Charlie Trotter is one of those restaurants that one has to try once in a lifetime. It is a little bit further away from the centre in a residential area called Lake View.
We had a long dinner with many small dishes:
- oyster with celery root & tomato ice
- poached cockles with brioche dust, serrano ham and roasted peppers
- scallop with braised kombu, sea beans & creamed lemon
- roasted duck with bitter melon confit & infused duck consomme
- lamb with curry spices
- sour cream sorbet with beets
- buttermilk with white pepper, milk ice cream & nutmeg
- venezuelan chocolate with spicy chorizo
An outstanding experience. The oysters, scallop and the venezuelan chocolate are certainly worth mentioning. The combination of chocolate with meat was delicious and inventive. Each dish had original combinations of flavours and complimented each other well.
For even more exotic combinations and for people who want to be more adventurous - Alinea is more daring and present the food in a very creative manner.
The wine list was outstanding.
Highly-trained staff, but not charming. Formal atmosphere.
Expensive but well worth it for a special occasion and living in Chicago one should have tried it once!
816 W Armitage Ave
Chicago, IL 60614-4308
(773) 248-6228
Chicago, IL 60614-4308
(773) 248-6228
