Interrupting your feed to share my 🥁 Best Bites 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣5️⃣ 💥 AKA meals I had this year that I think about at least once a week (in no particular order):
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@kalayaphilly fried curry squid w/ long hots & lime leaf (not pictured but lovingly introduced to me by the Queen of Great Taste
@abigailwjhing 😜) and the coconut pineapple Thai shaved ice with strawberry compote & pandan 🍓
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@aidaya_ueno tsukemen (dipping ramen) with the seafood dipping broth
🇯🇵 the entire kaiseki menu at
@shin.kuro0301 which seasonally rotates! Pictured is the tempura course of Hagi tilefish and pine cone with seaweed salt 😋
🍳 Japanese 7/11 egg salad sando… the hype is deserved 😤
🍦Every fun & inventive weekly special at
@1900icecream 🩷 Pictured was their take on Dunkaroos 🩵 Also, their Oreo ice cream pints are theeeee best!
🐟 This unsuspecting tuna melt in Reykjavik from
@graikotturinn really went HARD 🇮🇸
🍅 I spent whole my summer eating the juicy, delicious and equally gorgeous striped romas and local grown san marzano tomatoes from
@riverwardsproduce 🍝
🇮🇹 Everything at
@elmaphilly - these guys cook with their whole heart!!! The appetizers and chicken parm were all phenomenal ❤️🔥
🇵🇰 My mother in law’s carrot halva with khoya! AKA gajar halwa… it tastes like carrot cake bread pudding but even better 🥕
🍕 this special slice from
@pizzashackamaxon with spicy peaches, radicchio, and mint walnut basil pesto. I don’t even know how to describe how unique this was 🤯
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@chodanggol cod roe filled omelette! Thanks
@abigailwjhing for taking me here!
🤩 The many creations by
@howardhamshed aka Chef Hubby including but not limited to: Moroccan bastilla, chawanmushi, tacos, wagyu nigiri, beef tongue tostadas, bruschetta
🍊and last but not least literally everything on the menu at
@jaffabar_philly which has become a frequent rotation thanks to the influence of
@kittykatkam 🦪