I stumbled on the cutest bakery, just off of South Street in Philadelphia.  I had to check it out, ever since I saw the Facebook post about their HOT WING COOKIES.  So last week, I headed down to South Street.  As I was walking south on 5th Street,  the large red logo letters POPPED off of the window, COOKIE CONFIDENTIAL.

I walked in and started talking to the tattooed girl with a huge smile who was behind the counter, turns out, she was the owner!

unique cookies

I saw a Facebook post a week or two ago about their HOT Wing cookies, my initial thought was, “Ew, Gross!”  UM, SO WRONG!  Think savory scone!  Ever seen Ina Garten make savory scones?   Don’t judge!  These cookies were delicious.  A dense consistency that just sort of gave way almost like a butter cookie!  It had rich warm flavors that began to get warm, and warmer, and then a little sting! …. …. and there’s the hot sauce she talked about.  Delicious!  I also tried the Cheesesteak cookie, I gotta tell you.  I was a skeptic, but am now a huge fan!  For all my vegan boys and girls out there!  Cookie Confidential offers a vegan chocolate chip cookie that is too die for!

delicious ugly cupcakes

As we talked, I looked around and noticed Cookie Confidential also sold cupcakes, but not pretty cupcakes, not sexy, not even an average looking, plain out – ugly!  ahaha, who cares, they were perfection – IN A JAR or IN A  PUSH POP!  Yes, the most delicious cupcakes, served in mason jars, layers of cupcake and icing!  The coolest thing I had was the PUSH POP cupcake, you literally ate it like a lollipop!  Mini cupcakes that were piled on top of each other, I had to PUSH the cupcake to eat it!

I loved how everything in the bakery had the cute little “Cookie Confidential” logo on it.  They even sell t-shirts, what I didn’t tell Melissa, the owner, is how much I LOVE graphic T shirts and how much I would LOVE LOVE  LOVE to wear a CC T-shirt around Philly!

There was a road trip to NJ, a group of friends decided to cross the Ben Franklin to check out the sober scenes in New Jersey.  We ended up at the Legacy diner for dinner in Audubon.  I’m not sure where exactly that is, but you can, as Madonna says, “look it up”.  As if no one ever said it before her, but now, it’s her line for life.

I digress, diner for dinner!  My go-to diner choices are always – breakfast OR turkey club with fries!

Two of my friends were looking at menu and were considering – wait for it – seafood!?!?  Did you just make the “smell the fart face”?  If you did, you and I are like – RIGHT THERE on that!

Another friend nearly visibly gagged and said, “guys, it’s a diner, be safe, order breakfast or a sandwich.”  I agreed 100%!

My friends stuck to their ground!  Crab Stuffed Tilapia and some fancy schmancy chicken dish.  I couldn’t wait until the fish came and prayed that it smelled like Camden after a fresh spring rain shower.  

I was PUNKED!  My club sandwich came out and looked weak at best, mean while you can see the Tilapia!  My friend ate the entire thing and raved about it!  No Camden fish smell!  He said it was delicious!

I learned another food snob lesson – if someone from Jersey says a diner is really good – shut the hell up and trust the freakin’ food!

Crunch Shrimp Rolls

AWESOME PAD THAI

Yeah, I know, the picture’s of the appetizer, Crunch Shrimp Rolls, but honestly folks, you’ve seen Pad Thai, is it really photo worthy?  eeehhh, not so much.

When it comes to Thai, I’m usually pretty much a creature of habit, it’s either a curry dish (yellow, green, massaman, yada yada yada) with chicken OR Pad Thai.

I’ve found that Pad Thai is either hit or miss.  However, most times, i find that Pad Thai ends up tasting like feet.

Not so with Erawan!  The pad thai was awesome!

Also, a side note:  Erawan is one of the few restaurants in Chinatown, that puts a few bucks into looking good!

You need to check it out!

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Harry + David Baklava

Dear Foodiez,

Grammy Mame gave me a box of Harry & David Baklava for Thanksgiving!

In case you don’t know about Harry & David, they’re a specialty foods business that operates some retail stores and an amazing website!

You should know that I love baklava! Whenever I’m in a greek restaurant, I always get the baklava over the rice pudding! Hey, it’s not my fault there’s usually 2 desserts on a greek menu.

There’s a restaurant in Cape May, NJ called Sean’s – the baklava there was literally, the best I’ve ever had. (ps, they make if fresh daily!)

However, this Harry & David’s was very high on the list of amazing baklava. If you’re looking for a great food gift to send this holiday. Look no further!