Where's the soup at?
Winter is coming! and there's not much I like about it. Except maybe the food that is. I'm a big fan of soups and stews but prefer to make them at my own place rather than eat them while out. But there isn't always time for shopping for all the ingredients and making the stock from scratch etc so sometimes it's nice to be able to grab some in a more convenient way. You don't get the house smelling good but you still get the warmth a good bowl can bring on a cold winter day. So we feature soups and a stew in the latest edition of the "Five More..." series.
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Cioppino at Glenn's Diner
Seafood soups and stews are always about the broth but what I love about Cioppino, the tomato based seafood stew, is the fact it also includes lots of crustaceans and big chunks of fish in the spiced up seafood broth. I will try this if its on offer and I'm feeling like something soupy and did so at Glenn's Diner a while back. It remains the best version of this dish I have tried. I hope they didn't switch anything because my plan is to go back there to scratch the itch next time it hits.
An Excellent bowl of the San Francisco Specialty
__________________________________________________Clam Chowder at New England Seafood Company
My favorite from when I was a kid. I would of ate clam chowder all day everyday if it was an option. One of my earliest food memories comes from a family vacation we took with my aunts, uncles and cousins back in my youth. We rented a house in Humarock, Massachusetts for a week and had a blast. There was this place called Silver Sands that my dad would get clam chowder from every day and it was fantastic. tasting NESC version brought me back to the Humarock Harbor. Loaded with clams it comes in the perfect consistency and they always give extra oyster crackers. Something I always asked for back when.
Fantastic New England Clam Chowder
__________________________________________________Beef Pho at Tank Noodle
There's a few handful of places to get Pho up on Argyle in the Uptown neighborhood. This Vietnamese specialty dish was one of the first that I tried when I started eating outside the norm back in my early food days. I'd read about this wonderful sounding soup made with ingredients I really liked to use and eat, specifically beef. But there was also noodles and hot pepper and cilantro, star anise and so on. Sign me up I said. My first bowl of pho was from Tank Noodle on the corner of Broadway and Argyle. I've had many more since but still go back sometimes so that says something. Also a constant turnover in tables.
Vietnamese Beef noodle Soup aka Pho
__________________________________________________Oxtail Stew at De-Jred Fine Jamaican Cuisine
Is oxtail stew really a stew? I guess that's debatable but whats not is whether or not its one of the best damn dishes to warm you up on a cold 20 degree day. Or a 50 degree day in Jamaica. De-Jred Fine Jamaican Cuisine in Skokie does a really nice version that doesn't skimp on the oxtails swimming in brown gravy with butterbeans.
Jamaican Oxtail Stew
__________________________________________________Carne en su Jugo at El Solazo
I'm a fan of this popular family and fried restaurant on Pulaski near 56th street. If you didn't read my Serious Eats review of their carne en su jugo, a specialty of the Jalisco region of Mexico. I suggest you do so HERE.
Mexican Carne en su Jugo
__________________________________________________Glenn's Diner
1820 W Montrose Ave
Chicago, IL 60613
(773) 506-1720
New England Seafood Company
3341 N Lincoln Ave
Chicago, IL 60657
(773) 871-3474
Tank Noodle Restaurant
4953 N Broadway St
Chicago, IL 60640
(773) 878-2253
De-Jred Fine Jamaican Cuisine
4901 Oakton St
Skokie, IL 60077
(847) 983-4582
El Solazo
5600 S Pulaski Rd
Chicago, IL 60629
(773) 627-5047
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