My husband and I recently celebrated our first anniversary with a weekend getaway to Chicago. We flew out of Norfolk right after work on Friday and landed in Chicago with plenty of time to get dinner and catch a 9:30pm set at a local jazz club. Unfortunately, we didn't make reservations ahead of time (oops) and couldn't get in. So we walked backed to Ben Pao, an upscale Chinese place that we'd passed on the way to the jazz club and that smelled fabulous. We figured, if it could make it in downtown Chicago, it must be pretty good -- and we were right.
What We Ate:
- hand-crafted ginger shrimp dumplings: shrimp dumplings, spicy honey soy,
- sesame-crusted salmon: all-natural Scottish salmon filet with teriyaki glaze and shanghai bok choy - bok choy is yummy, and the salmon was cooked perfectly!
- panang curry chicken: all-natural chicken breast with kitchen-crafted coconut-peanut curry, fresh-peeled water chestnuts, finger bamboo, Thai basil and snow peas - cooked and served in a clay pot
- chocolate banana egg roll: creamy milk chocolate and banana rolled in a crisp golden wrapper; served with vanilla ice cream
- sake sangria: riesling wine, asian pear sake, macerated fuji apples, lychees, mandarin oranges and red grapes - the Riesling keeps this drink from being too sweet
Ben Pao (www.benpao.com) is located at 52 W. Illinois, Chicago, IL 60654. Reservations are available by calling (312)222-1888.
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