Sun Wah BBQ
Chinese restaurant · Uptown ·
James Beard award-winning Hong Kong BBQ, famed for duck
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James Beard award-winning Hong Kong BBQ, famed for duck
"Like a secret password, saying “duck dinner” to your server at this Chinese restaurant in Uptown will unlock one of the best birthday meals in Chicago. Sun Wah is a barbecue spot that specializes in Peking duck, which is actually an off-menu item. It’s carved tableside and served first with bao, then as a rice or noodle dish, and finally as a soup. This large two-story restaurant is always busy, but it’s usually easy to make a reservation, or just walk in with a group." - adrian kane, veda kilaru, nick allen, john ringor
"You come to this large Chinese spot for duck. Specifically, the expertly prepared Beijing roast duck dinner. The feast includes a whole duck with perfectly crispy skin, sliced and served with steamed bao buns, pickled daikon, and hoisin sauce. The rest of the bird is used to make duck fried rice or duck noodles. Finally, the bones are rendered into a duck broth soup with winter melon, cilantro, and eggs as the finishing course. In other words, it will put your dry Thanksgiving turkey to shame." - adrian kane, courtney sprewer, veda kilaru, john ringor
"This famed BYO Chinese restaurant, well known for its massive Beijing duck spread that’s carved tableside, was honored by the Beard Foundation as an America’s Classic in 2018. The Uptown Chinese restaurant is celebrated for its Hong Kong barbecued meats." - Naomi Waxman
"Sun Wah is the Peking duck king of Chicago. This Uptown Chinese spot has been carving roast birds tableside and serving their off-menu duck dinner since 1986. Every dish in the duck feast—meaty bao, rice or noodles, broth made with the carcass—is excellent. When you’re crowded around a lazy susan with good company and plates of glistening duck, few group dinners can compare. (Plus, they’re so committed to roasting birds for the city, you can drop off a turkey at Thanksgiving and they’ll cook it the same way.)" - nick allen, john ringor, adrian kane
"Sure, pizzas, hot dogs, and Italian beef might be Chicago’s signature dishes, but Sun Wah’s off-menu peking duck dinner deserves a spot on the podium. This Uptown Chinese restaurant has been carving roast birds tableside since 1986, and every course of the duck feast—meaty baos, plates of rice and noodles, light broth made with the carcass—is excellent. When you’re crowded around a lazy susan in the company of good friends, family, and plates of glistening roast duck, few group dinners in the city can compare." - john ringor, veda kilaru, nick allen
