• At JG Domestic Phyllis Stein-Novack tips her toque for the “lovely lady-like” Crab Louie salad, but finds the pastrami to be “tasteless.” [South Philly Review]
• Tyson Bees’ steamed pork bun is “hands down the favorite dish” Lari Robling and “tasters” tried; the edamame taco was the “only dish that didn’t seem to work at all.” [Daily News]
• Adam Erace likens the Khyber Pass Pub’s new Southern-inspired menu to “an afternoon sweet tea on a plantation porch,” and praises the vegetarian and vegan dishes as “choices you actually want to eat.” [Citypaper]
• Brian Freedman calls Kaffa Crossing’s sambusa “a thoroughly appealing overture” and finds the kik aletcha wot’s sweetness is “expertly balanced by a deep earthy funk.” [PW]