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 :)