Sure, you could order a meat or seafood dish at this hole-in-a-wall joint, but why? Regulars are willing to endure slowish service to enjoy fresh, vegan mock-meat dishes. Start with flavorful tofu- and seitan-studded hot-and-sour soup and plump soy gluten pot stickers—the latter are perfectly fried and surprisingly nongreasy. You’ll need restraint to keep from inhaling the honey-kissed sautéed seitan dish in one breath, but take a pass on the sludgy-sauced mock-meat cashew entrée. Don’t leave without sampling a lychee tapioca smoothie.

Yummy Yummy Asian Cuisine
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Details
- Address
- 2901 N Broadway
- Chicago
- Cross street:
- between Surf St and Oakdale Ave
- Transport:
- El stop: Brown, Purple (rush hrs) to Wellington. Bus: 22, 36, 156.
- Price:
- Average main course: $10
- Opening hours:
- Lunch, dinner
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