Food Blog

Some random food porn.

This is what happens when you let an artichoke bloom. Chicago Botanic Garden.

A bug on a Quince. Chicago Botanic Garden.

Oysters at Davis St. Fishmarket. Reviews have been mixed about the upscale remodeling but they still serve excellent oysters, and half-price during after-work happy hours.

Baba’s Famous Steak and Lemonade - Super Philly Steak - Included Fries and Lemonade, $7.25. Across from Wrigley Field. Not the best Philly steak I’ve ever had, but darn good and huge, on very good bread. Good lemonade too. After a night in Wrigleyville, I had my heart set on getting a burrito from the place just under the Addison el but there was a ‘police action’ going on in there.

Dave’s Italian Kitchen - Chicken Marsuvio (a combination of Marsala/Vesuvio). I hadn’t been to Dave’s in a very long time and wasn’t impressed too much with this dish. Cold and bland wasn’t the way I remembered Dave’s. I’ll have to go back to try some of the menu items I used to like - the meatball sandwich and the stuffed zucchini.

Dozika - Special Philli, “smoked salmon, cream cheese, scallion, unagi (smoked eel), topped with a sweet sauce and avocado”

Dozika - Volcano, tempura flakes, and assorted maki with spicy tuna, yellowtail and crab.

Dozika is another place I hadn’t been to in a while, mainly because Joy Yee’s became my main Pan-Asian source. These sushi makis were excellent and there were lots of other tempting items on the menu. They’ve got makis in the shapes of dragons, spiders and volcanos if colorful and fun is what you look for in your sushi.