Sala Bua is a Thai restaurant located in Chinatown at 2002 South Wentworth Avenue #103. I went with some friends and ordered thai iced tea, pad thai, and we split some Gui-Chai. The Gui-Chai was pan fried chive's with a sweet soy sauce on the side that we enjoyed. The pad thai came with a [...]
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Kramer’s Health Food Vegetarian Cafe
Kramer's Health Foods is located at 230 S Wabash Ave. To get to the cafe you have to first walk through the shop to the back. They sell a variety of teas and foods and all natural products. The cafe is in the back. There are stairs leading up. They also have a menu in [...]
The Drake Hotel’s Palm Court
The Drake Hotel is at 140 E Walton Pl. For my birthday a friend told me we were going out for tea and to dress nicely and to bring my camera but didn't tell me where we were going. She had made a reservation for us at the Drake Hotel for afternoon tea in the Palm [...]
Gyu-Kaku
There seems to be a theme going on with my friends not telling me where we're going anymore. They pick a place and just tell me where to meet them. It's kind of fun, but I never know what to wear or expect. Today's surprise trip was to Gyu-Kaku a Japanese BBQ. One of my [...]
Russian Tea Time
Russian Tea Time is located at 77 E Adams St. They serve lunch, tea, and dinner. For afternoon tea they serve it from 2:30 until 4:30pm. I've been wanting to go to Russian Tea Time since the first time I've passed it, but either haven't had time or my schedule hasn't overlapped properly with my friends'. [...]
Artist’s Cafe
The Artist's Cafe is a popular spot on Michigan Avenue, it is located on 412 South Michigan. There is at least one other cafe in the city, relatively near the first. I went to it once my first year in Chicago and then again recently. I remember going my first year and being highly disappointed [...]
Umai
Umai is a japanese restaurant located at 730 South Clark Street. The restaurant has a nice elegant feeling to it. It wasn't super busy and I loved the mural and art on the walls. When I went again recently on a saturday night it was pretty packed. I ordered the Udon Kare with pork. The [...]
Ras Dashen
Ras Dashen is located at 5846 N Broadway St. Ras Dashen is an Ethiopian Restaurant. I had family visiting so we went here for fun. I had the ethio chai. It didn't help much with the spices from the food, but it was enjoyable. We started off ordering Qategna as an appetizer. Qategna is made with [...]
The Gage
The Gage is a restaurant at 24 South Michigan Avenue.. The restaurant has a busy business atmosphere, with a long bar and a chalkboard with the daily specials our waiter told us about. There is a soup of the day, a sandwich of the day, and a fish of the day. The restaurant was a [...]
Ahjoomah’s Apron
Ahjoomah's Apron is located in Chinatown at 218 W. Cermak Rd. Ahjoomah's Apron is a traditional Korean restaurant. The restaurant has along the wall information and history on a lot of the food served at the restaurant. A friend and I went to Ahjoomah's Apron for lunch. We ordered Mul-mandu as an appetizer while we [...]