Lunch at Chicago Food Corp

Hi,

I'm joining a friend at Chicago Food Corp.

Chicago Food Corp (CFC) has this little cafe in the rear of the store, past the vegetables and near the meat the department. We've been dying to try it forever. In fact the day the CFC location at Pulaski and Peterson burned, I was supposed to have dinner there that evening.

So come for the bi bim bop, soups, fried mandu and whatever else they have.

Chicago Food Corp. (Korean market)
3333 N. Kimball Ave.
Chicago, IL
(773) 478-5566

1. Unable to make a lunch that far North on a workday;

2. The need to head to Home Depot;

3. Having watched Flay's Food Nation episode on dumplings;

4. This event on the brain....

I decided to hit Chicago Food Corp. on the way to the newer Home Depot on Kimbal near Addison.

I had the No. 3 special off the very helpful poster board. Rice cake and dumpling soup w/ side of kimchi. I still don't understand rice cake. Please, another gelatinous lump in my clear broth

I may find rice cake more comforting in a heavier soup. The soup was hot and the dumplings were delicious. A shake of toasted sesame seeds and a few strips of kelp gave the soup a good hit of Korean flavor.

I also had an order of fried dumplings. When ordered they take the shrinked wrapped package from the togo case and hand you a small dish. Dipped in soy and a bit of the white vinegar at the table also great.

The soup and Kimchi is $5 another $3 for the dumplings. All in all a great price for the food. Too bad I had one of those coincidental unfocused moments when neither the cashier nor I realized I gave her a $20 and she gave me change for a $10. Although langauge barrier does not seem to be an issued there...I waited too long to question the transaction. At $18 for the meal I can't recommend it ..if you are on the ball and get this dinner for $8 it is fantastic

pdaane wrote: At $18 for the meal I can't recommend it ..if you are on the ball and get this dinner for $8 it is fantastic
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Unchain your lunch money! (emphasis mine)

Sorry! Couldn't resist

Hi,

I admire your report and that indeed the meal there can be delicious. Since nobody replied to me and traffic was terrible on the Edens, I went to Niles for lunch.

Still it is good to know this is a decent lunch destination.

I once gave a $20 for a ticket at the local train station and got change for a $10. I also came back a little too late for the correction, so the guy wasn't about to give me my $10. So I gave him my phone number and proposed when he counted his cashbox at the end of the day and he was unexpectedly $10 in the plus, then it was my money. He agreed. Later that day he phoned me to come collect my money.

Thanks for the favorable report! Wished I could have made it.

Regards,