Posted by Foobooz on 3rd August 2009
Craig LaBan checks out Sakura Mandarin in Chinatown and finds a place that excels in scallion pancakes, soup dumplings, Szechuan food and surprisingly, even sushi.
And pretty much everything Sakura Mandarin cooked with pork was outstanding, from the shredded lean pork with the lightly smoky garlic sauce to the double-cooked pork belly, whose fat-ribboned meat was tossed with dried bean curd, fermented beans, and a vivid flicker of chile heat. Even the heat-blistered Szechuan green beans got a little porcine boost from crumbled spicy meat.
Two Bells – Very Good
Sakura Mandarin [Philadelphia Inquirer]
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Posted by Foobooz on 26th February 2009
Avram Hornik of Lucy’s hat Shop, Noche, Drinker’s Pub and Drinker’s Tavern, etc. is looking to open a brick oven pizzeria at 39th and Chestnut. The name is tentatively Duo, the time frame is August. [The Insider]
Darling’s Parktown Place will be coming to 22nd and the Parkway. The Continetal fare will be the work of Harry Arnold who also owns the two Darling Cafes in town. [Philadelphia Magazine]
Sous vide will be the specialty at Restaurant Rosalie in central Montco. [Table Talk, Philadelphia Inquirer]
A red-felt pool table has taken over the dining room at 1601. [Beer Lass]
Cassizzi Pizzeria Ristorante has opened in a former funeral home at 2533 E Clearfield Street. [Table Talk, Philadelphia Inquirer]
Little Italy will be a pizza and specialty sandwich shop just off South on 9th Street. [The Insider]
Paxia looks to be on shaky ground but remains open. [Meal Ticket]
Chinatown’s Ong’s will become Sakura Mandarin as early as this week. [The Insider]
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