Yum! Can you say that? Double Yum. When mom/dad went to Chicago back in May, Aunt Tina took them to a place called Pilot Pete’s. This restaurant was on a small airfield. You could eat in the restaurant and watch small plans come/go. It was totally neat.
Aunt Tina ordered some wings. You want them a little hot but you don’t want them swimming so bad in the sauce that you end up wearing the sauce. You know what I mean? So Aunt Tina got the sauce on the side with some blue cheese.
These wings were totally delicious and yummy. Go ahead. I won’t tell anyone if you lick the screen 🙂
Do you see that yummy shrimp? It’s called Bang Bang Shrimp. The shrimp are crispy and tossed with a creamy spicy sauce. AND they serve the shrimp with chopsticks. How cute is that? Mom/dad said they were awesome! Can you guess what restaurant it is with the fish in the lower left hand corner?
Aunt Tina took mom/dad to this place when they last visited in May. What an awesome place it was… or maybe it was the awesome food… or MAYBE it was just the AWESOME COMPANY they had at dinner.
Mom/Dad left us again a couple of weeks ago. They went back to see my Aunt Tina in Schaumburg, Illinois. Of course you know this means more food porn from them, right? And of course that means us anipals didn’t get any doggy bags per say. But then again, we were at Nana’s and well I can’t tell you what happened there… cause you know what happens at Nana’s stays at Nana’s. So with that, I will let mom explain this awesome picture to you. Take it away mom –
A restaurant that we found the last time we visited my sister was called Richard Walker’s Pancake House. Now the hub unit has talked about this place every since the first time we ate there. And I’ll tell you truthfully – the hub unit even dreamt about this place. Yep, he liked it that much.
So of course it was on the ‘must go’ places on our list. But this time, I fell in love with something on the menu. Let me introduce you to my new love – bacon pancakes.
I’m sorry my sweet Bacon. These pancakes are the bomb! I think we ate them like three times while we were in Illinois a couple of weeks ago. I couldn’t help it! They kept calling my name. The bacon was crispy – not mushy – and they were in the pancakes. Of course I used sugar free syrup – LOL. Don’t they look gorgeous?!
So since mom/dad deserted went to Chicago, Illinois last week, us anipals got to go to Nana’s for a somewhat vacation of our own. This is me telling Nana’s dog Dingo all about the treatment we got. Dingo completely understood. But I’m a creative genius cause you know I made the best out of the situation. I would like to tell you how but sometimes thinks that happen at Nana’s must be kept at Nana’s. It’s the Nana Code. You can spill how much more spoiled Nana makes you. Seriously. I’m sure you understand. But mom/dad have come home now – thank goodness. And it looks like mom/dad had a great time. So for now, I leave you with Jokes with Daddy. Enjoy my friends!
Really mom? It’s not enough that you and daddy left all of us anipals and went to Chicago, Illinois. But now I find this video on your phone that shows me ya’ll were having fun without me? Really, how could you? Then again, I’m not a trained dog like Sherlock Bones. I don’t ‘catch’. That’s only for amateurs – snorts with piggy laughter.
Hello friends of the Hotel Thompson. This is Sherlock Bones reporting in from Chicago, Illinois. Do you remember who I am? I am Bacon, Houdini’s and Hemi’s cousin (my mom is Bacon’s mom’s sister). WOW – that’s a lot to follow isn’t it? Well guess what? The gang’s mom/dad are not at the Hotel Thompson. The gang of anipals are at Nana’s for a couple of days. Why do you ask?
Because I have kidnapped them and they are magically here with me… and my two purr things – Poseidon and Marmalade. Trust me, we are all taking good care of the pawrents. We won’t let them get into too much trouble… but considering Bacon’s dad I think that asks for way too much, right? And we all know where Bacon’s dad will be. At any spectacular restaurant he can find – howls with laughter! So stay tuned next week. I’m sure there will be lots of details to spill.
you think I was done highlighting some of the wonderful food mom/dad tried when they were visiting Illinois last November? Of course not – snorts with piggy laughter. How could
any visit be complete to the Chicago area without trying some of their famous Chicago deep dish pizza? And of course, there was only one place they had to go for that –
Lou Malnati’s Pizzeria
First up, Aunt Tina said they had the best calamari. So everyone ordered the Calamari Fritti which was lightly breaded and fried to perfection. They serve this delectable appetizer with a side of cocktail sauce. Of course, Aunt Tina made sure to spritz lemon all over these yum-yum’s before everyone dug into them.
And then everyone dug into some salad. See even Aunt Tina made daddy eat some vegetables – mom was so proud. Of course mom told daddy he had to eat the salad because the pizza takes time to cook. That’s right. Deep dish pizza takes longer to cook than the regular pizzas you might order from your fast food place.
Then after a while, mom/dad/Aunt Tina said they heard angels singing and their individual pizzas were delivered. Instead of getting one huge pizza, they all got individual ones with side salads. These pizzas had sausage and black olives – and lots of sauce.
What did mom/dad think about this Chicago style deep dish pizza? Dad is a huge pizza person. He said that he ‘thinks’ he liked it but he would have to try one again to be sure. That sounds like dad, huh? But in the end, he said he would give it about an eight.
Mom said it was okay. Mom is not a fan of a lot of sauce on her pizzas and of course this one is fully loaded with sauce. And the crust is thick and a there is a lot of it surrounding the pizza. Mom said the crust was kind of hard too. There was lots of flavor but this pizza left mom on the it was okay side. So for these reasons, mom gave it about a four.
But overall, everyone had a fantastic time at a famous landmark. Would they go back again – of course they would! There is more to the menu than just pizza. And if you know anything about my mom/dad, they are professional eaters – snorts with piggy laughter.
Oh friends – I have a good one for you today. But for some reason, mom says I can’t be part of it. She wants to talk about it. So without further ado – take it away mom ❤
Thanks Bacon. Friends, for obvious reasons in the pictures below you can tell why I didn’t want Bacon here today. No oinker should be around alcoholic beverages – LOL. No really there is b.a.c.o.n. involved in this posting and I didn’t want the little guy to get his feelings hurt. Carrying on with our Chicago, Illinois trip several months ago, I wanted to share a breakfast place that we went to for some fabulous food. There is a restaurant close to my sister called Richard Walker’s Pancake House. If you are near one, RUN to it. They have the most fab food ever.
Of course every good breakfast needs to start with a solid drink. Today was no exception. We are on vacation and vacation knows no time. My sister started with a Blood Mary with a slice of bacon. THUD! To say this restaurant has fabulous bacon is an understatement! Mix that bacon with vodka and you have a party starting up right there and then. I started with a Mimosa… gotta keep that orange juice flowing, right? And of course the hub was the designated driver – snorts – so he had a Coke Zero straight up.
The muffin you see in the picture – that is a carrot cake muffin. Gobble nom nom. It was delicious! We cut it all up and shared it together. All it was missing was some cream cheese icing on top of it.
What we ate for entrees:
My sister went for the pancake looking picture. That’s actually potato pancakes that was made from Idaho potatoes with a tad of fresh onion and served with applesauce and sour cream. Now, before you go eeww, you have to try it before you knock it. I was like yeah okay until I was personally hand fed a bite with sour cream. Now I can’t get them out of my mind and want some…daily! So yes upon our return trip to Chicago, this place is on the list for some potato pancakes.
I went boring style with scrambled eggs with cheese and bacon. Okay the bacon wasn’t boring. It was the most delicious bacon I’ve ever tasted here in the states and that’s saying a lot.
The hub unit went for the Classic Eggs Benedict. Underneath that sinful hollandaise sauce was canadian bacon and poached eggs. He made more grunting noises eating that meal than certain people make on certain television shows. That’s all we are going to say about that – HAHAHAH
So I gotta ask – what was your favorite meal/picture?
No trip to Chicago, Illinois is complete without a visit to Portillo’s. All I can say is bring an appetite! You will want to try one of everything… and I think we did. We were visiting for three days and visited Portillo’s twice. Does that tell you anything about their awesome food? This place is so busy that the line can be seen during the day out the door! And to hear people order is a treat in itself. Some people know the lingo of how to order while me the virgin of ordering just explained what I wanted – LOL. On the first visit, we *had* to try an Italian Beef – loaded! The Italian beef comes in two sizes – regular and big. We went regular this day and still had enough to share. It’s made with their famous thin sliced roast beef topped with sweet peppers. And here’s a hint for you – there’s three ways to order it. Standard with a splash of ‘gravy’; Dipped which means the whole sandwich is dipped into the ‘gravy’; or Dry with very little ‘gravy’. “Gravy” is referred to the natural juices from the slow roasted beef. This day, we went dry. We didn’t want to wear the gravy all day if you know what I mean – ha! And it was delicious! The meat was tender, the sandwich was juicy and it felt like we belonged there eating this Italian Beef all of our lives.
The next day – yep the NEXT day – we had to come back and try some more delicacies again. Since the beef was so delicious the day before, we thought we would try it again in a different form. This time we split a Beef-n-Cheddar Croissant. The same thin layers of Italian beef with cheddar cheese all over it on a nice toasted croissant. Closing my eyes just thinking of this yummy sammy – it was that good!
Which one was better? It’s hard to say. Both of these were so delicious…. maybe I need to try both again before I can make a decision 🙂
Last November, mom/dad traveled to Chicago, Illinois. Or should I say, mom planned a trip and told dad absolutely nothing about it until the car came and picked them up at the Hotel Thompson the morning of departure. Mom had already packed everything for their adventure. Why Chicago? Well first up, my Aunt Tina lives there with my cousin Sherlock Bones. Second up, daddy has *always* wanted to go to Ditka’s Chicago. Are you asking yourself what is that? Well Mike Ditka is a former football player, was an awesome coach and a television commentator. He coached the Chicago Bears back in the day which was one of dad’s favorite teams.
In the next couple of weeks, we will be highlighting some of the food that everyone enjoyed during their trip to Ditka’s Chicago.
Have you enjoyed these past couple of weeks my friends sharing in mom/dad’s adventure at Ditka’s Chicago?
Today we leave with the best picture of them all – dessert.
On the dessert menu, it was so hard to decide on something to share.
And we had to share – we had so much food! We settled on peanut butter pie – licks lips. It had whipped cream, peanut butter mousse, chocolate and caramel sauces.
By splitting this wonderful masterpiece, mom/dad said they all had split the calories too. And they said it was wonderfully sinful!
And trust me, everyone had so much food! Look at all of the leftover boxes that they went home with to eat later ❤
Miniature pot bellied pig and friends - Bacon, Houdini, Hemi and all of the Rock Clan with Journalist Rocky the Squirrel all out looking for adventures from the Hotel Thompson.
Yum! Can you say that? Double Yum. When mom/dad went to Chicago back in May, Aunt Tina took them to a place called Pilot Pete’s. This restaurant was on a small airfield. You could eat in the restaurant and watch small plans come/go. It was totally neat.
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