Anniversary Fun-Part 2

So, we got to Heaven on Seven at about 6:50, and were promptly seated and served hurricanes.

Chef Jimmy Bannos got underway at precisely 7:00, and was a lot of fun all night. He's a Greek Chicagoan, who fell in love with New Orleans cooking, and converted his seventh-floor diner into the best Cajun restaurant north of the Mason-Dixon line. There's a short video of him at the bottom of this post.

The dinner/lesson/show lasted about three hours, and consisted of five courses, plus a little appetizer.

The dinner courses were: (appetizer) grilled andouille sausage, (1) salad with creole caesar dressing, (2) chicken and sausage gumbo, (3) orzolaya, which was jambalaya with orzo pasta taking the place of the rice, (4) barbecued shrimp on cornbread squares, and (5, pictured) blueberry corn blasters with powdered sugar.

I realized at the end of the night that I should have taken photos of each course, but it was too late. Maybe next time.

When it ended, all too soon, we walked back to the hotel. Glenn and Marlis stopped by our room for a bit. I took another picture out the window (this one looking north on State Street--the Chicago Theater is the vertical sign on the right of the street, and the Loop L is the bright horizontal line at the left of the shot; the big building on the right is Macy's née Marshall Fields), and then we all headed for bed.

We had a breakfast date for the next morning in the hotel restaurant!