Hometown in Union Square (Korean) get the Mandooguk (sp?) a light, highly flavorful broth with ribbons of egg, bits of beef, dumplings, rice cake, green onion. Or their yuk-gae jang, a spicy beef & noodle soup with glass noodles,...

), spicy beef soupy noodles (sizeable portion), a choy with red fermented bean paste, wined fish slices with wood ear, shredded dry beancurd with pork (this was the weakest dish, not much flavor and the beancurd was not sliced...

For veg/vegan near McCormick place, your best option would be Chinatown. Moon Palace does a sensational wheat gluten w/ bamboo shoots (fresh not canned), wood ears, and black mushrooms, it’s ambiguously called vegetarian...

. The other two dishes i had were exemplarary. The steamed duck dumplings were out of this world. Delicious rosat duck and wood ear mushrooms wrapped in an ethereal wrapper. I also had per reccomenations on this board the pea...

is sensational! Not quite like chicken, not like anything I’ve had before, definitely hearty. Here are my favorite dishes: Happy Buddha: a clay pot of vegetables, mushrooms (shiitake, wood ear, and one other), tofu &...

rice vinegar dressing) and the claypot of tofu (with wood-ear, soybean threads and zucchini in basil-turmeric-coconut sauce). The tofu was braised firm but had absorbed enough of the sauce to satisfy. The calimari salad was light...

> Spareribs and Jew’s ear soup: the latter is a fungus that looks sort of like an ear. Sounds like it might be what is called "tree ear" or "wood ear". If so, it’s not as strange as it sounds. If you’ve had a good...

are needed to add flavor & depth to the stew. Dulukala used “tim juk” (sweet beancurd pieces), wood-ear fungus and tunghoon (glass noodles) - which are nice, but omitted the dried tiger lily bulbs & “foo...

and the most flavorful dish of the night -Skate "au bambou; Cellophane Noodle and Wood Ear Mushroom; Spiced Bamboo Broth -Pan Roasted Monk Fish; Israeli Couscous Tabbouleh; Black Garlic and Persian Lemon Sauce -Greek Yogurt Panna...

Thank You!!! "wood oven roasted" sounds like music to my ears. If no one else offers one closer I will head up there in a week or two.

I’m in the Pacific NW. To me dried black mushroom means someone is going to be feeding me a wood ear mushroom. I’m only keen on them in hot and sour soup, frankly. So yeah, I definitely think a restaurant should...

. There is a table full of lovely and colorful handmade soaps. Ferial Welsh’s Mushroom Stand is sooo beautiful. I get dizzy looking at her gorgeous and plentiful mushrooms. Yesterday, I succumbed to Porcini, Chanterelle,...

things on it I liked were the lobster and crab (but I’m not a big raw fan). Their gnocchi was overcooked though, and their mushroom appetizer was mostly wood ears. The main problem with them I think is portion sizes for the...

What about a stir-fried vegetarian platter...I think there’s supposed to be eight items (snow peas, wood ears, baby corn, mushrooms, lotus root, tofu, etc.). Did you mention fat choy (black moss) and ho see (dried oysters)?...

i’m korean, but my family always eats dduk mandoo gook which is rice cake soup (traditional korean new years fare) w/ wontons which we usually make w/ shrimp, chicken, cabbage, wood ears and onions. yum. can’t wait....