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Valentine’s Day at Rosebud Steakhouse
Valentine’s Day
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Surf and Turf for Two:
Champagne plus 16oz Chateaubriand Filet, Jumbo Scallop & Jumbo Shrimp, sauteed butternut squash & sauteed baby spinach finished with light sherry soy sauce.
Hurry to make your reservation for Valetine’s Day at Rosebud Steakhouse & enjoy Surf & Turf for Two for just $75!
About Alex Dana’s Rosebud Steakhouse
- A rare steakhouse, well done. Rosebud Steakhouse knows a thing or two about the fine art of cooking. Located on a quiet stretch of Walton Street, this relaxing hideout is the perfect place to enjoy an unforgettable meal paired with a glass of wine from our impressive wine list. The extensive lunch and dinner menus offer mouthwatering steaks, classic dishes like prime New York Strip with herb butter, Chicago Cut Bone-in Ribeye, tender chicken entrees and seafood specialties which have been enhanced to euphoric perfection. The beloved hamburger, voted number one in the city of Chicago by the Chicago Tribune graces both lunch and dinner menus. Rosebud’s irresistible menu will tempt your stomach as much as the cool, hip atmosphere will tempt your eyes. Rosebud Steakhouse invites you to enjoy an unforgettable fine dining experience in a romantic setting.
- Dining Style: Casual Elegant
- Cuisine: Steak, Seafood
- Neighborhood: Gold Coast / Streeterville
- Cross Street: Mies Van Der Rohe Way
- Menu: View menu on restaurant’s website
- Price: $31 to $50
- Website: http://www.rosebudrestaurants.com
- Email: opentable@rosebud-restaurants.com
- Phone: (312) 397-1000
Grilled Octopus by Alex Dana
Rosebud Restaurants Alex Dana to share a recipe:
We are fortunate that we are located in Chicago and we have numerous sources for almost any fresh ingredient you could want. One thing our customers often crave is our grilled octopus which some say we are famous for. One way to prepare octopus is to boil it until it is tender and then to lightly grill it or put it under the broiler.
You should always tenderize your octopus before cooking it. In Italy the fishermen beat the octopus against the rocks by the ocean before cooking it. Since we use fresh octopus, some say the easiest way to tenderize a fresh octopus is to beat the living daylights out of it with a blunt object, but most octopus sold in the US have been previously frozen. In this case no tenderizing is really necessary, but you can still use your meat tenderizer if you want too.
Many Chefs add a few wine corks to the cooking pot and it is said to tenderize the octopus. We added this step to our recipe, but it is not required.
After your octopus is cooked, just drizzle a light citrus vinaigrette or a little extra virgin olive oil. Our octopus can be eaten as an appetizer or as an entrée or it can be chopped into pieces as part of a delicious seafood salad.
Grilled Octopus recipe:
2 Pound Octopus
2 Wine Corks
1 Cup White Wine
1 Lemon, Sliced in half
Extra Virgin Olive Oil
2 Cloves of Minced Garlic
Fresh Chopped Parsley
Sea Salt
Cracked Black Pepper
Put the octopus in a saucepan large enough for it, add half of the lemon, a few wine corks and a cup of white wine. Add just enough water to cover the octopus and then cover with a lid. Heat on your stove on high but once boiling reduce the heat to a simmer. Make sure you cook the bottom of the octopus so it is tender when pierced by a fork. Turn off the burner and than just allow the octopus to cool in the water to room temperature.
Remove the tentacles from the head and if you want, cut the head into pieces as well. Drizzle the octopus pieces with a lightly cover of Olive Oil. You can than heat up the grill or broiler and cook until the edges begin to crisp and brown, but be careful not burn. Drizzle on a little more olive oil, squeeze lemon on top, sprinkle with chopped parsley and minced garlic. Then just season with salt and pepper and enjoy.
Buon Appetito!
Some call it Gravy?
Gravy or Spaghetti Sauce?
In our family my mother called it Gravy, so it is gravy. There are those that call it sauce and others that call it gravy, but when you enjoy our homemade pasta toppings from any of the Rosebud Restaurants, you will not hesitate to soak up the extra sauce or gravy with your bread rather than let it go to waste.
It can be pretty hard to tell which Italian Restaurant is making fresh pasta dishes, but our signature pasta dishes have been homemade in our restaurants by our culinary staff for the past 38 years. Whether you are craving our Gnocchi, Spaghetti or our world-renowned Square Pappardelle Noodles, all of them will melt in your mouth and warm your soul. The Rosebud Restaurants will always make you an exceptional meal.
The aroma of the delicious Italian cuisine makes Rosebud Restaurants an obvious favorite among Chicago area residents and this Holiday Season you can give the gift of an authentic Italian dining experience with a $100 Rosebud Gift Card and as a Bonus you will get a $25 Gift Card with your purchase!
To purchase gift cards easily online: https://www.rosebudrestaurants.com/giftcards_buy.php
Gluten Free Pasta at Rosebud Theater District
Did you know that we have great tasting gluten free pasta?
Our glueten free pasta is made with all organic ingredients. You no longer have to sacrifice great taste and texture to get a delicious gluten free pasta meal at Rosebud Theater District.
Pictured is our Famous Gluten Free Pasta Primavera in Garlic Olive Oil. Which is the perfect mixture of yellow squash, zucchini, mushrooms, bell peppers, carrots and sweet peas in a an amazing garlic olive oil sauce.
What is Gluten?
According to writer Shannon Kietzman and editor Niki Foster of Wise Geek, Gluten is a special type of protein that is commonly found in rye, wheat, and barley. Therefore, it is found in most types of cereals and in many types of bread. Not all foods from the grain family, however, contain gluten. Examples of grains that do not have gluten include wild rice, corn, buckwheat, millet, amaranth, quinoa, teff, oats, soybeans, and sunflower seeds.
Gluten can be removed from wheat flour, producing wheat starch. All of the gluten in wheat flour, however, cannot be removed. Still, according the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), if a certain amount of the gluten is removed, the food product can be labeled “gluten-free.” (This is somewhat similar to food products that can be labeled as 0 Calories even though a serving contains 4 fewer Calories.) Gluten helps make bread elastic, providing it with that chewy texture it has when eaten. For this reason, flour that has had most of its gluten removed, produces a sticky dough that feels much like chewing gum.
Gluten provides many additional important qualities to bread. For example, gluten keeps the gases that are released during fermentation in the dough, so the bread is able to rise before it is baked. In addition, gluten firms up when it is cooked and, with the help of starch, helps ensure the bread maintains its proper shape.
Gluten also has an absorbent quality, which is why bread is capable of soaking up broth. Because of this feature, gluten is often used by those on a vegetarian diet as an imitation meat. On the downside, gluten is believed to be partly responsible for causing bread to become stale.
Some people suffer from a condition called celiac disease, which impedes the digestion of gluten. Individuals with celiac’s must eat foods that do not contain gluten in order to prevent illness. If improperly addressed, gluten intolerance can be fatal. In addition, care must be taken when eating grains that do not contain gluten, particularly oats and teff, as they are commonly grown near foods with gluten or processed in the same bins. Catholic sufferers of celiac disease must also exercise precaution, as wheat, which contains gluten, is a required ingredient in the wafers used for certain religious ceremonies.
Gluten has really become this decades new trans-fat and our customers are starting to recognize what an impact it is. At the Rosebud Restaurants we have decided to be pro-active and offer multiple gluten-free dining options. Please ask your server for a list of gluten-free dining options.
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