What is your ultimate meal?

[MassNole]

Re: What is your ultimate meal?

Appetizer: Scallops wrapped in bacon
Appetizer #2: New England Clam Chowder (Manhattan Clam Chowder = Puke mixed with diarrhea)
Bake Stuffed Lobster with Shrimp Stuffing.
Side Dish: House Salad with Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Onions, Red Peppers, and Croutons with Marie's Chunky Blue Cheese Dressing
Side Dish: Baked Potato with Sour Cream and Bacon
Dessert: Strawberry Shortcake with homemade biscuits and a small class of milk.

Beverage: Dr. Pepper

[stewaat]

Re: What is your ultimate meal?

Give me a gallon of water and a white cake with white traditional frosting. Let me eat until I feel sick and that is my ultimate meal.

[SPTO]

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Guyanese style Chow Mein or baked Macaroni

It's hard to just choose one.

[davin]

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Living in downtown Chicago there are way too many options but, the ultimately meal would be:

A mojito to start

A little bread and Olive Oil

A minimum 20oz Bone In Rib Eye with Sauteed Mushrooms
Grilled Asparagus
Garlic Mashed Potatoes
A glass of good Tuscan Red

Fresh in season berries in light cream

2-12yo Glenlivet on the Rocks.

Espresso

Just curious, I will be coming to Chicago in September. My gf is running the half-marathon and I have family barely across the border in Indiana. Anyways, we will be spending an entire Saturday in downtown, going to the Field Museum (one of my favorite places), then checking out Michigan Avenue (I think that is the shopping area anyways, only been there once) later, but in time to be home for the OSU game (the weekend of the USC game). Any good places to eat around there. Keep in mind I am on a bit of a budget, but I could end up spending 60 or 70 for the two of us, maybe a little more, but it would be nice to avoid that. Also keep in mind we cannot drink.

[ESPNdeportes]

Re: What is your ultimate meal?

-Any type of marinaded chicken.
-Salad
-Baked Potato

Most of the time I'll skip the salad and/or potato and get some more chicken. Chicken is so delicious.

dude thats boring

For me, its my grandmothers fried chicken, cheese grits, and then chocolate cake for dessert. mmmmm

[ezekiel55]

Re: What is your ultimate meal?

Just curious, I will be coming to Chicago in September. My gf is running the half-marathon and I have family barely across the border in Indiana. Anyways, we will be spending an entire Saturday in downtown, going to the Field Museum (one of my favorite places), then checking out Michigan Avenue (I think that is the shopping area anyways, only been there once) later, but in time to be home for the OSU game (the weekend of the USC game). Any good places to eat around there. Keep in mind I am on a bit of a budget, but I could end up spending 60 or 70 for the two of us, maybe a little more, but it would be nice to avoid that. Also keep in mind we cannot drink.

Tons of great places to eat, and I'll be running that half marathon as well!

Frontera Grill is great, kind of upscale mexican and latin cuisine which is located downtown.

Marche is also great, its more of a modern french brasserie. I always have a great meal when I go there. Its a little west of the loop in the meatpacking district.

If you come closer to the Northside you can go to Smoque...the best BBQ in all of Chicago. Man, I have dreams about their smoked brisket.

I could name tons more, but if you want to do a little more in depth research go to www.metromix.com

[Pared]

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Chicken and Mushroom Penne in a creamy Marsala sauce.

MmMmmmmm.

[joshuar9476]

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LOL...my former boss introduced me to Gold Star Chili about 3 years ago. He used to live in Cincinnati and grew to love the stuff. He has it shipped to Birmingham from their website now. Good stuff!

just imagine how good it is fresh ......

[Coach Bryant]

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Ribeye: medium
French fries
roll
Sweet tea

[youvalss]

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I think no matter how good this meal may seem, u can't eat it every day. After a week u won't be able to look at it anymore.
Any way, if it WAS possible, I would have gone to that blue collar restaurant located at a central bus station 4 miles from where I live. I used to go to this restaurand every Friday during the early 1990's. My grandparents used to come and take me there every Friday at about 1pm. It was a cheap place, where most of the customers were bus drivers (and ex-drivers or employees) and other low-mid class people. I used to LOVE their chicken soup, schnitzel with rice and puree (with roast sauce). I never eat puree but I just LOVED theirs. I wonder if this place still exists...But it won't be the same going there without my grandparents

[davin]

Re: What is your ultimate meal?

Tons of great places to eat, and I'll be running that half marathon as well!

Frontera Grill is great, kind of upscale mexican and latin cuisine which is located downtown.

Marche is also great, its more of a modern french brasserie. I always have a great meal when I go there. Its a little west of the loop in the meatpacking district.

If you come closer to the Northside you can go to Smoque...the best BBQ in all of Chicago. Man, I have dreams about their smoked brisket.

I could name tons more, but if you want to do a little more in depth research go to www.metromix.com

Thanks for the advice! While I would love checking out the BBQ, my girlfriend isn't as much into bbq stuff. I almost went crazy when she told me the smell of ribs smells horrible to her.

[fistofrage]

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Beverage: Dr. Pepper

Why would you wash down a perfectly good meal with cough syrup?

[3rdAnswer]

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Grilled Catfish
Mashed Potatoes
Green Peas
My mother's Punch made with her special recipe

[Beantown]

Re: What is your ultimate meal?

Appetizer: Scallops wrapped in bacon
Appetizer #2: New England Clam Chowder (Manhattan Clam Chowder = Puke mixed with diarrhea)
Bake Stuffed Lobster with Shrimp Stuffing.
Side Dish: House Salad with Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Onions, Red Peppers, and Croutons with Marie's Chunky Blue Cheese Dressing
Side Dish: Baked Potato with Sour Cream and Bacon
Dessert: Strawberry Shortcake with homemade biscuits and a small class of milk.

Beverage: Dr. Pepper

That's a very...New Englander-esque meal.

Which, I have to say...I would love to have right now.

If I could have anything, in succession it would probably be:

Appetizer: Scallops wrapped in bacon
Salad: House salad, with tomatoes, carrots, croutons, red peppers and ranch dressing.
Main dish: Lobster tail topped 9oz Filet, cooked in between medium and medium rare (depending on if it is my dad cooking or a restaurant)
Side: Garlic mashed potatoes
Side two: A piece of BBQ chicken bacon ranch pizza from Antonio's
Desert: A piece of my mom's "Dirt Cake" - aka one layer of mixed Oreo crumbles and hot fudge, topped with a layer of ice cream, topped with another layer of crumbles and a little more hot fudge
To drink: Probably just water.

[therizing02]

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Just curious, I will be coming to Chicago in September. My gf is running the half-marathon and I have family barely across the border in Indiana. Anyways, we will be spending an entire Saturday in downtown, going to the Field Museum (one of my favorite places), then checking out Michigan Avenue (I think that is the shopping area anyways, only been there once) later, but in time to be home for the OSU game (the weekend of the USC game). Any good places to eat around there. Keep in mind I am on a bit of a budget, but I could end up spending 60 or 70 for the two of us, maybe a little more, but it would be nice to avoid that. Also keep in mind we cannot drink.

What I would do is go to www.metromix.com. There are literally hundreds of places to choose from, so it's tough to give a recommendation without knowing the type of food your looking for.

A $60-70 budget is certainly within range on Michigan Ave. but, if you're looking for a great Chicago steakhouse you're probably looking at something like $100-120 without alcohol.

Something to keep in mind is that most of the restaurants in Chicago and the rest of the Midwest for that matter (no wonder most people in the Midwest are overweight) serve huge portions. A lot of the time when the gf and I go out we order an appetizer or two, an entree to split, and a couple of drinks and we can keep the tab below $100. It's kind of nice because you can sample a few things on the menu too.

Another recommendation would be that once you decide where you'd like to go, make a reservation on Monday or Tuesday of the same week. You won't get a seat anywhere off of Michigan Ave. between 6:30 and 10 on a Friday or Saturday without one.