
When you get a taste for Chinese food and the kids roll their eyes, can you blame them? You’ve been trying salty ham fried rice and gelatinous chop suey on them for a few years and they still haven’t taken to it. Change their little minds with one visit to Ben Pao.
Ben Pao, (translation:"fireworks") serves China's four regional cuisines: Bracing Mongolian; light, crispy Cantonese; nourishing Shanghai; and taste tantalizing Sichuan.
Now, there’s a menu just for kids 12 and under giving them a taste of authentic, regional Chinese cookery in child-friendly presentation and portions and it’s easy on your wallet. Bring some drawing implements or let them do a word search on the paper menu while they wait for:
For adults, the possibilities at the sleek Chicago restaurant are endless: delicate ginger-shrimp dumplings, cold peanut noodles, mu-shu style Hunan pork, Seven Flavor chicken (wok fried with lemon grass, roasted peanuts, chiles, hoisin sauce, thai basil, fresno and jalapeño peppers), spicy Dragon Noodles, Kung Pao beef and Sichuan bamboo prawns are just a few. Plus, there are Sichuan specials and a gluten-free menu.
Monday - Thursday
11:30 am - 9 pm
Friday
11:30 am - 10:30 pm
Saturday
5 - 10:30 pm
Sunday
5. - 9 pm
Ben Pao
52 W. Illinois St.
Chicago, IL 60654
(312) 222-1888