The Other Critics

Popp Pleased with Portuguese; Snyder’s Soup Is Sad

• Trey Popp says “if small plates drive you crazy, or winter’s got you down, or you simply want comfort food in a cozy place at a price that’s more than fair,” the Portuguese food at Koo Zee Doo is your best bet. [City Paper]

• David Snyder is disappointed with the tepid results after being racially profiled out of pig’s feet and shrimp paste at new pho joint Pho Saigon. [City Paper]

• Adam Erace enjoys the revamped and slightly relocated Vietnam Cafe, where the soup “didn’t arrive in bowls so much as baptismal fonts.” [Philadelphia Weekly]

• Phyllis Stein-Novack tips two-and-a-half toques towards the latest incarnation of the White Dog. [South Philly Review]

• PW presents thier Field Guide to spring rolls around the city. [Philadelphia Weekly]

Popp Pleased with Portuguese; Snyder’s Soup Is Sad