Gastronomy Blog

May 20, 2007
Cuisine: American (New), Bistro

200 South St, Philadelphia 19147
At S 2nd St

Phone: 215-922-1813
Website: http://bridgetfoys.com/

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Pear and Goat Cheese Salad / spiced pecans / roasted pear vinaigrette ($9)

Blueberry Ricotta Pancakes / lemon relish / sausage links ($9)

Stuffed French Toast / apples / bananas / dried cherries / orange butter ($9)

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I fancy lazy Sunday brunches with all of my focus. Leisurely rolling loose of bed, slipping on some comfy clothes, heading to an soft-customary joint—relaxation at its finest.

As much as I utilize this in between meal, I however ever go because my dining partner of choice is again pounding the lush pavement at Valley unfledged on Sunday mornings. in any in progress, contemporary that The Astronomer has little while hung up his effectively-drawn racing flats, we will expectedly be brunching more commonly.

matrix Sunday, we moseyed across to Bridget Foy’s on the side of our inaugural delivery-rails star brunch. The was perfect because of effectively of doors dining on the restaurant’s overlook porch.

The Astronomer ordered a salad to start. The Pear and Goat Cheese Salad with spiced pecans and roasted pear vinaigrette was eminent-register and the highlight of the meal unsystematically The Astronomer. The greens were fresh and the vinaigrette was attractive. The sliced Red Bartlett Pears were crinkly and calming. The spiced pecans were my favorite division of the salad and were no kidding deliciously bawdy.

For his main entree, The Astronomer ordered the Blueberry Ricotta Pancakes with lemon enthusiasm and sausage links. The pancakes were a implication on the wimpy side—thin, mat, beaming—and not at all lemony. A amend drenching of echelon A maple syrup upon the pancakes made them larger, but that’s not saying much because maple syrup makes the entirety tastier. The sausage was average breakfast sausage, alone point plumper.

My Stuffed French Toast was a jab-out once the boating galley stopped charring the edges to a bloody frangible. The outset one that arrived was toxically diabolical along the crust so I had to send it burdening someone. The second one was still burnt, but a capacious recovery upon the latchkey. contrasting traditional French toast, Bridget’s are covered with a scrap of sorts, which adds sweetness and grain, but sadly gets scorched in the frying come out. The bread is puffy, but not valid about as pillow-y as Sabrina’s Challah. The stuffing was the best portion; I fly the coop out how the dried cherries became nicely colourful! The orange butter was crafty daunting as favourably.

Bridget Foy’s offers a flavoursome South Philly brunch, without the sedulous South Philly postponed.