{"id":4473,"date":"2017-02-09T22:39:09","date_gmt":"2017-02-10T04:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/?p=4473"},"modified":"2017-06-17T20:45:35","modified_gmt":"2017-06-18T01:45:35","slug":"chicago-restaurant-week-2017-dinner-at-celeste","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/09\/chicago-restaurant-week-2017-dinner-at-celeste\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Restaurant Week 2017: Dinner at Celeste"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>This is part of a series of posts about Chicago Restaurant Week 2017, held January 27\u2013February 9. View all of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/tag\/CRW2017\">this year&#8217;s meal recaps<\/a>, or <a href=\"http:\/\/hillaryproctor.com\/category\/restaurant-week-2\/\" title=\"Restaurant Week\">browse all Restaurant Week coverage<\/a> from 2013-17.<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4579\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4579\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/09\/chicago-restaurant-week-2017-dinner-at-celeste\/celesteshakeandfries\/#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4579\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/celesteshakeandfries.jpg\" alt=\"Shake &amp; Fries, Celeste\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4579\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/celesteshakeandfries.jpg 648w, http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/celesteshakeandfries-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/celesteshakeandfries-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4579\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shake &#038; Fries with french fry panna cotta, nutella mousse, and fry crumbles<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Best Bite:<\/strong> I&#8217;d only been to Celeste for drinks in their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/rYXrCYMuGs\/?taken-by=hillaryproctor\">rooftop garden<\/a>, but hadn&#8217;t yet tried the food. The &#8220;Shake &#038; Fries&#8221; dessert was probably the most intriguing and bizarre item on any of my destinations&#8217; menus this year, described as a French fry panna cotta with Nutella mousse and fry crumbles. But, surprise! The sweet and salty worked very well, just like dipping fries into a chocolate Frosty. The parfait was a little precarious to eat at first, given the mountain of fry pieces on top, but it was worth it once you were able to dig down for a bite of all three components together.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4580\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4580\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/09\/chicago-restaurant-week-2017-dinner-at-celeste\/celesteegglant\/#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4580\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/celesteegglant.jpg\" alt=\"Eggplant involtini, Celeste\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4580\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/celesteegglant.jpg 647w, http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/celesteegglant-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/celesteegglant-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4580\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eggplant involtini with eggplant, ricotta, goat, &#038; pecorino cheese, seasonal veggies, tomato sauce, and crostini<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Other notes:<\/strong> My other favorite dish was the eggplant involtini, mostly because of the garlicky marinara and the three kinds of cheese inside the rolled eggplant slices.The bulgogi lamb chops were also a nice starter, with lots of glazed veggies on the side. <\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4581\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4581\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/09\/chicago-restaurant-week-2017-dinner-at-celeste\/celestelamb\/#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4581\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/celestelamb.jpg\" alt=\"Bulgogi lamb chops, Celeste\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4581\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/celestelamb.jpg 648w, http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/celestelamb-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/celestelamb-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4581\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bulgogi lamb chops with honey glazed romanesco and baby carrots<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>The details:<\/strong> <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.celestechicago.com\/\">Celeste<\/a>, 111 W. Hubbard St., Chicago.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><script type='text\/javascript' src='\/\/www.opentable.com\/widget\/reservation\/loader?rid=144895&#038;domain=com&#038;type=button&#038;theme=standard&#038;lang=en&#038;overlay=false&#038;iframe=true'><\/script><\/p>\n<p>[googlemaps width=300 height=300]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is part of a series of posts about Chicago Restaurant Week 2017, held January 27\u2013February 9. View all of this year&#8217;s meal recaps, or browse all Restaurant Week coverage from 2013-17. Best Bite: I&#8217;d only been to Celeste for drinks in their rooftop garden, but hadn&#8217;t yet tried the food. 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