Destination, destination, destination. The northern hemisphere is moving into a new season. Chicago is displaying its transformation through the leaves on the trees changing to magnificent colours. The sun still warms your back but the breeze off Lake Michigan is slightly cooler. All a beautiful combination.
Chicago is a beautiful comforting and easy city. It is home to some magnificent art and sculptures, such as Cloud Gate, the "bean", by Anish Kapoor found in Millenium Park and looks like a drop of liquid mercury. Also in Millenium Park is Crown Fountain, 2 glass brick water fountain towers. Both have moving images displayed through the towers. The water becomes a cooling pond for people in hot weather.
When it comes to food there is a strong philosophy regarding neurogastronomy. This is the idea of food not only providing nutrients to enhance brain function, but also presentation of food can alter our mood. Without realising it, a Japanese restaurant falls into this category; an understated slightly out-of-town place. The menu is left field of traditional, but the combinations and presentation are simply stunning. Yuzu sushi and robata grill started the evening with water in old glass jars, filed with lemon and cucumber. With 16 different sushi roll combinations, all come presented uniquely. Take for example one with soft shell crab, avocado, crab, cucumber, spicy mayonnaise and rolled in toasted coconut.
So my apologies for not having a recipe or food update. The notion behind neurogastronomy is intriguing. So much research and anecdotal evidence demonstrates that what we eat can have many effects on how we feel and our health. So in other words....you really are what you eat!!
I also want to pay my respects to the person who has made it possible for me and thousands of others to blog let alone have easy communication with our loved ones. Steve Jobs.
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