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Ja Grill

Posted in Restaurants with tags , , , on July 22, 2008 by thaitalian

Ja Grill (Chicago, IL)-http://www.jagrill.com/ 
After a few days downtown Chicago I’ve decide to head near Sheffield/Lincoln Park area for some food. I came across this Jamaican place. It’s a small little place and if I’m corrent they have a lounge downstairs. After reviewing the menu, my officemate decided on Jerked Catfish as a starter and I went for Curry Goat as my meal ( this came with rice/beans, cabbage/carrots, plantains and some bread) and a couple of Red Stripes (Jamacian beer).
The jerked catfish was nothing special. It was two pieces of fish…I couldn’t really tell the spices on there and it came with some dipping sauce (which was good). The dipping sauce should of been the marinate for the catfish. When the entree came everything was on one plate….I don’t usually mind my food touching each other but I wasn’t keen on having my curry mixed with cabbage, rice and plantains…if you know what I mean. Anyways, the curry was good and the goat meat (I hope it was goat meat) was tender. They also dropped some sliced pepper to make it extra spicy and man those peppers were SO HOT….Overall it was a good meal.

I give it a 2 1/2 out of 5 cherries

 
 
 
 

 

Swissotel-Chicago, IL

Posted in Me with tags , , on July 17, 2008 by thaitalian

Swissotel (Chicago, IL)-http://www.swissotel.com/EN/Destinations/USA/Swissotel%20Chicago/Hotel%20Home/Hotel%20Home.htm

After a few hours at the office I finally made it to the hotel.  The hotel is near the Navy Pier and very close to Michigan Ave.  I had the corner room (Primere Room) which was a decent size. It’s sort of L shaped with windows all around. The bathroom and entrance was at one end and the bed/desk/chair/TV was at the other. King size bed (which was really big considering it was just a little’ole me (everything was so soft and they use down comforter and pillow not just some crappy comforter and pillow), 30″ something LCD or Plasma tv (really cool to hook your laptop to and watch movies), iHome radio (you can hook your iPod to), mini fridge etc….everything will cost you.  The bottle of FIJI water was$6. If you move anything in the fridge it will cost you….I was afraid to lay on the bed just in case it cost extra…..haha. I think they also charge you for using the toilet paper as well….just kidding….There’s also a separate shower and tub. I would recommend this type of room since I think it’s roomier. It’s what you can expect from a Luxury hotel.  If you like to know more detail of the room then just leave me a comment and I can tell you.

BTW-Don’t open the mini fridge…they will charge your room.

Here’s some pictures. Sorry it’s kindda crappy…I took it with a camera phone.