Posted by Tammy at 7:00 am
Feb 262010
The butternut squash soup was light and flavorful.
Made it to NoMi for a late lunch reservation, but that didn’t matter — I would take any slot to try their $22 Restaurant Week menu. We started things off with a tasty roasted D’Anjou pear and endive salad and this stand-out butternut squash soup.
What you don't see are the delicious home-made pickles.
For our main course, we chose the chef’s choice of sushi which was a combination of california roll, tuna and salmon sashimi and the cubano panini, a tasty sandwich of roasted pork and homemade pickles.
The gold foil makes this dessert extra tasty.
We were going to try a mix of desserts, but neither of us wanted to pass up ‘La Religieuse’. The mix of caramel and hazelnut topped with gold leaf was truly a religious experience.
NoMi Restaurant
800 North Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611
(312) 239-4030 | Make Reservations
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Markethouse is a warm spot for lunch on a Winter day.
We continued our Restaurant Week adventures with the $22 lunch at Markethouse in Streeterville. It’s conveniently located for those who work downtown, or for those coming and going from the AMC Theater around the corner.
Appetizers include garnishes of micro-greens.
The first of three courses included a choice of chop salad or hummus. Both featured fresh micro-greens and plentiful portions, so we got one of each.
The menu included items like this pulled pork sandwich.
We continued on to entrees and were treated to a light, lovely dish of fish and chips and this hearty pulled pork sandwich.
Don't even think about skipping dessert!
Dessert was the stand-out for us. We loved the molten chocolate cake with raspberry ice cream, but this butterscotch bread pudding was incredible. Who can resist rum-soaked raisins? Not us. We’ll be back.
Markethouse
611 N Fairbanks Ct
Chicago, IL 60611
(312) 224-2200 | Make Reservations
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Eating dinner at Blackbird.
Our Restaurant Week adventures continued with Blackbird, Paul Kahan’s gem in the West Loop. Blackbird is normally on the pricey side of fine dining so this seemed like a perfect opportunity to sample the $32 prixe fixe menu.
Endive salad in a potato bird's nest starts things off.
Restaurant Week items were marked with a red dot on the regular menu, probably to lure diners away into other culinary delights. We struggled a bit with the first round of choices, but settled on the endive salad and peppery mussel soup.
One of the regular entrees available as a Restaurant Week item.
Our entree of skate wing was served with spaghetti squash and pickled ramps. We also ordered the sweet potato agnolotti which came covered with crispy kale and spicy peanuts. Both were excellent.
Chocolate spirals cast interesting shadows in the low-lit restaurant.
Dessert was a contrast between a light tangerine mousse (sans pineapple) and this delicious chocolate pave.
Restaurant Week continues through the end of the month. Get out there and dine!
Blackbird
619 W. Randolph
Chicago, IL 60661
(312) 715 0708 | Make Reservations
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