Back in June, the folks at Metropolitan Bakery were kind enough to let us see behind the curtain, which led us to love their bread even more than we already did. The Metropolitan gang are born educators, it turns out, and as we went back and looked at this bit of tape recently, we realized [...]
Archive for September, 2008
Fresh Video: Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Metropolitan Bakery (But Were Afraid To Ask)
Aired September 30th, 2008 on Bread, Locavore and video.0 CommentsFood Blob: We’re Going Where There’s No Depression
Aired September 30th, 2008 on Food Blob.0 CommentsJust kidding:
In his new buyer’s guide, Robert Parker is calling for a boycott of restaurants that jack you for wine. Our new plan: stay home with a bottle of El Coto Rioja Crianza 2004 (recently on sale at the state stores for $9.99, a good deal for a great Rioja) and a six-pack [...]
Review: Banana Leaf
Aired September 24th, 2008 on Asian Fusion, Chinatown, Chinese, Malaysian and reviews.0 CommentsContinuing our trip through Chinatown Week, Collin Flatt landed at Banana Leaf and found that she’s a saucy multicultural mistress, and oh so tasty.Â
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If you thought Chinatown was just for Chinese food, you are dreadfully mistaken, friend. Vietnamese restaurants have always had a strong presence here as well. You’re probably familiar with Vietnam, the longstanding, well-loved and well-reviewed restaurant on 11th Street between Race and Vine. (And if you haven’t, for the love of all [...]
Ray’s Cafe and Tea House ain’t new. In fact, they’ve been open almost 20 years now. But for the life of us, we still can’t figure out why no one mentions this place as one of the best, if not THE BEST, cup of coffee in the city. Turned on to us by our coffeesavant [...]
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Most people consider those flavorless squares you consume at any craphole buffet to be Chinese pastry. Stepping into the Zhong Gang Bakery will educate your simple ass as to what it really means to eat sweet in the Far East. As we come upon the Mid-Autumn Festival, you will find an array of beauties in the sweetcases, with [...]
Can you imagine a time when the best place to get a quick burger in town was Checkers? Seriously, Checkers is actually still pretty awesome – and one time when we were at the drive-through at Broad & Girard, there was a handwritten sign on a paper bag reading “UPSELL UPSELL UPSELL!!! WE NEED [...]
Over the weekend and entirely by chance, we caught All This In Tea, David Lee Hoffman’s documentary on the Chinese tea trade, on the Sundance Channel. Now, if you’re like us, you love tea — a hot cuppa lapsang souchong for me, if you please — but you know next to nothing about where it [...]
Blue In Green Closing, Re-Opening as Hot Dog Corner
Aired September 17th, 2008 on Closings and Hot Dogs.1 CommentIt’s with very heavy hearts that we pass this news along: In 2 weeks, Blue in Green is no more. Those perfect pancakes, often regarded as the best in the city, will no longer have a home on Mike Baer’s griddle. His latest outpost at 12th and Chestnut is becoming Hot Dog Corner by the [...]
