Every so often, the irrepressible Chef Joe Poon pops up. On TV, leading culinary tours through Chinatown. At food shows.
Poon flew into the radar in 1984 when he opened Joe's Peking Duck House on Race Street in Chinatown. He got out of restaurants for awhile, but in 1997 opened a Chinese-fusion place called Joseph Poon at 1002 Arch St. He got bored, shut it down. A year later, he briefly opened a restaurant on the second floor of 1010 Cherry St. That lasted a few months as he decided to teach. The space is still open and Poon has the itch to create. So....
Poon will do prix fixe dinners from Dec. 23 to March 31. The schedule includes a nightly holiday dinner (Dec. 23-Jan. 1, $35 per person); 10-course Chinese New Year banquets (two seatings Fri-Sat-Sun nights from Jan. 4-March 30, $36.50 per person); and a one-week-only Restaurant Week set menu (Jan. 26-Feb. 1, $35 per person).
Details are at his website.
Reservations: 215-500-9774 or jpoon18250@aol.com.
Photo by April Saul / The Philadelphia Inquirer