Great shrimp risotto from Piccola Cucina @ SoHo, New York

Little cozy place with good food, I ordered the seafood risotto which is great. The location is great in the middle of Soho.It is a very small restaurant with very small tables. Service was the good and prices reasonable. The best part is the wine list which was varied and exclusively Italian.

Taste:9/10(Delicious. I ordered the farro shrimp and veggies. The risotto rice were good and shrimp were fresh. The moscato recommended were the best I tasted so far. Moscato Passito di Pantelleria were sweet and clean taste with fruits, herbs, honey and complexity flavour).
Price:5/10(Near expensive. Food were great but the seats are tight. Farro shrimp at USD14.00 and moscato at USD10.00).


Bread with some spicy fish sauce.


So many prawns/shrimp on the dish. Farro shrimp and veggies.

Fresh prawns with delicious rice.

My moscato Passito di Pantelleria was sweet and taste great.

Small restaurant but big taste.

GPS/Coordinate: 40.726310, -74.002185
Address: 184 Prince St, New York, NY 10012, United States
Public transport: Spring St subway station via C or E train.

Grand Lux Cafe @ Magnificent mile, Chicago

Grand Lux Cafe is a subsidiary of the Cheesecake Factory. The interior design is just like Cheese Cake factory restaurant. They have this weird system where they call you upstairs with a pager, then make you wait in a crowded hallway until your name is called. They have nice table overlooking Michigan Avenue. The fresh bread was good, hot sourdough. I heard their dessert is great as well but I don't have chance to order more as I already tummy full after having the steak.

Taste:9/10(Delicious. The Salisbury chopped steak is good and well done. Taste good and moist. The wine recommended by the waitress is great as well. I get what I want. Sweet wine).
Price:6/10(Moderate. The Salisbury chopped steak price at USD15.95 and a glass of Moscato at USD8.95).


Waiting for my turn. This restaurant is fully occupied. I am so hungry. Unfortunately, I have to wait.

Salisbury chopped steak.

A glass of Daughters Moscato. I like it. Found my favourite wine.

Very good warm sourdough.

Nice environment with paintings from 1900s.

Coordinate/GPS: 41.893005,-87.624391
Address: 600 N. Michigan Ave.(between Ohio St & Ontario St) Chicago, IL 60611.
Public transport: Grand metro station via red line.