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Home » Lao Shanghai

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Posted inFood & Drink

Shanghai is hidden in plain sight at La Mom Kitchen

by Mike Sula August 1, 2019August 18, 2021

An underrepresented regional cuisine reappears in Bridgeport.

Chunks of underfried, greasy sole fillet are given barely a sprinkling of magic Sichuan peppercorns.
Posted inFood & Drink

Lao 18: It ain’t Chinatown anymore

by Mike Sula August 9, 2013August 19, 2021

Tony Hu’s latest might be the best Chinese restaurant in River North, but it’s the worst in his empire.

Posted inBlogs

This week in Food & Drink

by Kate Schmidt October 21, 2011August 19, 2021

This week in Food & Drink: Key Ingredient mountain ash berries, Lao Hunan, the latest from Tony Hu

Posted inFood & Drink

Chinese for Christmas?

by David Hammond, Gary Wiviott, Nicholas Day, Peter Tyksinski, Kristina Meyer and Mike Sula December 17, 2009August 19, 2021

Sixteen options for Christmas dining in Chinatown.

Posted inBlogs

Chinatown Dining Tour tonight

by Kate Schmidt March 25, 2009August 19, 2021

Register by 2:30 PM today for a discount on tonight’s tour of more than 20 Chinatown restaurants and bakeries.

Posted inBlogs

Nine new reviews

by Mike Sula February 21, 2008August 19, 2021

More, more, more: another round of new restaurant reviews in this week’s Food & Drink section.

Posted inBlogs

How to annoy your waiter at Lao Shanghai

by Mike Sula February 5, 2008August 19, 2021

Ring the buzzer and annoy the entire room at Lao Shanghai, one of Tony Hu’s new restaurants in Chinatown.

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