{"id":8527,"date":"2013-03-23T12:12:22","date_gmt":"2013-03-23T19:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/endoedibles.ifm.yji.mybluehost.me\/?p=8527"},"modified":"2013-07-07T12:33:34","modified_gmt":"2013-07-07T19:33:34","slug":"carriage-house-chicago-il","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/endoedibles.com\/?p=8527","title":{"rendered":"Carriage House, Chicago Il"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Carriage House<\/p>\n

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Fried Chicken Thigh with malted waffles, maple hot sauce<\/p>\n

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Shrimp, grits, hunter gravy, tasso<\/p>\n

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Johnnycake with apple preserve and maple syrup<\/p>\n

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Mushrooms, grits, truffle vinaigrette, soft egg, grilled chicory<\/p>\n

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Pullman French Toast with caramelized bananas, sorghum whipped cream<\/p>\n

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Beignets with coffee hot fudge, coffee froth<\/p>\n

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Skillet Cornbread<\/p>\n

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Biscuit with shopped honey butter<\/p>\n

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Located in Wicker Park and helmed by Mark Steuer, whose food I first experienced while he was at The Gage, it did not take much convincing to get my family to join me for the chef\u2019s take on Lowcountry cuisine during Saturday brunch. Featuring a menu of both authentic and reinterpreted southern classics and served by a well trained staff led by a young man named Phil who, whether from the south or not, put on a show of true southern charm while presenting plate after plate of truly exquisite cuisine from the bustling, open kitchen.<\/p>\n

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Moving well past \u2018traditional\u2019 technique with immersion circulators and ISI-canisters evident amongst the stoves, ovens, and fryers the meal began with three appetizers \u2013 the cornbread moist and dense, the beignets perfect little pillows of sweetness, and the biscuit flaky and rife with butter even before adding more \u2013 before moving into a quintet of larger plates, each featuring excellent ingredients gussied up with modern technique to produce results well beyond what anyone would typically expect from the genre.<\/p>\n

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From the sous vide chicken thighs with subtly heated syrup to the toothsome Johnny cake bespeckled with not only apples, but toasted corn resembling the texture of corn nuts and onward to snappy shrimp over soft grits with a complex, smoky gravy the \u2018deep south\u2019 items I expected to be good were indeed excellent and looking at the items less traditionally ascribed to South Carolina both the custardy French Toast and (most of all) the aromatic mushrooms melded with a soft egg over bitter, charred chicory also proved to be impressive \u2013 all in all a great meal from start to finish and whether \u2018authentic\u2019 or not, a strong entry into the Windy City brunch scene.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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