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By Brian Kleemann
Lao Hunan is Tony's 5th restaurant in Chicago. It mainly focus on gourmet famous Hunan cuisine, which is characterized by fresh spice and lingering taste of food. The chef is from Hunan and has over 30 years experience specialize in Hunan cuisine. The restaurant now is in trial opening period, famous Hunan dishes are available, such as:
Country Style Beef and Pork
Chairman Mao's Favorite Pork Belly
Famous Steamed Fish Hunan Style
Preserved Pork with Dry Radish
Hand Pulled Chicken LiuYang Style
Hunan Pork Liver
Spicy Frog in Hot Wok
Hunan Chili in Black Bean Sauce
In addition, Sichuan and Hong Kong style dishes are also available to wide range of customers. Lao Hunan also features a full size smoothie station.
Address: 2230 S Wentworth Ave, Chicago IL 60616
TEL: 312-842-7888
By Brian Kleemann
There are more than 10 new food vendors joined this year’s Taste of Chicago, and Lao Sze Chuan is proud to be one of them. We offer dry chili chicken, special crispy shrimp, salt and pepper pork ribs and various kind of fried rice. On the opening ceremony Tony Hu, the president of Tony Gourmet Group, is introduced as one of the best Chinese chef in the America. Thereafter, Lao Sze Chuan’s delicious and fresh Chinese food has drawn great attention from main stream media such as CBS-2, NBC-5, ABC-7 and WGN-9, etc. For detailed interview of Lao Sze Chuan
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By Brian Kleemann
Indulge in an evening to remember by purchasing tickets to Unique Pairings for a one-of-a-kind dining experience that includes interaction and insight into the genius of some of Chicago's top chefs.
The dinner (which is SOLD OUT!) is scheduled for Tuesday, March 15, and begins with a reception at 6:30 p.m. followed by dinner at 7 p.m. in the College's top-level Escoffier Dining Room. Tony Hu of Lao Sze Chuan and other restaurants in Chicago's Chinatown and Dominique Tougne of Bistro 110 will incorporate their individual styles into a unique, multi-course dining experience.
Throughout the evening, the chefs will interact with diners, sharing their food selections and approach to the preparation behind each course. The evening also includes professional wine pairings provided by Gallo's International Boutique Wineries. Each course will be paired with unique wines, and expert winemaker David Mirassou will be on hand to explain the choices.
In addition, during the reception, Mirassou will partner with Gaetano Auricchio from
Belgioioso Cheese for a one-of-a-kind pairing of exquisite wines and gourmet cheese appetizers.
Diners also can purchase an opportunity to go behind the scenes and share the kitchen experience with the selected chefs and COD culinary students.
Tougne graduated from Ecole Culinaire de Blois, one of the top culinary schools in the world. He has studied with renowned chefs Joel Robuchon and Jacques Senechal and completed an apprenticeship at the celebrated Hotel Intercontinental restaurant in Paris. He received two of France's most prestigious awards for young chefs – the Journée du Champagne of Moët and Chandon and the Tour du Monde by Hennessy. He also was nominated by the James Beard Foundation as "Rising Star Chef, 2000."
Hu graduated from the Culinary Institute of Sichuan, China, in 1989. After coming to Chicago, he worked for Houston Kou's Szechuan House Group before founding the Tony Gourmet Group in 1993, a chain of five Chinese restaurants in Chicago and Connecticut. He introduced Chinese small-plate dining and pairings with wine featuring Asian flavors, and in 2002, he received the "Asian Pacific American Outstanding Leadership Award" in Chicago. His four restaurants in Chicago's Chinatown are Lao Sze Chuan (named by Zagat as Chicago's top Chinese restaurant), Lao Beijing, Lao Shanghai and the recently opened Lao You Ju.
Proceeds from Unique Pairings go to equip the new Culinary & Hospitality Center currently under construction at College of DuPage. The Center, scheduled to open for fall semester 2011, is being built to become the first green, LEED-certified culinary institute of its kind in the nation.
For more information, visit www.uniquepairings.com.
