You know I’m crazy for some damn Capogiro. There’s a nice new fancy one in University City, at the Radian. I feel like it’s bigger than the center city ones, and perhaps it is, but just because of the layout it feels huge for a Capogiro. Instead of being long and skinny, it’s just a big open side space. I’m a fan.
Even though the space is big, when I went, they only had one case open for the gelato / sorbetto. The other case was installed but wasn’t housing anything. So the selection was like half of what the other locations have. Slightly disappointing. But I got what I typically get, a small with two sorbettos. I went with red plum and nectarine. The red plum was nice, but it was not nearly as good as the yellow plum that I’d had awhile back. I still think about that yellow plum sorbetto. The nectarine was quite nice too. Then we took a short cruise through the UPenn campus just as it started to lightly sprinkle. We tried to find a bench to recreate my version of the gelato eating movie poster for eat pray love, but it just didn’t work.

Tiffin‘s total world domination continued with the grand opening of their Bryn Mawr location. They had a little shindig so I decided to check it out! It’s located in downtown Bryn Mawr, you know, where everything else is. It actually looks just like the Wynnewood location. It’s small, with a completely open kitchen, and with a little bit of outdoor seating.
They had a little buffet of random treats for us to try. This table had a beautiful and colorful array of sauces, dips, and chutneys.
I did a little observing of said dude checking on the meats on sticks in the tandoori. Man, I wish I could have a tandoori at my house. I’d tandoori morning, noon, and night. And it would be naan time, 24×7.
A couple of salads accompanied the hot items. These were ok, nothing exciting.
On with the food! The cocktail samosa on the left with potatoes and peas. A nice vegetarian option, this was delightful. On the right is capsicum chicken, which is diced chicken breast cooked in capsicum and spices with sesame seed chutney. This doesn’t taste particularly indian, but it was a perfectly nice dish. Yes, I believe it was spicy.
On the left is mustard and curry leaf tikka. More chicken cooked in a tandoor! On the right is tawa paneer, which is paneer cheese cooked on a tawa and marinated in a blend of spices and bell peppers.
On the left are corn vada, a deep fried coarsley grated corn in mixture of garlic, coriander seeds, and red chilis. I thought they were maybe going to be like flattened hush puppies, but alas, they were not. It was bland and crumbly and I did not really care for it. On the right is kali mirch tikka, marinated chicken breast cooked in the tandoor. Again, not particularly exotic, but tasty.
On the left is chicken seekh kebab. It is minced chicken breast meat marinated with herbs and spices cooked in the tandoor. It was ok, I wasn’t too crazy about it. And lastly on the right, mozzarella cheese balls. Who knew that you could get these in an indian restaurant? These are nothing like italian mozzarella sticks. These are mild, soft, perhaps even mushy, and a thousand times better than mozzarella sticks. Yep, these are going into my rotation. I really had fun at this opening because I got to try a bunch of dishes I would otherwise have never tried. When it comes to indian food, I’m not that adventurous. So thank you Tiffin!

I’d been to Redstone a few years back, but had never gone to a happy hour there. D set up one of his big happy hours, so I headed out. They have an outdoor patio area, which is covered, so it’s actually a really nice spot for a summer happy hour. I can see why it was so packed! And seriously, when I say packed, I mean packed. The poor server was entirely way too flustered! I felt bad for the little guy! I got a strawberry and balsamic martini. I forget what booze is in it, but it has pureed strawberry and a hint of balsamic. Ooh la la, this thing was tasty! And extremely strong. Like punch you in the face strong. I was not about to have two of these!
Here is the calamari dish that somebody ordered. They served it up with some spicy peppers and garlic and a chipotle aioli. Not bad!
Here are some cute little pulled pork sliders that somebody ordered. I didn’t try them, but they look quite nice. There’s some slaw in there, and some thinly french fried onion rings. The other popular drink of the night was this mango martini. Apparently, it wasn’t very strong and it cost more than my strawberry one! Suckas!
I was super hungry, and quickly needed a good amount of food to counteract that extremely strong drink. So I got the meatball sliders. I was talking to the server for some recommendations and he asked me how hungry I was. I told him very, and so he suggested these little cuties. Basically, they took a meatball sandwich and just wrapped each meatball around a cute little bun. Again, not bad, not bad at all.
But my favorite thing I tried was the cornbread! They call it the lodge cornbread and make it from scratch and bake it in this cast iron skillet. This is a big ass serving of cornbread, obviously. I absolutely loved this! I’m a big fan of cornbread, so when I find good cornbread, it totally makes me happy. It was dense, moist, and full of actual corn pieces. It was sweet and also spicy, with some jalapenos in it. This is the winner of the night!