Monday, 10/21/19

Lazy morning (I actually slept the latest!), and then an early-ish lunch at Little Goat. The highlight were the french fries with hoisin mayo and pickled peppers that I ordered for the table. Celeste had another veggie burger, and Jessica had french toast with fried chicken tenders, fried egg, and strawberries. It was a lot. I had a sandwich with heirloom tomato, cheddar, blueberry jam, bacon gouda bread, pickled fresnos and some shredded cabbage or lettuce, I'm not sure which. Plus bacon.  Also a lot going on but basically I liked it.

We dropped Celeste off at the train station and took a two hour walking tour of "Historic Treasures of Chicago's Golden Age". We saw a lot, but the docent walked super fast, and our feet were killing us by the end. We limped home, picking up some snacks (spicy salt and vinegar chips!) along the way since our dinner reservation wasn't until 9:15.

Dinner was at The Girl and the Goat, so back to Randolph Street...We had:


-sautéed green beans, fish sauce vinaigrette. cashews
-roasted cauliflower, pickled peppers . pine nuts . mint
-seared scallops, sunflower . chili-lime . pistachio
-crispy beef short ribs, salted caramel . pickle relish
-amarillo tasty focaccia. huacatay mayo . tomatillo pico
-pb&j: sponge cake . grape sherbet . peanut butter brittle & fluff
-caramel corn & malt balls: vanilla malt ice cream . popcorn caramel . chocolate magic shell

We once again were seated right at the kitchen counter (which is actually quieter than the main part of the room, so that's nice!), so we got to watch the desserts being made all night. So it is a shame that they were too, too sweet. I finished mine out of politeness, but it was tough! The individual components (especially the little sponge cakes) were good, but maybe too much all together. The green beans were the real highlight, and I also really liked the focaccia. Overall, a fun experience.

roasted cauliflower

pickled peppers . pine nuts . mint

fish sauce vinaigrette . cashew\\

fish sauce vinaigrette . cashew