Picnic Part Two - Kalamata Olives

Part two of the Music Mondays Picnic blog posts!!!

About the Food: Kalamata olives are named after the city of Kalamata in Messenia, southern Greece, where they are grown. Kalamata Olives are said to have a smooth and meat-like taste.

Review: I give Kalamata Olives a 2 out of 5 rating. 

Oh how I love black olives and I thought these would taste similar and they slightly did but not enough for me to like them. The flavor was bitter and just bad... I will not be eating these again. 

Picnic Part One - Iberico Cheese and Prosciutto

Picnic post! I went to Music Mondays the other night at Millennium Park and enjoyed some wonderful music and a delicious picnic! Though I tried too many foods for just one post so... here is part one!

Part one's foods are Iberico Cheese and Prosciutto! 

About: Iberico is a blend of cows' and sheep's milk creating a soft cheese with a smooth flavor. Prosciutto is a type of ham made in Italy and it's name means dried of liquid in Latin.

Review: I give Iberico Cheese and Prosciutto a 5 out of 5

Being from Wisconsin I love cheese and who doesn't love bacon? Iberico Cheese and Prosciutto are the "more sophisticated" counter parts. And while I loved the two of these foods separately you put them together and YUM! The smooth yet sharp flavor of the Iberico combined with the sweet and smokey flavor or the Prosciutto made a party in my mouth! 

Tapas - Cafe Ba Ba Reeba

Tapas, Topless, Tapas! What a great invention! ;) And while all of the Tapas dishes I had I have ate before I have never had the Tapas dinning style experience, thus this wonderful blog post!

About the Food:
Tapas is the name for the spanish style of dinning where the meal consists of a bunch of small dishes/appetizers called Tapas. Tapas were designed to encourage communication between the people at the table, the small dishes are meant to to distract people from traditionally focusing on one giant meal/plate and to encourage everyone to talk between each Tapa or plate.

Review of the Food: I give Tapas a 5 out of 5

Tapas were amazing! I often find myself sitting down for a meal and eating half of it, get sick of it and skill being hungry; I call this food A.D.D. ;) Tapas is the perfect dining experience for someone like me! Being able to eat small portions of a bunch of different foods was amazing! Not to mention all of the foods we ordered were delicious! 

Of the many Tapas we ordered my favorites were the cheese plate, the dark chocolate desert and the meat pastry, YUM! I can not wait to go back!

Restaurant Review: Ba Ba Reeba I give it a 5 out of 5!
Was this place cute or what!? Ba Ba Reeba had a very nice "comfy" atmosphere. The lighting was a soft yellow and the decorations were all brown and maroon and they had fun "christmas" type lights everywhere; it was just very... nice!

And as good as the atmosphere was, the service was just as good. We did have quite a long wait to get seated but we were able to go sit at their bar and have some sangria. When we got to our table the waiter took our order quickly and the food came out soon after.

I would not only recommend Tapas to everyone but I would also highly recommend going to Cafe Ba Ba Reeba to get them!