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Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Flamme and Co

Hace un par de semanas mi hermano y Elena nos visitaron en Estrasburgo. Despues de las tipicas visitas turisticas obligadas, decidimos ir a comer "tart flambee o flammekuche" a Flamme & Co, podeis recordar este tipico plato alsaciano pinchando aqui. 
Nos habian contado que el restaurante combinaba tradicion y modernidad, preparando las tipicas tart flambee mezclando distintos elemenos y sabores. Tambien nos habian hablado de los servicios del restaurante, una de sus grandes atracciones :) y que creo os va a sorprender.
Desde fuera, parece un sitio normal, dentro es moderno, la carta tiene de todo, desde la tipica tart flambee con cebolla, panceta y queso gratinado, a tart flambee mejicanas, italianas, vegetarianas o con pato.
A continuacion, os muestro las fotos de nuestra comida y despues, la parte mas divertida con video incluido :) 

A couple of weeks ago  my brother and Elena visited us in Strasbourg. After the typical touristic visits we decided to get "tart flambee or flammekuche" at "Flamme & Co". You can remember this traditional Alsatian dish clicking here.
We had been told that the restaurant combined tradition and modernity, preparing the typical tart flambee mixing different elements and flavors.
We had also heard about how original their restrooms were :) I think you are going to be surprised.
It looks just like a normal place from the outside, it is pretty modern in the inside, the menu cart has many exotic choices going from the normal tart flambee gratinee to Mexican ones, Italians, vegetarians or with duck.
I show you below the pics of our meals and after that, the funny part, the rest rooms!! Movie included :)

Este es el exterior del restaurante, parece un sitio urbano y moderno en pleno centro :)
This is the outside of the restaurant. It seems to be a modern and urban place in the city center :)


Thomas y Elena pidieron "Tart flambee gratine", la modalidad mas tradicional, con crema, panceta, cebolla y queso Munster gratinado.
Thomas and Elena ordered "Tarte flambee gratinee", the most triditional one made with cream, bacon, onion and gratined Munster cheese.

Mi hermano se pidio una muy francesa con magret de canard :)
My brother ordered a very French one with magret de canard :)

Yo que me tiro a lo mas "sano", me pedi una tart flambee con ensalada, tomates secos y parmesano.
I tried to do a "healthy" choice and I got a tart flambee with salad, sun dried tomatoes and parmigiano.

Hasta aqui la comida, pero quiero que presteis atencion a los manteles :) todos eran igual de sugerentes y nos ibamos aproximando a lo que nos podiamos encontrar en los servicios, jeje!

Next, I'd like you to pay attention to the table cloths :) there were different models, all of them suggesting the same thing actually, hehe! Of course, we could already have an idea about the restrooms, hehe!

Detalle del mantel. Table "cloth" detail.


Este cuadro es lo primero que uno se encuentra cuando entra al servicio, empieza bien la cosa, no?
This picture is the first thing one faces when entering the restrooms. It looks like a good start, right?

Foto de los servicios. Picture in the restrooms.

Por supuesto, no podia irme sin echarme una autofoto dentro del servicio, jeje! Tenian musica de Madonna a todo trapo!! Todo estaba plagado de espejos, arriba, abajo, izquierda y dercha :) y como no, luces rojas. Que locura!! Si quereis mas detalles, por favor, ved el video :) Espero que os haya gustado!!
Finally, I took a picture of my self inside the restroom. They were playing Madonna as if the world would finish the next day, hehe! All full of mirrors, left, right, up and down :) and red lights. Exciting, right?? To have a better idea, please watch the movie. Hope you like it!!

Autofoto en el servicio "barrio rojo"
Selfie pic in the restroom, pure "red light district" style









Tuesday, November 6, 2012

The Rice Table

Ayer fuimos con nuestros amigos Christina y Lyle a cenar a un restaruante de Andersonville, una zona de Chicago con millones de bares y restaurantes interesantes. Fuimos a "Vincent", un restaurante holandes, si, si, lo que leeis, no se exactamente que tipo de comida cocinaran :) pero el restaurante es holandes! De todas formas, ayer no fuimos por la comida holandesa, sino por comida indonesa. Este evento, llamado "The rice table", se celebra cada año en Chicago y la empresa alquila un restaurante distinto cada vez. Este año fue en Vincent, asi que compramos los tickets online y nos fuimos a disfrutar de la comida.
Yesterday we went out for dinner with Christina and Lyle. The restaurant we went is in Andersonville, a cool area of Chicago with many interesting bars and restaurants. We went to "Vincent", which is a Dutch restaurant, yes, exactly what you are reading, a Dutch restaurant :) I don't know exactly how is the food there since we went there for a tasting of Indonesian food. The event is called "The rice table" and it is celebrated every year in Chicago. The company rents a different restaurant every year and this time it was in Vincent. We bought the tickets online and went there to enjoy the food.

Llegando a Vincent. Arriving in Vincent.

El restaurante por dentro me recordo realmente a los restaurantes holandeses por la decoracion y la luz, que aunque hacia la estancia muy acogedora, no me permitio hacer una foto en condiciones, jeje!
El menu consistia en numerosos platos pequeños para compartir cocinados con especias tradicionales indonesas. Entre los platos se incluian arroz frito con salsa de coco, pollo con jengibre, ternera picante, noodles con verdura, judias verdes especiadas, tofu, ensalada con salsa de coco, patatas fritas con salsa dulce, etc. Lo cierto es que me gusto todo, estaba muy bien cocinado y pudimos repetir. Algunos platos eran algo picantes, pero con limite y todo muy sabroso.
De postre un riquisimo pudding de arroz, un estilo al tradicional arroz con leche, pero mas espeso, todo ello con caramelo por encima, buenisimo! El cocktail que me tome estaba delicioso, era de champan con un licor especial llamado "San Germain", se llamaba "burbujas y flores" y espero tomarlo otra vez dentro de poco :)
The interior of the restaurant really reminded me of the Dutch restaurants. The decoration and the light was very Dutch and cozy, but it didn't let me take a normal picture of the food!
The menu consisted of many small plates to share based on all kinds of typical Indonesian food: fried rice with coconut sauce, chicken with ginger, spicy beef, tofu, sweet fries, salad with coconut, etc. I absolutely liked everything, the food was well cooked, a bit spicy but with a limit and everything very juicy. 
Desert was also delicious, it was rice pudding, very similar to the traditional "arroz con leche" but more dense and with caramel on top. I also ordered a cocktail that was delicious, it had champagne and "Saint Germain" liquor, I hope to drink it soon again ;)



Aqui podeis ver como se sirvio la comida, aunque la luz era fatal para las fotos.
Here you can see how the food was served, even though the light was awful for the pictures.

 The menu. El menu.

 Rice pudding. Pudding the arroz.

Posando con Christina. Posing with Christina.

Despues de cenar dimos un paseo por el barrio y me encontre este caballito tan gracioso!!
We walked around the neighborhood after dinner and we found this cute horse :)

Fue una cena estupenda, buena comida, risa y amigos para disfrutar de nuestras ultimas semanas aqui :(
It was a great dinner: good food, laughs and friends to enjoy our last weeks here :(