• Brian Freedman checks out East Oak Lane’s Cafe Soho and discovers that its “unbelievably delicious Korean fried chicken” lives up to the hype, and the “roasted-tomato-tasting base reminiscent of some kind of Korean minestrone” soup “is a nice starter.” [PW]
• Adam Erace writes that to go to Talula’s Garden and not eat “the square of livery luxury” that is the foie gras parfait is akin to “going to Baltimore and not eating crabs.” The halibut, however, “offered little pleasurable reward.” [Citypaper]
• At Fairmount’s Fare, Phyllis Stein-Novack sips a “lovely and light” all-organic Juniper Green gin martini, finds the avocado and grapefruit salad “refreshing,” but the leg of lamb with mashed eggplant and olives “ was overcooked.” [South Philly Review]
• Philly Phoodie treks out to the “terrifying hole that is Trenton” for a taste of De Lorenzo Tomato Pie and reports he’s found “thin crust perfection” and a pepperoni and sausage pizza that’s “sooo good.” [Philly Phoodie]
