Chi Café--Chinatown

I don't think I've seen this written up yet, which surprises me a bit. Chi Café is a small kinda Hong Kong style cafe in the Chinatown mall, close to and maybe next to Shui Wah. I think there's some connection to Ken Kee but not sure where I heard or read that. It has a mix of smaller items (noodle soups, congee) and entree type dishes. The entree dishes are a couple dollars cheaper than elsewhere but also correspondingly smaller.

I like this place in particular for the wontons. They're all shrimp (no pork), unlike most other places in Chicago that I've been to. And the shrimp generally tastes fresh. Beyond the wonton noodle soup, other dishes I've liked include a scrambled egg with shrimp and yellow chives (jiu huang), home style vegetables, and turnip patties with xo sauce. The fried rice is also pretty good. I see a lot of people eating congee so I'm guessing it's good but I like my congee at home. Decor aspires to trendiness, not bad really, and there is a good mix of the younger crowd and families there.

Chi Café
2160 S. Archer Ave. (Chinatown Mall, on south side of the west end)
312-842-9993

My apologies, there was a prior topic on this, shown below. Moderators, please combine etc. as needed. I'm sorry, I did try to search but I think the accent aigu did me in.

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