The Other Critics

Brown Sugar Bakery and Cafe Makes Mouths Happy; Natural Casing Hot Dogs Have ‘Snap’

• Brian Freedman gets “mouth-happy” over Brown Sugar Bakery and Cafe’s curry chicken, and writes that the “cartilaginous chew with a darker, funkier character” of the goat roti is “excellent.” [PW]

• Deep in the heart of South Philly’s Cambodian community, Adam Erace slurps Café Châu’s house-special beef pho, which “brought beef five ways: steak, balls, tripe, tendon and an almost consomme-like stock borne of bone and star anise,” and the “sweet pork spring rolls in buttery, phyllo-brittle wrappers” are “just as good.” [Citypaper]

• Drew Lazor tags along with Bistrot La Minette’s Peter Woolsey to the Beard House for a French Christmas dinner and learns that “It’s very Christmas-y to eat a fucking deer.” [Citypaper]

• Philly Food and Beer checks out the risen-from-the-ashes Jimmy John’s and relishes the “snap” of the 70-year-old hot dog joint’s natural casing dogs. [Philly Food and Beer]

Brown Sugar Bakery and Cafe Makes Mouths Happy; Natural Casing Hot Dogs Have