Cafe, Hyatt Regency, Kowloon

I landed in Hongkong late in the afternoon and arrived at the hotel as the sun went down. A reservation at Cafe, has been made for me and DH. DH was so eager for me to try the lobsters they had. As well as other tempting food. Yes, it's a buffet style dinner. So dangerous but so loved. I love and hate it at the same time. I always want to try so many of them and end up eating more than I need and I could and should. Tough life! 

Lobsters and friends were waiting to be picked up. Food and desserts were mostly good. Macarons deserved special mention here, they were yummy. I was so stuffed by the end of our dinner. Expect weight gain and jeans will be so much tighter to wear.  

Beijing Kitchen, Grand Hyatt Macau

This is from way back in March. I flew to Hong Kong to join DH and together we went to Macau for a nice weekend full of eating and walking. Yup, still no gambling. One evening, we went to Beijing Kitchen for our favorite Beijing Duck and one more dish, Egg plant, just for the two of us. We also had desserts and by the end of the night, we were so stuffed with good food. 

Ramen Bar, San Francisco

We were back in San Francisco after we finished our business in Michigan. We flew first class on Delta and disappointed with their service. A let down. 

One day in San Francisco, the two of us, DH and I, walked to the Financial District in San Francisco to a restaurant called Ramen Bar to have our first meal of the day, our plan was to have ramen. Simply because it had been a while and we longed for some delicious ramen. DH had Hokkaido ramen and I had Tokyo style. Aside from not so hot soup base, the ramen was quite alright. Our cravings were satisfied. 

Marnee Thai, Ann Arbor

It was our second time dining at Marnee Thai this trip. We tried to enjoy the food better this time. Aside from our all time favorite, Pad Thai, we also re-ordered their Lotus Duck (deep fried duck with tamarind coffee sauce). I guess, we re-ordered everything we had a couple of dinners ago, Green Curry Chicken and Three Flavor Catfish.

Totoro, Ann Arbor

Our next destination after Chicago was Ann Arbor, Michigan. We tried to leave as early as possible, but we waited for quite a bit for our car to arrive. We stopped somewhere in between for breakfast and continued to our destination. By the time we reached Ann Arbor, it was lunch time and DH had his mind set on this Japanese restaurant that we visited in our previous trips, Totoro. It was right in downtown Ann Arbor, where University of Michigan is. 

We were joined by Miss L and we only ordered two dishes. I can't exactly remember why, but it was more likely that we had dinner appointment later on and it was rather a late afternoon when we sat down in this restaurant after we checked in into our hotel.  We have had better Japanese dishes elsewhere, of course, but we were pretty much happy with what we had on the table. The salad was complimentary and not interesting, but we cleaned up the food we ordered rather well. 

Pictures From Magnificent Mile, Chicago

During our stays in Chicago, we had sunny bright days. It was cold though, too cold for us, especially considering it was the end of April and we ridiculously wanted a warmer weather.  The sky was blue, and it was so beautiful to take pictures there. 

Il Pesce, Chicago

It was our last afternoon in Chicago and we revisited Eataly. There are many restaurants there and we picked Il Pesce this time. We had not had salad for a while so we decided to get Three-Color Salad (Insalate Tricolore - Radicchio, Endive and Arugula salad with balsamic vinaigrette). 

We also had the above, Fritto Misto (fried seafood) and below, Salmone Sotto Sale (house-cured salmon with spring vegetables).

For dessert, we shared Tiramisu (again).