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00:05hello there folks and a very warm welcome back to what's for tea is lovely to see you again

00:11and i hope that i find you all very well indeed and welcome back for this week's meals of the

00:17week and as you know we were away to chicago and washington all in it was about nine days we

00:23spent

00:23four nights in chicago and three nights in washington dc but with the you know the time

00:28changes and the connecting flights and all of that was about nine days all in so i'm just going to

00:34show you what we had whilst we were there and throw in some photos of things that we've seen you

00:38know

00:38that kind of thing so like i said thanks for popping over and let's get started so when we landed

00:44in

00:44chicago this is where we stayed it was called the royal sonesta and it was brilliant it was really

00:50centrally located and i had a gym so i was in the gym every day can you believe it but

00:56i am trying

00:56to keep up my routine and i'm starting to get there with a wee bit of shape in my arms

01:01and legs

01:02so on monday this was about 10 minutes away from the hotel and it was called the emerald loop we

01:08were

01:08actually in here a couple of times it's a bar and grill and this is what i had on monday

01:14so it was a

01:15chicken and vegetable curry there's naan bread and rice on here as well it's a sort of irish or very

01:21loosely irish themed place and like i said it was just nice and close to where we were we were

01:27knackered

01:27and hungry so this was absolutely fine not the best food in the world but it was really nice and

01:34then moving on to tuesday they say you have to try pizza and a hot dog and a burger when

01:39you get to

01:39chicago i am not the biggest lover of pizza but the rest of our party loved the pizza we're going

01:46to get

01:46the deep dish but it was going to take 45 minutes from ordering so i didn't bother so i had

01:52the

01:52chicken parmesan which was absolutely terrible but it was not what they're you know it's not what

01:57they're known for so i can you know forgive them for that it was very bland and watery and i

02:02was

02:02actually kicking myself i just got a pizza like everyone else but i didn't so this was giordano's

02:08fantastic pizza not sure about anything else then moving on to wednesday we went to the hot dog place

02:15which everybody goes to apparently this was portillo's and again really disappointed i mean

02:22the hot dog to me was just very average and it was cold the chips were very average i got

02:27a wee pot of

02:28chili which tasted just like canned chili which went in the bin same as the cheese sauce just went in

02:34the bin so yeah it was nice to have the experience because it was beautiful inside as you can see

02:40lovely theming classic old american theming but yeah the food to me was just a bit of a letdown and

02:46then moving on to thursday this was our last night so we decided not to chance it again just go

02:52back

02:52to the emerald loop because we really enjoyed this on monday and i got just a classic american burger

02:58with fries which was lovely the meat was lovely you know they did ask how i wanted the burger cooked

03:04which is a new one to me for a burger but i get this one well done and that was

03:09really enjoyable

03:10so this is just a quick look at the menu for those that like to see the menu and the

03:15prices i mean

03:16nothing was overly cheap as you can imagine where we went were two big cities so it's not going to

03:20be

03:21cheap but i think the prices were in line with each other you know nowhere was overly more expensive

03:26than anywhere else so yeah that's just a quick look at the menu and a wee shot from the outside

03:32as well

03:32so i went from chicago to washington dc which was about an hour and a half flight should have been

03:38a wee bit longer but the pilot made really good time so we got there earlier than expected and it

03:44was a lot warmer in washington as well which i was happy about because it was quite cold and windy

03:49in chicago as the windy city and we stayed at the hilton washington dc and 15 minutes from the hotel

03:57we

03:57found this amazing italian restaurant we were actually you know here we ate here for three

04:04nights the whole three nights that we were here just couldn't face going anywhere else we just loved

04:09this place so much so meeting mr what's for tea got the lasagna garlic bread and a sharing salad as

04:17well

04:17and this is the best lasagna i've ever had in my life everything is home cooked freshly prepared make it

04:24you know it's made using fresh pasta as well which they do make everything themselves and you really

04:31can tell that it's homemade it just melted in your mouth and then mr what's for tea tiramisu and i

04:38tried

04:38the cannoli which i've never tried before yeah and this was an experience all on its own i absolutely

04:44loved these wee things they were filled with a kind of lemon ricotta cheese oh it was just lovely and

04:51again

04:51just a quick look at the menu and this was probably the most expensive place we ate over the time

04:57we

04:57were in chicago and washington but it was well worth every penny we were just blown away by this place

05:04and like i said we did come here the three nights that we were here there were lots of places

05:09to eat

05:09lots and lots of italian places funny enough but the decor the atmosphere the service was just you know

05:16second to none so we did come back again the next night but i decided to have ravioli and this

05:23is

05:23six ravioli two of them have beef inside two have ricotta inside and two have spinach inside and it's a

05:29lovely tomato sort of creamy vodka sauce mr what's for tea had the lasagna again but this to me was

05:37better than the lasagna and i didn't think he'd get better than that lasagna but this just melted in the

05:43mouth as well so i thoroughly enjoyed the ravioli for the salad tonight we had the buffalo mozzarella

05:50and tomato or caprese salad and again we got the garlic bread which again is homemade you know

05:56everything is homemade and freshly made to order which you know you can tell and there is a huge

06:03difference when it's done that way and just a quick look at the menu as well at the things that

06:09we

06:09got and like i said the last night we were here we also went back here but again tried something

06:14different because we're so much in the menu he just wanted to try so this is the sunday and mr

06:20what's for tea has got the carbonara not like the carbonara i make this is more like a traditional

06:26carbonara using egg yolk and you know things like that and we went for the caesar salad instead of the

06:33other two and i got the chicken parmesan and look at the difference between this and the one i got

06:38from

06:38giardano's this is how it's meant to look and the taste again was just incredible so i've got a wee

06:45bit of pasta on the side with the marinara sauce and the chicken with the marinara sauce and the cheese

06:51on the top ever so simple really simply put together presentation was lovely and simple as well

06:58it's a very simple menu but what's here they just do so well so if you're planning a trip to

07:04dc or if

07:05you're coming over soon and you're in the dupont circle area i would highly recommend rosmarina

07:10d'italia for a wee food choice or option and their cocktails are fabulous as well so this was chicago

07:18downtown at night we much preferred chicago over washington it was just a prettier city there seemed

07:24to be more to do as well there were loads to do in washington if you're into you know sort

07:29of american

07:29history politics that sort of stuff lots of government official buildings to look at but

07:35yeah we much preferred chicago although in washington they did have the exorcist steps

07:39which if you're into horror or the macabre you'd probably quite enjoy having a look at that it was

07:45really quiet around there actually so obviously not many horror fans there when we were there but

07:50yeah it was fun to go and see and this as this was as close as i could get to

07:55the white house

07:56obviously the security is very high but you can do a guided tour but you've got to let them know

08:01weeks sometimes months in advance just to get security clearance but you can do a free guided

08:07tour you know if you do that in advance we also visited georgetown university which was stunning

08:13but there were loads of people so i've edited everyone out there must have been a graduation or

08:18something going on there are lots of you know students obviously wearing their gowns and then we went to

08:24visit the bean in chicago as well which is another must see or must do on your trip and again

08:30this is

08:30just another view of downtown chicago which was ever so pretty we also went to the wrigley field stadium

08:36and this was another view of the chicago skyline just from one of the walks that we did

08:42we also managed to get to the roastery quite a few times this is one of six roastery shops in

08:49the

08:49world so you've got one in seattle shanghai milan new york tokyo and chicago it's set over four floors

08:56and it's just absolutely massive there's a cocktail bar you've got your restaurant there's a merch shop

09:01and they've got blends and sort of specialty coffees but that you can only get in those locations which

09:06is amazing i went to giardelli's chocolate shop for a hot chocolate and some chocolate and then trader joe's

09:13with some of the biggest apples i've ever seen in my life in fact everything was just bigger all the

09:18food seemed to be just sort of blown up cartoon sized even the kit kats you could get in king

09:24size

09:25as well which are about double the size of the ones that we have in the uk and this is

09:30where we stayed

09:31in washington so it was just a standard hilton you know just as you would expect and just a view

09:36of

09:37washington downtown which is weird when you're walking around these places you feel as if you're in some

09:42kind of movie set or something it just doesn't seem real and then we went on one of the chicago

09:47river

09:48boat tours this is an architectural tour so i'll just let you hear a wee bit of this

09:53but both times were filmed stunts one was for steve lecqueen's movie the hunter the other was for an auto

10:00insurance commercial now folks after the next bridge jumping ahead ahead to the right is a red brick

10:06building the brick building with the clock tower ahead to the right is the reed

10:14and this is just another view of the chicago skyline from navy pier like i said lots of

10:21beautiful buildings you know and lots and lots of people around we thoroughly enjoyed it but like i

10:26said we much preferred chicago to washington and this was me trying to get a picture of myself

10:31at the chicago bean i don't really get the bean it's just a big you know metal sculpture i don't

10:37know

10:37the history behind it if there is any it's just something that folk like to go and look at and

10:42this was us leaving to go home and it was a night flight so our flight left at the back

10:48of 10 at night

10:48and it was quite cold and rainy and this was us here just arriving back into edinburgh so thank you

10:55so

10:55much for watching and that's everything we ate not everything that we've seen because obviously we'll be

11:00here for hours but to show you everything that we've seen but one of the days managed to cloak up

11:0540 odd thousand steps so that just lets you know you know how many steps were taken on that wee

11:12trip but

11:12like i said thank you for watching a huge thank you as usual to the supporters of the channel over

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11:31i will

11:31be back during the week for another wee video or three back here on what's for tea so until you

11:36choose

11:36to join me again have a wonderful rest of your day and i'll see you off as soon take care

11:41bye now

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