Evanston Lunch Group™ Fri Aug 13 12:30pm Phoenix Inn
Evanston Lunch Group™ Fri Aug 13 12:30pm Phoenix Inn
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Evanston Lunch Group™ Fri Aug 13 12:30pm Phoenix Inn
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Post #1 - July 28th, 2010, 10:13 amTo my recollection, the Evanston Lunch Group™, in its 5+ years of existence, has only revisited one restaurant - GNR Deta's Cafe. Seems to be time to revisit another, so we'll be getting together at Phoenix Inn Friday, August 13.
Phoenix Inn suffered a fire well over a year ago, and it recently reopened (Phoenix-like, from the ashes) with a new menu and new chef.ChgoMike wrote:I was chatting with a friend this past weekend who hails from near Sichuan Province. He tells me that Phoenix Inn has a new Sichuan chef and the specialties are "80% authentic" and much better than pre-fire fare.
Looking forward to seeing the usual suspects and maybe some newbies on the 13th. ELG membership cards will be available.
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Post #2 - July 28th, 2010, 10:37 amUsual suspect #1 reporting for duty, sir!
As I posted earlier, new menu offerings include:tarte tatin wrote:Under seafood, for example, we have sea cucumber offered two ways: with grilled onions and in brown sauce (as well as iron flog legs--hmmmm....). The pork list now offers spicy pork intestine with tofu, pork stomach and scallion, pork intestine with garlic bolt, and spicy and aromatic pig blood--plus bullies pork intestine (???), among others. I'm sure none of these was on the old, pre-fire menu. There are also some lamb dishes I don't remember from the old menu: lamb with pickled pepper, lamb stir-fried with cumin spice....
OK, so who's up for some spicy and aromatic pig blood???"Life is a combination of magic and pasta." -- Federico Fellini
"You're not going to like it in Chicago. The wind comes howling in from the lake. And there's practically no opera season at all--and the Lord only knows whether they've ever heard of lobster Newburg." --Charles Foster Kane, Citizen Kane.
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Post #3 - July 28th, 2010, 11:50 amI'm in...however I'm not sure about the aromatic pig blood. I'm also not a big fan of pork intestine. Other than that, looking forward to it.
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Post #4 - July 28th, 2010, 12:22 pmFriday the 13th. . . Phoenix risen from the ashes. . . pig's blood. . . Sure, I'll be there!
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Post #5 - August 7th, 2010, 7:59 pmActually, we have also revisited Taste of Peru ... We will join you on Friday 13th. It would be fantastic if Evanston had a real Chinese restaurant. Evanston's ethnic restaurants seem to be remarkably generic ... I am not sure Evanston is ready for real Chinese.
Dave Richards of Sweets and Savories is opening a restaurant in Wilmette in September. It will be called Bluette and will be open for lunch. May I suggest we lunch there in October? I don't know exactly when it will open, so it would be premature to schedule it for September.
Robert
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Post #6 - August 8th, 2010, 5:35 pmchapulin wrote:Actually, we have also revisited Taste of Peru
I stand (well, actually I'm sitting now) corrected. See you Friday.
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Post #7 - August 12th, 2010, 8:18 amWhat's the address of Phoenix Inn?"To get long" meant to make do, to make well of whatever we had; it was about having a long view, which was endurance, and a long heart, which was hope.
- Fae Myenne Ng, Bone
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Post #8 - August 12th, 2010, 9:34 amlemoneater wrote:What's the address of Phoenix Inn?
Phoenix Inn
608 Davis Street
Evanston, IL 60201
(847) 475-7782
Will you be joining us? We would love to have you.
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Post #9 - August 12th, 2010, 5:51 pmHi, gang -- finally staying in Evanston on a day the group is meeting; see you tomorrow.
>>Brent"Yankee bean soup, cole slaw and tuna surprise."
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Post #10 - August 16th, 2010, 4:01 pmSorry I missed this one. What did you all think?
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Post #11 - August 16th, 2010, 4:07 pmI still need to post pix - but it was good Chinese. Not Sun Wah good, but way better than the pre-fire Phoenix Inn's mushy vegetables in gloppy brown sauce.
