#nicedinner

[dlightwoodbane]

Nice relaxing dinner...

Tessa: I'm glad my Herondales come to dinner with us.

Jem: Yeah, I'm too.

Kit: Don't touch my hair!

Jace: You're acting like a small kitty, Found Herondale.

Kit: My name is Kit! You may be sexy, but you're as deaf as a post.

Jace: Christopher, pass the bread!

Kit: KIT!

Clary: Jace, stop teasing him. Kit forgive him, he has no manners.

Kit: You were lucky to find her.

Jace: I know, Kid.

Kit: KIT! And I'm not a child.

Tessa: Be good, kids.

Jace: Yes, Granny Tessa.

Kit: Oh, there is treacle tart*! Thank you, Granny Teresa.

Tessa: WHAT DID YOU CALL ME?

Jem: Clary, come in the kitchen, quickly! The World War III is here in my and Tessa's dining room.

*Yes I'm a Potterhead

[vonniejenn]

The naughty boy... #nomoreshyness #littleboy #throwback #nicedinner #pumpkinsoup #ovenroastedchicken #chickpeas https://www.instagram.com/p/B0GLlQglHZ3tuslTCZbI__GGtlhNEZhuRKfFN00/?igshid=wtmbeotehj2c

[amero77]

...the blue island...Capri.. #americocarservice #privatedriver #limoservice #instagram #instaforfun #niceview #carservice #tours #excursions #transfers #ilovemyjob #touroperator #sorrento #romantic #sorrentocoast #sorrentopeninsula #massalubrense #relaisblu #nicedinner (presso Relais Blu) https://www.instagram.com/p/CR1yoXTDiQt/?utm_medium=tumblr

[mendesnio]

#bocca #pizza #foz #nicedinner (à Bocca)

[edwintansimloong]

#chinesedinner #yummypalace #nicedinner #edvventurer (at 宫珍品) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJ_CpmsHz4J/?igshid=rwsv3948nwie

[artefactx]

The cycling team from Sheung Shui to Yuen Long with the nice weather! #bike #cycling #supertired #mbalife #funteam #nicedinner #hkiger (at Hong Kong) https://www.instagram.com/p/CG2urX8DPoq/?igshid=1i0o7ic10xwux

[oceansailingse]

Készül a vacsora a hajón :-) Köszönjük @andriscaptain fantasztikus volt :) #seafood #nicedinner #vacsora #karibivitorlázás #caribbeansailing #vitorlástúra (helyszín: Port Elizabeth, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)

[bekami]

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[authorkahlanweir]

Today, I’m taking a short break from my writing to go out with my family. This last school year, my little brother officially graduated high school- which is a huge moment to celebrate. So, the focus is on him, and going to an incredible dinner with wonderful company 💜. What was the last accomplishment, writing or otherwise, your own or someone else’s, you went out to celebrate? ~ #celebrations #shouldbewriting #writingbreak #nicedinner #proudofmybrother https://www.instagram.com/p/B0JmBTGnN_E/?igshid=1gg6invil8ukt

[joshuachan218]

Nice dinner 吃一頓好的 💓😋 #dinner #oyster #nicedinner #relaxingtrip #dinnerwithloveones #晚餐 #吃一頓 #蠔一蠔 （在 The Dock） https://www.instagram.com/p/BywfYYqAvV8/?igshid=1dgkrv93alnb1

[nicky4447-blog]

#dinner_time #grandhyatterawanbangkok #galadinner #thxforinvite #veryappreciative #nicedinner #bestofmemories #lovethisplace❤️ (ที่ Grand Hyatt Erawan Bangkok) https://www.instagram.com/p/ByfXkQbDtXB/?igshid=rlvida5i2brr

[alifeofman-blog]

Not a bad dinner you know. This was an 18 inch chopping board, the rump weighed just over a pound and a half. Found an amazing sea food platter to go with it, followed by homemade rhubarb crumble. Full for a minute :-) #rumpsteak #nicedinner #seafood #steak #delicious #meateater https://www.instagram.com/p/BxOz8C2BByu/?igshid=1q6ulhmy5hvzj

[underteika]

@princesselmelloi​ has a birthday!

Ssssiiiiiiigggggghhhhhhh...

“...Your birthday’s today, right? Do you have plans?”

[folombas]

Restaurant "Chokun Seafood" in the open air on the shores of the warm Andaman Sea on Rawai Beach in the very south of the tropical island of Phuket in Thailand. Here I had a great dinner with seafood on the evening of January 1, 2019. #fishrestaurant #fishindustry #beach #dinner #tastyfood #tropics #phuket #thailand #exotic #seafoo #nicedinner #delicious Ресторан "Chokun Seafood" на открытом воздухе на берегу тёплого Андаманского моря на пляже Раваи на самом юге тропического острова Пхукета в Тайланде. Тут я отлично поужинал дарами моря вечером 1 января 2019 года. #дарыморя #рыбныйресторан #наберегуморя #пляжраваи #ужин #вкуснаяеда #тропики #пхукет #тайланд #экзотика #морскиеделикатесы (at Phuket, Thailand) https://www.instagram.com/p/BuDhzv8glBo/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=wh1cgn2xtcmu

[runn3r-up]

After about 2 years of not cooking this dish, I cooked it and realized I'm still a good cook when I want to be. Makes me think I should cook more often to keep my skills on point. #ChickenMarsala #BombDotCom #NiceDinner #StillGotIt #CookLife #ItalianFood #Fire 👩🏼‍🍳👌🏼👍🏼🍽🔥💯🇮🇹 https://www.instagram.com/p/Bswqo3PlffrIuSgJN6UvT27Vt52iScyBN6R0pY0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=5hm9xmy50weq

[abiteofnat]

CINDY’S WOOFTOP WAS A HIT...

Cause you can’t help going up there without emitting a “WOOF!” from the views, the foods, the tunes, and the unbelievably hip-yet-understated atmosphere. Atop The Chicago Athletic Association Hotel, a “Venetian Gothic” building from the 1890s (So old! So Cool! Read more about it here), sits Cindy’s Rooftop- better known as the holy ground of fancy drinks & after-work shenanigans. This is not where you bring Aunt Sally from South Dakota when she comes to Chicago to see the Big City; this is where you bring your insanely fashionable and cool mom for her, uh, 45th birthday dinner and where your dad may walk in and find you sitting at the Hamptons-lake-house-chic wooden tables drinking a glass of fine Villa Maria Riesling because everyone is 25 minutes late and you CANNOT sit in Cindy’s without a glass in your hand.

Fun fact: I drank that same wine three weeks ago when I walked out of my last DePaul University undergrad class e v e r and my wine-loving, wild-eyed best friend Sophia essentially made us gallop to Cindy’s for a  $14 drink to celebrate a couple hundred thousand dollars worth of tuition DONE! We stood on the balcony that overlooks the entirety of Chicago’s best parts, from Millennium Park to where the museums all sit along the water and a million boats & buildings in-between, and suddenly as we sipped wine and discussed our favorite university memories fireworks began shooting off the end of Navy Pier and created a beautiful display of glittering light in the sky. Is that not the city- which was my campus, as DePaul loves to say- sending me off into adulthood with the best goodbye??

Anyway, back to Mum’s celebration and discussion of libations. Once the party had arrived we settled into our favorite family activities: discussing the surroundings, the people, and of course the menu! Cindy’s offers an interesting mix between “vintage, beach-town chic” and “Anthropologie home section” so it’s a lot of soft tan & striped pillows, pebbled plates in soothing seaside colors, and then a lot of exposed wood and rope detail. But in a building from a very elegant time, so it’s done tastefully and for socialites that would have enjoyed it just as much in their whalebone corsets and hairpins as they did in ASOS rompers and wedges. The menu- ugh, this menu was made with my family in mind. Since we all stay pretty pescatarian (outside of chicken that the rest of them eat), we struggle to find places with plenty of options to share and taste amongst each other without it all being “salad.” Cindy’s got us covered though. After watching it go by a thousand times, the Bucatini Carbonara was mandatory. Imagine the most beautiful bowl of thick, spaghetti-like noodles cooked al-dente and tossed in crème fraîche & pecorino romano with peas stirred in; the texture was unreal. The sauce was thick but not too rich, the peas were the perfect punch of sweet and refreshing against the drama of the ground pepper, and the cheese on top must be straight outta Italy’s best cheese place because holy fuck. I could have just eaten that with a fork and been down ditty down down down.

We also got the Burrata- pictured- that came with a halo of “heirloom cucumber, seasonal citrus fruit, winter chicories, spiced pecans, citrus vinaigrette” (courtesy of their menu which worded it perfectly) and came with a grilled ciabatta that tasted like how bread should taste. The bread slathered with some salty, succulent burrata and then toped with a cucumber, greens, and a sour as heck grapefruit slice was one of the most delicious things I’ve ever bit into. The Crunchy Lettuces that were also part of our appetizer played into this; served in a thick peppercorn dressing and almost like a heavy plate of grub itself, the shaved carrots and roughage served as a great compliment to the light and very dessert-y feel of the burrata. This dish was the one my mom was most apprehensive of as it arrived due to hOW dressed with dressing it was, but then she ended up being the one using the excess to garnish EVERY OTHER PART OF THE MEAL. It was that good! We finished out the meal with some salmon fillets served on kale and cooked up just as salmon should be: smoky, cooked well, and flaking onto the fork easy breezy. I love love love how simple a good piece of salmon is; the buttery, crunchy exterior and a soft, flavorful inside reminds me why more people are vegetarian. Meat IS good! But that lil piece of salmon is just as far as I’ll go on these fancy splurge days. Sorry Salmon Sam :(

All in all, we were absolutely shocked by how incredible the level of food was. With views like Cindy’s offers, and the fact it’s in the heart of downtown along where a million offices are and where high class travelers staying in the dozens of local hotels can wander out for a night of wine and flirtation with coworkers, it’s a gold mine. They don’t actually need to be creating such well-done and carefully curated food, but they do, and it’s really amazing to know that some places just CARE about the dining experience of the customers. I get worried in big cities where people will go out to dinner even if the sky is falling- and where deep dish is considered a high-ticket item. Vom. I am very thankful to Cindy’s for the wonderful service (we put our waiter through hell with the amount of specifications we have and also because we’re very loud and cannot decide what to order to share when it is time, like ever) and also because I carried in a dozen Firecakes Donuts as they are Mum’s favorite and they immediately whisked them away to a cooler place AND served them on a slate platter WITH CANDLES FOR US! And brought them out for a birthday surprise! It was beyond wonderful and worth way more than the BYOD (bring your own donuts) fee they charged per head for us to do that.

Go to Cindy’s for that anniversary dinner coming up, for post-work drinks to impress your friends, to show off that new dress that’s begging for somewhere to go, and most importantly- FOR THAT FUCKIN’ PASTA OH MY GOODNESS. We left dinner for a sunset walk around The Bean feeling happily full and having had a great family birthday dinner, which is something I am always grateful to be able to do.

Should you think, “wow this is great for (insert occasion here)”, follow these tips!

1. MAKE RESERVATIONS FOR DINNER. This isn’t even a question mark, it is an exclamation point. We made 5 p.m. reservations and it was already pretty buzzing when we got there, and we were very thankful for a table amidst the amount of standing drinkers. It only got more full.

2. On that note, GO EARLY. You will want to see the city from when it’s entirely sunny and alive to when the sun is going down and the entire place is filled by the golden hour. It is so, so beautiful and you have a better chance of being on the outside patio for at least a few minutes while waiting for food to arrive.

3. SHAKE SHACK IS LOCATED DOWNSTAIRS. Unless you’re also planning to BYOD, grab a chocolate concrete with chocolate truffle cookie dough on your way out. Cute end to a date, too!

Until Next Time, Happy Eating!

-Natalie