Bridgestone: Sweden meets Szechuan - Monday at Lao Sze Chuan

LTH,

Bridgestone, of drop dead gorgeous pictures and delectable Swedish Recipes will be in town on Monday 2/11. Not only will he be in town but will be dining with a group of LTHers, yep that's us, at Lao Sze Chuan.

I've had the pleasure of meeting Jonathan / Bridgestone last time he was in Chicago and am very much looking forward to Monday's dinner at Lao Sze Chuan.

All are welcome, the more the merrier!

Please RSVP to thread or PM G Wiv

Monday 2/11/08 at 7:30pm
Lao Sze Chuan
2172 S. Archer Ave.
Chicago, IL 60616
312 326-5040

Enjoy,
Gary

I wouldn't miss it for the world. Count me in!

Hi,

I'm in.

Regards,

I've been waiting for years to use the line, "I'm your biggest fan!" and now I can. Sincerely.

I wil be there!

I'm bummed that I'm going to miss a chance to meet the illustrious Bridgestone, and at LSC no less! Mama happy_stomach's got to go into the hospital the next day, and I promised to fast with her in solidarity. If my commitment that night were anything less, I'd be there! Eat some {fill in the blank with any of LSC's offerings} for me! Bridgestone, I hope I can meet and eat with you on your next, next visit to Chicago.

I've been wanting to try LSC. Put me down for 1.

Wish I could make it, but it's past Sparky's bedtime - say hi to Bridgestone for me, and count me as a member of the fan club...

I wish I could make it ... will he be doing anything else while in town?

I will try

7:30 is logistically difficult -- I work in loop 9-5 -- there are 2.5 hours between

But it definitely sounds like a 4 star occasion

sonja

That is what I was thinking. Will he be do anything later in the week. I cannot make it there Monday night unfortunately.

I'm in and can hardly wait!

w00t!

=R=

I am so bummed, but for some stupid reason it's the dog's first night at obedience class. Say hello for me too.

Finally in the Midwest after a long Stockholm-Warsaw-Chicago flight - whew!

What a wonderful thing to discover right before giving in to jetlag - an official announcement of the dinner I begged Gary to help me out with! I'm very excited and while O'hare customs did manage to find and remove the 4 beautiful kielbasa I bought at the airport in Warsaw, I did manage to smuggle some other goodies through. I'll bring them to dinner!

I'm flying out again on Tuesday afternoon so I sadly won't have anymore chances for dinner on this visit. I'll hopefully be able to plan a little better before my next visit.

It'll be great meeting everyone who can make it on Monday.

I'm in.

I'm in.

I'll be there too, and am looking forward to it.

Bridgestone is quite the draw, including PM's it looks like we are currently up to 17, room for a few more as LSC does a nice job with groups.

Should be an interesting and delicious evening.

See you all there.

Please PM or respond to the thread if attending.

Thanks,
Gary

CubsFanFoodie wrote:I'll be there too, and am looking forward to it.

Just a clarification, Gary: CubsFanFoodie is my brother so he's included in the 3 people I've pm'd you about.

I'll be there, it should be as fun as the TAC Quick dinner I imagine.

I'll be there--might be a little late as I leave work at 7, but I'm sure there'll be enough food, somehow.

I'm in, +1.

We look to have quite a crowd, over 20 already, and I called to reserve, at Cathy2's suggestion, the upstairs dining room. LSC's upstairs dining room is not accessed by the main restaurant downstairs, but is on the second floor directly above the ground floor restaurant with it's own separate entrance.

Enjoy,
Gary

I should be in with a +2.

Hi,

Just want to comment from eatchicago's experience on Christmas Eve, that room taps out at around 30. There were people eating on the sofa, which isn't too comfortable.

Regards,

Cathy2's mention of the Christmas Eve dinner at LSC reminds me once again what a wonderful time I had that evening, what with the great LTH company and my introduction to LSC's incredible food!

I would love to join everyone Monday night, but am facing my usual problem of getting to a restaurant in an area where finding parking close enough for my limited walking abilities would be difficult, if not impossible.

So if anyone is coming from or through Evanston and would be willing to give me a ride, I would be thrilled to make it. Please let me know.... If not, I join happy_stomach in saying: "Eat some {fill in the blank with any of LSC's offerings} for me!"

LTH,

We are at 23 attendees with 4 maybe and Tarte tatin politely requesting a ride from Evanston.

Room for a few more as, due to room size, the cut-off is 30.

Looking forward to the evening.

Enjoy,
Gary

I'm a + 3 now, rather than a +2....4 total.

I've never been to an off line event, and this one sounds like a great place to start.

It's an absolute crime that I've waited this long to get to LSC.

So

Freaking

Awesome

Chicken crack was good, but the shrimp crack was even better.

I had a great time, thanks Gary for arranging this! The food was great, and it was really nice to see familiar faces as well as meeting new ones. (FrankP I hope your first LTH outing was worth the wait!) Thanks to Bridgestone for the excuse to go to LSC as well as the addictive Swedish candy. Mmmm, Dumle....As for the Ferrari candy, I think the Crown Prince must have really strong teeth.

Also, I have in my possession a Macy's bag with four boxes of Frango Mints that were left at LSC--do they belong to someone? If so, let me know and I will get them back to you.