Restaurants – Me Tea and Lucy

Girl & the Goat

Published on February 23, 2015 by meteaandlucyLeave a comment

A few months ago we watched an episode of the Movable Feast on PBS about the restaurant Girl & the Goat. I forgot about it until I was looking for a place to eat in Chicago for a belated Valentine’s outing with Alec. I made reservations only a couple weeks in advance which is why the only time available was at 9pm on a Thursday night. After a long drive to Chicago, we weren’t terribly excited about heading out that night, but we went, and I am so glad we did.

The food was fantastic. The atmosphere was great. The service was phenomenal.

They serve small plates that are meant to be shared. We ordered 4 small plates and one bread. You are supposed to order everything at once, and your server will bring your dishes in the order that will most compliment each other.

seared diver scallops , "hotpot" broth, bamboo shoots, braised peanuts — seared diver scallops , “hotpot” broth, bamboo shoots, braised peanuts

crispy beef short ribs with avocado and grapefruit.

We also had some ham frites (Alec liked them, I thought they were okay) and wood grilled broccoli with blue cheese. I can safely say it was the best broccoli I have ever had.

If you look close, there is a table of Mennonites sitting behind Alec.

The meal was great. The price was reasonable for such good quality and creative dishes. If you find yourself in Chicago and want to go out for a nice meal, check it out. I highly recommend it.

I will have more on my trip to Chicago in future posts.

Alec and Jennie Go Out

Published on March 26, 2011 by meteaandlucyLeave a comment

Alec and I were out to lunch the other day, and we thought wouldn’t it be nice to keep track of where we eat and if we liked it? That led to the creation of the blog: Alec and Jennie Go Out. We both came up with the same name on our own, which is somewhat amusing.

Each post has a review from both of us, which is nice because we have rather different tastes in food.

Jennie at the same restaurant in Grasse, France

Since we have a baby and don’t go out like we used to, we will also feature some guest reviewers. Each review is based on a 1-100 scale broken down into 4 categories.

Tomorrow is our anniversary, and we are headed to the 112 Eatery. We will certainly have a review for that. So, check out our site if you want and maybe find some new places to eat in the cities.

Here is the link:

http://alecandjenniegoout.wordpress.com/

Thanks!

Mom Tea and Lucy

Published on March 8, 2011 by meteaandlucy1 Comment

Today my mom came up and we headed over to Highland Park to go to the Tea Source. It is my Aunt Karen’s birthday at the end of the week, and my mom wanted to pick up some tea for her. Karen lives in Eastern Wisconsin and there is not a wide variety of fine tea houses in the area, or any to be more exact. Of all the places that sell tea in the cities Tea Source is by far my favorite. As you can see on the sign in this picture they have over 250 varieties of loose leaf. Which for a teaophile (made up that word) like myself, that is pretty fantastic.

I was trying to be sneaky and snap a picture without anyone noticing, but I kept hitting the off button on my camera instead of taking a picture. I was not very successful. However, no one yelled at me for taking a picture inside the store, so all was well.

I have not been to the tea store for quite a while because I decided that I needed to use up what I have. I have not bought any for months, and I still have a ways to go. I broke down and got one knew bag of tea. A nice flavored black tea called Black Mountain Spice. After our outing, I brewed up a pot of it and had it with a little brown sugar and whole milk, yum. Note, I always use either brown sugar or honey in my tea if I am going to sweeten them. White sugar is too sweet in my opinion for tea.

After the tea store, we headed to lunch at Cafe Latte on Grand Avenue. Lucy seemed to love it in there. She was awake and staring at everyone and everything. She likes being out and about and being able to see new and different things. Which I love because she behaves when I take her places. She is all tuckered out from the morning though and asleep in her little bouncy chair at the moment.

So, no recipe this time. I made some corn muffins this morning, but they weren’t really good enough to share the recipe. I will no doubt bake something again soon.