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Posted inBlogs

Why Fat Rice and Sun Wah deserved their Beard awards

by Aimee Levitt May 8, 2018August 18, 2021

Not that we’re not sad for everybody else.

Posted inBlogs

Chicago chefs, restaurants lose out at James Beard Foundation Awards

by Reader staff May 7, 2018August 18, 2021

The city, last year was deemed to have the most outstanding restaurant in the country, made a less than impressive showing this year despite hosting the event.

Posted inFood & Drink

The Adventures of Fat Rice documents one of the world’s oldest fusion cuisines

by Mike Sula September 2, 2016August 18, 2021

The Logan Square restaurant’s cookbook documents one of the world’s oldest fusion cuisines.

Posted inBlogs

Chicago bartenders are acquiring a taste for the challenging Indian spirit feni

by Julia Thiel August 22, 2016August 18, 2021

The Chicago-based brand of a spirit made in Goa, India, is intriguing mixologists at GreenRiver and Fat Rice.

Posted inBlogs

The Ladies’ Room, Fat Rice’s new bar, brings Macau’s red-light district to Logan Square

by Julia Thiel August 8, 2016August 18, 2021

The tiny, red-lit bar in the restaurant’s former waiting room is doing surprising things with cocktails.

Posted inBlogs

This video recap of the 2016 Key Ingredient Cook-Off will make you ravenous

by Ryan Smith May 26, 2016August 18, 2021

Ryan Pfeiffer of Blackbird and Abraham Conlon of Fat Rice were this year’s Key Ingredient Cook-Off winners.

Posted inReader

2016 Key Ingredient Cook-Off

by Chicago Reader March 29, 2016August 18, 2021

Taste and vote for your favorite dish created by 15 of Chicago’s most outstanding Chefs using one of four specific ingredients assigned to each chef!

Posted inBlogs

Is peri peri chicken the next battle in the poultry wars?

by Mike Sula November 10, 2014August 18, 2021

Fogo’s Peri Peri Portuguese-style vs. Fat Rice’s Macanese style

Posted inBlogs

Jean Banchet nominees show a scene that’s doing just fine, thank you

by Michael Gebert October 30, 2014August 18, 2021

The Jean Banchet awards are announced, and show that our scene is still about where real people eat.

Posted inBlogs

Reader’s Agenda Fri 5/9: Key Ingredient Cook-Off, Let’s Get Working, and Young Fathers

by Osita Nwanevu May 9, 2014August 18, 2021

What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Friday, May 9

Posted inBlogs

Nineteen of Chicago’s best chefs will be at our Key Ingredient Cook-Off on May 9. Will you?

by Julia Thiel April 10, 2014August 18, 2021

The lineup features several winners from last year’s KICO: Barry Sorkin (Smoque) and Paula Haney (Hoosier Mama Pie Shop), who won their categories, and Abraham Conlon (Fat Rice), who won overall.

Posted inBlogs

First look at Fat Rice’s new Macanese dim sum brunch

by Michael Gebert March 3, 2014August 18, 2021

Fat Rice is expanding—into cha gordo, a Macanese take on dim sum brunch.

Posted inBlogs

Meet the Chicago chefs who just got short-listed for the Beard Awards

by Michael Gebert February 20, 2014August 18, 2021

This year’s James Beard Awards short list gets Chicago pretty well.

Posted inBlogs

Get to know your Jean Banchet Award winners

by Michael Gebert February 3, 2014August 18, 2021

How this year’s crop of top chefs have performed in Reader features.

Top: mussel-orange gummy by Matthew Kirkley, guinea hen with braised celery by Ryan LaRoche, durian custard by Lee Wolen, stir-fried pig uterus by Abraham Conlon; bottom: tripe sausage by John Asbaty, cock's combs with green peanut mole by Andres Padilla, halibut with sun-dried tomatoes by Peter Coenen, and pine sap ice cream by Dana Cree
Posted inFood & Drink

2013: The year of our 100th Key Ingredient

by Julia Thiel December 24, 2013August 19, 2021

The past year of our chef-to-chef challenge has included lobster guts, durian, and pig uterus (some of it a little burned).

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