Sunda feautured by Phil Vettel of WGN News
Phill Vettel shared with morning newscasters on WGN News today that one of his top picks for a special Valentines Day meal is Sunda New Asian:
The video is above, and Phil’s comments are below.
“I’d go with the place to be seen, to bring that killer outfit to Sunda, in River North on 110 W. Illinois Street. They’re al a carte on Friday and Saturday. They’re a very fancy, very glitzy restaurant. On Sunday and Monday they’re doing a special menu for $120 a couple and that includes a glass of bubbly and for a place that glitzy that’s really inexpensive.”
You can also check out Phil’s dining column in the Tribune from Thursday:
Review of Sunda by Chicago Tribune’s Phil Vettel: An Asian Tour – Forget the Map
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Phil Vettel, the Chicago Tribune Dining critic, was kind enough to review Sunda and award us with a 3 star rating!
From the article:
I knew Sunda, a pan-Asian restaurant that made its River North debut March 9, would be insanely popular. After all the restaurant was put together by the Rockit Ranch group, which includes nightclub impresario Billy Dec, whose golden touch with the trendanistas is such that you probably could slack Dec’s name on a dented Dumpster and draw a big crowd.
Aglibot’s novel take on beef tartare perches torch-seared Kobe-style ground beef on crispy rice cakes (the finished dish resembles nigiri), accented with a dollop of spicy sambal and crowned with a fingertip-size slice of chile that gives it just enough bite. There’s similar precision on display with the crab-cake-crusted tuna sashimi, raw fish wrapped in crabmeat with a yin-yang of hot mustard and sweet soy glaze on the plate.
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