Buddakan

Rounding Up the Releases

Posted by Kirsten Henri on January 15th, 2008

Straight from the publicists, shilled for your pleasure:

Buddakan is offering a $14 bento box lunch and will be opening at 4p.m. on Sundays, so your 90-year-old grandmother can also enjoy the Starr experience. Snore.

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Top Ten Booked Restaurants

Posted by Foobooz on July 13th, 2007

Usually when we check out the top ten booked restaurants in Philadelphia via OpenTable it’s almost all steakhouses. But not here in the middle of the summer.

Buddakan
Amada
Tinto
El Vez
Morimoto
Circular Dining Room (Hershey, PA)
Capital Grille
Moshulu
Cuba Libre
Tomatoes (Margate, NJ)

Last Week’s Top 10 Booked Restaurants [OpenTable]

We here at Foobooz love to show off our knowledge, quickly replying to queries for where to spend happy hour or a wedding anniversary but sometimes we get stumped. That’s when we turn to our readers for help.

A reader writes in to say his girlfriend must maintain a strict gluten free diet. He’s looking for a place to take her that has a full gluten free menu.

He says he knows that Buddakan has a menu but is looking for more suggestions.

Shore Dining Run Down

Posted by Foobooz on May 18th, 2007

Craig LaBan gives a run down of dining at the shore for the summer. It already sounds like the Buddakan at the Pier Shops at Caesars is hitting on all cylinders.

Casino buffet or Buddakan? [Philadelphia Inquirer]

Guess The Restaurant

Posted by Foobooz on May 8th, 2007

Can you guess which restaurant Joy Manning is referencing in this Joy of Dining post?

There has been so much buzz around this restaurant for so long that a full-fledged backlash has taken root among foodies. And I must admit, up until last week, there was no way I would have believed that it would become a place I enthusiastically recommend.

The Joy Of Dining [Philadelphia STYLE]

Interview With Stephen Starr

Posted by Foobooz on November 27th, 2006

Stephen Starr talks with Steve Fishman of New York Magazine regarding megadining, celebrity chefs and enjoying dining.

Mr. Big Box [New York Magazine]

Top Restaurants Of Old City And Penn’s Landing

Posted by Foobooz on October 26th, 2006

About.com comes up with its list of the top nine restaurants in Old City and Penn’s Landing.

Buddakan headlines the list. We however are alarmed that Chloe, Fork and La Locanda Del Ghiottone don’t warrant a mention.

Complete About.com list after the jump.

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London Calling

Posted by Foobooz on August 15th, 2006

Page Six has a blurb that Stephen Starr has plans to bring Buddakan to Las Vegas and London.

Page Six via TheIlladelph
Buddakan [Official Site]

Six Pack: OpenTable Top Restaurants

Posted by Foobooz on May 30th, 2006

OpenTable lets you make restaurant reservations online from any of 4,400 restauarants world wide.
Below is this week’s list of Philadelphia’s top six restaurants.

Is Starr Brighter In New York?

Posted by Foobooz on May 29th, 2006

We read the reviews so you don’t have to. Here’s Craig LaBan’s take on Starr in New York, pre-chewed for easy digestion.

For Starr, New York was something he had to do as part his deal to get Morimoto to Philadelphia. But it’s Starr’s New York Buddakan that really shines.
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