A Look Inside: Taste of Chicago

Taste of Chicago is back! This means more delicious food, sunshine, and fun! This past week my friends and I decided to spend the afternoon eating lots of food and trying new things. We took the train downtown, which was strange because we saw tons of other people that we used to go to high school with. Yeah we're those whiney people who don't want to revisit people in high school. But after getting downtown and successfully completing the 40 minute walk to Grant Park, we finally arrived at the Taste.

While there were less vendors and space this year, the Taste did not fail to show us a good time. For a week day there were a fair amount of people there. It's always cool to see the different types of people that show up at these festivals around the city. Although, one of the best parts is picking out the tourists from the rest of everybody else.

We saw tons of food throughout the Taste. I ate fried ravioli and bulgogi, a Korean grilled beef dish. It was a nice mix of different foods. My friends had berry gelato, nutella crepes, and spiced grilled chicken. The food was all delicious, and the servings were pretty generous. If you have never been to the Taste before it works like this; you buy tickets, and these same tickets are used to get food. There are two sizes, a "normal" size and a taste size. The "normal" size is between a small entree and an appetizer size, while a taste size is a smaller appetizer size.

Crepes and Smiles

Besides all the food, we also had fun visiting the fun things around Grant Park. We stopped by and saw Buckingham Fountain and resisted the urge to jump into it, since it was so warm. We also saw a news broadcast for CBS Channel 5 and attempted to worm our way into the shot. Who knows though if we actually got into it.... My friend Rachel was even briefly reunited with her roommate!

My friends and me at Buckingham Fountain

Channel 5 New Report

After all of the walking, eating, and such, we limped back to the train station. We all acquired some sore feet, but our stomachs were full of delicious food. Although like typical Chicagoans, we had to end the day right... with some of Chicago's best food! Once we got home, we popped in a DVD and order deep dish pizza. The best food to end such a yummy day.

We love the Taste!