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Home » Tony Hu

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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.

Posted inFood & Drink

All hail Hunanese dry hot pot at Sizzling Pot King

by Mike Sula July 5, 2018August 18, 2021

The city’s singular expression of food from China’s southern province reigns in Greektown.

Posted inBlogs

One Bite: Lao Yu Ju’s crispy papaya pastry

by Mike Sula May 15, 2014August 18, 2021

Tony Hu is harboring a great pastry chef in Chinatown.

Posted inBlogs

Chengdu Impression shows Lincoln Park how to burn

by Mike Sula December 26, 2013August 19, 2021

Real Sichuan food arrives in the least likely of places.

Posted inBlogs

Sing’s Noodle House, starring ace noodle puller Liu Chang Ming

by Mike Sula December 2, 2013August 19, 2021

A new noodle shop snags Chinatown’s second-most-recognized celebrity chef.

Chengdu-style dumplings bathe in a puddle of lavalike red oil, surprising in its mild sweetness; air-dried beef, in the background, would make a good accompaniment to the restaurant's high-octane rice liquors.
Posted inFood & Drink

A little la, a lot of ma at Sze Chuan Cuisine

by Mike Sula November 29, 2013August 19, 2021

Sze Chuan Cuisine serves the (slightly) milder food of Sichuan’s gastronomic capital.

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.

Pork roll is among 21 items on the dim sum menu, which is available any time.
Posted inFood & Drink

Dongbei rising

by Mike Sula November 21, 2012August 19, 2021

Homestyle Taste delivers the undersung food of northeast China

Posted inBlogs

That buzzing in your head? It’s Lao Ma La

by Mike Sula November 7, 2012August 19, 2021

Spicy numbing skewer hot pots get top billing at Tony Hu’s takeover of Lure Izakaya

Posted inBlogs

Tony Hu gets the profile he deserves and other food news bites

by Mike Sula September 14, 2012August 19, 2021

Bourbon salt, bologna sandwiches, and a new Next video

Posted inBlogs

Chicago’s only Yunnanese restaurant and more in this week’s Food & Drink

by Kate Schmidt August 31, 2012August 19, 2021

In this week’s Food & Drink: Tony Hu’s new Lao Yunnan, Cocktail Challenge chicken bouillon

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

Chicago’s Culinary Crossroads

by Daniel Gerzina February 27, 2012August 19, 2021

Local restaurants to participate in Chicago’s Culinary Crossroads during the G8 and NATO summits.

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