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This week in Food & Drink I wrote about the rapid nip and tuck of Chicago’s only Yunnanese restaurant Spring World, which included an expansion of specialties from the southern Chinese province. After we went to press, Hong Kong native Sam Ng was kind enough to provide a rough translation of SW’s mushroom menu, which features all sorts of dried fungi from China. I’ve been cautioned by another Chinese speaker with a lot of experience with the cuisine that the medicinal claims aren’t some type of FDA-skirting quackery but typical culinary discourse. You know, like “Drink your milk. It’s good for your bones.” As if everybody doesn’t know that fresh frogs are good for your skin.
Fresh Chicken with Wild Mushroom in Bamboo Box $13.99
(Good for Sleep Deprivation and Strengthen Metabolism)
Yunnan Rainbow $11.99 (mixed Wild Mushrooms, and Vegetable) Veggie Dish
(Fresh Duck, Spareribs, Wild Mushrooms, selected Vegetables, Tofu, Scallions)
