seebee wrote:I'm Mr Momming this week. I can prolly convince Jr to go for a ride to Katy's with me and take one for the team. Maybe Wed. It's been a LOOOOOONGG time. Last time we went, it was a mixed bag of trash and middlin'. The dumplings were horrific, (full of sugar,) and the noodles were from a pkg.
I can roll it into a visit to Carnivore, so I can make it worth it if it still stinks.
thetrob wrote:Seebee, thanks for taking one for the team.
Seeing how your fish came out OK for the most part, I might just give it a try and order a dry chili chicken to see what it has become.
Maybe the Oak Park Katy's is moving in the right direction, however, comments like, "inoffensive" and "completely edible" don't really make one jump up and run to the phone to place an order.
As Chinese in the area goes, we seem to have plenty of "Inoffensive" and "edible" places such as New Star, Lotus, Luo's, and others. There is always hope we get something better at some point.
thetrob wrote:Seebee, thanks for taking one for the team.
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As Chinese in the area goes, we seem to have plenty of "Inoffensive" and "edible" places such as New Star, Lotus, Luo's, and others. There is always hope we get something better at some point.
Vital Information wrote:
Lotus has a page or so of Taiwanese specialities, including some stuff, if memory, serves me, written only in Chinese characters. Has anyone ever tried this stuff?
seebee wrote:Dare I post this in the Katy's thread? No.
And now, I saved the slop for last. There's probably statistically no way that if you order Dan Dan from here, you'll get this stuff that was as I bad as I got. Ladies and Germs, this, is complete Dan Dan failure:
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The first thing I noticed was the gray / brown sludge surrounding these overcooked, mealy noodles. Before scooping some out, I wanted a closer pic of it. Kinda looks like refried beans:
Worse than it looked. The noodles were shot. Mushy spots and hard spots, but the sauce "stuff" - it ran sweet, which is just sad. Not sure I can stomach this as leftovers. And that brown meat topping? No. Pork particles in grown gravy that was saltier than balls. Just no. I won't dwell on it too much, but it was, in a word - crap.
Someone's at least trying. As a whole, it was still better than last visit.
Santander wrote:Gordon Ramsay has me thinking about actually tasty wings, and I'm curious if anyone has a favorite in the area. I'd say Poor Phil's is my go-to when it's not a chain for sportsball (BWW with coupons in Berwyn - I like the potato wedges and sauces but am not a particular fan of the tiny geriatric wings). Who's doing it right?
Santander wrote:Gordon Ramsay has me thinking about actually tasty wings, and I'm curious if anyone has a favorite in the area. I'd say Poor Phil's is my go-to when it's not a chain for sportsball (BWW with coupons in Berwyn - I like the potato wedges and sauces but am not a particular fan of the tiny geriatric wings). Who's doing it right?
Santander wrote:Scratch Kitchen I've not quite understood why they do legs - and then have no straight buffalo, it's buffalo ranch - vs. wings. I do like the burgers and cans.
A good resource for south of the border...seebee wrote:I've heard nothing but praise for the smoked (and perhaps then fried wings?) at Oak Park Area's oddity venue:
Cigars and Stripes BBQ Lounge (in the Berwyn part of the Oak Park Area).
Santander wrote:Tacabron still seems to be doing reasonable business. The $7.99 three mixed tacos plus rice and beans on Thursdays is a good deal considering the curtido and salsa bar. I wish the asada and chorizo were better but the pastor and goat are usually fine.
bobbywal wrote:Santander wrote:Scratch Kitchen I've not quite understood why they do legs - and then have no straight buffalo, it's buffalo ranch - vs. wings. I do like the burgers and cans.
Same for DTK. I like that place, as an option from time to time. But I don't get why they don't just spend some time perfecting wings. Drumsticks are fine, but there are really good reasons why people eat wings. I've been tempted to try to open a wing spot somewhere on south side of OP but I'm not sure if enough people share my passion....
Vitesse98 wrote:As a matter of fact, as my wife reminded me, Wild Onion actually has excelled fries! As for beer ... usually not as good as the offerings at Beer Shop. But hey, nobody's perfect. I think the compromise is beer and fries at Wild Onion, then beer at Beer Shop if we still need beer.
Still: with Five Guys gone, clearly DTOP needs a place with good fries. Other than Wild Onion, of course.
tazerowe wrote:Vital Information wrote:
Lotus has a page or so of Taiwanese specialities, including some stuff, if memory, serves me, written only in Chinese characters. Has anyone ever tried this stuff?
I've never been to Lotus, but this is interesting. On their website, they list it as an "Ethnic Food" category! I'd also be curious if anyone has tried it. There are preserved vegetable dishes, beef noodle soup, Hakka dishes and more.
Lotus wrote:Braised Intestine / $10.95
Taro Ball / $5.25
Braised Pork Belly Over Rice / $8.95
Braised Tofu / $5.25
Oyster Pancake / $14.95
Dried Bean Curd Spicy / $5.95
Chili Chicken / $11.95
Stir-Fried Lamb with Spinach Spicy / $14.95
Eggplant with Intestine Spicy / $14.95
Radish Omelet / $8.95
Hakka Noodle Soup / $8.95
Taiwanese Beef Noodle Soup / $9.95
Ma-La Fish Fillet Spicy / $16.95
Sesame Oil Braised Chicken
Spicy. Pre-order required / $20.00
Stuffed Intestine w/Chinese Sausage / $7.95
Spicy Salt Chicken or Pork Chop / $9.95
Panther in the Den wrote:7441 W Madison St
Unit 2, Forest Park
Not too soon...