Midtown Lunch

I had always noticed this sign for Indian food on the Dasani Mart corner store, but assumed it just meant frozen items and basically ignored it. When I saw Deb, who owns the store with her husband PJ, with a small table of fresh Indian food right outside the store I realized how wrong I had been.  Deb makes an array of fresh Indian food, from chicken tikka, to samosas, and even chaat. Previously, prepared food was available cold for customers to heat up at home. The hot food stand outside is a fabulous new addition.

I was gonna go with a samosa, but instead picked up a clever creation made by Deb, stuffed puri.

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• Bonte is giving away free waffles right NOW [Foobooz]
• Two Eat Philly has a really successful meal of pulled pork and rock shrimp sandwiches at The Cambridge [Two Eat Philly]
• Uwishunu has a run down of all the cool local pizza places [Uwishunu]
• Bliss,  a Middle Eastern ice cream shop is open [Meal Ticket]

The Wishing Well is a cute pub sitting on the corner of 9th and Catherine. The inviting outdoor seating reeled me in.  Its a good things the menu isn’t too long because there is also the whole draft list to choose from. Read more »

China King is one of the many Chinese restaurants in China town that have separate menus, the American friendly menu and the more authentic menu (here, FuZhou style). Be clear that you want both menus.

Inside, the finishings are pretty sparse. Our waitress was both over and under attentive. Our waters were not refilled yet she  kept hovering over us while we told her we needed more time to order. It is all about the food though, we had some things that pleased, others that did not.

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A recently did a little delivery from South Philly’s Stogie Joe’s. It was a while ago, but I remembered enjoy a sample meatball at the Swedish Museum meatball competition.  I had also heard their pizza was something special. So I got a little piggish and ordered both, all for myself.

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• Rice and Mix is finally making KFC, but for dinner only, wah!
• Thad loves the pastrami at Famous 4th St Deli [Philly Phoodie]
• Cosmis has cheesesteak fries [Row Home Eats]
• Barra makes a burger baked in dough [Zagat]
• Adama Erace enjoys the summer salad and Turkish “quesadillas” at Cafe Fulya [Courier Post]