March 6th Saturday Brunch @ Fork Etc

After 3 months of hibernation, the sun decided to show up again. And what a better day to show up than on a Saturday, bringing out its bff the clear blue sky. Let me tell you, I can’t even describe how happy thrilled we were for this day. Not only was it a nice day, but it also mean that the warm weather is finally arriving - slowly but surely. I’ll be the first person to tell you how much I hate the cold. I hate cold weather more than I hate Applebee’s a certain chain restaurant.

Here’s some of the foods you can order. Check out that piece massive chunk of ham on the top left.

So we went out to enjoy the day (of course, I’m not THAT much of a couch potatoe). We went to eat brunch in olde city. Out of all the places to eat in olde city, we went to a lesser known place called Fork Etc. The place reminded me of Jose Garces’ Trading Co. on 11th and Locust. How can you hate on a place named after your favorite eating utensil?

Roast turkey panini. I would tell you what was on it if I didn’t inhale it.

This is her veggie panini. I don’t remember what was on this except the house-made mozzarella. We thought it was an egg at first but she can’t eat straight eggs so we asked.

After eating paninis, I was trying to eat something sweet. Especially pastries. So we walked around and found this place called Tartes on Arch street between 2nd and 3rd. This place was so small, you can’t even go inside because there is no inside for you to go into! There’s no tables or any seating. All there is is a small ordering window. I know it’s a recession but damn! Can I at least get a chair?

She got the chocolate chip bar, I forget the exact name and forgot to take a picture too.

I got the the Irish Soda Bread with raisins. It’s bigger than the size of my fist and weighed more than my entire head. You know when you hungry, almost anything tastes good? Well, as much as I was craving sweets, this thing SUCKED - just terrible!  Who needs a vacuum if you have something that sucks as much as this?

Luckily, I gave it away to some lucky gentlemen who actually appreciated this train wreck. The chocolate chip bar she got was actually pretty good. I ain’t sure who made the irish soda bread but there’s no doubt it was slapped with the stick of disgust.