Bar Ferdinand in Philly...

Bar Ferdinand is a wonderfully romantic tapas spot in the Northern Liberties part of Philadelphia. It has a really good wine list with unique Spanish wine offerings & great tapas. 

February 2014

Went to Bar Ferdinand for the first time when I was out with my girlfriends for Sunday Funday in Philly. Click here for the details...

March 2014

Did it typical UFM-styles...

Bellied up to the bar again with Matt behind the bar, sharing a bunch of plates while trying to pair wines with the food...

The Wine...

While I enjoyed the Les Sorts Rosat first I then went on to the red Txakoli that we had had the last time... 

👉🍷2011 Ameztoi Rubentis Getariako Txakolina - palate-opening with minerality.. 

I decided that night that I was going to start giving some of the wines that I drink a name. I know this sounds a little crazy but as we were sitting there tasting and trying all of the different wines and trying to describe them, I found that some of the wines had their own personalities.. I know.. I'm strange. But whatever.. you still love me.

So getting back to the wine.. This one, the red txakoli, I called, Lucy...

Lucy Goosey. Yeah.

👉🍷2012 Fuente Milano Verdejo Viura - bright fruit and slight effervescence.. nice ride.. Went great with the Pork Belly.. #ufmrec 

👉🍷2010 El Castro de Valtuille Bierzo Mencia - a little austere with a graphite start and commanding finish... I called her Natasha... 

What can I say? She felt like a Natasha...

The Food...

🍴Spanish Octopus with Fingerlings, Pimenton & Aged Sherry... This was a good dish.. Octopus was very tender and flavor was spot on.. 

🍴Pork Belly Roasted Crispy with Apple Pear Chutney & Bacon Sherry Emulsion... Great Flavor Profile & probably My UFM Fave Dish of the evening... I mean, I am a Filipina & it is Pork Belly served crispy.. C'mon... #ufmrec

🍴Grilled Asparagus wrapped in Iberico Ham with Romesco on the side... 

🍴New York Strip Steak with Organic Fried Egg & Truffles...

The last two dishes were well executed and beautifully prepared but could've used some salt... 

Overall, it was another great experience here at Bar Ferdinand...

Great Wines... 👉🍷

Great Food... 👉🍴

Good Vibes... 👉👍

NoLibs Sunday Funday...

SUNDAY FUNDAY

February 2014

This Winter was a brutal one... We had not had this much snow since the winter of 1875. It was no joke...  

So that Sunday, was one of the first warm days in awhile so me and the girls made plans for brunch at a place in the Piazza in Northern Liberties in Philly... Unfortunately we had such a horrible experience with brunch that I am debating whether to even mention the place at all at this juncture... 

Anyhow, after said terrible brunch experience, we ended up heading to PYT for drinks and cocktails outside in the sun to appease our discontent. My beverage of choice was a Bacon Bloody Mary as seen below... 

It was super yummy and along with the sun, it started to help things along in a Sunday Funday fashion... 

After a couple drinks we ended up heading to Bar Ferdinand. I had heard many good things about this place and had never been until then...

We were a group of four lovely ladies and decided to belly up to the bar. 

👉🍷 2011 Les Sorts Rosat..

👉🍴Bacon & Duck Empanadas...

👉🍴House-cured Panceta Coca with Baked Egg and Garlic Oil Flatbread...

👉🍷2011 Ameztoi Rubentis Getariako Txakolina... 

Just us girls.. 👉💃💃💃💃

👉🍴Roasted Mushroom Coca with Truffles and Goat Cheese... 

Good Times!