Katie wrote:Love that face on the red hot man.
stevez wrote:DrkDragon wrote:The proposed LSC site is at the old Smiling Buddha location. I've driven by a few times and haven't seen at activity other than the small sign that says LSC coming soon. But that has been up for a while now.
I spoke to Tony Hu yesterday and he told me that they are dealing with permit issues and things aren't moving too quickly with the Village of Schaumburg. A lot of stuff has to be retrofitted to bring it up to today's building codes as opposed to those in effect in the 1980's when the original restaurant on that site was built. He didn't sound too optimistic about an opening any time soon saying only that it will definitely open next year.
c8w wrote:
This would probably be one of my top choices - Asian Bistro is very good, among the better Chinese spots in the city (on quite a few dishes, comparable with Lao Sze Chuan). I dont think any Thai spot is among the best around, in the AH/Schaumburg area (the city has far better Thai options).
Also, L&L is very good - been a couple of times (tho a year or so ago), and liked it a fair bit back then.
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Steve Drucker wrote:c8w wrote:
This would probably be one of my top choices - Asian Bistro is very good, among the better Chinese spots in the city (on quite a few dishes, comparable with Lao Sze Chuan). I dont think any Thai spot is among the best around, in the AH/Schaumburg area (the city has far better Thai options).
Also, L&L is very good - been a couple of times (tho a year or so ago), and liked it a fair bit back then.
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Bearing in mind that this is an old thread, I see that the Asian Bistro chef is of Taiwan descent. Taiwanese cuisine is one of my favorites, yet I don't see any of it on the menu? Of the Sichuan choices, which winners have you come across?
L&L is one of my long time favorites. Glad to see it's still pumping. Any idea what time they open Saturday mornings?
JayB wrote:Asian Bistro is one of my favorite places in Arlington Heights. In my opinion, the food here is on par with the best Sichuan food in China town. Echo all those dishes, definitely a fan of the bom bom chicken
I would also add:
501 Szechuan Hot Spicy Wonton
1307 Szechuan String Bean
724 Authentic Twice Cooked Fish Fillet
There's also a great lamb dish with tons of Ma la flavor, I can't remember which one it was, but probably 816 Ma la lamb. It's prepared similar to a boiled beef dish with lots of szechuan peppercorn and chili flavor.
JayB wrote:Asian Bistro is one of my favorite places in Arlington Heights. In my opinion, the food here is on par with the best Sichuan food in China town.
JayB wrote:
724 Authentic Twice Cooked Fish Fillet
cilantro wrote:JayB wrote:Asian Bistro is one of my favorite places in Arlington Heights. In my opinion, the food here is on par with the best Sichuan food in China town.
Agree with all this. I know I keep plugging this place, but I really do love it.JayB wrote:
724 Authentic Twice Cooked Fish Fillet
This, very much. All the other recommendations above are also good, but I think this and the pickles should be considered signature dishes.
And when the lamb with cumin is on, it's unbeatable.
Re Taiwanese dishes: I definitely recall beef noodle soup on the menu, but I don't think they have oyster pancakes or anything like that.
c8w wrote:
But anyway - Sankalp seems to me like its playing on a much higher level than any of these places on Devon. Not that its hugely surprising in a sense - the majority of the South-Indian population in Chicagoland (and a burgeoning one it is too) is mostly concentrated around the Schaumburg area anyway, no longer anywhere close to Devon or the city (and most dont actually come down to Devon very often anymore either, with all the Indian-shopping-needs met by Patel Brothers and all the rest, all of whom now have branches in the Schaumburg area). For its style of cuisine, I dont believe there is any place in Chicagoland near Sankalp's level, at the moment.
JoelF wrote:On the east edge of AH on Rand Road is Jin 28, which has an all-you-care-to-eat Sushi menu for $19 which is pretty good. Not stellar, and I guess not actually cheap, but it is for Sushi.