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2014-01-14
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Part of Chicago Rib House's Christmas Menu was a choice of three different main course to choose from. We had the Dry Rubbed Coffee Ribs, the Roasted Pork Belly Roulade, and the customary Roasted Whole Turkey Leg to choose from the Christmas menu. However for the media tasting that afternoon, we were only served with a sampler set, not the full portion, including all three main courses on one plate. Roasted Pork Belly Roulade, the name itself brought thoughts of a delicious slab of very fat por
Part of Chicago Rib House's Christmas Menu was a choice of three different main course to choose from. We had the Dry Rubbed Coffee Ribs, the Roasted Pork Belly Roulade, and the customary Roasted Whole Turkey Leg to choose from the Christmas menu. However for the media tasting that afternoon, we were only served with a sampler set, not the full portion, including all three main courses on one plate. Roasted Pork Belly Roulade, the name itself brought thoughts of a delicious slab of very fat pork belly, roasted to perfection. Here, it was exactly how I envisioned it would look like, roasted pork belly rolled with sage infused apples, olives and chestnuts, accompanied with tangy sweet apple compote and red wine reduction. One of my favourite dish for the afternoon, some may shy away from the fats, but with me, it's all good!
Always a big fan or ribs, here at Chicago Rib House, they do serve some of the nicer ribs available. It was my first time having their Dry Rubbed Coffee Ribs, being oven baked dry rub spiced baby ribs with chargrilled glazed Coffee Sauce. I would have preferred my ribs being softer without being too burnt. Anyway it was a good dish, with the coffee sauce really bringing out that unique taste.
For appetizers, to whet our appetite further for the main courses to come, we were served first with the Crab and Cod Crostini. Now this appetizer was a delicious mix of seafood with creamy avocado grilled with Parmesan cheese. All these placed atop a crispy olive oil toasted baguette. I was surprised by the generous serving of crab and cod seafood mix, as usually other places only gives a small portion, but here it was definately more than a mouthful of pleasure.
The Crab and Cod Crostini was followed by a hearty serving of the Pomegranate Salad as part of the appetizer menu. It was a colourful mix of fresh salad leaves, yellow zuchini with Pomegranate dressing with feta cheese and honey roasted pecan nut. I'm a big fan of pecans, hence I personally picked off every pecan nut from my dish, and probably a couple of other dishes of my fellow diners that afternoon. Post
