Midtown Lunch

• Han Dynasty has under $10 lunch specials [Meal Ticket]
• Foobooz has an awesome run down of where to find the city’s food trucks on any given day [Foobooz]
• Blue Belly BBQ opened this week with pulled pork sandwiches and smoked meat platters [Eater]
• A list of 15 awesome local tacos [Grubstreet]

• In Sinagapore, you can get mashed potatoes from a 7-11 slurpee machine [Buzzfeed]
• Amazing BBQ from Brooklyn, Fette Sau, is coming to Fishtown. I once had their beef cheeks and still remember how good it was! [Foobooz]
• 22nd and Philly likes Sammy Chons KFC [22nd and Philly]
• Zoe is let down by the gravy fries at Caffe Chicco [Row Home Eats]

• Ramen Boy has closed, and NYC’s Terakawa will replace it. This is exciting news! I have been to the NYC location a few times (my folks are regulars), while it isn’t NYC’s best, it is certainly going to raise the Philly ramen bar. Plus the other Japanese dishes, like takoyaki, are good too! [Meal Ticket]
• Two Eat Philly loves the smoothies at Honeygrow and suggests thinking about doing the stir fry our way- meatless [Two Eat Philly]
• Honest Tom gave his truck away to Maru Global. Philly is getting a takoyaki truck! [Grub Street]
• Foobooz has a run down of the best french fry dipping sauces in town [Foobooz]
• Free Starbucks Refresher today until 3

Photo Courtesy of Associated Press

• Joey Chestnut consumed 68 hotdogs in 10 minutes at this year’s Nathan’s hot dog eating competition. The female winner, 45 year old, 100 pound Sonya Thomas ate 45 [Huffington Post]
• Stateside has starting serving lunch, including a $14 buffalo fried oyster sandwich [Foobooz]
• Two Eat Philly is not impressed with the burger or tilapia at Hawthorne’s Cafe [Two Eat Philly]
• Pure Tacos opens Monday [Eater]
• Khmer Kitchen is Philly’s newest Cambodian restaurant in South Philly [Meal Ticket]

• Paulo’s has taco pizza and “fry mega” pizza [Philly Phoodie]
• For something less complicated, Hawk enjoys the tomato pie at Varalli’s [Serious Eats]
• A new French cafe opens today [Foobooz]
• A tea and ramen spot is in the works for Chinatown [The Insider]

Photo Courtesy of Bridges, Burgers, Beer

• The Inquirer loves the bacon cheeseburger at Drezel’s burger truck, Spot Burger [The Inquirer]
• So did Brian, who noted how tall the burger is [BridgesBurgersBeer]
• However, Thad thought the burgers were priced a little high and noticed his bacon allotment was rather weak [Philly Phoodie]
• In other news, a company is developing powdered seasoning blends based on current food trends. You could actually do a lot with patatas bravas powder [Food Navigator]

• I already gave the Shack Stack and Concretes from Shake Shack my approval, Philly Phoodie …
• and Row Home Eats both liked the Smoke Shack and fries.
• Shake Shack isn’t the only place in town with fried mushroom burgers though they may do it best, Two Eat Philly tried one at HipCityVeg and the sauce was missing  [Two Eat Philly]
• Father’s Day is this Sunday, hopefully you have something nice planned that doesn’t involved lots of crowds. Want to know what I got my dad this year? BBQ Tongs with an LED light and thermometer. Pretty cool, no?