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If you lived in Chicago for long and been to chinatown, you know the history behind 554.
There are a lot of youtube videos about it too, very interesting.
In a simple story, Seven Treasure restaurant in Chinatown used to sell BBq pork with fried egg over rice, and the menu number was 554.
It also started as $5, I started to get them when it was around $8.25, so pretty late. When they announced they would be closing, I was so sad. I wanted to get 554 one last time, but the news got out, and the line was just unimaginable.
The good news was, 554 will live on!
This restaurant in surburbs, far from Chinatown, will continue to serve 554 with original receipe.
And I finally had a chance to try after long months. It was picked up as I had to bring it back to work and eat. So, there is no rating on service and Atmosphere.
I picked up pork egg foo young as well.
I'm giving solid 4...First price is $12.50, I think it's expensive for what it is. They are definitely capitalizing on the name 554, its very simple dish. Taste wise, it was very similar, but I think the pork should be a bit more tender, can be more juicy. Obviously, they don't make this as much as Seven Treasure used to do, so I get it.
I also did taste more of that chinese 5 spice.
I put soy sauce on my eggs to mimic how it use be to served, and that's how it should be eaten.
Egg foo young was also not bad, but the gravy lacked a bit of flavor for me.
Overall, it's not bad, but I guess you can't beat the original.
I definitely should try their specialty, seems like their noodle dishes were popular, so I will try those next time.