Episode 217: Chicago Restaurant Week 2024

Triple F - Fashion, Fitness, and of course Food

Restaurant Week 2024 Gemini Brunch First: Strawberry Lemondae Bubbles: choice of classic, mimosa or prickly pair Pauly G’s Bloody Mary: vodka, tomato tomato juice, habanero vinegar Second: Buck Russell’s Cinnamon Coffee Cake Farm Green Salad Third: Daily Omelet Avocado Toast on sour dough Lincoln Park Turkey Club Coquette: Premieres Entrees Creme du barry - smoked cauliflower soup, leeks, whipped cream Mousse de foie de volaille - chicken liver, cornichons, apricots mustard Salade de chevre chaud - baked goat cheese, bacon, frisee salad Deuxiemes Entrees Saumon fume - house smoked salmon, blinis, lemon, creme fraiche Steak tartare - dry aged striploin, cornichons, black current mustard, chips Tarte flambee - fromage blanc, delicata squash, espellete honey Es Plats Gambas au pastis - grilled shrimp, pastis butter, celeriac puree Boeuf bourguignon - burgundy wine braised beef, glassed carrots and potatoes Poulet rotis - fire roasted chicken, wild mushrooms, sage Les Desserts Creme brulee - caramaized white chocolate, apricot, herd de provence sugar Tarte au citron - burnt merignue, blueberry coulis, lavender Olio Piu Starters Caprese d’inverno - burrata, delicata squash, apple, red endive, balsamic glaze Minestrone di sedano - celery root and vegetable minestrone, crispy rosemary croutons Main Paccheri alla norma - paccheeri pasta, tomato sauce, fried eggplants & ricotta salata Scaloppine di pollo ai funghi - chicken scaloppoine, truffled mushroom fricassee Costera Cocina Tulum First course: Guacamole - avocado, garlic, serrano pepper, key lime, cilantro Short rib quesadillas - fresh corn masa, salsa verde, lettuce, crema, queso fresco Queso fundido - poblano rojas, melted mexican cheese, tortillas Second Course: Caesar salad - telera croutons, house caesar, parmesan cheese Asad tacos - grilled steak, potatoes, halapens rajas, onion, cilantro, avocado salsa, crispy chicharron Pollo tacos - adobo marinated grilled chicken, onion, cilantro, salsa verda, heirloom tomato salad and queso fresco Costera burger - toreado sauce, smokey mayo, pepper jack, pickles, bacon, serviced with mexican fries Third course: Tangerine flan - crispy sweet flour tortilla strips, tangerine Coconut rice pudding - cinnamon syrup, mango, coconut Adorn: Starters: Mac N Cheesecorn Bites - giardineira aioli, cheeseCorn garrett popcorn garnish Paired with a Eric Brodelete “Poire Granit” Pear Cider from Normandy Main: Buttery Garret popcorn puree, pancetta, parsnip, frisee Paired with Forge Cellars Classique Riesling from the Finger Lakes Sweet Salsify Chocolate Garret popcorn ice cream, nitro chococall garrett popcorn pugs Paired with Forthave Marseilles Amaro from Brooklyn