This Week In Chicago Food Porn: King Cake, Brandade And Kuma's New Burger
By Melissa McEwen in Food on Feb 2, 2015 8:00PM
The newest burger of the month at Kuma's is one of the most tempting we've seen in awhile. The "Frost" is layered with shepherd's pie, cheese potato cake, white cheddar, HP red wine reduction and fresh thyme.
It's almost time for Mardi Gras and for people in Louisiana and with roots there, that means king cake, a cinnamon-roll like confection with vanilla icing decorated in gold, green and purple sprinkles. You can grab it at Big Jones, where it's on their Restaurant Week menu.
In our post on Trenchermen last week we mentioned the coffee pastry pairing. This month's looks insanely delicious: "Devils food doughnut with creamy peanut butter frosting and peanut brittle." Another doughnut luring us out into the snow is Charlatan's bomboloni.
Also featuring:
"Curry fried chicken steam bun, only on our Restaurant Week menu" at Yusho
“You know that creamy center of burrata that you love? It's called Stracciatella. Skip the burrata and get right to the heart of the flavor with our Stracciatella snack served with our housemade grilled bread.” at White Oak Tavern
“Rack of lamb with genesis farm white carrots, balsamic jus, pipperade and a potato parmesan gratin” at Fork
"It might be cold, but we're boiling! Soft boiling eggs that is. Soft boiled egg with grilled cheese soldiers to dip" at Spencer's Jolly Posh
The Queen's Park at Bordel which contains "Demerara Rum, Mint, Lime, Bitters, Swizzled Sugar"
"Brandade (bran-daad): Salt Cod pureed with potatoes, milk and herbs. Served with toast. Alex, our break baker, salted the cod himself!" at Floriole