Midtown Lunch

• If you are in NY this weekend, come to the Midtown Lunch 5 Year Birthday Party on Saturday!!!! It’s been 5 years since the Midtown Manhattan version launched. And I’ll be there!
• Apparently not everyone is in love with the Schmitter [Philly.com]
• An Indian food truck is defintely happening from the Tiffin folks by the end of the summer [Grub Street]
• Pho Ha has been recommended to cure hangovers, I can believe that [Serious Drinks]
• Did you go to the Philly Cheese Experiment last Sunday? Here are pictures to remind you of what you ate [Messy & Picky]

While walking in University City I passed by the International Foods and Spices Grocery Store and hoped I could stock up on some fun grocery items.  The store mainly specializes in Indian and Pakistani food products (canned, frozen, dried, etc). I ended up leaving with 4 bags of groceries and lunch.

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I ate an insane amount of meat on Monday. It is important to have balance in life, so  the Basic Vegetarian Snack Bar in Reading Terminal seemed like the appropriate place to detox (at least for one meal). It is a pretty popular stand in RT, and gets pretty busy during lunch time but the staff is efficient.

Since I generally like the concept of burgers or sandwiches topped with random things, I zoomed in on the “burger” topped with “chicken” salad.

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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 Tor, our winner of the Philly Cheese Experiment tickets, who had a great time at the event this Sunday (as did I).

Name: Tor

Age: 34

Occupation: Urban Planner

Where in Philly do you Work?: Washington West

Favorite Kind of Food: any food with mango, plantain, and avocado

Least Favorite Kind of Food: cauliflower and tripe

Favorite Place(s) to Eat Lunch in Philly: My absolute favorite sandwich in Center City is Lemongrass Tofu Banh Mi at QT Sandwich (48 North 10th Street). Other lunch spots that I look forward to are: Falafel at Hamifgash (811 Sansom Street) Chili Monk Fish and Thousand Layer Bread at Rangoon (112 N. 9th Street) Shrimp Poboy and Boudin Balls at the Kyber (56 S 2nd Street) Roasted veggie pizza at Fork, etc (306 Market Street) Eggplant Parm at Shank’s (120 S 15th Street) Classic Burger at 500 Degrees (1500 block of Sansom Street) Also, I recently had a chance to have an excellent Channa & Potato Roti at Brown Sugar (219 S 52nd Street) and they also have really good patties and doubles.
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When Drew Lazor reported that  a South Philly grocery store was serving Nicaraguan food I was immediately excited, having spent some time there 2 years ago. How I forgot that it existed for so many months is very upsetting, shame on me.  But somehow it popped in to my head and I found myself heading to the back of El Gallo Pinto to place my order.

After facing blank stares when trying to order vigaron, a typical Nicaraguan dish, I found out that the original Nicaraguan owner sold the business a few month ago to people who are from Mexico. So now the menu has been narrowed, with less popular Nicaraguan dishes being ousted and Mexican food added. This barely posed a problem and I was able to order a ridiculous amount of Mexican and Nicaraguan food.

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• Can you handle the heat of the new ghost pepper sandwich at Jake’s? [Meal Ticket]
• The Baltimore Ave Dollar Stroll has started with $1 snacks on the first Thursday evenings of the month for the summertime[Grub Street]
• Don’t forget the Philly Cheese Experiment is this Sunday
• The Mighty Euro burger at Far From Home Cafe is a winner [Row Home Eats]
• Drawing For Food has found a new taco truck [Drawing for Food]
• Free Krispy Kreme today for National Donut Day!