Duck & Waffle, London

We went there for the food, the view and all the hypes that we have been reading about. Our reservation happened to be on the day when it was wet and the visibility was poor. The amazing view from the restaurant that people write and talk about was not happening. At some point, the visibility was very poor that we barely able to see the buildings in the vicinity.

The food was a mixed for us, some were good, the others were not for us. 

We are happy to have this checked off our bucket list. 

Duck & Waffle

Yellowfin tuna, 

Rosemary & Garlic Bread

Pork & Apple Corn Dog

Vegetable Salad

Ravioli

Baffo Dinner, Again

Chicago.

We went back to Baffo again for dinner and tried different dishes there. Our amuse bouche were mini Arancini and they were delicious. My main was a big piece of Porchetta that I liked a lot and shared with a couple of people that I had dinner with.

We had other dishes with no pictures and a couple of desserts that we shared, below.

La Pizza & La Pasta/Eataly - Chicago

Earlier in the day, by earlier, it was nearly noon, we had dim sum for brunch. A couple of hours later, we found ourselves, sitting down in one of the restaurants in Eataly, Chicago, to have some of their dishes. Here I was, trying not too have something to heavy and pick Caprese to share among the four of us. We had two more dishes to share, kind of, ravioli (stuffed with gorgonzola dolce and walnuts, served with pear butter and spiced walnuts) and pizza (Norcina, half of which without Italian sausage). They were so yummy. No regrets.

Sopra Dinner, Jakarta

Sopra is an Italian restaurant at Pacific Place, Jakarta. This restaurant would not be a place to pick for a meal for me, but as I was just one of the few people in the group. Simply joined them. There were seven of us and we had a few different dishes here. Here they are:

Dinner At Eataly, Chicago

We flew to Chicago from San Francisco at the end of last month. It had been a few years since we visited this beautiful city. Our hotel is along the Magnificent Mile and not far from Great Lake. I.e. Windy and cold. But beautiful. Jackets, boots and everything we had to keep us warm were all out. 

Our first dinner there was at Eataly. We had to wait a little bit before we got our table. It was Sunday, at dinner time. Understandably, the place was rather packed.

I had Ravioli for my Entree. It was good, but it's not quite my favorite, simply because I am not really a pasta person that accompanied a pasta lover eating in a pasta place. 

We had a white pizza to share and I picked Norcina.

DH had Squid Ink Pasta with Seafood that looked good and tasted delicious, according to him. Definitely the three dishes were too much for us even though we were very hungry when we began to sit there. As usual, we overestimated our stomach capacity.

Prego Lunch

We revisited Prego a while back, thinking that we had quite a good experience with their food. This time we found the food just alright, they did not really make us feel like going back again. The four of us had these dishes. 

La Nonna, Unhappy Place

 (Rock Melon with Prosciutto)

La Nonna in Namly is one of the places that we go back to from time to time. I have practically no complain about their food but their service has been fluctuating. The last time we were there, which is quite recent, the only staff out there is likely to be the manager of the restaurant. He looked like an unhappy man, there's no waiters in sight. He took orders, her served drink and the food, he presented the bill and he was the cashier. The place was not packed but there was no good service, no smile and it was a challenge to get his attention. (Sigh..... we still had to pay the same amount of money for the food and service charge plus the GST!) We left and felt satisfied with the food but disappointed with such a poor service. We understand the situation, but you can't be unhappy with providing service for the paying customers.

 (Pasta with Crab Sauce)

(Ravioli with Truffle Sauce)

(Calzone with Mushroom, cheese & ham)