Midtown Lunch

As is customary at Philly Lunch, every Tuesday we turn over the site to a different lunch’er for his or her recommendations for the best lunch in Philadelphia. This week it’s Christina who is looking for new UCity places to add to her lunch list.

Name: Christina

Age: 30s

Occupation: Membership Manager

Where in Philly do you Work?: International House Philadelphia 3701 Chestnut Street www.ihousephilly.org

Favorite Kind of Food: Anything seafood, Asian, or combination of the two. I used to live in Chinatown–I was broke and fat.

Least Favorite Kind of Food: I’m allergic to carrots and they’re randomly in everything. I love all non-itchy food though.

Favorite Place(s) to Eat Lunch in Philly: Han Wool – hotpot. Asian seafood tofu stew goodness.

Midatlantic – smokehouse dog with saurkraut. HOME MADE KRAUT I will miss this place

Sunny Point (18th and South)- seitan cheese steak. I wish I worked closer but it’s good I don’t because their vegetarian stuff is the best I’ve ever had, as an omnivore. It’s such an unassuming little
place.

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Tres Jalapenos is a “safe” Mexican restaurant. It has bright, festive decorations and checkered table cloths. As the safeness and slightly cheesiness should have hinted at, the food was lacking in authenticity. It was not an unpleasant meal, just nothing was memorable. However, if you don’t have lunch plans tomorrow, there is a special you should know about.

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• Wise Fries Burgers and Pies has lots of greasy good menu items [Meal Ticket]
• 22nd and Philly likes the choripan but was not impressed with the empanadas at Delicias [22nd and Philly]
• Ramen Boy has opened serving more of the same [Eater]
• Philly is getting a pie shop! [Foobooz]

Cacia Bakery is a tiny spot in South Philly with rolls and slices of  pizza behind glass for you to point at and take home with you. The snack sized square slices are barely over a dollar, but you will need a few to fill up.

I had heard tales of their tomato slice, but I just didn’t want to give up cheese. Instead, I was directed to the “pizzaz” slice.

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Don’t forget about the Level Up deal today at Reading Terminal. Your $10 voucher can be spent at places including: The Rib Stand, Hershel’s, Dutch Eating Place, Wan’s, and Mezze. Please use my referral code if you haven’t registered your smart phone with Level Up.

Pho Hoa is an international chain, which had previously persuaded me to seek my Viet soup elsewhere. But when I bit the bullet and dined there, I was pleasantly surprised by one soup in particular.

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Can you believe my favorite spot in the City, Reading Terminal, has been around for 120 years? She is sure aging well. In honor of the anniversary, tomorrow (Wednesday) lunchers can receive $10 towards their meal at over 30 participating venders via Level Up from 11-4pm (Unfortunately, you need a smart phone for this deal).

And if you are new to Level Up (basically an app that allows you to pay by plugging in your card info. To pay, you place your phone next to the merchant’s phone and you are done)… you can do me the favor of using my referral code so I can get some cashhhh to spend on more lunches that I can report back on. Thanks!