Last week, I had the chance of trying the infamous Hot Doug's. If you do not know what Hot Doug's is, it's a hot dog joint here in north west side of Chicago a.k.a. 10 minutes from my apt! It is really popular to begin with, but after it was featured on Anthony Boudain's show, No Reservations, the popularity grew tremendously. Besides the "ordinary" Chicago style dog, they also serve a variety of celebrity-named dogs, such as "The Salma Hayek (formerly the Madonna, the Raquel Welch and the Ann-Margret) Andouille Sausage: Mighty, mighty, mighty hot!". On Fridays and Saturdays, they serve the most fattening and delicious fries made in duck fat. Yes, you heard me right. Pure fat delicious duck fat. As a healthy eater, one sniff and look at the hot and fries, I knew I had to indulge this one time. My bf and I got there around 11:00 am and there was already a line around the corner of the shop. Let me tell you though....it was WELL worth the wait. We both ordered "The Dog", which is the most ordinary one and a basket of duck fat fries each totaling to be $10.50 (cash only!). The hot dog bun was soft and not dry at all. The extra poppy seeds were a nice touch. I had mine with everything on it except tomatos and steamed. The dog had a really beefy taste and it was delicious. The fries stole the show though in my opinion. It was SO damn good. So rich in flavor but not too salty surprisingly. Just crisp on outside and oh so delicious.

close up of The Dog

The Dog & Duck Fat fries

This weekend, class was cancelled. whoot whooooooott. I went shopping in downtown by myself and waited till my sis got outta work. Then we went out to Rollapalooza for sushi in Lincoln Park. Yum Yum. I had a Chirashi which tasted great but not worth the $13. kekeke. Then I headed back to Hyde Park for an hour of receptionist training. Then worked out and headed back downtown to meet up with Hannah. We went to OYSY for din din and watched Burn After Reading. It was a funny movie, but overall just alright. After that we headed to my sis apt in Lakeview and then headed to Smart Bar where we all got totally trashed.... Yeeesh. Needless to say, I woke up with the worst headache but managed to run to the beach and sun tan for a while. Today was such a nice day. Couldn't help but to be in a good mood. :)