So I’m in Chicago (actually Oakbrook) for a class this week.
My hotel is really close to Oakbrook Center. Oakbrook Center is a really tony shopping mall. It has a Neiman Marcus, a Nordstroms and a Lord and Taylor.
High end stuff.
It also has a bunch of good restaurants. I had dinner at Mon Ami Gabi (a french ‘bistro’) the first night. I had dinner at Papagus (a greek place) last night.
Both nights it was really busy, but I got in and seated pretty quickly.
Not so tonight. It’s Wednesday. Why is Wednesday so busy? I went to five different restaurants tonight and the lines were almost out the doors at all of them.
So I ended up having a pretty good rib eye steak at the hotel.
Why is the human body designed to love fat and salt so much? The steak was good and rare and had a nice rind of fat around it. Oh my gawd did that fat taste good… It’s been a while since I had anything like that.
If we are not supposed to eat animals, then why the hell do they taste so good?
I’m still drooling just thinking about it.
