Dinner c/o Arun's Restaurant on Kedzie

Ah me. Last night the parents, the boyfriend and I went to Arun's Restaurant for a truly amazing meal. Which started with water, a white wine (something er other Veuvray...tasted like honey) and a red wine that, as of right now, has no name...though in real life it does.
At Arun's there isn't a menu, you come for a twelve course meal of the chef's creation. Of course if you're allergic to something or can't handle too much spice or if you are a vegetarian, the courses will be adjusted accordingly. We didn't have any of the aforementioned problems so we got exactly what was planned. The first course was a garden salad with a sweet chili garlic dressing, topped with a fish cake and skewered tempura vegetables.
The second course was a lemongrass crabcake on (I think) avocado aioli, topped with a pan seared scallop...I think there was lemon pepper somewhere in there.
Next was a rice dumpling filled with shrimp, chicken and jicama surrounded by a chili sauce, this chili sauce had a little more kick to it.
The fourth course was a Thai crepe. I'm not sure what the crepe itself was made out of, when the servers told us what it was I had a semiotic break...I heard crepe but pictured an omelette. Regardless, the crepe had tofu, shredded coconut and bean sprouts inside it. On the side was a cucumber salad. We were to mix the hot peppers in with the cucumbers, but the peppers were pretty hot and only the boyfriend cleared his entire plate.
The fifth course was a soup like dish, noodles in broth with a liberal helping of pork on top...along with a boiled egg and vinegar. I really liked this one. The pork was oh-so-very tender.
Our sixth, and final appetizer, course was a Beef salad with rice, shallots, tomatoes, daikon, cucumbers, lemongrass and cucumbers. I love beef.
Our four entree courses came at the same time. This was Striped bass with three different sauces, I couldn't write them down fast enough and so I can't tell you what they were. But the bass was cooked perfectly.
This was eggplant stirfry with minced chicken and hot red peppers. The eggplant was firm and yet succulent.
This entree made my heart leap. Lobster tails and crab claws on a bed of bok choy. We each got half a lobster tail and a whole claw. There was a sauce, but once again I couldn't write it down fast enough.
The final entree was tender beef surrounded by an almost too sweet green curry with coconut milk.
There were two desserts, thankfully small, because by this time I was full full full. This was custard swimming in squash, coconut and chocolate sauces, respectively.
And last but not least there was the lichy(sp?) sorbet accompanied by a sweet tangerine.
This experience was pretty amazing. The courses were presented flawlessly and there were no long pauses between them. We came at eight thirty and we left around eleven, stuffed and satiated. It really is something to try once in your life...but really, truly, don't eat too much during the day or else you will simply fall over.

Oh. Also, we were in an alcove that supposedly was where they put "dignitaries" and the like because Arun (the owner/chef) had his prized art piece hanging there...a Burmese tapestry from the time that Burma had kings, that had actual gold threads. We aren't dignitaries...I kind of wondered if the manager was trying to make us feel special.