Snob Appeal

The good old University City listserv. They are so well-healed. When I write, they screen me out cause I do not LIVE in University City any longer and I live in Jersey. Just go here and see for yourself!! Read their comments. It just shows the mentality of SOME that think their thoughts have more value. I have been attacked with this superior attitude before. See this blog posting back in 2006. It features a UC realtor and illustrates in her own words better then I EVER could. I guess living in Millville has made it pretty clear and this one just shows how healed they are. We have an Arts District here in Millville that has received rave reviews but when people think of South Jersey they EVERYONE lives like this person. This is email list in University City also known as West Philly near the University of Pennsylvania. They are USED to having many choices. Read and let me know what you think. The photo above is the plate that Desi Village uses to serve their lunch and dinners. I am sure they will pay heed to the denizens of this community. Heck I would just like ONE Indian restaurant here in Millville
See the email below that inspired me to write this and feel free to comment. Thanks

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Well-healed resident
Date: Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 11:37 PM
Subject: [Ucneighbors] REVIEW Re: Opening of "Desi Village" Indian Restaurant
To: ucneighbors@hector.asc.upenn.edu (This is the Listserv address)

Hi All-
We got a big take out order tonight and ate our food at home, on our Blue Willow plates, flatware and cloth napkins.

My eldest daughter and I were cheerfully offered a seat to wait a few more minutes for our order when we went to pick it up. Not a problem and not a lengthy wait. While soaking up the atmosphere we thought the resto itself is going to have to up their game if they want to compete with Dahlak and Vientienne where you get cloth table clothes and napkins and don't have to eat off of styrofoam for about the same price and equally, if not more, delicious.
Pakora and Samosa: fair. We prefer the ibes from the International Store on Walnut Street. The Pakora were strangely small and round and very salty. The Samosa were $2 each and bland.
Garlic Naan: good
Tandoori chicken and Tikka chicken: good
Chicken Sagwala: tasty but the "creamy chopped spinach" was over processed and had the appearance and texture of baby food
Lamb Rogan Josh: good.
Overall, credible and edible but truly nothing special. Honestly the styrofoam and plastic cutlery freaked me out. I still think the slew of Indian restos up on 40th street are much better.
In the end, we'll probably order from there again but we'll try to get our appetizers at the International Store.
I'd be interested in hearing what Roger and Vince thought.

Anne B. Wealthy

--- On Fri, 4/10/09, Mark Krull <mkrullrt55@gmail.com> wrote:

I just ate there and we had the lunch special. Boy is it fresh! Yumm.
Thanks

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Good Friday

It was Good Friday and I had an interesting day besides going to work. I stopped by the Green Line Cafe for for breakfast. My last posting on this blog took me awhile and I had to rush out. Anyway, I chilled out and saw that the Inferno newspapers I had left there 2 days ago were still there. They were and I had the nice woman take a photo of me posing with the paper. This is like how folks going to exotic places, like Vietnam, pose with a copy of the Daily Journal. Next I contacted Wes, a friend I have known since going to Penn Valley Elementary. He was available to meet me for lunch. I had been reading very good reviews of Desi Village located at 4527 Baltimore Ave. They just opened this week. Wes and I had the lunch special ($7.95) and it was tasty and fresh. They have plenty of vegetarian selections to choose from. They do not have a large buffet table since its nice and cozy but the freshness more then made up for it. I got home and walked my 3 pups and decided to take them to the Oar House and all of us rested for a bit. Next had dinner and stopped by Lalli's Liquor Store in Laural Lake. Man, they have all kinds of funky beers for sale. I ran in to 2 friends stocking up. It was good to get away from politics as usual and enjoy the good things in life.