In a city full of starving vegetarian residents, there certainly isn’t a shortage of falafel around here. Rob Rimeris is providing his take on the Middle-Eastern favorite at his new restaurant, Falafel Factory, up Rittenhouse way. The Factory’s serving up sandwiches and dips placed in the traditional pita, with six different options, including the “Hawaiian,” [...]
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Green Lunchin’ At The Falafel Factory
Aired February 17th, 2010 on Fast Food, Greek, Israeli, Lunch, Mediterranean and Middle Eastern.0 CommentsEL AL: It’s Not Just Hanukkah Recipes
Aired December 7th, 2009 on Israeli, Seasonal and Uncategorized.0 CommentsSomething about the bold, sans-serif, all caps subheader of this press release we just received, announcing EL AL Airlines‘ holiday celebration (serving thousands of passengers sufganiot — Jewish jelly donuts — and latkes on flights leaving JFK and Newark) made us squirm in a manner that made us feel as though we couldn’t politely decline. [...]
Chocolate Zahav: Your New Synonym For “Guhhhh”
Aired May 27th, 2009 on Chocolate, Events and Israeli.0 CommentsDoes the combination of the words “chocolate,” “wine,” and “Solomonov” sound as appetizing to you as it does to us? If it does, and if you’re free on the evening of Thursday, June 11, you should go right ahead and make a reservation at The Quarter at Zahav for their Five Course Chocolate Tasting Dinner. [...]
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Halperin Blogs And Eats Mostly Hummus
Aired January 14th, 2009 on Israeli and Middle Eastern.0 CommentsPhilly guy Shai Halperin is in Israel, and he’s gonna eat a lot of hummus. The Capitol Years founder has created a blog called Mostly Hummus, in which he documents the food he encounters over the course of his trip. Scrolling through Mostly Hummus is a daily tour of Halperin’s meals and musings expressed almost [...]
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Drink Blob: I’ll Zahav Another $5 Israeli Martini
Aired November 11th, 2008 on Drinks, Israeli and Tapas.0 CommentsWe’re gin people here at Phoodie HQ. Biting and brawling is what we like, and a Martini made with anything else is bunk. Look it up. But we support the idea of a Tanqueray Mojito. Our mint is submissive. Be serious about your ginelixirs: carry around an engraved atomizer of vermouth in your pocket because you’re classy like that. [...]
We’re still working on our magnum opus about the utter and total revelation that is Zahav, but before we do that, a bit of breaking news: The new Israeli joint in Society Hill comes in at number two (with a bullet!) in “The Bon Appétit Hot Ten: Summer Blockbusters” feature in the July issue of [...]
