All about food....

That's right, ladies and gentlemen, this motivational workout journal blog is going to talk all about food today. Not healthy food, but food that makes you want to workout because it was so worth it! So, here we go....

This weekend was a rediculously relaxing and absolutely lovely weekend in the fabulous city of Chicago. It happened to be restaurant week, but that did not have any bearing on where meals were had.

We started off Friday at a sushi/Japanese restaurant, Sunda. This was my first time at the restaurant, and I was absolutely blown away. They had a lot of noodle bowls and other Japanese style food, but we really went for the sushi. We were not disappointed. We had a rainbow roll, a sumo roll, and a "no you didn't" handroll. This with some amazing shiitake and edamame dumplings. It was an amazing dinner. The rainbow roll had tuna, white tuna, and salmon along with avocado and other various vegetables. The roll was large and the fish was cut quite thick. The sumo roll was a little spicier with salmon, chipotle mayo, and jalapeños. The handroll looked a like like a waffle cone. It was a more traditional Japanese style sushi which was interesting. The executive chef was also walking around and since it as our first time there offered us a shot of sake with him as a welcome. It was quite good! After the Kung Fu Reisling it was a little interesting, but so worth it.


The next day we had reservations at RPM. There are no words to describe how good this was. As many of you know, this is the restaurant that Giuliana and Bill Rancic own. A lot of people may feel that it is only popular because of them, and that may get people in the door, but the amazing creations of their amazing chef will get you to say. They have a house made Ricotta which cannot be beat. If you go, get it. You will not be disappointed. We did go with the Restaurant Week menu for that. It was very much worth it.
The appetizers were prime meatballs and a tuna. The tuna were out of this world! Very ahi tuna like and was amazing.
The only addition we had was the Smoked Cavatelli. Great addition. It has a veal ragu and tomatoes with a fantastic smoked ricotta over it.
Our main dishes were the pork and then the risotto with mussels and shrimp. We finished off with Bill's dessert which is an amazing chocolate and salted Carmel. The other was a blood orange dessert with pistachio and white chocolate gelato. Out of this world.
Below are picture, and even the take out bag makes a fabulous piece of art!!

This weekend was an amazing time to relax and rejuvenate. I know that I've been doing a blog on fitness, but this weekend made me remember that although I want to get a little more fit, good food is also important to your psyche. The workout starts up again tomorrow, and we will hit the ground running....literally!!

Until next time...
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