Are there other fans of Sun Wah in the newsgroup? It's the Chinese barbecue place on the north side of Argyle Street, with the ducks etc. in the window, a few doors west of the El. I get tired of the shabby interior and once in a while of the menu (having gone there now for so long), but its food, especially seafood and barbecue, is outstandingly good when all is said and done, though the taste can vary somewhat depending on who's cooking that night. I mention the place now because when we went there last night and ordered the stuffed eggplant, it turned out to be the best, most intensely flavored eggplant dish I think I've ever had. I believe I've had it at Sun Wah before, but never as good as this. It was slices of small Chinese eggplant, apparently cooked at a high enough heat that the skin was a bit charred, served in a rich brown sauce. I don't know what the stuffing is and forgot to ask, but I'll be sure to order it again and find out. Bill Kelley, Chicago
Chicago, IL
Sun Wah, Argyle
YES YES YES YES !!!! My favourite place for lunch. ...or dinner or breakfast etc. Now does anyone know where I can get Ha Gao dumplings like they have at Three Happiness on the N. Side? Cheers, Mike William K. wrote in message ... >Are there other fans of Sun Wah in the newsgroup? It's the Chinese >barbecue place on the north side of Argyle Street, with the ducks etc. >in the window, a few doors west of the El. > >I get tired of the shabby interior and once in a while of the menu >(having gone there now for so long), but its food, especially seafood >and barbecue, is outstandingly good when all is said and done, though >the taste can vary somewhat depending on who's cooking that night. > >I mention the place now because when we went there last night and >ordered the stuffed eggplant, it turned out to be the best, most >intensely flavored eggplant dish I think I've ever had. I believe I've >had it at Sun Wah before, but never as good as this. It was slices of >small Chinese eggplant, apparently cooked at a high enough heat that the >skin was a bit charred, served in a rich brown sauce. I don't know what >the stuffing is and forgot to ask, but I'll be sure to order it again >and find out. > >Bill Kelley, Chicago >
Not to burst anyone's bubble, but Sun Wah was busted two summers ago for unsanitary cooking purposes. Personally, I'm not one to let that stand between me and good food, but since there is a very formidable substitue in Hon Kee, which is just down the street from Sun Wah (serving the same type of food and dishes), I would recommend checking it out as well. If anything, they are friendlier there.
Desiree K. wrote: ~Not to burst anyone's bubble, but Sun Wah was busted two summers ago for ~unsanitary cooking purposes. ~Personally, I'm not one to let that stand between me and good food, but ~since there is a very formidable substitue in Hon Kee, which is just down ~the street from Sun Wah (serving the same type of food and dishes), I ~would recommend checking it out as well. If anything, they are friendlier ~there. For to-go Chinese bbq, I like Luck Bakery's duck and chau siu the best on that strip (and their fun (uncut rice noodles) too), but I haven't checked out Hon Kee in a while. Havn't found any siu yuk I like in Argyle, maybe it doesn't move fast enough. We've been infatuated lately with the cheung fun that you can buy from the snack shop right under the el tracks a door or two down from the video store. They snip off an amazing amount into the styrofoam containers for $1.25, sprinkled sesame and dark soya included. The choy yuk (cabbage and pork) bao aren't bad either. William, I suspect that your eggplant was deep fried in oil so hot as to leave it pleasantly charred/crispy and not too greasy. On the west coast, this dish frequently comes stuffed with a shrimp filling...yum. regards, trillium