Travel Abstract

We were in Chicago last week, so there was no cooking. There was plenty of eating though; here are a couple things to remember:

1. Dinners:
   
1. Geno's East: nice sauce and toppings, but the crust was excessively yeasty
2. Frontera Grill: wow
3. Smoke Daddy: good, but not great BBQ. The smoked corn on the cob was, IMO, a failure (Andrea disagrees).
4. Lula Cafe: very good
2. The mezcal margarita at Frontera Grill was really something else. The mezcal they use (Del Maguey "Single Village Mezcal") is super smoky, so the drink is very different from a normal margarita. It's not food friendly, but it is one hell of a cocktail.
3. At Lula we had a bottle of Cheverny, a Loire white that was really good with food. Definite wet rocks in this one. I think Andrea has the winery name.
4. For lunch on Saturday we randomly ended up at a Persian place called "Noon O Kebab" and left very pleased indeed.