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Chicago Trip Food Recap, Part 2

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We were fortunate to be in Chicago when it was not yet cold – I wasn’t sure what kind of weather to expect in early October and cringed when I saw rainy days in the forecast, but it actually stayed relatively dry most of the time, allowing us to explore the city and – oh, who am I kidding, walk from one restaurant or cafe to another.

After lunch at Little Goat, we headed to the River North to explore the shops and sights, and also for a delicious purpose: churros. On my first visit to Chicago, the churros at Xoco were definitely one of my most memorable bites and I knew we had to return. Even though I really wanted tortas, we were still relatively full so this would be a churros-only visit. 

Churro with Chocolate Shot [$1.60 + $1.25 for the chocolate]Xoco 

Chocolate-Peanut Glazed Churro [$2.25]
Xoco 

Yes, you can tell that this was a chocoholic trip… hehe. The churros here are light and airy, with a perfect crunchy exterior, and the plain version is dusted with cinnamon sugar. Of the two, I preferred the plain churro with the chocolate dipping sauce, which was rich and smooth. The chocolate-peanut glaze was much less exciting by comparison, even though it was also really delicious.

Xoco
449 N. Clark St, Chicago, IL 60654
http://www.rickbayless.com/restaurants/xoco/

Another place that I really enjoyed on my first Chicago trip was Eataly, the famous Italian marketplace/food hall, and I knew that I wanted to revisit with J. It was difficult to choose from the several restaurants in the food hall, but we finally settled on the seafood-centric Il Pesce.

Cannelloni con Melanzane e Pomodori [$20]Eataly 

Housemade spinach & ricotta-rolled pasta, roasted tomato-eggplant sauce. We decided to order one pasta and one seafood, and J chose this dish. The ingredients were simple, but every component was wonderful – pasta cooked to a perfect texture, creamy spinach and ricotta filling, and a savory and flavorful tomato-eggplant sauce to top it all off.

Branzino [$28]
Eataly 

Whole oven-roasted sea bass, sunchokes, lettuce, cannellini beans, lemon. I love whole roasted fish, and the branzino stood out to me. I was so, so happy with this choice – the sea bass was fork-tender with plenty of flavor, and I loved the refreshing accompaniments that complemented the fish. I probably spent half an hour picking the fish clean – J was joking that the kitchen staff would think that we were hiding a cat in my purse, after seeing how clean the bones were on the plate. I couldn’t help myself, though – it was that good. I’ve had whole-roasted fish at a couple of other places since then, but this branzino was still my favorite.

After lunch, we ventured downstairs to browse the marketplace and… yeah, the desserts. We chose several individually-wrapped chocolates sold by the weight (as souvenirs to take home, of course), and then my eyes wandered over to the pastry case. Resistance was futile.(...)
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