Despues de estas semanas con problemas en el blog (no era capaz de subir fotos!!!) por fin he encontrado la solucion. He cambiado de browser, ha sido la unica solucion, pero bueno! El caso es que justo se estropeo el blog cuando tenia mas cosas que contar :) Hace dos domingos se celebro "The taste of Chicago". Una feria culinaria con comida tipica de aqui, jeje! La verdad es que despues de tres veranos aqui, tenia ganas de ir, aunque Thomas ya habia estado y me advirtio sobre el tipo de comida que era. Por supuesto, nada de exquisiteces, pero si mucha comida rapida. Claro! Lo tipico!
I've been having problems with the blog already for two weeks. I wasn't able of uploading pictures and finally I tried using a different browser. It works like this, so I'm happy! Actually, the blog crashed when I had a lot of things to share :)
Two weeks ago we went to the "Taste of Chicago". A gastronomic festival celebrated every summer in Chicago. They offer all kind of typical American food :) Thomas went there in 2010 and he asked me not to have too high expectations since there were not many delicate things to eat, only fast food :) Of course, typical!!
La feria se celebra en Grant Park y consta de puestos de comida, estilo casetas de feria :) La verdad es que hubo pocas cosas que me llamasen la atencion, pensaba que habria barbacoas americanas que son distintas a lo que estamos acostumbrados a ver y quiza, algun tipo de plato mas elaborado, pero no, a parte de salchichas, perritos, sandwiches, algo de comida oriental, tarta de queso frita y algo de comida mejicana, no habia nada mas. Lo bueno es que estaba a reventar y da gusto ir al centro de Chicago con esa animacion.
It is celebrated in Grant Park and there are tons of food tents. There were not too many things that caught my attention. I thought there would be more American bbqs for smoking or some more elaborated dishes, but it was not like that. Apart from sausages, dogs, sandwiches and cheese cake there was not a lot more to choose. The good thing was as always the crowd, nice environment in the city center :) However, it is surprising that everything had such a high fat content...
Como con todas las experiencias se aprende algo, nosotros por fin descubrimos lo que era un "corn dog". Yo pensaba que era un perrito caliente hecho con carne de ternera alimentada con maiz, como suele ser la carne aqui, pero no! Es una salchicha hecha de carne de procedencia desconocida, rebozada y pinchada en un palo :) Ole ahi, la explicacion!!
There is always something to learn from every experience and this time we discovered what a "corn dog" was. I thought it was a sausage processed from corn-fed animals, as it normally is here, but it wasn't!! It is a sausage which procedence is unknown, battered and placed on a stick!! Nice explanation!!
Probamos algunas cosas que nos gustaron, como las salchichas a la barbacoa brasileña, sanwich de "pulled pork", el famoso corn dog y por supuesto, un perrito caliente al estilo Chicago :) De postre, un platano helado bañado en chocolate, que para ser sinceros, no nos gusto demasiado.
We tried several things we liked as for example Brazilian bbq sausages, pulled pork sandwiches, corn dog and of course, Chicago style dog :) We had frozen banana covered with chocolate, but to be honest we didn't like it that much.
A parte de la comida, lo mejor es ver la mezcolanza de gente que hay por alli, digamos que la mayoria no eran los mas finos de Chicago, pero segun mi modo de ver las cosas es lo mejor, viva la gente!! Me encanta ver de todo y conocer todo, incluso en el "Taste of Chicago" :) A continuacion algunas fotos del evento, yo me lo pase bomba a pesar de los 40 grados que habia. Estoy deseando que haya alguna cosita como esta pronto!!!
Apart from the food I love the mix of people we found. Let's say most of them were not the most refined of Chicago, but I love that, viva la gente!! I love seeing all kind of people in all kind of places :)
Here you can see some pictures we took. I had a great time despite the 100 F...I'm looking forward to go to one of these events again :)
Panoramica del festival y la ciudad de fondo.
Panoramic picture of the festival and the city in the background.
Barbacoa americana para ahumar carne.
American bbq for smoking meat.
Intentando comerme la mitad del perrito con varias salsas, eso no hay quien lo coja...
Trying to eat the Chicago dog with several sauces, there's no way to bite it...
Puesto de tarta de queso. A la izquierda estoy con mi "platano cubierto de chocolate" jeje!
Cheese cake tent. To the left I'm holding my "chocolate covered banana", hehe!
Puesto de frutas cubiertas de chocolate.
Tent of chocolate covered fruit.
Thomas con las salchichas brasileña y yo con el "corn dog", una de mis fotos mas ridiculas :)
Thomas with the Brasilian sausages and me with the corn dog in one of my most ridiculous pictures :)
Puesto de perritos :)
Hot dogs tent
La multitud en busca de fast food!!!
The crowddddd!!!
Foto divertida. Toda la hilera de servicios portatiles con los rascacielos de fondo :)
Funny pic. The array of portable toilets with the skyline in the background :)
Despues del festival de comida, nunca mejor dicho, nos paramos a beber algo tranquilitos y sentaditos. Por lo visto, mi chiqui tenia hambre todavia y se pidio un trozo de tarta de queso con proporciones americanas :)
After the food festival we stopped by Benningans to get some drinks and apparently, Thomasito was still hungry. He ordered a piece of cheese cake with American proportions :)
Thomasito y su "trocito de tarta de queso". Thomasito and his "small piece of cheese cake".
Volviendo a casa con la tripa llena!! Going back home with super full belly!!
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