Wayne and I are back after a hiatus. (We're still alive and still together lols) But as an update: It will be our One Year Anniversary on June 13th.
School has been keeping me busy as I'll be graduating from school on June 10th and Wayne has been pretty busy with work. So we haven't had a chance to update our blog frequently. We'll be posting probably once or twice a month since I'll be in Michigan for the summer.
So in celebration of our one year, I bought Wayne baseball tickets to see the Chicago White Sox yesterday and we went to the game against the Seattle Mariners.
We got the baseball experience as we scarfed down hot dogs, fries and a funnel cake for dessert. It was a really good game. I got pretty good seats that were close to the bull pen and plus the White Sox won 7 to 4. The only downside was that I didn't dress that warm and I got kind of cold.
But we had a really fun time together as we always do. :)
Wayne decided to take me out to brunch and dinner for our one year celebration. So we went to The Publican for brunch today. We got there before it opened and were looking at the reviews on Yelp. A lot of reviews had said the red wine poached eggs were good and the Publican bacon too.
Wayne was a little disappointed that the red wine poached eggs weren't on the brunch menu, but once we saw the menu we quickly forgot about the poached eggs. Man the coffee was really good! I looked at the menu and it said it was a Pqm blend coffee from Intelligentisa. I think my mom would actually like this coffee. It was really rich in flavor but also very smooth. I had like two cups of coffee, I was tempted to have more but held back.
The BEST coffee ever (seriously tastes amazing)
As for brunch, I got the ricotta & orange buttermilk cake with strawberries, saba and mint and Wayne got the Pork schnitzel and waffle with an apricot rhubarb mostarda. The cake reminded me of pound cake except it had bits of little orange zest and the orange flavor was very faint. The strawberries were so tiny so there wasn't a lot of flavor. But the ricotta was great with cake it provided it a bit more moisture. But I personally think the mint was what made the dish. It provided a fresh crisp taste to the cake and it brought out the creaminess from the ricotta. I pretty much devoured the dish.
Pork Schnitzel and Waffles
Oysters
Publican Bacon
We also got two oysters from Massachusetts. I absolutely love oysters
and the one I had was pretty good. We then split the Burton's maple
syrup braised publican bacon. Wayne said it reminded him of Lechon except much sweeter. I liked it except there was a lot of fat on it. Overall, it was a fantastic and lovely (yet pretty pricey) place to grab brunch.
Wayne laughing :)
As always,
"The Couple that Grubs Together Stays Together"
-Grub Couple-
