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Home » Lao Sze Chuan

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Posted inBlogs

Cool your sweaty corpus with stir-fried ice cream at Legend Tasty House

by Mike Sula July 13, 2017August 18, 2021

Chinatown’s Legend Tasty House is your source for “phat” rolled ice cream

Posted inBest of Chicago

Best Chinese restaurant

by Chicago Reader June 23, 2016August 18, 2021

Lao Sze Chuan various locationschicagolaoszechuan.com Runner-Up: Duck Duck Goat

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.

Zigong-style bowls—with shreds of lamb, beef, fish, or pork—are violently red, oily, and delicious.
Posted inFood & Drink

Yan Bang Cai: Eating in the salt mines

by Mike Sula July 22, 2013August 19, 2021

Chinatown’s Yan Bang Cai features the food of Sichuan Province’s salt city.

Posted inBest of Chicago

Best Chinese

by Chicago Reader June 19, 2013August 19, 2021

Lao Sze Chuan

Posted inBlogs

Marigold Indian restaurant, now in Andersonville, still a gem

by Kate Schmidt March 18, 2013August 19, 2021

The upscale Indian restaurant, relocated to Andersonville, provides another option for imbibing.

Lao Special Whole Fish, bathed in chiles
Posted inFood & Drink

Tony Hu’s expanding empire

by Mike Sula August 29, 2012August 19, 2021

Tony Hu’s expanding empire now includes Chicago’s only Yunnanese restaurant

Posted inBlogs

Koren Grieveson splits Avec and other food news bites

by Mike Sula August 24, 2012August 19, 2021

Food trucks for sale, small barrel whiskey sucks, and other food-related outrages

Posted inBlogs

One bite: Phoenix spicy tofu stir-fry

by Mike Sula November 25, 2011August 19, 2021

In defense of offal eating—as virtuous as a bowl of bean curd.

Posted inBlogs

Ready, set, roll your eyes: It’s Michelin Guide time

by Mike Sula November 9, 2011August 19, 2021

Le sigh: French tire maker Michelin dropped its 2011 Bib Gourmand list this morning.

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 inBest of Chicago

Best Chinese

by Chicago Reader June 23, 2011August 19, 2021

Lao Sze Chuan voted best Chinese food

Posted inBlogs

Dinner & a Show: Thursday 6/3

by Whet Moser June 3, 2010August 19, 2021

Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.

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.

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