Chifa Turns Four, Celebrates with a Tasting Menu
Posted by Foobooz on February 5th, 2013
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Posted by Foobooz on February 5th, 2013
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Posted by Jason Sheehan on January 30th, 2013
With just three short nights left in Center City Restaurant Week, we’ve decided to call out individually excellent dishes at participating restaurants–just to remind you, in case you haven’t yet had a chance to try them.
Oh, Chifa… If ever there was a better Peruvian/Ecuadorian/Chinese/Japanese fusion restaurant named after a Latin version of fried rice, I’ve never found it. And for Restaurant Week, it’s awful sweet that you’re serving two of my favorite plates in your pick-two first course list.
The pork belly bao buns with pickled daikon and togarishi mayo are a must-order. And because you get to choose two dishes for the first course, pair them with the duck confit and housemade kimchi tacos. Then, when the second course comes around (which also allows you to pick two items), just order the same thing again. And then maybe some extra bao for dessert. Of course, if your server won’t let you do that, ordering the chaufa or the pork ribs as a second course is a perfectly reasonable fall-back position, but it doesn’t hurt to ask, right?
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Posted by Aubrey Nagle on September 19th, 2012
Looks like the always busy Jose Garces is in town this week for a good cause. This Thursday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Garces and his restaurants will be making an appearance at The Porch at 30th Street Station to support Philabundance. Five of the Iron Chef’s restaurants will be represented at The Porch. For a $10 donation to Philabundance event goers will be treated to samples from Amada, Chifa, Distrito, Guapos Tacos, and JG Domestic. What’s more, Garces himself will be doing a cooking demonstration at the event from noon to 1 p.m.
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Posted by Foobooz on February 28th, 2012

Decisions, decisions, do you prefer your Allagash beer with Jose Garces’ Latin-Asian food or with go-go girls at the Trestle Inn. That’s the choice this week as Allagash is at Chifa on Thursday and the Trestle Inn tomorrow.
On tap at the Trestle Inn will be:
Bourbon Barrel Black, a Belgian style stout aged in Jim Beam barrels.
Allagash Odyssey, a dark wheat beer aged for ten months
Saison Mihm, a Belgian farm-house style ale brewed with local honey
Allagash White, a wheat beer brewed with a generous portion of wheat and spiced with coriander and Curacao orange peel.
The fun starts at 7 p.m.
Trestle Inn [Official Site]
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Posted by Foobooz on February 27th, 2012

On Thursday, March 1st Chifa is hosting the nineteenth incarnation of its popular beer dinner series. For $65 per person, guests will sample Chifa’s Latin-Asian cuisine paired with beer from Allagash Brewery in Maine.
Chifa’s chef de cuisine Natalie Maronski is creating a menu that will include:
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Posted by Foobooz on October 26th, 2011

Tomorrow, Thursday October 27th Chifa is hosting another beer dinner. This one features the beer of Founders Brewing and a unique menu highlighting breakfast, lunch, dinner and dessert.
Chifa is getting the hang of its beer dinners, this is something like the seventeenth one they’ve hosted and they’ve tweaked the way they do things. The dinners are served family style and the portions have gotten a bit larger.
Dinner costs $75 and includes several of Founders’ most sought after beers.
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Posted by Foobooz on August 25th, 2011

Chifa is hosting California craft brewery The Bruery this Thursday night. Known for their big bottles of unfiltered beers, The Bruery should make for an excellent companion to Chifa’s Latin-Asian cuisine. The dinner begins a 7 p.m. and will feature four courses for $65.
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Posted by Foobooz on July 28th, 2011
Tonight we present a trio of good ideas. As we told you earlier this week, The Corner’s John Taus is presenting the first of his rooftop barbecues.
Pub & Kitchen is hosting a Bells beer dinner and has this lovely poster to prove it.
And finally, Chifa and Oskar Blues are doing a special Latin-Asian BBQ and cans dinner. $65 per person menu is after the jump.
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Posted by Foobooz on April 7th, 2011

We don’t know if that car commercial featuring Detroit with Eminem supplying the soundtrack is selling more cars but maybe it’s moving beer. We’ve noticed more Michigan beers being highlighted locally as these events attest.
Tonight the Khyber Pass Pub is featuring beers from Michigan’s Founders, Dark Horse, Bells and New Holland among others.
On Thursdy, April 28th Chifa hails Michigan with an all-Bells, all-stouts dinner for $65 per person.
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