. on Saturday night. You basically take a very yellow cake base and slather it with a holy-crap-that's-sweet frosting of egg yolks, raisins, pecans, coconut, walnuts, butter and sugar. Folks tend to stack these up with multiple layers, but Clint ran out of time, which is why this was only one layer. He has already put in a request into Montgomery for an official pardon from the governor. DL Sunday the boyfriend made huevos rancheros, a dish I've wanted to try for years now. Then leftovers from Sky Cafe with Ballast Point Yellowtail Pale Ale, during which we discovered the fried anchovies under the beef rendang. I believe I am an anchovy convert. JR

Photo | Drew Lazor

For dinner on Sunday liver and onions for me (it's too brownnnnn for a good pic), and spicy tofu and scallions, Tampopo-style, for girlie. Based it off this recipe. I would recommend, though, doubling every quantity of the outlined sauce for best results. Also, tack on a fresh jalapeno, and ample Korean chili powder, and red pepper flakes, and cayenne, and lots of cracked black pepper. We like spicy things at our house. DL

Photo | Adam Erace

For Sunday dinner, cousin made amazing lasagna and chocolate-cream pie (recipe from Saveur) and invited over the extended fam. I contributed by harvesting a ton of snow pea greens from my outdoor containers (thriving in the cold!) and sauteeing them with shallots, parsnips and red dandelion greens. AE

Drew Lazor

Posted 2010-12-14 00:57:17

I KNOW. Can't help it. At least I didn't put sriracha on/in it.

Drew Lazor

Posted 2010-12-14 00:58:37

Second the shakshuka @ La Va pick ... awesome stuff!

Drew Lazor

Posted 2010-12-14 00:59:39

MellodyBrew, what'd you think of Kennett's cocktails? I haven't had any yet but I'm sure they're nice if the list was worked on by barkeeps Christian and Phoebe.

Posted 2010-12-13 17:42:06

Not exactly like Eggs in Purgatory, but both Cafe Ole and Kanela have Shakshuka - "eggs poached in a cumin scented tomato and pepper stew served with grilled bread."  It is very yummy and sounds pretty close.

Nancy Gershman

Posted 2010-12-14 16:19:06

Attn: Adam Erace

After I read about your "Eggs in Purgatory", I realized we must get acquainted. My partner Marlene Samuels and I have created the only community cookbook dedicated exclusively to gourmet rescues of perfectly good food in six categories: Negligible Quantities; Stems, Skins & Stalks; Past Peak; Once Cooked; Nearly Expired; and Ill-Fated Creations. The website is www.ExpendableEdibles.com.

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carolyn

Posted 2010-12-14 11:06:33

FRIDAY: Introduced a friend to Han Dynasty  started off with wontons in chili oil (my personal fave; in the past, upon seeing me try to slurp every drop, Han has asked me if I would like a straw), then ordered spicy noodles with pork and scallion chicken as a throat-cooler. Next time I will break her in to something drier and more face-numbing. Ran out to Devil's Den for a late seasonal flight/cheese plate/french fry dinner. Very healthy. Somehow they still had the Weyerbacher Pumpkin on tap and it was awesome.

SATURDAY: Breakfast at home, late-afternoon linner at Maru Global Takoyaki. New favorite thing: Spicy Octopus balls. Yep. 

SUNDAY: Bussed up to NYC for the BUST magazine Holiday Craftacular, and ate well while I was up there. Brunch was in Chelsea Market, at Friedman's. I got the chicken and cheddar waffles, which was awesome, but my favorite dish was my friend's, a latke-poached egg-smoked salmon-hollondaise take on Eggs Benedict. Yum x 1,000.

barryg

Posted 2010-12-14 06:56:56

Not to start a culture war but yea I think Shakshuka is the superior of the tomato stew + runny egg dishes.  I've had La Va's and Kanella's, both good stuff.  I don't think they serve it at Zahav but Solo has an awesome recipe with harissa and paprika that I use at home: 
http://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/tomato-pepper-stew-with-poached-eggs-and-harissa

Michelle

Posted 2010-12-14 00:21:01

Went to the Sidecar post work on Friday and it was lovely.  Saturday at Paesano's was fun with the fam, but I didn't love my sandwich as much as I wanted to.  Didn't eat again until the delicious lane cake ( thanks Clint!) paired winningly with Miller High Lifes and a ROOT beverage.

Sunday dinner was the highlight of my weekend food consumption.  Crispy, spicy tofu with rice and broccoli? My fav! Hopefully though, next weekend will involve more Christmas shopping and less booze/food enjoying...

poncho

Posted 2010-12-13 23:54:17

The shakshuka at La Va is also a viable alternative, very delicious

poncho

Posted 2010-12-13 23:55:06

"Only complaint  Could have used more bun to hold in all that meat."

That's what she said-

MellodyBrew

Posted 2010-12-13 17:03:05

I started the weekend out at my new neighborhood bar, Kennett.  I drank plenty of Yards and had their cheese and meat platter.  It was enough for two, but I munched on it all night while sampling their cocktails and beers.  Saturday was spent hoping all the Christmas events around city hall where we did the Comcast Holiday Spectacular, Christmas Village and the light show at Macy's. This was supplemented by Brauhause sausages at the Christmas Village and the warm Holiday Spice wine. We then hit Nodding Head for 3 Triples, then ended with dinner at drinks at the Khyber Pub.  The pulled pork BBQ at the Khyber was amazing, paired with Port Brewing Mongo DIPA.

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juliana

Posted 2010-12-13 17:29:52

"tack on a fresh jalapeno, and ample Korean chili powder, and red pepper flakes, and cayenne"

drew, that is SO MUCH SPICY

Kenya

Posted 2010-12-13 19:21:30

On Saturday I had the pork belly bun from the Tyson bees truck.  It was moist and juicy from brazing and the generous  dollop of hoisin made the whole thing just perfect.  Only complaint ... Could have used more bun to hold in all that meat.

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Posted 2011-01-10 21:25:47

[...] All nine of us did the all-meats, all-sides Lockhart jawn, plus Percy’s killer smoked wings, DL-endorsed turkey tails (!!!) with pulpy cranberry sauce and my fave mac ‘n’ cheese in town. [...]

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Tonight: Rhone wine dinner at Mémé

POSTED: Monday, December 13, 2010, 7:35 PM

Filed Under: Booze | Food Events

For its third regional wine dinner, Mémé (2201 Spruce St) will be featuring wines of the Rhone river valley, located in southern France. The four-course meal is $55 per person, which includes wine. Chef David Katz's menu will include a pig cheek and foie gras terrine with dried cherries and pistachios; slow-cooked local lamb with olives, tomatoes and rosemary; and more. There are two seatings, at 6 p.m. and 8:30 pm, but it's close to sold out; the 6 p.m. has only about six seats left. Reservations can be made by calling 215-735-4900.

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Moshi Moshi out, Numa in

POSTED: Monday, December 13, 2010, 7:03 PM

Filed Under: Openings

Hoon Kim and his wife Shelly took over sushi joint Moshi Moshi (108 S. 18th St.) about two months ago, and today they're shutting it down to renovate it into a Japanese restaurant called Numa. It'll still be a sushi-focused operation Kim says the menu will be split between traditional and contemporary fresh-fish options, plus cooked items from the kitchen but the look of the place will be changing; the tatami seating on the ground floor will move upstairs in favor of banquettes, to better accommodate the area's large business crowd, says Kim. There will be sushi bars on both floors. They want to be open by this Sunday, Dec. 19. Interesting bit on the ownership Kim and his wife live in Philly, but he works as a pastor at the New Covenant Church in Little Neck, New York (just outside the borough of Queens). Though they're running Numa as a business, the plan is to donate a large portion of their earnings to Rehema Ministries, a non-prof that supports orphanages in Kenya, where Kim has spent some time. "We wanted to increase our standard of giving," says the pastor. "We want to be a restaurant with a conscience ... We have top-notch sushi chefs, but for the business model, we want to leverage it for the kids in Africa."

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phillygrrl

Posted 2010-12-16 13:16:25

Sigh, I love this place. Hope it doesn't change for the worse.

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Ugly Christmas Sweater Party at For Petes Sake

POSTED: Monday, December 13, 2010, 5:51 PM

Filed Under: Booze | Contests | Food and Holidays

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Break out the red polyester cardigans and reindeer-print vests. Tonight, rollicking red-brick For Pete's Sake Pub (900 S. Front St.) hosts its second annual Ugly Christmas Sweater Party. "Last year we were looking for some fun ideas before the holiday, saw an ugly sweater contest online and said, 'We have to bottle that up and sell it at the bar,'" says GM Mike Mariani, wholl be modeling a very fashionable, foofy, red womens turtleneck" this year. "Its quite sexy."A panel of For Petes staff will vote for the ugliest sweater, and the wearer wins a $50 gift certificate to the Queen Village pub. (Last years victor sported an ensemble Mariani describes as "fluorescent yellow reindeer on crack.") Complimentary egg nog and discounted dranks ($3 wells, $5 wines, $3 Kenzinger, $4 Spaten lager and Allagash White) will flow, and for grub, try out the Twenty Menu, a new special available every Monday and Tuesday night. The consistently slept-on kitchen, maker of one of our favorite salads (apples, pecans, white balsamic vinaigrette) and pulled pork sandwiches in town, does a three-courser of soup get the cream of potato! or salad, entrée and dessert for the less than the price of snowflake-spangled jumper.

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NOW OPEN: Shot Tower Coffee

POSTED: Monday, December 13, 2010, 5:46 PM

Filed Under: Coffee | Openings | Photos

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Mariel Freeman and Mat Derago's Shot Tower Coffee, which we sneak-peeked (snuck pucked?) last week, officially opened for business this morning at 542 Christian. Beautiful, natural light-filled space, as you can see above. The couple is rocking Stumptown beans on a galactic warship of a La Marzocco espresso machine this new model, which allows a barista absolute control over pressure levels in the seconds it takes to pull a shot, is the first of its kind on American soil on the East Coast. Nothing too crazy as far as food goes just yet they're doing an array of bakery-case breakfast treats for now, but may expand their offerings in the future. Shot Tower is open daily from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

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Posted 2010-12-20 11:26:41

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6th and Christian Activity?

Posted 2010-12-14 14:29:08

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barryg

Posted 2010-12-14 16:06:16

Snuckie puckies!

David G

Posted 2010-12-14 10:06:16

Gorgeous.  Wish it had been there when I lived a block away.

Clint

Posted 2010-12-13 17:02:45

I drove past this on Saturday night.  It looks impressive.

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Michelle

Posted 2010-12-13 13:46:15

Whoa, it looks gorgeous!

Mike

Posted 2010-12-13 13:55:44

Actually there are several other La Marzocco Strada's on American soil, like the one in Dallas at Oddfellows. Still interesting though.

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Devil's Den gets a new chef

POSTED: Monday, December 13, 2010, 4:50 PM

Filed Under: Chef Salad | Menu Time

Paul Trowbridge, veteran of Alison at Blue Bell, Moriarty's, Vega Grill and Blue Horse Tavern, has taken over the kitchen at Devil's Den (1148 S. 11th St.) from Alex Urena, who came on about a year ago from R2L and has reportedly moved back to New York due to personal issues. Peep DD's latest menu, launching today, after the jump. Also going down tonight at Devil's Brooklyn's Sixpoint is kicking off the Philadelphia premiere of its "Mad Scientist Series," which features the brewery's peculiar draft-only creations. Tonight from 5 to 7 starting at 7, you can cop drafts of their Spelt Wine, a 9.5 percent ABV barleywine-style beer for which half the barley for the brew was replaced by spelt. UPDATE: Quick clarification: Sixpoint's Spelt Wine will be tapped at 7 p.m. And Devil's will offer their half-price happy-hour draft deal from between 5 and 7, as per usual. Sorry for the confusion.

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poncho

Posted 2010-12-14 00:42:36

I'd love to try that seitan sloppy joe!

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JerseyDan

Posted 2010-12-13 14:32:28

FYI: Sixpoint Spelt Wine will not be tapped until 7pm.

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Posted 2010-12-16 11:12:39

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Posted 2010-12-20 08:31:11

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Todd

Posted 2010-12-17 16:36:37

It's funny, b/c I was so pissed when Alex took the duck fries off of the menu when he came aboard, but now I'm pissed that Paul has taken the crab ravioli off his newish menu.  Whatcha gonna do.  The duck fries are heaven on a plate and I look forward to scarfing them down with some kick ass beer.

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Dec. 15: Foodery beer dinner at Maru Global Takoyaki

POSTED: Monday, December 13, 2010, 4:24 PM

Filed Under: Booze | Food Events

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Here's something to break the beer dinner monotony this Wednesday, Dec. 15, from 6 to 9 p.m., Maru Global Takoyaki (255 S. 10th St.) will host a three-course tasting dinner paired with beers from the nearby Foodery at 10th and Pine. The dinner will set you back a very reasonable $20, and walk-ins will be accepted, though reservations are encouraged (267-273-0567, contact@maruglobal.com). Check out the menu, beer pairings and all, after the jump. First Course: Soup Winter Miso with Root Vegetable and Chicken Beer: Bell's Winter White Second Course: Your Choice Of Buta No Kakune: Braised Pork Belly in Soy, Mirin, and Star Anise: Salty, sweet, aromatic. Or... Kabocha No Nimono: Braised Japanese Winter Pumpkin Beer: Hitachino Commemorative Ale Third Course: Dessert Torun Inspired Polish Ginger Bread Balls Beer: JK Scrumpy Spiced Cider (served Gently Warmed)

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Ticket Stubs: Meal Ticket Weekly Recap, Dec. 6-10

POSTED: Monday, December 13, 2010, 1:30 PM

Filed Under: Meal Ticket | Ticket Stubs

Monday, Dec. 6 Check out the pics of 1 Shot Coffee's new digs in NoLibs it's beautiful! Not one to be outballed, Stephen Starr adds a once-weekly meatball option at Pizzeria Stella. Speaking of pretty and new spaces: Kennett is looking good in Queen Village. Adsum chef Matt Levin was not joking about his plans to host Four Loko dinner. Lots of lovely reader sharing, plus mentions of Celebre's, Kanella, N. 3rd and more, in Notes from the Weekend. Tuesday, Dec. 7 Freshii, a new healthy-eating concept, opens soon in Center City. Time introduces chicken-fried foie gras. We bow to you, Time. Yamaki Sushi sets up shop in Rittenhouse. Cookie Confidential is hawking cheesesteak cookies, bacon peanut brittle and more off South. Wednesday, Dec. 8 Get together with the Philly beer community to honor late Philly Beer Week founder Bruce Nichols. Marabella Meatball Co. sets up shop on Walnut Street. Sneak peek inside Shot Tower Coffee at Sixth and Christian. Show some love to Meal Ticket in the second annual Philebrity Awards. Thursday, Dec. 9 Philadelphia Chutney Co. is already working on its second location. Here's the name of Stephen Starr's upcoming English pub. What do you think? Pure Fare, a high-tech new café for Center City, will open in January. There's lots of good Pocky out there, but Coconut Pocky might be the best. Friday, Dec. 10 Want to eat like an Iron Chef America judge? Head to JG Domestic this month. More healthy-eatin' goodness for the area Sweetgreen is opening in Ardmore. Love old-school kiddie cereals? So do the owners of South Street's Supper, and they want to eat some with you. Roasted meat on spits! Rotisseur is opening at 21st and Chestnut.

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Rotisseur coming to 21st/Chestnut

POSTED: Friday, December 10, 2010, 10:16 PM

Filed Under: Openings

Bet on early January for the debut of Rottiseur, a (you guessed it) rotisserie-focused casual restaurant on the 100 block of S. 21st Street, near Slate and Caffeination. Partners Aaron Matzkin and Dean Kitagawa are longtime friends; Kitagawa's a FOH veteran of a million and one local restaurants (Felicia's, Susanna Foo, Friday Saturday Sunday, Blue Angel, etc.) and more recently ran a green waste management company servicing the hospitality industry. The partners plan on starting off conservatively, roasting chickens in a high-tech French rotisserie oven, then eventually moving into more exotic eats (quail, goose, pork belly, sausages). They'll offer platters, with, say a quarter or a half chicken, plus a number of hot and cold sides. No liquor; order-at-counter service. Roughly 25 seats inside.

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