September 04, 2003
Restaurant Week Update
Menus Posted for Restaurant Week
Center City's Restaurant Week is September 14-19th. Over 40 restaurants are participating and offering three, and sometimes four course meals for just $30 a person. Cibucan's Plantain crusted tuna served with balsamic vinegar reduction, poblano, crema and garlic mashed potatoes has already caught my eye.
September 02, 2003
Rave Review of Philadelphia
Travel Leisure | The Philadelphia Experiment
New York transplant, Francine Maroukian, raves about living and eating in her new hometown of Philadelphia.
August 21, 2003
$30 Dinners for Restaurant Week
Center City District is promoting Restaurant Week, 3 courses for $30 at over 40 restaurants.
A pretty good deal if I don't say so myself.
August 19, 2003
Went to Salt - Cutting Edge Cuisine
Salt, ambitious food, expertly presented
I went to Salt Wednesday night and despite not recognizing many of the items on the menu wound up with a great meal, skate, chorizo, calamari, and shrimp. I'll be thinking of it fondly for a long time.
July 30, 2003
Cheesesteak Egg Roll?
These restaurateurs OK at the Linc
Sang Kee restaurant in Chinatown, known to some as the Duck House, is a favorite of Eagles owner Jeff Lurie. He was pleased and surprised to see the restaurant on the roster, according to stadium food reps. Sang Kee's contribution will be cheesesteak egg rolls.
Will cheesesteak egg rolls wimpify the Eagles crowd?
July 29, 2003
Restaurant Coupons on eBay
Restaurant.com Coupons for Philadelphia)
The best way to eat cheap. Bid on $25 off gift certificates that usually go for about $5. So you get $20 off your bill.
July 20, 2003
Stephen Starr Reviews 'Restaurant'
Philadelphia Inquirer - 'Restaurant' serves up standard reality TV
Stephen Starr, owner of Buddakan, Pod, Alma de Cuba, Morimoto, Tangerine, Jones and the Continental takes a shot at reviewing the new reality TV show 'Restaurant.
Curiosity Clogged the Arteries
At first I thought McDonalds' new McGriddle sandwich was a bad joke. How could a company that just a few months ago was spouting about its new healthier menu be coming out with a sausage egg and cheese sandwich served on something called McGriddle cakes with syrup baked in? It seemed to me a big middle finger to anyone who might be looking towards McDonalds for a healthy breakfast.
But having actually heard a few people rave about them, including on the Howard Stern Show, my curiosity got the best of me. This morning I went out and tried a McGriddle. And to try and give my heart a break I skipped the Sausage, Cheese McGriddle (550 calories, 33g fat, 260mg cholesterol, 46g carbohydrates) and instead chose the "lighter" 450 calorie Bacon Egg & Cheese McGriddle.
Sure sweet & savory can work, honey baked ham, honey BBQ chips, etc. But this McGriddle.... Upon the first bite, cavities you didn't know you had scream out in pain. And when you get past the overwelming baklavian sugar rush you descend quickly into a typical processed McDonalds bacon, egg & cheese. Having completed this gastronomic catastrophe I do have to admit, I don't want to eat anything else. So with 1/4 of my daily caloric intake out of the way I just have to figure out what to do with this sugar high.