September 28, 2014

Chicago part 4

On Sunday we spent several hours at the Art Institute of Chicago, absorbing just a tiny portion of their vast collection. Afterwards, we ate again at another branch of Native Foods. I wish they’d open a Melbourne branch, they beat the pants off Lord of the Fries for high quality junk and comfort food. This time I ate the Oklahoma Cheeseburger and S ordered the Portabella Mushroom and Sausage burger. We had sides of lemongrass and chilli broccoli and some roasted veggies. Yum.

That night we ate dinner again at Mana. We just needed to sample more of the menu, and it was handily only 2 minutes walk away. We ate the collard greens again, a cold peanut sesame noodle dish, ma po tofu and spicy eggplant, and a sweet and tart caponata with grilled sourdough. And more beer…delicious.

The following day we took a Chicago Board of Trade tour run by the fantastic Chicago Architecture Foundation. While were were downtown we also looked at the Rookery building. And yes, we ate lunch AGAIN at Native foods. I ate the Chicken and Avocado Club Sandwich again, and S ordered a soup. For dessert we had key lime pie. Delicious.

In the late afternoon we headed to the Signature Bar at the John Hancock Building for a drink while admiring the fabulous 360 degree view of Chicago from the 95th floor. The view from the women’s toilets is also fantastic.

That evening we went again to Dimo’s Pizza for a mac n cheese pizza. This had been recommended to us as a ‘must eat’ by the vegan night manager at our accommodation.
Yes that’s right, mac n cheese pizza. Serious. Carb. Overload. It was OK, but a bit weird. We also ordered a couple of other slices of more conventional flavours. Dimo’s always has a few vegan pizza slices on offer.