New China Restaurant
New China is a long-standing Cantonese restaurant in Skokie, with recipes that have been served for more than 50 years, according to its website. New China offers half orders from all of its main dishes, including non-Chinese specialties such as Mongolian beef or Filipino noodles. The exterior of New China looks uninviting, but the establishment is well taken care of inside, featuring hard wood floors, bamboo-lined booths and a marble pond filled with koi. Because New China does most of its business through deliveries, condiments come in single serving packets (even in-house), but the spices used in the kitchen are authentic. The restaurant offers lunch specials and provides free spring rolls--in ridiculous sizes--for orders of $15 or more, as of January 2010.
New China Restaurant
3710 Dempster St.
Skokie, IL 60076
(847) 674-3426
newchinaskokie.com
Marcopolo Asian Restaurant
In the southwest corner of the city, near the Emily Oaks Nature Center, Marcopolo Asian Restaurant serves everything from the traditional fried rice, eggrolls and wonton soup to pad Thai, Vietnamese black pepper beef and chicken in spicy red curry. The restaurant is also right up the street from the towering St. Peter's Catholic Church, which is definitely worth a tour. According to Chicago Metromix, Marcopolo's Chef Jacky served as top chef for a five-star hotel in Hong Kong before relocating to Chicago. As such, some unusual Hong Kong dishes have made the menu, including pork skin and black mushrooms in oyster sauce, seafood wrapped in egg whites and stewed lamb in spicy wine sauce.
Marcopolo Asian Restaurant
8014 Lincoln Ave.
Skokie, IL 60077
(847) 763-1848
Chun King Lo
There's no dining room at the Chun King Lo Chinese restaurant. In fact, it doesn't even have a sign on the storefront--but it's one of the most popular places to order delivery in the center of Skokie. Although the place looks run down, stopping by or calling in can get diners some delicious Mongolian beef, fried rice and egg pho. As of January 2010, the shop only took cash, but the prices are among the lowest in town--and the delivery fee is only $2. Almost every dish can also be made into a half-order. Chun King Lo is just northeast of Oakton Park and the Emily Oaks Nature Center, and about five blocks due south of the Evanston Golf Club.
Chun King Lo
4417 Oakton St.
Skokie, IL 60076
(847) 676-3121
