What are you eating?

[shinta|hikari]

Yeah, I just got back yesterday. We drove there from Minnesota, missing toll gates along the way.

I wanted to try those three dishes Chicago is known for (excluding Pineapple fried rice which was a pleasant surprise), and I managed to do it even with my companions not willing to take the effort to visit such places.

They wanted to eat at McDonalds the entire trip, for crying out loud.

[fahoumh]

I wanted to try those three dishes Chicago is known for (excluding Pineapple fried rice which was a pleasant surprise), and I managed to do it even with my companions not willing to take the effort to visit such places.

I was there with my family back in October and we went to Giordano's. It was pretty good but not as good as the hype would have you believe. I can't remember where I had a Chicago hot dog...but it was pretty damned good. And you can't go Chicago without having a deep-dish pizza or a Chicago hot dog; it's a gastronomical crime.

[rockmanj]

I was there with my family back in October and we went to Giordano's. It was pretty good but not as good as the hype would have you believe. I can't remember where I had a Chicago hot dog...but it was pretty damned good. And you can't go Chicago without having a deep-dish pizza or a Chicago hot dog; it's a gastronomical crime.

Being from here (and living here again), I suppose that never was a big deal to me, as I ate the stuff all the time. Although since I stopped eating meat, I can't really enjoy a Chicago dog anymore :\.

[shinta|hikari]

since I stopped eating meat, I can't really enjoy anymore :\.

Fixed it for you.

Kidding aside, why did you stop?

[rockmanj]

Fixed it for you.

Kidding aside, why did you stop?

I hear that a lot hahah, but when I came back to the US I got sick from eating a lot of meat. I also started learning more about the US factory farming and those sorts of things. I watched and read a lot and decided that eating meat was not for me anymore.

[fahoumh]

Being from here (and living here again), I suppose that never was a big deal to me, as I ate the stuff all the time. Although since I stopped eating meat, I can't really enjoy a Chicago dog anymore :\.

Funny how something world-famous can be so mundane if it's readily available. It was an 8 hour drive to my uncle's house in Naperville, then like a ~40 minute drive into downtown Chicago. Plus, it was the first time I'd been there.