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Craig LaBan Re-Reviews Fond

Posted by Foobooz on March 18th, 2013

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Craig LaBan decides to revisit Lee Styer’s Fond since it has moved and added a liquor license. What he finds is that the marginally bigger restaurant still delivers in big ways.

We had only one real clunker course: a thin and one-dimensional foie gras soup. The special just lacked spark – especially beside his stunning appetizer of crisply seared foie, warm and creamy over cool carrots in gingery caramel with cardamom-spiced cream cheese sauce.

That indulgence was in perfect contrast to the elegance of tuna crudo tiled over piquillo peppers with a white miso aioli, or the beautifully browned swordfish over ivory vichyssoise sauce with tart bursts of grapefruit, bitter watercress, and the salty pop of paddlefish roe. Big, gorgeous sea scallops channeled a Spanish mood over saffron paella rice with smoky chorizo. And the chicken, roasted on the carcass before being deboned and finished with duck-fat-braised Savoy cabbage, was excellent.

Three Bells – Excellent

Fond [Philadelphia Inquirer]
Fond [Official Site]

Fond Readies New Location

Posted by Foobooz on November 29th, 2012

It’s the last weekend of service at Fond’s location at 1617 E Passyunk Avenue. Next week Lee Styer and Jesse Prawlucki are moving just down the block to the corner of Tasker and Passyunk. The new spot will be bigger, feature a liquor license and have this cool looking bar in the front.

Fear not BYOB regulars, the new Fond will offer no-corkage BYOB Tuesday through Thursday and a reasonable corkage fee on weekends. OpenTable reservations are currently available at the new location for Thursday, December 6th.

Fond [Official Site]

And In Some Good News, Look Who’s Getting Hitched

Posted by Foobooz on May 22nd, 2012

Eater reports that Fond super-duo, Lee Styer and Jessie Prawlucki are getting married on Sunday, May 27th. Their restaurant will be closed from May 26th to June 6th.

We wish them the best, though selfishly we’re a bit disappointed that we won’t be getting any speck and gruyere croisants for a few weeks as Prawlucki’s Belle Cakery is also closed through June 5th. But seriously, congrats.

MarriageWire [Eater]

2012 James Beard Semifinalists Announced

Posted by Foobooz on February 21st, 2012

The 2012 James Beard Semifinalists have been announced and Philadelphia area chefs and restaurants seem to have a bigger representation than normal. Tashan, The Farm and Fisherman and Zeppoli all make the list for Best New Restaurant. Pierre Calmels, Bibou; David Gilberg, Koo Zee Doo; Konstantinos Pitsillides, Kanella and Marcie Turney of Barbuzzo all make the semifinals for Best Chef Midatlantic (remember, past winners aren’t eligible).

Le Virtu’s Joe Cicala and Fond’s Lee Styer were nominated for Rising Star Chef, while Jessie Prawlucki (Fond/Belle Cakery) made the list for Outstanding Pastry Chef. Not bad East Passyunk, not bad at all.

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Fond’s Jessie Prawlucki Opening a Pastry Shop

Posted by Foobooz on July 28th, 2011

For everyone who has fallen for Jessie Prawlucki’s desserts or even just her meringues generously dropped on the bill plate at Fond, we have excellent news. Prawlucki will be opening a Belle Cakery, a pastry shop on Passyunk Avenue near Dickinson. The shop aims to open in October but there’s a lot of construction between now and then.

Fond [Official Site]

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