My kids live like rock stars. They really, really do, and I hope they're not going to turn out to be spoiled rotten as a result. We took them downtown over the holiday weekend and stayed at an incredible hotel. They swam in the hotel pool, had a steakhouse dinner and watched holiday fireworks from the floor-to-ceiling windows in our hotel living room. While watching, H turned to me and said, "Do you know what would be really cool? Watching the fireworks from a boat." Actually, H, do you know what's really cool? Being able to watch them at all! Argh!
We had dinner at the Chicago Chop House. As of today, I'm going to start writing quasi-restaurant reviews in the hopes of parlaying my meager descriptions into one of my dream jobs: restaurant critic. Ha! The 4 of us shared a 48 oz. Porterhouse and some appetizers and sides. The steak was good, but nothing else was particularly notable, and in fact, the service was downright terrible. Terrible by any standards, and atrocious by steakhouse standards. I had a flavorless Caesar salad, T had the smallest shrimp cocktail I've ever seen, and H had not particularly good oysters (the only kid I know who's eaten and loved raw oysters since she was 2). To be fair, they give you a lot of food--the steak came with 2 salads and 2 potatoes, but if it's not good, what's the point? We skipped dessert because the service was s-l-o-w and we didn't want to miss the fireworks. I don't feel the need to go back.
Lunch at Luxbar was much more of a highlight, especially the truffle fries (which are a bit of a cliche these days, but still damned good when done right). The Kobe beef sliders were also awesome.
I love the flavor of kimchi: spicy and sour. In essence, it's pretty much Korean sauerkraut, which makes it a perfect accompaniment for hot dogs.
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