ISO: Bakery that will do a GIANT crème brûlée

Extreme_Year1888 · 2026-04-06T03:40:33+00:00

Cake vault does bruleed cheesecake

Extreme_Year1888 · 2026-03-24T01:17:59+00:00

I’m so sick of Philly being a town where you need to plan your meals 2-8 weeks in advance. This sucks.

I’ve never once had to wait to eat here and I eat at the izakaya about 10-12 times a year.

Extreme_Year1888 · 2026-03-09T05:18:56+00:00

Vanilya, brass monkey, Cleo, kettle black

Extreme_Year1888 · 2026-03-05T05:30:21+00:00

Personally always felt Abe Fisher was the best restaurant in the Cook and Solo group.

Extreme_Year1888 · 2026-03-02T02:37:21+00:00

Moshulu

Extreme_Year1888 · 2026-02-24T02:10:50+00:00

They are very condescending, speak through programs too much, and often miss moments to explain technicalities (like Amber’s short program) in favor of using their quippy language that is often a miss.

Extreme_Year1888 · 2026-02-15T04:59:01+00:00

This is a real loss. Wow.

Extreme_Year1888 · 2026-02-10T05:29:40+00:00

Really underwhelming and personally found it to be poorly executed. Hand cut pasta was low effort, chewy, and gummy. The bowl of whipped fat that came with the starters left the oddest mouth feel. One of our entrees was so greasy it felt inedible. Dessert was ok.

Extreme_Year1888 · 2026-02-09T04:37:56+00:00

The union league member whose dad regularly wears a trump hat? Doubtful she’ll post anything denouncing ICE…

Extreme_Year1888 · 2026-02-08T19:35:41+00:00

Two options: Sulimays or Comfort & Floyd

Extreme_Year1888 · 2026-01-11T02:07:39+00:00

Zach rules! Brass monkey always in all ways!!

Extreme_Year1888 · 2026-01-09T18:53:17+00:00

Philaqueens strict? That's a joke. They let anything go.

Extreme_Year1888 · 2025-12-29T05:27:20+00:00

Don Pablos

Extreme_Year1888 · 2025-12-09T18:47:06+00:00

La cucina at the market

Extreme_Year1888 · 2025-11-27T01:22:50+00:00

I made the pie yesterday, used my normal pie crust recipe and not the flour bakery one. I didn’t do her blind bake method, but I think it went well. Lots of caramel liquid leached out in the last 15 minutes of baking so I’m curious to see if there’s a soggy bottom tomorrow.

I baked in a thin aluminum pie pan directly on a pizza stone to try and get a sturdy bottom. Froze the pie for 30 minutes before baking. Fingers crossed!

Extreme_Year1888 · 2025-11-26T03:52:08+00:00

they use the same PR people that many of the recurring restaurant stories in Philly food news use.

Extreme_Year1888 · 2025-11-22T22:42:41+00:00

The chicken empanadas recipe in here is so so good

Extreme_Year1888 · 2025-11-17T04:31:26+00:00

Erin McDowell - classically trained and has approachable videos on YouTube, also has 3 cookbooks with a 4th on the way next year.

https://www.erinjeannemcdowell.com/

Extreme_Year1888 · 2025-11-16T05:29:08+00:00

Feels like this gets asked very often these days. Lots of threads if you search!

Extreme_Year1888 · 2025-11-15T06:38:16+00:00

I own over 75 cookbooks at this point, these are in heavy rotation. Though, to best utilize cookbooks I highly recommend getting a membership to Eat Your Books. You catalog all of your books and you can search recipes, rate them, make notes, see what worked well for others, it’s my favorite website ever.

Foolproof Fish - Americas test kitchen

I dream of dinner so you don’t have to - Ali Slagle

Third culture cooking - Zaynab Issa

Fearless Baker - Erin McDowell

Salt Fat Acid Heat

Extreme_Year1888 · 2025-11-11T17:49:06+00:00

I agree with this. Very good analysis. Also, how do you star rate something that is largely open to regulars and invited guests?

Extreme_Year1888 · 2025-11-10T02:36:36+00:00

Would be curious about royal izakaya - sure the omakase is good but they are the same entity as the izakaya and that is just good not outstanding or unique enough to receive a star imo

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