A Change of Eatery

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It exhausts me to even think about describing my food-focused weekend jaunt to Philly. As many of you know by now, I eat well and my memory can’t contain it all at once for sheer fear of sensory overload. Anyway, I took a little trip on Friday to see the delightful Kelly Vass (@foodinphilly) and was lucky enough to visit a few of her hot spots around the city.

I’ll do my best to recap and let the photos speak the rest.

This was my first excursion to Philly so I didn’t know what to expect. We started with a stroll through Reading Terminal Market, which was basically baptism by fire. In other words, food porn to the max. Everything you could possibly crave in one place.

market of my dreams

chocolate cheesesteak

We later met my friend Tim for brunch in Northern Liberties, and he guided us to Darling’s Diner in his neighborhood. I ordered and melted over a slice of homemade, award-winning Bananas Foster Cheesecake. At Tim’s prompting, I also got a side of scrapple, justifiably referred to America’s haggis. Scraps of pork stewed with cornmeal and shaped into loaves, then sliced and fried. Sorry haters, I loved it.

scrapple: America's haggis

banana foster cheesecake

Later in the day, we stopped by Philly Cupcake to pick up some treats– including a cardamom rose cupcake with pistachio marzipan and strawberry buttercream. Cupcake truck, you got nothin on that.

For a midnight snack after ice skating with some Villanova friends, Kelly took me to the famed Pats King of Steaks (across from its Philly rival Ginos) for arguably the best cheesesteak in the city. I’d never had one before and it was the messy, cheesewhiz filled delight of my heart.

Topping off a truly mouthwatering weekend, we ended with breakfast at Nudy’s Cafe and enjoyed cinnamon bun french toast. Just…wow. There are no more words for this one.

Overall, this weekend made me realize how many inappropriate and overly sensual things I say about food, so I’m lucky to have been in such great company.

Oh and Philly still has Cinnabon. So lucky.

If you find yourself in the city, definitely hit up these spots!