Tom, you are a font of knowledge. It definitely had an east-meets-west kind of flair; I wonder...

Ralph Wiggum wrote:^posting something like that is just plain cruel.

I totally agree. Pure torture to see.

some jamon iberico bellota for breakfast and



some utah beach, belons, fins de clair and urchins in Paris

I guess that makes two perfect things.

Thanks to Erik M for help with the pictures.

My nomination would have to be that cake we had at the holiday party at Ed's Potsticker House. It was as yummy looking and perfect as it was yummy to eat!!

Ham, Cheese, and Egg Sandwich at Patty's Diner

The ham hash had me in a stranglehold for weeks, but I was finally able to shake loose this morning.

E.M.

rosie wrote:My nomination would have to be that cake we had at the holiday party at Ed's Potsticker House. It was as yummy looking and perfect as it was yummy to eat!!

Agreed.

1.full pound of bluefin otoro sliced after hours at a friend's sushi restaurant...so deliciously fatty it looked like pork

2.deep-fried tripe with sweet and spicy sauce and deep fried frog legs at triple crown in chinatown

3.my boyfriend's kimchi fried rice with spam...the spam and kimchi are both slightly carmelized

Apple pancake from Walker Brothers:

I know it's outside Chicagoland, and I wish had taken a photo, but the

cider braised pork belly with chili and garlic rapini, currants, fuji apples and celery salad from Boka in Seattle.

I have never had a dish bring tears of joy to my eyes before this.