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June 30, 2010 Off

Random Tea Room and Curiosity Shop (Philadelphia)

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We found this lovely tea room Random Tea Room and Curiosity Shop while strolling the Northern Liberties neighborhood. The small interior is intimate: eclectic vintage furnitures (for sale too!) with new age music. You feel like being tuck away at a quiet corner where no one would bother you. The pastry and tea wares are […]

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June 18, 2010 1

Tartes (Philadelphia)

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Tartes is a bakery in a pink little shack with a walked-up window at Old city. As their name suggests, they made gorgeous looking tarts plus other baked goods as well (brownies, cookies and cupcakes). When you walked up to their window, you can see their kitchen clearly. The window displays looked absolutely mouth-watering. I […]

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June 15, 2010 Off

Garces Trading Co. (Philadelphia)

By in 11: Philadelphia, Favorite Food Entries

Joan flew over one weekend to join me at Philly. Since I was underwhelmed by Amada, I wanted her to experience the other outpost of the Garces Restaurant Group: Garces Trading Co. It’s located in the gayborhood – on the pretty, residential Locust street. While the other Garces’ establishments are tapas/wine bar, this one is […]

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June 15, 2010 2

Morimoto (Philadelphia)

By in 11: Philadelphia, Favorite Food Entries

I went back to Philly for the 3rd time for the last few weeks. This time I finally tried Morimoto, a restaurant from the famouos Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto. The menu is creative Japanese. It’s famous for its omakase (multi-course tasting menu) that’s priced at 80, 120 and up. I was only there for a […]

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June 3, 2010 2

Vetri (Philadelphia)

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Vetri is the most famous restaurant in town, it’s been called “Possibly the best Italian restaurant on the east coast” by Mario’s Batali, some even claimed it’s the “best Italian restaurant in America.” Getting a table was difficult, but I managed to squeeze myself in on a Monday on that same morning. Bearing that much […]

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