It has been sometime that I have written in my blog. I wont say I have not eaten good stuff while I am away. Its just that I have been eating decent food..and I have been on a diet. So well, I did not have much to write about. Until now.
So we decided that we need a vacation-at least a Mini-vacation. So we decided to visit Philadelphia over the weekend. We have a good friend there so we thought it would be fun to visit the city as well as him. So we went. Since this is a food blog I am not going to say much about the city. But this much I have to say. Philadelphia has this old city charm which was fascinating to see...especially in America. Words like quaint, pretty, charming, etc floated in my head in every street and every corner in the city. Even Mono got carried away and called some coffee shop 'cute'. It was hilarious. There were some portions in the city which distinctly reminded me of Darjeeling. Maybe it was the Brit connection. Basically we had a lot of fun in the city.
However, what we enjoyed the most there was the food. Day 1 we reached a little late so we just grabbed some beer (by we I mean Mono and Carter, while I sipped on my Diet Coke). And after that we went to have some dinner. We had some pretty good sandwiches. But it was Day 2 when we started our culinary journey in Philly.
We went in for brunch at this place called Continental Restaurant and Martini Bar. This was one of the restaurants that we went to under restaurant.com deals (For more on these kinds of Deals visit Carter's blog here). Anyway, since we were told that the portion sizes were pretty large, we decided to share 2 entrees between the 3 of us. And I am glad we did, because for most parts the orders were pretty large. Anyway, we had french toast with caramelized banana; and omlettes with applewood bacon and cheddar. It was awesome. The french toast caramelized bananas were sooo good. The french toast was not soggy. One of the best french toasts I have ever had. And somehow they managed to make the bananas have the right amount of sweetness. It was delicious. We wolfed it down. And the omlettes were ...it was light and fluffy and had bits of delicious bacon in it. What can I say...no one really goes wrong with bacon. But this was just...really good.
They had a whole section of dessert, but we ended up not having them because we were quite full by the time we were done. There was also a martini bar in the place, which seemed pretty popular. And then there were plans of coming back later on. Somehow we never managed to...but then that was only because Philly had SOOO much more to offer.
One thing is for sure. This place. I will be going back to when I go back. Maybe we will get some dessert and martini then.
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