Philadelphia food I am homesick for

[clam crab cockle cowrie]

1. vietnamese hoagies (vegetarian) from eighth and christian.

2. oh lord capogiro gelato.

3. sarcones.

4. grilled corn on the cob at el vez.

5. marra's pizza. or making it with dough from lorenzo's at ninth and south. or drunken slices at lorenzo's on south.

6. dibruno's. the boys at dibruno's.

7. maoz. just eggplant on pita then obscenely stuffed with red cabbage carrots cucumbers tomatoes yoghurt hot pepper cauliflower.

8. vegetarian summer rolls at nam phuong.

9. penang poh piah at, um, penang.

10. midnight soft pretzels on washington.

11. miel croissants.

12. hot bagels' bagels. everything. plus an israeli newspaper.

13. red mussels at valanni.

14. getting really awful bagels made perfectly by the perfectly sweet boys at gleaner's.

15. god i even miss egg salad sandwiches and french fries from little pete's. and i've been through that kitchen to the bathroom.

um, thanks. this thread will probably be endlessly added to before i make it back from texas.

Edited June 23, 2005 by clam crab cockle cowrie (log)

[clam crab cockle cowrie]

16. any one of nez's fish specials at royal tavern. but especially the one halibut with almonds and spring vegetables.

oh and obviously anyone and everyone is free to contribute if they'd like; the subject heading was not really meant to be exclusionary.

Edited June 23, 2005 by clam crab cockle cowrie (log)

[WHT]

were are you now that you can't get some of thease things? Being from Centeral NJ I miss a few things too. Sabbret franks and Taylor ham being the tops.

[elicious]

grilled cheese with havarti and apples from more than just ice cream - not really a "philly food" but boy is it good!

[clam crab cockle cowrie]

"grilled cheese with havarti and apples from more than just ice cream."

i have never had this there. maybe when i get home. i never really make it past the apple pie. which is the size and shape of a roast turkey.

17. whatever the scrambled egg dish with tomatillo salsa, refried beans and corn tortillas at taqueria veracruzana is called.

[cdh]

#17 sounds like Migas, which you should be able to find in abundance in TX.

[KatieLoeb]

...the apple pie. which is the size and shape of a roast turkey.

Actually it's more like a cinderblock. With a honking slab of vanilla ice cream on top too, thank you very much. About 4" high on the sides and 7-8" in the middle. Hanging off the sides of the plate if only to remind you just how utterly silly and formidable a piece of pie can be. I have yet to ever finish a piece, even with help.

I've never seen its like anywhere else. It's some scary assed pie.