PHILLY'S MAGIC GARDENS + KOREAN BBQ

Over spring break, I took a day trip to Philly. I visited The Magic Gardens and it was literally one of the most awing human-made spaces I've ever been to. Essentially the Magic Gardens is a mosaic labyrinth created by artist Isaiah Zagar. It took over 14 years to complete, spans half a block and is 3,000 square feet. There is everything from bike wheels, glass bottles, plates, doll parts, erotic hand painted tiles, and phrases embedded in the walls, floors, and steps. I took over 200 pictures. Here's just a glimpse:

"Delicately poised between excessive vitality and destruction."

Gabby found someones note that was stuffed into the wall. "We took a tile, please forgive us."

After roaming around the Magic Garden for over an hour, we headed to Chinatown for some Korean BBQ

Potato wrapped shrimp

Seafood scallion pancake

 Short rib bento box

Perfectly tender

The aftermath

Complimentary! It tasted like a liquified creamsicle.

Panna II

Panna II has great Indian food, good service, it's cheap, BYOB and looks like this:

How pretty?!

The place is tiny. If you go on a Friday or Saturday night it will most likely be packed. The wait for me has never been longer than 10 minutes. 

Panna II has a good selection of dishes. I usually always get chicken tandoori and palak paneer.

Coconut samosa

I had chicken kashmiri for the first time. It was absolutely delicious! 

Palak paneer

An appetizer and two dishes came out to $28.95!

Oh,and dessert is always complementary!

There's literally four Indian restaurants right on top of each other. Panna II is the best one. Don't listen to the servers outside that try to get you into their restaurant. Go straight upstairs and get yourself some yummy Indian food.

Bits + Pieces

Snowmans of Love

Tacombi

I've been meaning to go to Tacombi for the longest time. Two weeks ago on a rainy afternoon, I met up with one of my good friends for tacos.

The atmosphere is awesome! Food is served from a vintage Volkswagen van.

It really feels like a beach-side eatery in Mexico.

Started off with some good ol' chips and guac.

Bohemia beer is one of the best Mexican beers I've had.

Esquites is a traditional Mexican snack. Roasted corn, queso fresco, lime and chipotle mayo in a cup..Delish!

My favorite taco of the three I ordered was the crispy fish taco with red cabbage and chipotle mayo.

So many sauces. The 3rd bottle from the left was hibiscus chipotle. Yummy, sweet and tangy!

The corn and poblano pepper taco was good. The veggie and egg taco was my least favorite. 

Tacos range from $3-5. They serve you two tortillas with each taco so you can fit extra filling on the second one. Bang for your buck.

Pretty mosaic Lady of Guadalupe in the bathroom.

All in all I give Tacombi a 4.5 out of 5! Great atmosphere, good food, spacious, and super decent pricing.