(Chicago) – I used to love this place. My first dinner at Sura was about 4 years ago and came back for many more lunches and dinners afterwards. However, a common observation among friends, which I seconded, was that the food dwindled somehow in quality while the price inflated. Perhaps, the people behind the kitchen changed or whatever. But I think the food remains palatable and still looks pretty on the plate. Crispy Ginger Calamari – toasted chili & coconut, jalapeno with avocado-green onion emulsion – I always order this for appetizer but the number of calamari is slowly decreasing as time goes by. The center of this calamari mound…
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The Joys of Asian Food at Joy Yee’s
(Chicago) – When I fancy Asian food and I can’t think of anywhere else to go, my default go-to restaurant is Joy Yee’s. I’ve been coming to this place for years and I can’t recall an instant when I complained about the food or I left the table unsatisfied. With the hundreds of items in their menu, there should be at least one or two dishes that should falter or at least offend my taste; that is yet to happen. Or it might not happen at all. The year that Zagu Pearl Fruit Shake was so famous in Manila, was also the year that I started travelling to Chicago. My search for a Zagu look-a-like in Chitown led me to…
