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    Post #1 - February 17th, 2005, 11:36 pm
    Post #1 - February 17th, 2005, 11:36 pm Post #1 - February 17th, 2005, 11:36 pm
    We won a certificate for 3 days and 2 nights (Sunday-Thursday) in scenic Shcaumburg. (No snickers, please). We are decidedly unfamiliar with that particular part of Chicagoland, and are avid for suggestions of places to eat (hoepfully worth the detour) and things to do. Both of us are mallophobic, so we will severely limit the time we spend in Woodfield Mall; the riverboat casino in Elgin is equally out of the question. Help!
  • Post #2 - February 17th, 2005, 11:44 pm
    Post #2 - February 17th, 2005, 11:44 pm Post #2 - February 17th, 2005, 11:44 pm
    chapulin,

    You've probably been to Mitsuwa Marketplace, right? That's nearby (Arlington Heights), and would make for a nice Saturday morning excursion.

    Sakura sushi is on Algonquin, and I like the place, as do many Japanese in the area.

    You might also try breaching security at Motorola (Rolling Meadows, also nearby) for a quick, unguided tour of the corporate museum in the Galvin center.

    Hammond
    "Don't you ever underestimate the power of a female." Bootsy Collins
  • Post #3 - February 18th, 2005, 12:15 am
    Post #3 - February 18th, 2005, 12:15 am Post #3 - February 18th, 2005, 12:15 am
    Hi,

    Are you seeking things to do or places to eat? Believe or not, there are people who come from out-of-town and out-of-the-country to visit Woodfield Mall, Gurnee Mills and Mall of America to name a few. What may be considered mundane here is fascinating to others. Why not walk around a bit as a tourist rather than a consumer. If anything, it can be interesting people watching ... or at least come early and join the mall walkers who are there for exercise.

    At Woodfield Mall itself is Todai Japanese sushi buffet with other dishes present. If you come when they open, they have a small ceremony or theatrical welcome to their customers. I have yet to see it, though I heard it is amusing.

    Mitsuwa Japanese Grocery Store is like walking straight into Tokyo. It is at Algonquin and Arlington Heights Road. They have a lovely food court with modestly priced, interesting food. Across the parking lot to the east are two Japanese bakeries with interesting pastries.

    If you head north from Mitsuwa on Arlington Heights Road, you will find Johnnies Italian Beef.

    Wanna see a cheap movie? At $2 you cannot beat the Buffalo Grove Theater at Lake-Cook and Route 83. Wanna eat afterwards, follow 83 south, which meanders, to Pita Inn just south of Dundee Road.

    At Dundee Road and 83, there is a Walker Brothers 'The Original Pancake House. (It used to be a non-Walker Brothers installation, but apparently that has changed)

    Le Titi de Paris is also on Dundee Road east of 53. I've never been there, the long time chef-owner has retired, why not go there and report on your meal?

    Many communities have historical societies where they proudly display their local history. It's not the Chicago Historical Society, however I find you always learn something.

    We look forward to your post later on what you did.

    Mitsuwa Corporation
    100 East Algonquin Road
    Arlington Heights, IL 60005
    847-956-6699

    Le Titi De Paris
    1015 W Dundee Rd
    Arlington Hts, IL 60004
    http://www.letitideparis.com
    847-506-0222

    Todai
    5 Woodfield Mall
    Schaumburg, IL 60173
    http://www.todai.com
    847-619-1088

    Walker BROS Original Pancake House
    825 West Dundee Road
    Arlington Heights, IL 60004
    847-392-6600
    Cathy2

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  • Post #4 - February 18th, 2005, 1:29 am
    Post #4 - February 18th, 2005, 1:29 am Post #4 - February 18th, 2005, 1:29 am
    Another interesting stop just south of Schaumburg (that I didn't think to mention at Gulliver's) is Lynfred Winery - by far the best commercial wines produced in all of Chicago's western suburbs. Friendly, great tasting room on a par with some of the ones I've seen in Napa. They don't grow grapes, they just buy them, mostly from Calif.

    Lynfred Winery, 15 S. Roselle Road, Roselle
  • Post #5 - February 18th, 2005, 7:03 am
    Post #5 - February 18th, 2005, 7:03 am Post #5 - February 18th, 2005, 7:03 am
    nr706 wrote:Another interesting stop just south of Schaumburg (that I didn't think to mention at Gulliver's) is Lynfred Winery - by far the best commercial wines produced in all of Chicago's western suburbs.


    Faint praise, indeed.
    Steve Z.

    “Only the pure in heart can make a good soup.”
    ― Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Post #6 - February 18th, 2005, 7:33 am
    Post #6 - February 18th, 2005, 7:33 am Post #6 - February 18th, 2005, 7:33 am
    The Condiment Queen and I are suckers for Todai, in fact, truth be told, that is where we had our Valentine's lunch. Sure it is not the fanciest place in town, but such a deal...

    Actually, my favorite chow place in the Woodfield area is Ikea. I'm actually on a bit of Scandanavianish bender these days, eating heering and railing against why there's no Marcus Sammuelson in Chicago to Ms. VI, so the only place to satisfy my cravings really is Ikea. Best is their shrimp sammy with the tons of mayo. There is also a great selection of Swedish canned foods.

    I have never been to the Pita House in Schaumburg (365 S. Roselle Rd), but I very much like the one in Lombard. It's not Steve's but fine nonetheless.

    Because I find myself in that area and at a loss for good food, I have compiled a pretty big list in my own personal chowbase on places mentioned--to be prepared in case. Many of these come from the Chowhound poster "Sredni Vashtar ". Here's some of the places in my database, you will notice eating out there can be quite diverse:

    Sizzle India - 1941 E Algonquin Rd Schaumburg, IL - The Schaunburg branch is supposed to be more Indian-Chinese than just pure Indian food, but the Sizzle on Da'Bomb is one of my favorites.

    Cho Dang Tofu - 1719 Algonquin Mt Prospect - A Korean tofu specialists

    Milan Chat & Sweets - 927 W Golf. Rd Schaumburg - Indian-style vegetarian snacks (chaat and thali) and sweets

    Nayeb's Restaurant - 851 S. Roselle Rd - Casual, family-style Persian food. (!)

    Finally, there is Shaw's. Corporate, faux (but in a good way) but usually reliable.

    Rob
  • Post #7 - February 18th, 2005, 7:43 am
    Post #7 - February 18th, 2005, 7:43 am Post #7 - February 18th, 2005, 7:43 am
    A couple notes on above posters' recommendations:
    1) I ate at Sizzle India for lunch about ten months ago, and found the buffet below average. Chinese food was included on the buffet, and that may have contributed to my disappointment, but the spice and thus flavor levels were low all around, pakora were greasy.

    2) Just had Valentine's day dinner at Le Titi De Paris. Service was outstanding (benefit of early dinner on holidays -- they're not grumpy yet), but the v-day menu was not a great value: food was well prepared, but just nothing special.

    Search this board for "Rolling Meadows" for a lunch survey I did one week (avoid the BBQ place on Algonquin, Buona Beef's a fair bet).

    Let's see, what else...

    I'll second a trip into Mitsuwa.

    Gaylords of India, on Mall Drive south of Woodfield is good Indian, but much pricier than on Devon.

    There's a chinese place on Golf a few miles west of the mall on the north side of the street that I'm fond of, but I can't recall the name. Something Hunan probably.
  • Post #8 - February 18th, 2005, 8:35 am
    Post #8 - February 18th, 2005, 8:35 am Post #8 - February 18th, 2005, 8:35 am
    Yet another place that I have read lots of good things about on the Chowhounds board, and one that Sredni Vashtar has recommended on several occassions, is Sabor at 160 S. Roselle Rd., Schaumburg.

    http://www.chowhound.com/midwest/boards ... 24095.html

    If you're willing to drive a little bit further than Le Titi de Paris, you could also go up 53 to the Lake Cook Rd exit, head north on 12 to 22 and dine at D&J Bistro. Not as fancy as Le Titi, but always good classic bistro fare. Btw, D&J is owned by the same people who own Retro Bistro in Mt. Prospect. That location would be close to you as well, but I like D&J's atmosphere better.

    D&J Bistro, 466 S. Rand Rd., Lake Zurich
  • Post #9 - February 18th, 2005, 8:39 am
    Post #9 - February 18th, 2005, 8:39 am Post #9 - February 18th, 2005, 8:39 am
    Joel,

    I think the Chinese place your thinking of is Yu's Mandarin. I haven't been there in a while, but recall it as being pretty good. They're at 200 E. Golf Rd.
  • Post #10 - February 18th, 2005, 2:02 pm
    Post #10 - February 18th, 2005, 2:02 pm Post #10 - February 18th, 2005, 2:02 pm
    Try Hot Wok Village in Hoffman Estates. It's an Indian Chinese fusion place in a big box that used to house a Handy Andy home improvement store. It's a cattle call, but you'll love it once you're seated--particularly if you haven't been exposed to Indian Chinese. The Trib and Monica Eng just included the place in astory on Indian/Chinese fusion cuisine, which includes a good summary of recommended items. I haven't been back since the story was published, but I suspect that it's even busier now.

    Other places worth trying:
    I like Woo Lae Oak for Korean BBQ. Grills are gas-fired, but the room is cool and the soju plentiful. Sal & Carvao, which is the suburban answer to Fogo de Chao's churrasco-style meat on a spit, does business on the same road, slightly west. Haven't been, but I hear it's comparable to F. de C. I may have also read that F. de C. has recently opened a location in town as well.

    Close to Sabor (which I also recommend) there's a Lou Malnati's branch at the corner of Schaumburg and Roselle Roads. For great thin crust, I'd do Barnaby's on Golf Road just west of Roselle (and very close to Yu's Mandarin). Heading west on Schaumburg Road, you'll find an outpost of Indian Garden--another giant room (detecting a pattern?) doing lots of covers. Going even further west will take you by a Pakistani place called Pepper & Salt. Good biryanis, channa, bhatura and samosas. If you don't smoke, you may want to take it to go *cough*. If you've come this far, just keep going west until you hit Barrington Road. Go north and there's a Steak 'n Shake on the right side just after Humana Hospital and before the intersection at Higgins. Also in the area is a little-known Japanese place called Daruma which is still popular with Japanese expats. I love the Japanese water garden outside, trying for all it's worth and succeeding to inject aesthetics into an ugly strip mall.

    Other places of interest include one of my favorite markets--Valli Produce. They have two locations: one in in Arlington Heights and another in Hoffman Estates. They're--you guessed it--big stores with an international focus. At least one large aisle is devoted to a different region in the world...European (mostly eastern), Latin America, Indian/Pakistani, Mediterranean (Greek and Italian) Asian and even some Caribbean and African. Very deep and interesting meat, produce, bakery and beer/wine/liquor offerings.


    Hot Wok Village
    2557 West Golf Rd
    Hoffman Estates, IL 60194
    847-839-8880

    Woo Lae Oak
    3201 Algonquin Rd.
    Rolling Meadows
    847-870-9910

    Sal & Carvao Churrascaria
    801 E. Algonquin Rd.
    Schaumburg
    847-925-0061

    Lou Malnati's
    1 South Roselle Road
    Schaumburg, IL 60193
    847-985-1525

    Barnaby's
    134 W Golf Rd
    Schaumburg, IL
    (847)882-3220

    Indian Garden
    855 E. Schaumburg Rd.
    Schaumburg
    847-524-3007

    Pepper & Salt
    2267 W. Schaumburg Rd.
    Schaumburg
    847-524-1402

    Steak 'n Shake
    1825 Barrington Rd.
    Hoffman Estates
    847-884-1024

    Daruma Restaurant
    1823 W. Golf Rd.
    Schaumburg
    847-882-9700

    Valli Produce
    Arlington Heights:
    400 E. Golf Road
    (two blocks east of Arlington Heights Rd.)
    847-439-9700
    Hoffman Estates:
    850 N. Roselle Road
    (SW corner of Roselle and Higgins)
    847-252-7200
  • Post #11 - February 18th, 2005, 2:12 pm
    Post #11 - February 18th, 2005, 2:12 pm Post #11 - February 18th, 2005, 2:12 pm
    For something to do, there is always something playing at the Metropolis Art Center in Arlington Heights. The Millrose restaurant is a nice place for dinner or burgers and drinks , they took six barns to form this restaurant. www.millroserestaurant.com
    www.metropolisarts.com
  • Post #12 - February 18th, 2005, 5:50 pm
    Post #12 - February 18th, 2005, 5:50 pm Post #12 - February 18th, 2005, 5:50 pm
    I can vouch for Lynfred as being pretty good by most standards. At least as good as most of the wines I have had from western Michigan, for instance. Is it world class? No, but it is quite drinkable and the owners are nice people.

    I have also heard pretty good things about Sizzle India from local Indian cohorts, but nothing good about the buffet.

    If you wait until it is warmer, you could always go to Arlington racetrack. Wear some plaids, a good hat and bet on some horses whose names you like.

    I cannot share VI's enthusiasm for dining at Ikea - I find the food mediocre and it is awfully crowded on weekends.

    Woodfield can be amusing, but be careful about when you go as the crowds can be crazy.

    Lastly, there was an old farm house that they moved to Roselle and Schaumburg roads a long time ago, and put the historical society into it. Might be fun, though I have never been there.

    Enjoy
    d
    Feeling (south) loopy
  • Post #13 - February 18th, 2005, 5:58 pm
    Post #13 - February 18th, 2005, 5:58 pm Post #13 - February 18th, 2005, 5:58 pm
    Chapulin,

    In addition to Mitsuwa, I'd suggest Tensuke Japanese Grocery. What I especially like about Tensuke is the fact that they will slice fresh filets from the counter, just to the right of the sushi area, for sashimi. My favorite is to pick a $8-10 dollar pack of toro, motion for one of the chefs behind the glass, and ask them to please cut for sashimi.

    What is $8-10 of toro at Tensuke, pristinely fresh by the way, would be at least $20, if even available, at a good quality Japanese restaurant. If the package contains more toro than you wish indicate the amount you would like, unless you speak Japanese some pantomime may be necessary.

    Enjoy,
    Gary

    Tensuke (True World)
    3 Arlington Heights Rd
    Elk Grove Village, IL 60007
    847-806-1200
    Hold my beer . . .

    Low & Slow
  • Post #14 - February 19th, 2005, 12:11 pm
    Post #14 - February 19th, 2005, 12:11 pm Post #14 - February 19th, 2005, 12:11 pm
    On the Southwest end of Schaumburg are two restaurants
    with same ownership, different styles. Village Tavern has
    good ribs, beef stroganoff, reasonable hamburgers &
    fish n' chips in a non franchise neighborhood saloon setting.
    Pilot Pete's views the Schaumburg Regional Airport, if you
    like looking a little airplanes while dining, similar menu,
    maybe a little higher end. Both have steaks. Reasonable.

    .pilotpetes.com

    Village Tavern
    901 W. Wise Schaunburg
    847 891 8866

    Pilot Petes
    905 W. Irving Schaumburg
    847 891 5100
  • Post #15 - February 9th, 2007, 8:40 am
    Post #15 - February 9th, 2007, 8:40 am Post #15 - February 9th, 2007, 8:40 am
    Sizzle India Schaumburg Update.

    I met my mother there for dinner last night. Their menu does not have any Indian-Chinese items (that I saw--perhaps this is only a lunch buffet feature or on a separate menu). In fact, the menu was almost exactly as I remember it being on Devon: It had two halves, "Udupi" and "Andhran".

    I enjoyed my entire meal (except for the naan). Lamb saagwala, butter chicken, and aloo gobi, were all rich, very flavorful, and aggressively spicy. It was a satisfying meal and I recommend it to anyone "Lost in Schaumburg".

    Please note that it is at a different address than listed above in VI's post (they must have moved).

    Sizzle India
    645 E Algonquin
    Schaumburg
    773 544 9777

    Best,
    Michael
  • Post #16 - February 9th, 2007, 10:22 am
    Post #16 - February 9th, 2007, 10:22 am Post #16 - February 9th, 2007, 10:22 am
    Several points:

    1) I don't "get" IKEA but the place is always packed with traffic. The food is pretty decent as long as you avoid the huge hot dogs.

    2) I like Todai too. It is not the greatest food and some of the hot food off the steamtable is pretty bad. BUT ... there is always something that is good available.

    3) There is a comedy club at Woodfield that sells half price tickets at Goldstarevents.com.

    4) If you are looking for a Sunday Brunch, I like the buffet at the Udupi Palace (Southern Indian) in the 700 block of East Schaumburg Rd.

    5) I hate malls BUT I like to head to Woodfield Mall just for people watching.

    6) If worst comes to worst, drive from the hotel to the nearest Metra station and take the train into Chicago. I believe that the closest line is the Union Pacific NW line in either Arlington Heights or Palatine.

    Finally, Sizzle India moved about a year ago up Algonquin Rd.
  • Post #17 - February 10th, 2007, 8:10 pm
    Post #17 - February 10th, 2007, 8:10 pm Post #17 - February 10th, 2007, 8:10 pm
    Gaylord of India is one of our favorites in that area. And we had a great meal at Weber Grill, also in that same area. Weber Grill is just a tiny notch below Ruth's Chris, but it's also far less expensive.

    I don't blame you for not wanting to spend time at the mall, especially Woodfield. There's a park near there with a decent trail, but if you're going soon, that probably won't be an option.

    If I were in your shoes, I'd be looking at spending at least one day/evening in Chicago itself.
    Life is too short to eat bad food, drink bad wine, or read bad books.
    Greasy Spoons
  • Post #18 - February 28th, 2007, 2:13 pm
    Post #18 - February 28th, 2007, 2:13 pm Post #18 - February 28th, 2007, 2:13 pm
    I just read that John Barleycorn, McCormick & Schmick's , Rosebud , Pete Miller Steakhouse , Davis Street Fish Market, Potbelly and another Culver's and a Whole Foods Market are all coming to Schaumburg.
  • Post #19 - February 28th, 2007, 4:30 pm
    Post #19 - February 28th, 2007, 4:30 pm Post #19 - February 28th, 2007, 4:30 pm
    Kim wrote:a Whole Foods Market are all coming to Schaumburg.


    A Whole Foods would be welcome. Where did you read that?
  • Post #20 - February 28th, 2007, 10:42 pm
    Post #20 - February 28th, 2007, 10:42 pm Post #20 - February 28th, 2007, 10:42 pm
    I go to Pita House http://www.pitahouse.com in Schaumburg (work in Schaumburg) all the time. Before I go, I often take "orders" from my coworkes on what they want me to bring back. Good food.

    Franco's Cucina is a good place for lunch (not open for the full dinner hours... might be until about 6pm?). Good Italian subs and food.

    Franco's Cucina
    204 E Golf Rd
    Schaumburg, IL 60173
    (847) 781-3900

    I'm also a big fan of Yu's http://www.yusrestaurant.com. But I like Americanized Chinese food....
  • Post #21 - March 1st, 2007, 11:22 am
    Post #21 - March 1st, 2007, 11:22 am Post #21 - March 1st, 2007, 11:22 am
    Anko wrote:
    Kim wrote:a Whole Foods Market are all coming to Schaumburg.


    A Whole Foods would be welcome. Where did you read that?


    Whole Foods is going to be in the old Homemaker's behind the Streets of Woodfield.

    www.ci.schaumburg.il.us/vos.nsf/printview/MJFT-6XHUW5
  • Post #22 - March 1st, 2007, 12:51 pm
    Post #22 - March 1st, 2007, 12:51 pm Post #22 - March 1st, 2007, 12:51 pm
    Franco's Cucina is a good place for lunch (not open for the full dinner hours... might be until about 6pm?). Good Italian subs and food.

    Franco's Cucina
    204 E Golf Rd
    Schaumburg, IL 60173
    (847) 781-3900

    UPDATE: I think Franco's is now Nonna's Cucina. Have not tried anything but their cookies which were ok.
  • Post #23 - April 9th, 2007, 5:43 pm
    Post #23 - April 9th, 2007, 5:43 pm Post #23 - April 9th, 2007, 5:43 pm
    jlawrence01 wrote:Several points:


    4) If you are looking for a Sunday Brunch, I like the buffet at the Udupi Palace (Southern Indian) in the 700 block of East Schaumburg Rd.

    Finally, Sizzle India moved about a year ago up Algonquin Rd.


    There has been a lot of migration amongst the Indian population in Chicago,
    almost entirely to the North-Western burbs. Thus Indian restaurants (and
    pretty good ones at that) are springing up everywhere in Schaumburg
    and its environs (so much so that "Schaumburg Indian" might actually
    be a high compliment soon.. .wouldnt *that* be a turn-up for the books :-)

    All the South-Indian places have branches in the area - Mysore Woodlands,
    Udupi Palace, Dakshin etc (a South-Indian friend was praising the Dakshin
    outpost in Schaumburg the other day, but Ive never been).

    Sizzle India has long been known as the best Andhra-style Indian place
    in the Chicagoland area... they tried opening a branch on Devon, and
    ended up failing badly (just not enough Andhra-emigres left in the
    Devon area probably). They are still flourishing in Schaumburg, however,
    and also doing quite well in Naperville from what I hear (a friend tried
    it a while ago, eating off the menu rather than the buffet, and thought
    it was very good indeed).

    The same story was repeated with Indian-Chinese - the two best Indian-Chinese
    restaurants in Chicagoland are both in Hoffman Estates. Hot Wok is the
    veteran - they tried opening a branch (Manchow) on Devon, but failed.
    The new one is Bamboo Garden on Golf Road, which is better (but
    marginally more upscale, with more Chinese and fewer Indian-Chinese
    offerings) than Hot Wok.

    And now (the actual reason for this post :-)... there is finally a good
    new Pakistani/Indian-Muslim place open, also just over the Schaumburg
    border in Hoffman Estates. It is called Paradise, and its at 721 West
    Golf Road (in a strip mall almost at the intersection of Golf and Higgins).

    I tried this place last week, and in my (extremely biased) opinion, it may
    currently be the best Indian-buffet in Chicagoland :-) That is because, of
    course, the buffet suits my own peculiar tastes :-) They had about 4
    veggie dishes (aloo palak and the like - I didnt actually try any, so can
    offer no comment). They had potato-samosas, which were decent on
    the day. Tandoori chicken, which was mediocre (sadly it isnt brought
    to your table - if they did, it would improve things greatly). However..
    they also had haleem on their buffet, which was very tasty on the
    day. They had kadai chicken and kadai goat, both of which were solid
    on the day. They had chicken-chapli-kababs (Ive never had *chicken*
    chapli before... they had run out when I got there, and so prepared it
    fresh, and fresh kababs can never be less than good). They had
    a very tasty chicken biryani on the day. For dessert they had carrot
    halwa (a mediocre version), and kheer (which was very very good
    on the day, best Ive had in a while.. I was stuffed with food and was
    intending to try only a spoon each of the desserts for "research
    purposes", but ended up having 2 bowls of the kheer instead :-) And
    all of it was, IIRC, 8.99 - a quite excellent value for some very good
    buffet food. Maybe it is only living up to zim's "all Indian buffets are
    good for the first month of the restaurant's existance" theory, but
    as of last week it was very good.

    I gathered from talking to someone that, despite liking the combination
    of dishes on the buffet a fair bit, I had actually come on the "wrong"
    day - their lunch buffet, it was claimed, has sometimes had chicken biryani,
    goat biryani, haleem *and* nehari on it! I dont know of any such buffet
    in the Chicagoland area (with *three* of my fave dishes on it!) The haleem,
    as mentioned above, was good last week, and given that the chicken biryani
    was as tasty as it was, I would like to try their goat biryani (a friend who
    is, like me, an Usmaniya-partisan, has already told me he considers their
    goat biryani second only to Usmaniya in Chicago - though he's tried it
    only twice now I think, so the sample-size remains small).

    Anyway. If one is into meat-oriented-Indian-food, this must surely be
    an excellent addition to the Schaumburg/Hoffman Estates area. I know
    I'll defintiely stop by the next time Iam nearby, at any rate (especially since
    the last meal at Pepper and Salt, a couple of weekends ago, was somewhat
    mediocre - Paradise's buffet, even if tried only once, was much superior
    IMHO to P&S's off-the-menu items the week before).

    c8w

    P.S. BTW, Paradise also had a monstrously huge projection screen up
    temporarily - they were advertising an all-you-can-eat-buffet plus
    Cricket-World-Cup-watching for 20 bucks. However, with both India
    and Pakistan knocked out of said World Cup, Iam pretty sure that
    particular offer is dead-in-the-water already :-) The screen is still
    up, and last week they only had highlights of an old match playing
    silently in the background at no extra charge.
  • Post #24 - April 9th, 2007, 9:58 pm
    Post #24 - April 9th, 2007, 9:58 pm Post #24 - April 9th, 2007, 9:58 pm
    c8w, you are killing me. You are clearly an eater after my own tastes. I think it's time for an LTH investigative trip to test the "first month" theory. Who's in?
    Joe G.

    "Whatever may be wrong with the world, at least it has some good things to eat." -- Cowboy Jack Clement
  • Post #25 - April 10th, 2007, 12:47 pm
    Post #25 - April 10th, 2007, 12:47 pm Post #25 - April 10th, 2007, 12:47 pm
    me me me! :lol:

    always looking for something new and exciting out here in the sticks!
  • Post #26 - April 10th, 2007, 1:15 pm
    Post #26 - April 10th, 2007, 1:15 pm Post #26 - April 10th, 2007, 1:15 pm
    man.. Schaumburg is the sticks? tough crowd.

    I got one (tho it's not new):
    Solliphana Korean BBQ
    243 W. Golf Road
    Schaumburg, IL 60195
    847-519-1717

    full of jigaes and tang (from ai jigae to yang so tang, etc.), gas-fired grill for chadol baeji/ssam gyup sal. relative bargain at lunch time. tho i've never actually eaten dinner here, i have seen the $20 buffet galbi and the $17 buffet bulgogi.
    Last edited by TonyC on April 10th, 2007, 1:23 pm, edited 1 time in total.
  • Post #27 - April 10th, 2007, 1:22 pm
    Post #27 - April 10th, 2007, 1:22 pm Post #27 - April 10th, 2007, 1:22 pm
    TonyC wrote:man.. Schaumburg is the sticks? tough crowd.


    IMO, most of the major Chicago suburbs have as wide a variety of restaurants as most midsized Midwestern cities.

    I think Schaumburg has as many very good restaurants as Cincinnati or Cleveland.

    I would head to Schaumburg a lot more often if the traffic was not so bad in the evening.
  • Post #28 - April 10th, 2007, 9:44 pm
    Post #28 - April 10th, 2007, 9:44 pm Post #28 - April 10th, 2007, 9:44 pm
    I would bet the Indian and Korean choices in the Schaumburg area far exceede thaos available in all but a very few major U.S. cities in both breadth and quality. My office is just down the road from Paradise and not far from Solipan and I enthusiastically second those recommendations. Also worth checking out in the same area (actually just two strip malls down from Hot Wok Village) is Milan Chat, an excellent Indian snack spot with really outstanding Panni poori.
    Lacking fins or tail
    The Gefilte fish
    swims with great difficulty.

    Jewish haiku.
  • Post #29 - April 11th, 2007, 9:01 am
    Post #29 - April 11th, 2007, 9:01 am Post #29 - April 11th, 2007, 9:01 am
    I really like the lunch buffet at Gaylord India Restaurant (Gotta be one of the worst names for a restaurant :lol: ) compared to the other Indian places in Schaumburg. I have tried almost all the indian lunch buffets in Schaumburg and the quality of food is better at Gaylord India Restaurant. I think the prices are a couple bucks more than than other Indian restaurants, but in my opinion the quality and selection of food is better than other places.
  • Post #30 - April 16th, 2007, 2:28 pm
    Post #30 - April 16th, 2007, 2:28 pm Post #30 - April 16th, 2007, 2:28 pm
    missvjw wrote:I go to Pita House http://www.pitahouse.com in Schaumburg (work in Schaumburg) all the time.


    This is a "regular" work place for me as well. I just wish the food had a deeper level of spicing.

    --
    I did absolutely nothing and it was everything I thought it could be.

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