http://www.messyandpicky.com Eating our way through Philadelphia Tue, 19 May 2009 13:38:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The doors to Minar Palace [1304 Walnut St] have been open for a while now and we've dined in and taken out there a few times. The interior of the new restaurant is a complete 180° from the old hole-in-the wall over by 16th and Sansom Streets. Shiny new paint ... http://www.messyandpicky.com/index.php/2009/05/19/minar-palace-redux/ Behold, spices from Tiffin are now on sale at Foster's Urban Homeware in Old City (399 Market St). If you'd like, you can still make the trek up to 710 W. Girard Ave and buy the same spices from the source, but as of March 2009, Foster's is the exclusive retailer ... http://www.messyandpicky.com/index.php/2009/04/06/tiffin-spices/ Armed with two $20 gift certificates courtesy of Messy's gym (they have a delicious referral program!), we headed up the street to Joe Pesce, wondering what two non-fish eaters would find on the menu. We must begin this review with a major disclaimer: we don't like fish. We only went ... http://www.messyandpicky.com/index.php/2009/03/30/joe-pesce/ This past Saturday was ScrappleFest 2009 at Reading Terminal Market. I was working from 11a - 7p (at Fair Food Farmstand) and it was absolutely bonkers all day. If you don't know what scrapple is, here's a primer: wiki Scrapple. In my nearly 6 years in Philly, I had never ... http://www.messyandpicky.com/index.php/2009/03/24/scrapplefest-2009/ The good people at Gloss PR invited us out to a media tasting dinner at the new-ish eatery inside the big ugly pink building (a.k.a. Symphony House) that blocks the view of the lovely Drake building from our apartment, du jour. A transplant from the 'burbs (Haverford) since September of ... http://www.messyandpicky.com/index.php/2009/03/23/du-jour-symphony-house/ Thanks to a longtime friend of Picky's who lives out in Sacramento, CA, we had a lovely Christmastime dinner (yep, we're late) at the well-received Marc Vetri North Broad joint, Osteria. We made some last-minute reservations for a same-day late night dinner around 9 p.m. and snagged a table for ... http://www.messyandpicky.com/index.php/2009/03/18/osteria/ Just a quick post about how much we love Metropolitan Bakery's baked goods. We love them, we love them, we love them! Above is a photo of their oh-so-delicious Pumpernickel. From their website: Our version of the traditional European black bread. The coffee and rye chops create a slightly bitter taste ... http://www.messyandpicky.com/index.php/2009/01/26/metropolitan-bakery-pumpernickel/ Right, right, right. You're saying, "Peaches and cream again? Those two are really getting lazy." Well, this is different. It's the middle of January here in the northeast and there's not a fresh peach to be found anywhere. But there you have it right there: peaches and cream. We just ... http://www.messyandpicky.com/index.php/2009/01/13/peaches-and-cream-winter-edition/ What you see above is half of a 10lbs. (they get above 20lbs.) heirloom Queensland (as in Australia) Blue squash plucked from the aisles of Picky's workplace: Fair Food Farmstand in Reading Terminal Market. It's a funky looking thing, but if you're not one to be intimidated by squash, it ... http://www.messyandpicky.com/index.php/2009/01/05/heirloom-queensland-blue-squash-soup/ I normally don't post something without a photo, but it's no trivial matter. I finally had a good bagel in Philly. My first good bagel in 5.5 years here in Philly. I found it at The Famous Fourth Street Delicatessen. A nicely sized plain bagel, lightly toasted with cream cheese. ... http://www.messyandpicky.com/index.php/2008/12/29/bagel-alert/