When I first tap-tap-tapped the glassy, porky exterior of Roel Estanilla’s lechón back in January, I knew he was Monday Night Foodball material. Just a shard of the crispy skin jacketing the lush roasted pork belly would be worth the price of a ticket to the Reader’s weekly chef pop-up series at Irving Park’s Kedzie Inn. […]
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Roel Estanilla makes a very presentable pig
A lion’s purr revving to a roar. The sound of a crack racing across the bald face of a mountain. Thunder ripping across the sky. All arresting sounds for sure, but the phenomenon of Roel Estanilla breaking into the crispy, copper skin of a roasted cochinillo lechón could drown them all out. That sound is […]
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Old Habits is bar food reborn
The kitchen at Avondale’s Ludlow Liquors is so good it gets its own name.
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Laughing Bird: Half-throttle Filipino in Lincoln Square
Top Chef alum Chrissy Camba’s twists on the food of the Philippines are ambitious but unsettling.
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Calamansi-marinated birds at Bacolod Chicken Haus
The poultry at this Filipino storefront is pricier than Parson’s.
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Coming soon: Angin Mamiri
West Ridge will soon be home to Chicago’s only Indonesian restaurant.