A dreary day brightened significantly by meeting a friend who was in town just for the day to help her daughter move in.
We bopped around RTM & grabbed lunch together, then hit up TJ Maxx where I found such sundry items as air-fryer liners, a decent & cheap pepper mill, and bag clips that look like French fries.
Got home just a tad before my dood and spent the rest of the afternoon taking a deep dive into the subreddit/PhiladelphiaEats, which I found to be tremendously helpful, not to mention surprisingly friendly & welcoming 
As for WWFD tonight, another celebratory meal bc WTF not? Ya only celebrate 25 years of anything once, amirite?
Scored a rez at the highly touted Tabachoy, a Filipino BYOB place that’s on several ‘best of’ lists. We were originally hoping to go with @Bigley9 and our friend who ‘crashed’ our anni dinner last night, but there were only stupid times (think 5pm) available for dining room tables, and I don’t think counter seating makes for a very social experience for a party larger than 2. Plus we figured if we loved it enough we’d come back to try MOAR things what just the two of us could order.
We had ice-cold martinis at home for our aperitivo, then walked the few blocks to the resto.
The place was packed when we got there, and surprisingly we were sat at a 2-top right next to the entrance — thank goodness for that, bc the place was pretty toasty.
We shared the starter sampler (loempia, Tabachoy Caesar & Chance’s fried wings)
and a small portion of pork adobo and garlic rice.
I’d only ever had Filipino loempia back in the American community I grew up in, and I always remembered them (and my ex’s Thai mom’s) to be the best loempia ever 
Theirs were amazing, and the Caesar was fantastic as well. The wings were just alright for us.
The adobo was tender & flavorful, and the garlic rice may turn me into a rice convert after all. I am really hoping to go back with a bigger crew and try some of the other things on the menu.
The fact that the place is BYOB of course makes it far more affordable, so it was about a 1/3 of what we paid at the sushi place last night.
Def in the top 3 meals we’ve had in Philly so far, and now DEF want to return with pat and our friend. I somehow couldn’t stop myself from taking a pic of the restaurant’s ‘mascot’ reflection in the window, which was kinda perfect from where I was sitting.
