We are Wes and Megan, a couple from Chicago who love to eat and find new foods together. We created “The Peckish Pair” to share our dining experience with everyone—from our friends and family, to anyone considering visiting the area looking for recommendations.
Meet Wes
Hobbies: PS4, Lifting weights, and binge-watching Netflix
Favorite Comfort Food: Good pizza or my Dad’s chicken wings. Also, soups and broths.
Favorite Drink: Ginger ale, orange gatorade
Favorite Dessert: Mint chocolate chip ice cream
Most adventurous food you’ve ever tried? Octopus, snail
Favorite food to cook: Steak, anything on the grill
If you had to plan your last meal on earth, what would it consist of? Steak, twice-baked potato, jumbo shrimp cocktail, coke with lemon
What food habit does Megan have that you don’t share? I definitely go lighter on the sauces
Meet Megan
Hobbies: Writing, unsolved mysteries, painting and crafting, cats
Favorite Comfort Food: My mom’s spaghetti or my dad’s steak on the grill
Favorite Drink: Green tea, wine, and a good tropical cocktail with rum
Favorite Dessert: Milkshakes—Oreo in particular
Most adventurous food you’ve ever tried? Jellyfish in Taiwan
Favorite food to cook: Jalapeno poppers, pizza on French bread
If you had to plan your last meal on earth, what would it consist of? Angel hair pasta with shrimp in a creamy alfredo sauce, a bowl of kimchi, Mapo tofu, and a whole lot of wine.
What food habit does Wes have that you don’t share? I do not drink soda or anything carbonated except for Champagne.