Food & Dining
Saz-Air-Ak at Origin Bar Singapore, A Sazerac Reimagined
An after-work cocktail at Origin Grill and Bar inside the Shangri-La Singapore turned into a Sazerac, reimagined, and Asia's 50…
Category: Food & Dining
Restaurants and food write ups from home and from the road, with two teenagers and a wife who notices service before I do. Sushi nights and date nights in Chicagoland, hotel restaurants on cruise stops, the surprise meal on a quiet street in Italy, and the rare fine dining splurge worth the price. Every review names what we actually ordered, what hit, what missed, and the total bill at the end. If you are trying to find a place to eat in a city we have been to, this is the section to scan.
Food & Dining
Italy
Ristorante Ad Hoc, Rome: The Truffle Tasting Menu Worth the Upcharge
Ristorante Ad Hoc on Via di Ripetta, Rome. $208 family of 4 for a 3-hour truffle tasting menu. The rigatoni…
Italy
Bistrot de Venise: The $332 Night We Ate Sixteenth-Century Venice
Bistrot de Venise, San Marco. $332 family of 4 tasting menu featuring historical Venetian recipes from Bartolomeo Scappi's 1500s cookbook.…
Chicagoland
Foxtail on the Lake Is the Special-Occasion Spot Our Kids Picked Themselves
Our twins turned 13 and picked The Foxtail on the Lake in Des Plaines themselves. Third visit, second with the…
Chicagoland
Ari Sushi in Des Plaines, the Strip Mall Spot That Quietly Got Really Good
Strip mall outside, real sushi bar inside. Ari Sushi in Des Plaines won Vika over on uni, and we kept…
Italy
Vini da Arturo, Venice: The Phil Rosenthal Place, Love It or Hate It
Vini da Arturo in Venice's San Marco. The Somebody Feed Phil pick. 10 tables, cash only, no seafood, pork chop…
Italy
Italy With a Family of Four, the Meals Worth the Money (and Three We Would Skip)
Italy with a family of four, 13 days, $54 per person per day on food. Three meals worth the money,…
Chicagoland
LAGO Lake Zurich, Our Second Visit and Why It Made Vika’s Mother’s Day
Our second visit to LAGO in Lake Zurich, this time for an early Mother's Day with the kids. The smoked…
Las Vegas
The Buffet at Wynn, Where Variety Beats Quality (and Why We’re Skipping It Next Time)
$260 got us a massive spread at The Buffet at Wynn but nothing we'd crave a second time. Here's why…
Las Vegas
Sushi Roku at the Forum Shops in Las Vegas: One of the Better Sushi Meals We’ve Had as a Family
Salmon truffle carpaccio, an Empress' Kiss, hand rolls for the kids, and a strip view at Sushi Roku in the…