Fork

So I'm a little behind on my posts, yet again haha. But anywho, I met up an old friend at Fork in lincoln square back in June. We sat outside on their patio seating. We shared a few small plate..and caught up from the past few years :)

Amazing food, would definitely go back!

In&Out

Best burger ever....nothing else to say lol

Tryst Nightclub - vegas

Vegas, baby!!!!!!!!!!! This year's annual trip to Vegas was probably the funnest :) celebrating Arlene and Andrew's bachelor and bachelorette party... a lot of the cousins came out.

Well Friday night was a joint thing, and we went all out at Tryst at the Wynn hotel. Bottle service and the whole s shah bang...great view too :)

Butcher and the Burger

Early Sunday dinner with the girls at butcher and the burger in Lincoln Park.

I had the salmon burger. It was okay, don't know if I would go out of my way to go back there again.

De Cero

Okay, so I've been neglecting my blog. So I'm going to squeeze the past 4 months in like one week haha.

Let's rewind back to May. Old Jersey friend comes to Chicago for work, and I met him up for drinks at De Cero on Randolph. Margaritas are STRONG! Lol. And their tacos yummy. Would definitely come back for happy hour after work.

Toro Sushi

My absolute, hands down, favorite sushi place is Toro in lakeview. It's byob, Mitch is awesome, and the sushi is so fresh!!!! Mmmm, I'm craving some now haha :)

Bad Happy

Don't waste your money!!! Went for poutine on a Sunday ...ended up with this sad meal lol. But seriously, felt so gross after eating a few bites...

Ukai Sushi & Paciugo

A few months ago I bought a groupon to Ukai Sushi. It had pretty good yelp reviews so I was excited to try it out. So a few weeks ago, me and Marc went there for dinner to use my groupon. Well let's just say I think it would be a fun place to go with a group of friends (it's byob), but the sushi isn't all that great. And it's a bit over priced .

But after a "so-so" dinner at Ukai, we were craving some dessert so we went to Paciugo gelato. WOW ONE OF THE BEST GELATO PLACES IN CHCAGO!! :) their dark chocolate was amazing!!!! :)

Estate Ultra Bar

Estate restaurant / bar opened up right along the river on Elston at the beginning of this year. And they are supposedly will have a nice, open rooftop too.

So for Marc's birthday, we ended up going there (though the rooftop wasn't open). Rolling big as we always do, we got bottle service haha. And we knew one of the co-owners, so he hooked us up with the VIP lounge :). Couldn't post a lot of the pics , but it was a fun night hahaha!

L'etoile

When in madison, go l'etoile!  I was there the last weekend of March for a wedding, and the wedding rehearsal dinner was at a contemporary american restaurant called L'etoile.  We had a four-course dinner with drinks and amouz-bouch :)  very lovely time!

personalized menu :)

some kind of cheesy soup (i think, haha)

something plum on a cracker...

baby cucumbers, fantome farm chevre, beauty heart radish, curried cashews, dill, cilantro, mirin vinaignette

vietnamese shrimp salad, cucumber, carrots, kohlrabi, primrose beauty heart radish, daikon radish, crispy sushi rice, fried peanuts, cilantro, mint, nuoc cham

john & dorothy priske fountain prairie farm dry-aged, grass-fed  fed NY strip, gruyere-potato latkes, snug haven spinach, shallot confit & mushroom ragout, blue cheese & bone marrow compound butter and cabernet jus

blood orange & black raspberry-cabernet sorbets, bruleed italian meringue, wisconsin sugar cookie

the happy wedding couple with new friends! :)

Milk and Honey

I've been wanting to go here for some time now. Well it was okay lol. Would go again if I was in the area.

Sunday breakfast panini with eggs, avocado, tomato, and cheddar with sausage link.

Bedford

Girls night out at the Bedford. First impression was not that great ...had to wait in line for over half an hr (and we got there around 10). And the drinks were not all that great. The place was nice and the decor was cool (being a bank vault and everything). But the crowd wasn't our type.

But I did meet this nice couple who was sitting by the bar, and got her number hahaha :)

Toast

Sunday brunch at Toast in bucktown. it was a really nice day, so we sat outside :)

I had the veggie benedict and Marc had the crab benedict. The veggie was okay, the crab was pretty good. Though Lula is still my favorite haha.

Black Dog Gelato & Kuma's Corner

Quite an odd pairing, haha. But it was such a beautiful day on st.pattys so I sat outside for a beer with lim. Marc came and picked me up and since we were already in the city, and was craving ice cream, we went to black dog!!

After desert, we started getting hungry and headed north on damen hunting for someplace to eat. I suggested kumas...and since everyone was out being drunk...we didn't have to wait too long. 40min wait to get seated and 30min wait for our food. It was good, but to be quite honest I didn't LOVE it. It was good, but not worth all that wait for. It was too hyped up for me haha.

Girl & the Goat

Impromptu dinner after work with Marc at Girl and the Goat :) delicious !!

D.O.C wine bar

March 1st. Though it may sound like just another day to you, it was the day of our big transition for one of my projects at work. So to celebrate..I went out for a few glasses of wine with lim.

I did a Rose flight and had a few glasses of white wine :)

Takashi

Noodles for brunch! One of my favorite weekend brunch spots :)

Pump Room & Barrelhouse Flat

Me and Marc haven't gone out on a date for a while since we've both been super busy with work. So the weekend after he filed, we went out for dinner and drinks on one of the last Saturday's of February.

We had dinner at Burke's steakhouse....the food was okay and a bit over priced. I've definitely had better filet...but there deserts we're really good! Probably would not go back there lol.

Then we headed over to Pump Room at the Public hotel! Well let's just say it was all hype lol. The restaurant area was very beautiful, but the bar areas were crowded with a lot of pretentious people. It's definitely a place u go to "to be seen". We stayed for one drink then headed over to Barrelhouse Flat.

They seated us upstairs which had a very "vintage, saloon" vibe. We liked it a lot :)