gluttonous marathon

this weekend alia was visiting from dc. with a foodie cohort, she (we) were determined to eat our way through philly. my stomach is still recovering from the delicious marathon. highlights:

friday night: kati rolls and butter chicken from tiffin

sat night: rangoon

sunday:

9am: breakfast at morning glory

2pm: lunch at sangkee peking duck house

3:30pm: jasmine tea and dessert from tartes at home.

8pm: 5-course tasting at little fish

phew. we finished strong last night! now i am ready to "detox" with apples and yogurt and greens this week :-p

shout-out in iovine's newsletter!

i've clearly been slow at updating this blog. anywho, towards the end of summer, i got a shout-out in iovine's weekly newsletter on august 18! woohoo! i love iovine's and am there several times a week; especially since i live close by. they have some good local produce. check em out at the reading terminal market sometime when you're in the neighborhood :)

MEXICAN STREET CORN ...

Sweet, Spicy, Tangy and Delicious

Straight from Adeeb's foodie bloghttp://crumbsonmyface.blogspot.com

the coolest thing!

Last month I went out for supper at Supper with friends for restaurant week. The food was fantastic!

For my first course I ordered a soup which (I think) was described as "carrot, orange, truffle oil, mint, marshmallow." Hmm...sounded interesting, I had to try it! I was so delighted when it came out, because it was such a visual treat! It wasn't too sweet at all--and all the flavors were perfectly balanced. The soup was mostly carrot with an orange segment on the bottom of the bowl, and a small pool of truffle oil and a mint leaf in the center.

The coolest thing was the way the marshmallow was incorporated. It was a very thin layer of melted marshmallow coating the inside of one side of the bowl, then crispy and toasted (probably with a blow torch.) It was a beautiful and interesting sight! I scraped a little bit of marshmallow with every bite of soup. Yum!

Eat anything interesting lately?

$25,000 cupcake car

seriously?

"Bring it to work and buzz the breakroom. Crash parades! Putter about the ‘hood."

food porn

i'm fortunate enough to indulge in good eats every once and a while. usually to my dining companions' embarrassment, i whip out my camera-phone and snap a picture of pretty things on my plate. here are a few from this summer: eye candy

'eat anything interesting lately?

movie-night munchies

yesterday's lunch at goodstuffeatery reminded me of how satisfying marshmallows are.

here is tonight's movie night snack--hand-torn pieces of jumbo, fluffy marshmallows, smushed in between 2 cinnamon teddy grahams. voila!

(prop handling courtesy of hand model, baji!)

spike it to me!

'just got back from a quick trip to dc, where i made it a point to check out spike's good stuff eatery. being a top chef fan, i was happy to get a chance to try out chef spike's comfy-cozy food. baji and i ordered a bunch of good stuff:

1. spike's 5 napkin (burger)

2. spike's village fries (fresh thyme, rosemary, & cracked pepper)

3. coletti's smokehouse (burger)

4. toasted marshmallow home-spun milkshake

the 5 napkin was amazing...i could've had two! you can't go wrong with a perfectly cooked, juicy patty, dairy fresh cheese, fresh fried egg, a ketchup-mayo-mustard (?) spread, all inside a golden brioche bun! a few sips of the marshmallow shake made for a perfect dessert.

make sure you check out good stuff eatery the next time you're in dc :)

(here we are cheesing...it doesn't hurt that spike's a hottie!)

shout out to my ladies

happy 5th birthday to my fatties, layla and reshma!