http://www.chicagobites.com/2007/08/chicago-bites-70-sepia.htm Your Chicago Dining Guide Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:38:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.chicagobites.com/2007/08/chicago-bites-70-sepia.htm/comment-page-1#comment-172 Amy Mon, 17 Sep 2007 22:07:53 +0000 http://www.bitingreviews.com/chicagobites/?p=98#comment-172 Completely agree with your review of Sepia. Completely agree with your review of Sepia.

]]> http://www.chicagobites.com/2007/08/chicago-bites-70-sepia.htm/comment-page-1#comment-171 the ulterior epicure Mon, 20 Aug 2007 15:01:42 +0000 http://www.bitingreviews.com/chicagobites/?p=98#comment-171 re: Cheese course. I heard your cry of help this morning on your Sepia podcast. Certainly, cheeses can (and should) be eaten whenever one wishes. However, traditionally, cheeses (at least in the European tradition) are taken at the end of the meal, or after the main course(s), as cheeses are known to aid in digestion. At degustation/tasting menu-style restaurants, cheeses are usually served before sweet desserts (if included). I'm not generally a sweet tooth and will often times opt for the cheese courses instead of dessert. While it's true that most restaurants offer cheese on their dessert menus, that Sepia includes the cheeses after the main courses on the menu (instead of the dessert) menu doesn't seem strange to me at all. Really, Americans have situated cheeses wherever they want (as you observed, often before the meal). re: Cheese course. I heard your cry of help this morning on your Sepia podcast. Certainly, cheeses can (and should) be eaten whenever one wishes. However, traditionally, cheeses (at least in the European tradition) are taken at the end of the meal, or after the main course(s), as cheeses are known to aid in digestion. At degustation/tasting menu-style restaurants, cheeses are usually served before sweet desserts (if included). I’m not generally a sweet tooth and will often times opt for the cheese courses instead of dessert. While it’s true that most restaurants offer cheese on their dessert menus, that Sepia includes the cheeses after the main courses on the menu (instead of the dessert) menu doesn’t seem strange to me at all. Really, Americans have situated cheeses wherever they want (as you observed, often before the meal).

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