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 Moira, a cheese loving, oyster shucking lady working in the restaurant industry.

Name: Moira

Age: 24

Occupation: Restaurant Manager

Where in Philly do you Work?: Passyunk Ave.

Favorite Kind of Food: Anything smothered in cheese.

Least Favorite Kind of Food: Thanksgiving fare: turkey, cranberry sauce, stuffing, etc.

Favorite Place(s) to Eat Lunch in Philly: Erawan has the best lunch special in the city, and I’m a sucker for their panang curry. Garces Trading Co. always has some sort of delicious sandwich and too-good-to-be-healthy desserts. Bitar’s has great falafel and it’s usually pretty quiet. And if I can eat myself into a food coma without needing to go to work after, I’ll head to Good Dog or Royal Tavern for a burger and a beer.
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A while back, Meal Ticket posted about the opening of a new Indian restaurant on South Street, called Indian Restaurant, and I was really hoping the name was just temporary. But at the Grand Opening in March we found out it wasn’t. What’s in a name anyway? And so I visited to try some of their lunch specials.

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• Get to know the garlic kebob at Ekta [Phila Weekly]
• Cheesesteak doesn’t always go well with “vegan” or “wrap”, but they apparently do at Soy Cafe [Philly Phoodie]
• The egg crepe over the chicken wins out at Beau Monde [Foodzings]
• Burger.org’s burgers are tasty enough but “underseasoned” [Phila Weekly]

Biking around the Italian Market, I spotted a stand with two men selling something other than the usual random kitchen supplies or cheap produce you normally find in the market. When I checked it out, I found out about a new product I had never heard of before. The Blue Corn Alliance  is a new project that supports farmers in San Mateo Ozolco, a small town in Mexico, by selling their native corn meal product, Pinole,  in Philadelphia.

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Starting at noon (and going until 5), there will be free ice cream at Reading Terminal to celebrate the birthday of the Cooking Channel.

It’s Wednesday, and I am checking out another spot a little more North and East than where I usually dine. Today, its soft tofu for lunch.

Jong Ka Jib is apparently THE place to get hot, bubbly, spicy Korean style soft tofu called soon du boo.  I will admit that generally, I prefer my tofu like I prefer my butts- firm. Could I be swayed otherwise?

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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 Ebony, who works at the Comcast Center but likes to explore lunches around the city. 

Name: Ebony

Age: 33

Occupation: Senior Manager

Where in Philly do you Work?: Comcast

Favorite Kind of Food: seafood, gourmet popcorn and anything with truffle oil

Least Favorite Kind of Food: steak served rare (ew!)

Favorite Place(s) to Eat Lunch in Philly: Smith’s– yummy, buttery mussles (19th and Chestnut); Giwa— Bi Bim Bop sizzle bowl (16th and Sansom); Oyster House– the OH Burger (with a fried oyster on top) is going to blow your mind! (15th and Sansom)
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