Jazzfood wrote:Wasn't aware, thanks. Any other menu suggestions? I miss those cold colorful wide noodles, the preserved egg w/tofu and hand tear beef most.
This is the last restaurant I ate @ w/SteveZ so it holds special meaning to me. He was out of the hospital briefly and wanted to go. They closed a wk or so later.
I think the smoked pork or beef "pancakes" we've had from there have been pretty good. Same as the spring pancake set. We haven't ordered them since we moved out of South Loop tho. I think their dumplings and bao are decent too.
With my MIL in town though, I am starting to get homemade Dongbei food everyday basically. Maybe we'll order once for her though because believe it or not where they live in Shanghai does not have great Dongbei food. They ate at Homestyle Taste previously and said some of the dishes there were better than what they could get in Shanghai at the time.
The chicken they have that's rare on the menu if you order thru Chowbus for example is "Northern Smoked Chicken." I'm sure you could order in restaurant too. This is from the same city as my wife is from and she said it tastes almost identical to what she grew up with. I have had it in the same region too and concur it tastes exactly like what I ate there. Goes great with beer for the record. We knew of 1 place in the entirety of NYC who serves the same thing - it's rare to find in the US and this place has a very good representation of it. Four Seasons Dumplings in Chicago is better for that chicken than the 1 place we found in NYC (Flushing).
I'm not sure if it's some of the same owners/chefs as Homestyle Taste was but I think if you liked that, then you'll like Four Seasons Dumplings. It's hard when a place holds special memories and it's gone. Hopefully what's there now can bring you some solace.