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Thursday, April 14, 2011

925 Race Street - Pearl Restaurant - Szechuan Noodles

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UPDATE: CLOSED As mentioned in this review, there's lots of turnover in this location, and sadly, Pearl didn't last long either... i...

Regional Cuisine in Chinatown: Fuzhou

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On the surface, the majority of restaurants in Philly's Chinatown appear to be variations on a theme: Americanized food, based loosely o...
Thursday, January 27, 2011

Speckulation

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Despite my optimism, the Speck project crashed and burned shortly after this post, and never opened.  But if you are curious about what it m...
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Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Red Kings - Diverse regional Chinese

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OK, I'll admit it, it was the soup dumplings that drew us in. Although we still have Dim Sum Garden and Sakura Mandarin providing X...
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Tuesday, June 01, 2010

Frog Burger - Backyard grilled flavors and wretched excess

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Despite good reviews in the summer of 2010, Frog Burger did not return in 2011, so the project is looking dead...  I'll update if it ret...
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Monday, May 03, 2010

Awesomeness Alert: Mexican Hot Dog

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They're all the rage in Los Angeles, although the health department keeps shutting-down the carts that sell them - something about the b...
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Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Passover at Zahav

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For a year,  I've been hearing about how great the Passover dinner at Zahav was, in particular, the superlative brisket. Finally, the c...
Friday, March 12, 2010

Doma - Modern Japanese/Korean in Franklintown

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Complaining about sushi in Philly is a favorite pastime of local foodies, but a bigger shortcoming is the city's sparsity of Japanese co...
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