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Kiki Aranita

Reporter · US

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Oct 1, 2026
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  1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Kiki Aranita

    After six years, David’s Mai Lai Wah reopens its renovated dining room, complete with a new cocktail bar (opens the original)

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    While the pandemic didn’t fully close Chinatown mainstay David’s Mai Lai Wah, it did shutter its dining room. First opened in 1982 by Hong Kong native David Chan, it became legendary over the years both for its food — in particular, its salt and pepper chicken wings, their spicy, crowd-pleasing adaptation of the classic Cantonese dish made with squid — and for catering to a sometimes rowdy late-night crowd, which started in 1992. Since 2020, David’s Mai Lai Wah has only operated as a t

  2. Article · Sep 26, 2026 · Kiki Aranita

    The best thing Kiki Aranita ate this week: Candy-shaped pasta from Fiorella (opens the original)

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    The cleverest pastas tend to trick the eye and tease with wordplay. Are those postage stamps or francobolli? A plate of handkerchiefs or fazzoletti? Sorprese? Or surprise! It’s stuffed with nothing at all. But no pasta shape is more visually convincing than caramelle, which closely resembles oblong candies in wrappers, with both ends twisted to contain the fillings. Fiorella’s cooks add another layer of wit to their current variation on the classic shape: Their caramelle are undeniably sweet

  3. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · Kiki Aranita

    Espresso by day, cocktails and sushi counter by night: Palm Vintage brings Miami vibes across the street from City Hall (opens the original)

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    Palm Vintage, located on the ground floor of the Ritz-Carlton Residences, contains two concepts within one space. During the day, it’s an airy, welcoming cafe that serves Lavazza espresso drinks, sandwiches, and bagels. Before dinner, the space morphs into a cocktail lounge that serves sushi rolls and sashimi sets that rival some of Philly’s best sushi restaurants. Palm Vintage opened as a cafe in May and soft-opened dinner service last week, once they had obtained their liquor license. Thei

  4. Article · Sep 17, 2026 · Kiki Aranita

    Philly’s most unique mooncakes (opens the original)

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    Mooncakes often have a less-than-stellar reputation. They’re beautiful thanks to the intricate molds they’re made with, but they’re usually better to look at than eat. At the Mid-Autumn Festival, one four major Chinese holidays — which falls on Sept. 25 this year — people give and receive them much like fruitcakes at Christmas (without anyone actually eating them). One Philadelphia pastry chef is reversing mooncakes’ bad rap. Nobody in Philly is making mooncakes like Anna Chen, the o

  5. Article · Sep 15, 2026 · Kiki Aranita

    Honeysuckle’s Omar Tate and Cybille St.Aude-Tate named best new chefs by Food & Wine (opens the original)

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    Honeysuckle chef-owners Omar Tate and Cybille St.Aude-Tate have been named to Food & Wine’s annual Best New Chefs class, joining a prestigious list of Philadelphia talent who’ve shared the designation over the past 37 years. Though the Food & Wine list recognizes “rising talent at a pivotal moment in their careers,” the Tates have been lauded in Philly’s food scene for years. The couple have transformed Honeysuckle many times over the years; each iteration of the project has met signif

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