It shouldn’t surprise you that I — a Chinese food writer, an author of a Chinese cookbook — think the best neighborhood to eat in Chicago is Chinatown.
This week’s “The Food Guy” segment is a very quick tour of my favorite Cantonese restaurants in Chinatown — the food of Hong Kong, the city where I grew up. The constraints of a three-minute television segment mean we haven’t even begun curling fingers to scratch the surface.
With dozens of dining options in the area, let me offer a few tips to help you decide where to go and what to eat in Chinatown.
Chinese food is not one thing. Sichuan food looks and taste very different from Cantonese food, and likewise to Shanghainese food. The food of Taiwan is its own genre, as is American Chinese food (chop suey, egg foo young and the like). Then there are snack shops, bakeries, bubble tea shops, dim sum parlors, meat roasters and hot pot restaurants. Narrow down what you’re in the mood for, and chances are, there’s a restaurant that specializes in that dish or genre. Sure, you can find dumplings and potstickers in 20 different restaurants; but I’d steer you to Qing Xiang Yuan (QXY), which specializes in the dish. You’d have a better time there. You could theoretically order dim sum for dinner, but know that it’s a brunch-time genre, and you’ll likely have fresher versions of shumai, egg tarts, lotus-wrapped rice and BBQ pork buns if you visit before 2 p.m. My two favorites in Chinatown are Phoenix and Ming Hin. One of the great joys of Chinatown is that a number of restaurants are open very late. Haidilao, one of China’s popular hot pot chain, has a Chicago location that’s open until 11:30 p.m. Chi Cafe, which specializes in Cantonese diner food (stir-fried noodles, fried rice) is opened until 2 a.m. In the same way that supermarket rotisserie chicken is a versatile protein that you can pick up in under five minutes, Cantonese barbecue has the same function and benefits. At BBQ King House, one of the restaurants featured this week, you can pick up Hong Kong-style roast meats (char siu, crispy pork belly, roast duck, white poached chicken) straight from the deli counter. Order a half pound each of what look’s good, pick up a carton of steamed rice, and you’ll have ready-made dinner for a family for under $30 — and you’ll be in-and-out of the store in under five minutes. What’s the best deal in Chinatown? If you ask me again in five minutes, I’d answer differently. But right now? It’s a bowl of handmade noodles with beef brisket soup at Ken Kee. Under $12, leftovers likely.Hence then, the article about not sure where to eat in chicago s chinatown 5 insider tips to help you decide was published today ( ) and is available on NBC Chicago ( Middle East ) The editorial team at PressBee has edited and verified it, and it may have been modified, fully republished, or quoted. You can read and follow the updates of this news or article from its original source.
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