Tonight, I bring you another #tbt food trip…

I’ve been to Pennsylvania many a time growing up, but never made it to the streets of Philadelphia until 3 years ago. Since I I was only going to have a day to spend in the city of “brotherly love”…I affectionately named the trip my “Philly Food crawl.” It was a day of nothing but walking and eating and I was ready!!!

The morning started with a trip to the Liberty Bell and then to Reading Terminal Market, which was totally a foodie paradise!! I couldn’t wait until lunch because I knew I would be heading straight to DiNic’s for their roast pork sandwich. I first saw this sandwich featured on Man V. Food and I knew I had to add this to my list. Let me tell you though, the market was packed!!! and so was DiNic’s, but that wasn’t stopping me… I love a good a sandwich, and boy…this was a GOOOOOD sandwich!! Well worth the wait. I loved the broccoli rabe, provolone and juicy pork combo…I would probably travel back to philly with my only intention to be to have this sandwich…mmm…I continued to walk around taking in all the amazing food sights. I made my way to Flying Monkey to pick up some desserts to bring home with me (see, I share too!). I think my favorite treat was the oatmeal cream pie, like the ones I used to have in my lunch box, except they took it to the next level by adding a layer of caramel!! sooo delish!!! I walked passed Delilah’s, which is Oprah’s favorite spot for mac and cheese and I totally wished I would have tried some Bassetts Ice Cream, but I had other plans in mind for the pursuit of ice-cream…

I did some more sight seeing and then headed to The Franklin Fountain!!! An old fashion soda and ice-cream parlor. It was totally adorable. There were so many yummy sundaes to choose from, but I finally decided on the “Stock Market Crunch” which was homemade rocky road ice-cream, peanut butter sauce, and crunchy-salty pretzels…I KNOW, RIGHT?!?! it was unreal. I actually forgot how amazing this sundae was until I looked back on my trip to write this post…

I did some more sight seeing and LOTS of walking until it was dinner time…now, you know I can’t leave philly without a cheesestake, so the day ended at Jim’s Steaks. They have a special lingo when ordering, so I made sure I was properly instructed on how to do so. I ordered a “whiz wit”…the iconic sandwich did not disappoint. It was sooo tasty. The perfect way to end my philly food crawl! It was time to head back to New York…thanks for the memories and most importantly, the food philly…I’ll be back!!

With love and sugar, Kristen xo.