Restaurant Roundup: Wing Wah to Wolff's Apples

Last week, the Dining Duo the name of King Street Grille—because it's not on King Street anymore and the menu surpasses that of a typical "grille."

Here’s a roundup of what reviewers from nearby Patch sites were up to:

Marple Newtown Patch indulged its sweet tooth with a trip to Christopher Chocolates in Newtown Square. After narrowly avoiding an allergic reaction to a chocolate-covered orange cream, the reviewer found the confections quite pleasing, and more varied than she'd :

What was most surprising though was the selection of specialty goods including apple butter, dipping mustards and chocolate molds for fancy desserts.

Media Patch checked out the farmers market that is Wolff's Apple House. An eclectic mix of quality goods is made all the more enticing by being :

The apple butter, fruit preserves, honey, dry pasta, doughnuts, bread are all prepared mere miles away. The apple cider and pumpkin doughnuts were amazing. Both doughnuts were tasty, pleasantly sweet and rolled around in cinnamon sugar. As cake doughnuts they are more dense than yeast doughnuts but not heavy at all.

Tredyffrin-Easttown Patch's reviewer channeled Elaine Benes in a recollection of how dining out gets less special with age. A festive meal and attentive server at Wing Wah Chinese restaurant in Berwyn helped her recapture some of that lost :

A moment later, she returned, bearing all the Chinese restaurant gifts of childhood memories past. She set down a pot of piping hot tea, a bowl of crispy Asian noodles, pickled cabbage and a dipping sauce. As a kid, the tea was bitter, but on this occasion, I was able to appreciate how delicious it was.

Phoenixville Patch set forth two assertions in its latest review. First, there's more to the main pedestrian thoroughfare of Bridge Street than a few blocks. Second, there's more to The Original Pretzels and Dogs Café than what's in the :

The menu, available on tables and on blackboards behind the counter, features 17 different hot dogs, 11 different sandwiches, four stuffed baked potatoes, cole slaw, baked beans, chili, soup, pretzels with three different sides, seven drink categories and nine ice cream treats, including a made-to order Belgian Waffle Sundae Split that feeds four people.