Archive for the ‘Happenings’ Category
Our apologies for the delay …
t says: Sorry it’s been an eternity since our last post – things have gotten a little busy around here. But not to worry – we have been eating – and we will post stuff about our recent eats soon.
Happy 100th!
t says: Today (4/19/2011) marked the first time that adsz has ever had more than 100 unique visitors in a single day! Thanks for clicking!
Something [Deliciously] Wicked This Way Comes …
t says: We just got back from Talula’s Garden. Literally. Attempting to write a full post while a bit buzzed on wine would probably not work out well, so we’ll just give you the sneak peak … and tell you that it was awesome … More images and reviews to come later!
Heres the entrance ... we took the photo as we were leaving. And apparently our iPhone sucks in the dark ...
This is like the back yard we wish we had! Too bad it was just a little to windy/nippy for people to eat outside. Next time!
Its a fountain bathtub in the garden!
Ok, so the above pictures were not very informative … well … here’s another one that is equally a tease …
Heres the bread. But we were hungry ...
Ok, so we wanted to show you a picture of the bread. You see, Django had flower pot bread. And Talula’s Table (and the Pop-up over the past summer) did the gruyere grougere. What’d the Garden do? It did this very interesting bread that was in the shape of a very skinny muffin, textured like a croissant, and dolloped with [green] spring ramp butter. And as you can see, it was so delicious that we ate it all before thinking, “gee, we should photograph this!”. Oh well. I guess that means that this entire post was a giant teaser … sorry guys … I promise more details and pics very soon.
What I can tell you was that the old couple to my right were hilarious. The entire time, they were talking about how weird it was that the patrons were wearing jeans (never mind that g and I were sitting right next to them and wearing jeans), and how it must have been “modern cajjjj” or “chic cajjjj” or some nonsense like that. Then they were like, “yea, there’s that guy there with jeans and a blazer with two daughters or something like that – it’s just too cajjjj.” Yea … that guy … he was STEPHEN STARR. He can dress however the hell he wants. Duh. And as for the rest of the place being “casual”, or “cajjj” as the old-trying-to-be-hip lady was mentioning – does she not understand the Django/Talula’s Table/Talula’s Garden shtick? I guess not. Then they started discussing how many restaurants they had left to visit on the Philly Mag “Best of Philly” list … ugh … go back to the Main Line where you belong …
Goin to Talula’s … Garden …
t says: Reservations for 2 for Talula’s Garden secured for this Sunday. No … it’s no longer in the “pre-opening” stage anymore, but we’re still excited anyways …
Top Chef Masters kind of sucks …
t says: So g and I sidereeled Top Chef Masters, expecting to see some awesome cookery. Unfortunately, I’m not exactly convinced of these contestants’ awesomenesses. Actually, I think g summed it up best …
g says: These people aren’t good at playing Top Chef.
t says: It’s true! For the quickfire challenge, three people didn’t finish!! Have they never seen this show? Now I’m not saying I could do much better, however, these people are supposed to be the “masters”. And then that girl managed to win the quickfire with a dish that was TWO SALADS. I’m sure that the two salads tasted very good, but that is NOT a single dish – that’s TWO dishes!
g says: Padma would have set her straight … ‘m not sure I want to keep watching this show …
t says: But we do like the two Indian dudes …
We missed out on Talula’s Garden pre-opening!
t says:
Had my name down on “the list”.
They called me back.
I missed the call.
And when I got back to them (3 hours later) they were booked.
Nooooooo! Woe are we!!
GTC goes corkage (boo!) but makes a fine veggie sandwich (yay!)
t says: I wandered into GTC today to buy a sandwich. Wanting something lighter than my normal food choices, I opted for their veggie sandwich (the “jardiniere”). While I was there, I eavesdropped and found out that (and maybe it’s old news to everyone else) that Garces Trading Co. is now going to charge $10 corkage for bottles of wine after the first one. Bummer man! Sorry a!
AND, the lady behind the register told me that they are going to move the sandwich-making into the kitchen, move the bakery area to where the sandwiches are, and then put in a full bar where the current bakery is! Looks like things’ll be changing at GTC, and I’m not sure if it’s for the better (at least, for what I like GTC for … everyone else may disagree and like the change).
How was the sandwich? Awesome!! It had grilled radicchio and this thinly sliced zucchini and, most importantly, delicious bread (crusty outside, soft inside). I would venture to say that it’s the best of the sandwiches currently available (ever since they 86’d the lamb sandwich …). I would have taken a picture of it, but I had to choose between stopping eating it (for the pic) or continue making my mouth happy with grilled leaf chicory (that’s what radicchio is – I just found out) … and guess which one won!
v says: Nooooooo. Bad graces, bad!! Slap! slap!
after dinner sneeze 