After a short hiatus, I'm back! I came down with a nasty cold last week and was pretty much out of commission. Fortunately I mostly recovered in time for my planned trip to Philly this past weekend. It was a rainy cold weekend so I pretty much just ate and slept, two things I'm great at.
First stop was a late dinner at Garces Trading Co., Iron Chef Jose Garces' newest venture. The concept of the restaurant is pretty cool--very EATaly-esque. There's a bread counter, cheese counter, meat counter, products for sale and a wine shop next door. The food was not as impressive as I thought it would be. The highlight of the meal was definitely the BYOB aspect and some amazing truffle lavender honey which I got a jar of togo!
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| lyonnaise duck salad with duck confit, pached egg, bacon lardons, mustard vinaigrette |
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| cheese platter with various accompaniments |
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| roasted red peppers, confit cherry tomatoes, modena aged balsamic |
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| diver scallops |
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| funghi pizza with maitakes, royal trumpets, taleggio, black truffles |
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| tuscan fusilli alla carbonara |
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| red velvet cake |
I also made it to Village Whiskey, another Garces restaurant. I have been dying to try this place for some time! Even though I arrive relatively early and it was raining out, the hostess told me it would be a 4 hour wait! I couldn't believe it. However, 30 minutes later, before I even finished my beer, a table was available. I'm very glad I stuck around because the food was delicious and worth the wait.
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| amazing cheesy cheese puffs. they were so light and airy, which to me means low calorie |
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| the infamous burger with caramelized onions, a fried egg and cheddar |
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duck fat fries with cheese sauce
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| pork belly pate special. that dark liquid is all the congealed fat. yum. |
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