Mango Pickle
2024-Feb-02, Friday 15:59![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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aaronhparker and I went to Michelin-starred restaurant Mango Pickle to as part of Chicago Restaurant Week, and because after Sunday it will be closed forever.\
The menu was:aaronhparker got the nihari rasam and the pork vindaloo, and we got the optional cheese plate, as well as one drink each. The drink menu isn't online, but mine had Calvados, apple cider, and cinnamon in it, as well as a seared apple for a garnish. The waiter--a Frenchman who when aaronhparker and I were talking about the anime Solo Leveling was like, "Solo Leveling has an anime now?"--said that it was a very French drink with all the apples in it.
The appetizer wasn't super memorable, but the soup was delicious, albeit spicy. It was exactly the combination I love and![[instagram.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/profile_icons/instagram.png)
sashagee does not--vinegar and spicy. Extremely spicy, actually, much more so than the main dish, which was like a polenta with a very rich, dark sauce--despite being called a "vindaloo" on the menu it was not spicy at all. The real winner was the cheese, though. I don't know anything about Indian cheeses, but the cheeses here were on top of puff pastries and came with a spicy sauce and a chutney. We only got one plate at the waiter's recommendation, but honestly I would have been satisfied with my own plate (other than that it would have meant I would have left the restaurant overstuffed) and could easily have eaten the entire thing. Especially that spicy sauce. We finished with that creamy desert and then walked out into the cold after two hours of meals.
It was a great way to send off a great restaurant, especially since the last time I went there was the last date I went on withschoolpsychnerd. And it was great to see how it changed from a relatively standard restaurant that offered a little dish of pickled mangos with every meal back when I used to go to the Michelin starred prix fixe meal place it is now. Or will have been now, come Sunday.
It'd tell you to go, but if you're reading this it's too late.
The menu was:
AmuseI got the vegetable dishes,
Ragi roti, smoked aubergine "baingan bharta", chutneys
Appetiser
Nihari rasam as spiced, warm and rich beef broth
or
Roots vegetable rasam, tangy, spicy, herby and warmy
Main
Pork vindaloo like in Goa, artisanal polenta
or
Slagel Farm short ribs masala fry, crispy potato sautées
or
Oven-roasted vegetable vindaloo, artisanal polenta
Dessert
Carrot halwa, kulfi ice cream, warm chocolate sauce
Optional +$14
Indian cheesy bites
Bombay toast, dry fruits and paneer samosa, chutneys and greens
The appetizer wasn't super memorable, but the soup was delicious, albeit spicy. It was exactly the combination I love and
sashagee does not--vinegar and spicy. Extremely spicy, actually, much more so than the main dish, which was like a polenta with a very rich, dark sauce--despite being called a "vindaloo" on the menu it was not spicy at all. The real winner was the cheese, though. I don't know anything about Indian cheeses, but the cheeses here were on top of puff pastries and came with a spicy sauce and a chutney. We only got one plate at the waiter's recommendation, but honestly I would have been satisfied with my own plate (other than that it would have meant I would have left the restaurant overstuffed) and could easily have eaten the entire thing. Especially that spicy sauce. We finished with that creamy desert and then walked out into the cold after two hours of meals. It was a great way to send off a great restaurant, especially since the last time I went there was the last date I went on with
schoolpsychnerd. And it was great to see how it changed from a relatively standard restaurant that offered a little dish of pickled mangos with every meal back when I used to go to the Michelin starred prix fixe meal place it is now. Or will have been now, come Sunday. It'd tell you to go, but if you're reading this it's too late.
