However, the first post back in going to be about a place close to home - Philadelphia - and some great friends.
So, this past Friday a bunch of us decided to head to Pod for dinner, one of the many Stephen Starr restaurants in Philly. Our friend Patrick was newly hired on there and we decided to go harass him. In short, it is definitely a Starr restaurant that should be tried at least once. The interior was perfectly designed (polished concrete floors, white walls and awesome accent lighting), the cocktails were delicious, the food was amazing, and the staff was attentive. At one point, a glass of water was spilled and almost immediately 3 employees were there with napkins to clean it up. Although, one of our friends did get a soggy bottom as a result. The chairs were not designed very well for drainage. 'Oh well, can we get another cocktail, please?'
photo courtesy of Great Philadelphia Restaurants.
We all got something different. There was the assortment of appetizers: spicy chicken wings, sizzling garlic mushrooms and steamed pork buns. Random site note: be careful with the sizzling garlic mushrooms, I burned my tongue instantly. They are sizzling, but oh so good!! There was a plethora of sushi rolls: we had Rockin Spicy Tuna (yum!) and Eel Avocado. Others got the Frosty Kobe Fried Rice, which was delicious. And I just realized they have Spicy Beef Ramen Soup too, next time I'm getting that! Everything was well seasoned and delectable.
Towards the end of dinner we found out that Patrick had organized a dessert tasting for us, which was a pleasant surprise. I believe we had a couple servings of the Ice Sculpture Sorbets and one other dessert, I am not sure which. In any case, they were delicious and I wanted seconds.
All in all, it was a great night with great friends. I will definitely be back again soon, mainly to try the sushi bar and watch Spirited Away on the flat screen tv.
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