aria.
we're ready for yet another stop on the chicago top chef restaurant tour ...
this time we went to aria : "a new world asian experience" by chef beverly kim, the chef de cuisine... we saw her wandering about the restaurant floor. so that was obviously exciting.
i have been looking forward to going to aria for a very long time ... mostly because chef kim's menu has a vegan item on it regularly. yay!
here's what i had.
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icicle radish, asian pear, tomato & carrot-ginger vinaigrette.
this salad was great. fresh and light. and i had never had (to my knowledge) icicle radish or asian pear, so that was fun + exciting. (yes, i know that sounds lame... but these are the kinds of things that are exciting for vegans!)
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tofu, snap peas, curry, coconut & peanut.
one word = yum. this was a delish vegan dish. there were noodles of some sort on the bottom to give the plate more bulk (obviously a like on my part).
this time we went to aria : "a new world asian experience" by chef beverly kim, the chef de cuisine... we saw her wandering about the restaurant floor. so that was obviously exciting.
i have been looking forward to going to aria for a very long time ... mostly because chef kim's menu has a vegan item on it regularly. yay!
here's what i had.
garden greens :
icicle radish, asian pear, tomato & carrot-ginger vinaigrette.
this salad was great. fresh and light. and i had never had (to my knowledge) icicle radish or asian pear, so that was fun + exciting. (yes, i know that sounds lame... but these are the kinds of things that are exciting for vegans!)
vegan singapore :
tofu, snap peas, curry, coconut & peanut.
one word = yum. this was a delish vegan dish. there were noodles of some sort on the bottom to give the plate more bulk (obviously a like on my part).
a few more specifics about this dish:
- a perfect size portion.
- in my opinion, not enough tofu... i actually can't remember there being any on the dish, to be honest.
- the best part... this dish doesn't have a real sauce or anything on it... instead, the flavors of the fresh ingredients are what give taste to this dish. a vegan dream.
so overall, aria is pretty great... and i would definitely head back in the future. hoping that chef kim keeps her vegan dishes on the menu!
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