• Adam Erace files a love letter to Han Dynasty, saying of the owner, “Whoever Han Chiang is—gentle sprite, food activist, prick—I’m content to shut up and listen.” [Philadelphia Weekly]
• Trey Popp thinks the brunch is great at Green Eggs in South Philly, but it’s the sofas that are a “revelation.” [City Paper]
• Craig LaBan rings two bells for Hotel Palomar’s Square 1682. [Inquirer]
• Philly mag is not thrilled with its first bite of the new Xochitl. [Philly Mag]
• Phyllis triple toques Delicatessen deeming the matzoh ball soup to be the “envy of every Jewish woman or man who has ever attempted to make it.” [South Philly Review]
• Midtown Lunch thinks “there could be more fish” in the $7 soup-and-sandwich combo at Reading Terminal Market’s Pearl Oyster Bar [Midtown Lunch]