Summer Noodles and Rice [Pan Asian]

Summer Noodles and Rice

Sparse, but comfy Pan Asian hard by the Granville El stop with ties to Indie Cafe on Broadway. Someone in the kitchen has obvious talent, but the food had an overall dumbed down quality most evidenced by a sweet sugary note in the majority of the dishes we tried. For example, the tofu portion of Turmeric Crispy Tofu was light and crunchy, but was simply drowned in bottled sweet chili sauce with the intermittent dot of sriracha.

Turmeric Crispy Tofu


Signature Summer Rolls worked a bit better, very fresh ingredients speak well to overall attention to detail.

Summer Rolls


The mixed menu was a highlight reel, Bangkok Street Calamari, tender though if one serves food in more than bite size portions there should be a knife available, Red Duck Curry suffered the same miscue, large pieces of duck, no knife, and a surprisingly good Orange Chicken, crisp with shreds of orange peel.

Bangkok Street Calamari


Orange Chicken


BYOB, busy takeout business, relaxed atmosphere, good service and fair pricing, big bowls of well priced soups seemed popular.

Enjoy,
Gary

Summer Noodles and Rice
1123 W Granville
Chicago, Il 60660
773-761-8500

Indie cafe
5951 N. Broadway
Chicago, IL 60660
773-561-5577