This block has really showed us some gems for good quality food. Magpie Pies, Miles Table and now Entree, have made this block the most delightful so far. So, prior warning, this review contains words like, scrumptios, delicious and some made-up words like fantabulous.
Entree is a BYOB with a very classic menu or in their own words "creative, balanced & simple". They tweak the classics in a fantastic way and every single item we ordered was delicious.
Here is a link to their menu: http://entreebyob.com/?page_id=264
While we perused the menu, our wine was openend and poured. Good start to, well, anything really. We were given bread (nothing special) with this amazing, scrumptious balsamic vinegar. I don't know whether it was just fantastic quality balsamic or they added something to it, but either way - it worked.
We decided the best way to go about things was for each to order what we want most and then share.
This is what ensued.
To start - the fried calamari and the wedge salad. I unfortunately do not have photos of these as they were devoured quickly and with much pomp. The calamari batter was very interesting, tasting more like a lentil batter used in "bajjis" from India. The wedge, was also good - although I generally find the mechanics of trying to eat a large wedge of lettuce to be very clunky.
It was hard choosing our dishes for the restaurants namesake course. They all sounded very good but here is what we settled on:
The grilled Angus NY strip with goat cheese mashed potatoes, caramelized red onion and grilled asparagus with a cabernet demi.
The chicken portobella with artichoke hearts, goat cheese and balsamic marsala pan gravy.
The seared duck breast with roasted purple potato and sunchoke and a sun dried cherry port demi.
Last but not least - A brocolli rabe ravioli special with roasted garlic marsala cream sauce and grilled asparagus.
All the entree tasted great but there was a clear favourite - the chicken portobella was deemed the best of the group. If one HAD to choose. Which you wont have to if you go in a big enough group.
After a very enjoyable meal with hilarious conversation involving the swiss cheese man, it was time for dessert. They had fried oreos with salted caramel and vanilla ice cream. Since I hadn't had a deep fried candy/cookie before, this was as good a time as any to try it. We also got the other two desserts on the menu - the lemoncello marscapone cake and the nutella ricotta canolli.
Fantabulous. Just amazalicious. They should deep fry everything.
I'd like to end with letting everyone know that Restaurant Week is still going on next week and Entree is on their list. All the above dishes are on their 3-course menu so - if you are having difficulty deciding on a place to go - I would absobloominutely recommend Entree BYOB.
Entree BYOB
1608 South Street
Philadelphia PA 19146
215-790-0330
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