Quan Luu keeps true to her family's traditions in new venture.
The story of Szechuan’s Dumpling, the new Chinese restaurant in Arlington Heights, begins two generations ago in the northern Chinese city of Nanjing. That’s where the grandparents of Quan Luu, the restaurant’s 32-year-old owner, lived, about 150 miles inland of Shanghai on the Yangtze River. That’s where Luu’s recipes, her grandparents’ recipes, originated, and that’s where her grandparents fled from during the Chinese Civil War. They fled to Vietnam, specifically Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City). This is where Luu’s parents were born, where she was born and where her four siblings, two older sisters and two younger brothers, were born. Even though they were almost 2,000 miles from home, the family’s traditions, their culture, remained …
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Now that Szechuan’s Dumpling’s open, we want to know your take. How is the food? How is the menu? How is the service? How does it compare to Jade Garden? Let us know by posting a comment below. Szechuan’s Dumpling replaced Jade Garden at 1360 Mass. Ave. in Arlington Heights. More info: New Arlington Heights Restaurant Opening Thursday
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The restaurant's menu has 55 lunch specials.
Szechuan’s Dumpling, the new Chinese restaurant in Arlington Heights, is opening Thursday, Feb. 21, according to a sign in one of its front windows. The restaurant, which replaces Jade Garden at 1360 Mass. Ave., had menus available outside Tuesday. Review Szechuan's Dumpling The restaurant’s lengthy menu (296 items in all) includes nine kinds of “dumpling/ravioli,” in addition to a number of beef, chicken, pork, seafood and vegetable dishes. It has 55 lunch specials for $6.95. The lunch specials are served with soup and white rice and are available from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily. Szechuan’s Dumpling does not have a buffet listed on its menu, but it will deliver (781-648-8882). The restaurant’s hours are Monday-Thursday 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., …
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James Liebman
2:17 pm on Saturday, March 30, 2013
Ok, I'll finish. I can't say enough about the quality of the food and our disappointment about the lack of DanDan noodles but I'll stop there on those. The final complaint is that the kitchen is definitely having trouble getting the food out and keeping up with the crowd. To be fair, the place was packed with diners and take out pick ups (plus I think they do a delivery trade). But, the food came… more ›