Adam Erace asks the reader to picture a meal at the Venezuelan Sazon on the ragged corner of 10th and Spring Garden. A meal that shines with pride.

Just picture the soft Champion sweatpants hanging in your closet at home, because that’s what you should’ve worn to Sazon. Picture the portions, generous for such little coin, and how full you are by the time the gargantuan asado negro arrives. But picture the fork, and you lifting it anyway, slicing through the tender steak’s black jacket of caramelized garlic and unrefined brown cane sugar, and savoring.

Spanish Slice [Philadelphia Weekly]

Mac & Cheese ventures to Spring Garden Street and Philadelphia’s only Venezuelan restaurant, Sazon.

Sazon [Mac & Cheese]

Foodaphilia takes in brunch at A Full Plate Cafe twice in a weekend. Enjoying the lemonade, breakfast burrito and Omelet of the Day. [Foodaphilia]

Foodzings experiences Venezuelan cuisine at Sazon at 9th and Spring Garden. Slow roasted beef, Venezuelan cheesesteaks and more. [Foodzings]

Foodzings also visits the Reading Terminal Market for lunch, hits up Tragos for $8 pitchers, and finally a great BYOB dinner at Audrey Claire. [Foodzings]

Ouch, gas•tron•o•my doesn’t have much good to say about Twenty Manning, “P.F. Chang’s > Twenty Manning.” [gas•tron•o•my]

Gas•tron•o•my checks out Sunday brunch at Bridget Foy’s and finds a “tasty South Philly brunch, without the laborious South Philly wait.” [gas•tron•o•my]

Mac & Cheese rates Talula’s Table’s macaroni and cheese a tie with Morning Glory. [Mac & Cheese]

PhillyFoodGuys verifies that the Good Dog cheeseburger is indeed “fantastic.” [PhillyFoodGuys]

We here at the Foobooz World Headquarters were just discussing what next week’s craving should be, when we were struck by the pangs of a dish we won’t get again, Azafran’s empanadas. And just moments later we found this article on Uwishunu about the Venezuelan emapanadas at Sazon.

Now, we haven’t tried them first hand to see if they can compare, but the hot chocolate sounds like it will make the trip worthwhile.

Tear into an Empanada [Uwishunu]