Going Places in and around Chicago

* = Singaporean favorite

Chinese Restaurants

  • *Royal Buffet (Hibashi, Sushi, Seafood Buffet)
    • The BEST and The original Royal Buffet moved to Schaumberg, IL
    • Best selection and vast variety of dishes
    • 31 Golf Ctr, Hoffman Estates, IL 60169
    • Tel: (847) 885-0688
    • Offical Web Site

  • *Penang Malaysian Cuisine
    • Authentic Malaysian/Singaporean Cuisine
    • 1720 W Algonquin Rd, Arlington Heights, IL 60005
    • (847) 222-1888
    • Web Site

  • *Asian Noodle House
    • Malaysian Cuisine
    • 844 N Roselle Rd, Hoffman Estates, IL 60195
    • Tel: (847) 882-9650

  • *Fabulous Noodles
    • Cantonese (wonton noodles (dry/soup))
    • 4663 Old Tavern Road, Lisle, IL 60532
    • Tel: (630) 305-8868

  • *Wonton Gourmet
    • Cantonese (wonton noodles (dry/soup))
    • (yes?) 1405 Elmhurst Road, Des Plaines, IL 60018
    • (x) 2310 S Elmhurst Rd, Mount Prospect, IL.
    • Tel: (847) 427-1183

  • *Joy Yee's Noodle
    • Mixed South-East Asian
    • 2159 South China Place, Chicago, IL 60616
    • 1163 East Ogden Avenue, Naperville, IL 60563
    • 521 Davis Street, Evanston, IL 60201

  • Ming Hin
    • Dim-Sum everyday and midnight too !
    • Archer Road, Chicago (Chinatown Square)

  • The Phoenix
    • Weekend morning dim-sum
    • Archer Road, Chicago (Chinatown)

  • Won Kow
    • Cantonese Cuisine
    • Wentworth Street, Chicago (Chinatown)

  • Green Bamboo
    • Chinese, nice tofu pot
    • Wentworth Street, Chicago (Chinatown)

  • Old Shi-Chuan, Westmont
    • Steam boat
    • 500 East Ogden Ave, Westmont (close to LAUREL BMW)

  • Fu Yuan, Wheaton
    • Sichuan/Korean, noodle house
    • Long wait during lunch time; Closed on Sundays.
    • Wheaton (South of train tracks)

  • Katy's Dumpling House, Naperville
    • Chinese, has great vegetarian dish
    • Ogden Ave, Naperville (West of Naperville High School)

  • Bob-Chinn's Crab House, Wheeling
    • Chilli Crab
    • 393 S Milwaukee Ave. Wheeling, IL 60090.
    • Tel : (847) THE CRAB or (847) 520-3633

  • House of Emperor, Naperville
    • Chilli Crab with Sambal
    • 1212 S Naperville, Naperville
    • Tel : (630) 983-8284

  • Hunan Inn Restaurant, Naperville
    • Good buffet lunch on weekdays and brunch on weekends
    • 8 W Gartner Rd, Naperville (Cross juction between Washington and Gartner)
    • Tel : (630) 357-6240

  • Flat Top Grill
    • Mixed. You pick the ingredients and they fry/cook for you with choice or noodles or rice or PRATHA or Mushu Wraps !
    • York Town Mall, Lombard, IL

    Japanese Restaurants

  • Todai
    • Japanese buffet
    • 5 Woodfield Mall, Schaumburg, IL 60173
    • E109 Woodfield Shopping Center, Schaumburg, IL 60173
    • Tel: (847) 619-1088

  • Sakura
    • Japanese, has weekday lunch buffets on certain days of the week
    • Ogden Ave, Naperville (Iroquois Mall)

    Vietnamese Restaurants

  • *Little Vietnamese restaurant next to Broadway Supermarket
    • Vietnamese, great rice noodles in beef soup
    • Broadway and Foster, (Argyle or Vienamese town), Chicago
    • 4879 North Broadway Street, IL 60640.

  • *Loung-Loi Restaurant
    • Vietnamese, great rice noodles in beef soup
    • Main Street, Wheaton (just North of train tracks)
    • 110 North Main Street, Wheaton, IL 60187.
    • Tel: (630) 653-8250

  • *PHO Saigon
    • Vietnamese, great rice noodles in beef soup
    • 1232 Bloomingdale Road, Glendale Heights, IL 60139.
    • (630) 681-8325
  • Indian Restaurants

  • Viceroy of India
    • Indian, has nice weekend buffet
    • Roosevelt Road, Lombard
  • Shikara
    • Indian, has nice weekend buffet
    • 1620 75th St, Downers Grove, IL 60516

  • Indus Valley Indo-Pak Cuisine
    • Indian, nice weekday lunch buffet
    • 1163 Ogden Ave, Naperville, IL 60563. (Iroquois Mall)
    • Tel : (630) 305-7100

  • Cuisine of India
    • Indian, has nice weekday lunch buffet
    • Ogden Mall, Naperville

  • Indian Harvest
    • Indian, nice weekday lunch buffet
    • 1021 W Ogden Ave, Naperville, IL 60563
    • Tel : (630) 579-9500

  • Gandhi Restaurant
    • Indian
    • Little India, Chicago

    Western Restaurants

  • Outback Ribs
    • Aussie style ribs
    • Many locations
  • Papadaux Seafoods
    • Seafood, specialty is Crocodile meat
    • Westmont (Off Kingery (83), near Ogden)

  • California Pizza Kitchen
    • Special Pizzas with Oriental toppings/tastes
    • Oak Brook Center; Warrenville.

    Food Courts

  • Super H-Mart Naperville
    • Korean Snacks, Korean Dishes, Filipino, Japanese, Chinese, Cake Store
    • 1295 E Ogden Ave, Naperville, IL 60563.

  • Chinese International Building
    • Asian food court, various stores: Taiwanese, Pan-Asian, Chinese
    • Pasquenelli Drive, Westmont (Kingery Highway (83) and Ogden)
  • Mitsuwa Supermarket
    • Japanese grocery, food court, cake shop, book store, toy store and video rental
    • Yaohan Plaza, Arlington Heights (Algonquin Road and Arlington Heights Road)

    Food Markets

  • *Super H-Mart
    • Korean supermarket
    • Ogden and Naperville Rd, Naperville
    • Evanston
    • Schuamberg

  • While Grain Market
    • Vietnamese Supermarket
    • Has many malay dish ingredients like ketupat and etc...
    • Pasquenelli Drive, Westmont (Kingery Highway (83) and Ogden)

  • Oriental Mart
    • Taiwanese Minimarket
    • 6486 College Rd, Lisle, IL 60532

  • *Broadway Supermarket
    • Vietnamese supermarket
    • 4879 North Broadway Street, Chicago, IL 60640
    • (773) 334-3838

  • Mitsuwa Supermarket (Fomerly Yaohan)
    • Japanese Supermarket
    • Yaohan Plaza, Arlington Heights (Algonquin Road and Arlington Heights Road)

  • Chicago Little India
    • Tons of Indian Markets/Shops
    • Chicago Little India

  • List of Oriental Grocery Store in Illinois
  • Fruits

  • Breeden's Wauconda Orchards
    • Apple picking during month of October

    Places

  • Ravinia Music Festival, Highland Park, IL
  • Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, IL
  • Shedd Aquarium, Chicago, IL
  • Field Museum, Chicago, IL
  • Scitech Interactive Museum, Aurora, IL
  • Fermi Lab, Batavia, IL
  • Eagle Ridge Inn & Resort, Eagle Ridge, IL
  • Starved Rock State Park, IL

  • Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
  • Door County, Wisconsin
  • House on the Rock, Spring Green, Wisconsin
  • Lake Ozark, Missouri