Congee is for when you’re sick. Congee is for when you’re cold. Congee is for when you need to immerse yourself in the warm womblike comfort of a steamy bowl of rice porridge. Or if you’re Margaret Pak of Thattu or Jaye Fong of Maa Maa Dei, congee is for anytime. Pak eats Keralan congee, […]
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The return of Maa Maa Dei’s cherry blossom pastries
Baker Jaye Fong’s sakura shortbread will come back for a second season.
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Christmas around the world
Spend the holiday on a culinary trip around the globe without leaving Chicago.
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Shanghai is hidden in plain sight at La Mom Kitchen
An underrepresented regional cuisine reappears in Bridgeport.
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As Chinatown bleeds into Bridgeport, a new generation of young restaurateurs emerges
A Place by Damao is a Sichuan joint unlike any other.
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Cool your sweaty corpus with stir-fried ice cream at Legend Tasty House
Chinatown’s Legend Tasty House is your source for “phat” rolled ice cream
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The textural pleasures of shaved noodles at Chinatown’s Slurp Slurp
Dao xiao mian is an overlooked variant of the trendier hand-pulled lamian.
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Stephanie Izard tries Chinese at Duck Duck Goat
Celebrity chef Stephanie Izard will try her hand at Chinese at her Boka group collaboration Duck Duck Goat, slated to open in November in the West Loop. For Izard it’s home cooking, conjuring early aromatic memories of making moo shu pork with her late mother. Brave ingredients and bold flavors have been Izard’s calling card […]
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Conan, what is best in life? Chinatown’s Little Lamb Hot Pot
Also crushing your enemies, seeing them driven before you, and hearing the lamentation of their women.
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There’s a dangerous new soup dumpling in Chinatown
Qing Xiang Yuan Dumpling in the Richland Mall food court serves up 23 varieties.
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The Ameri-Chinese standards at Hong Huah are packed with love instead of cornstarch
Consider yourself lucky if you live within the three-mile delivery range of this Belmont Cragin Chinese spot.
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The name is bing, dan bing. At Uptown’s Aodake Asian Bistro
A Taiwanese breakfast in a Japanese snack shop
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The Chinese police have nothing on Lao Pi BBQ
Chinese-Muslim chuanr, or barbecued skewers, are on the menu at this subterranean stand.
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Tacos unmastered at Si Fu Chino Latino Kitchen
A Roscoe Village Chinese-Mexican taqueria for the flavor afeard
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One bite: Ping’s Noodle Platter, a dish you won’t find in the city
Rolling Meadows’ Chinese-Korean joint fills up fast for house-made noodles.