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    4.1 (88 reviews)
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    Good for groups
    Good for kids

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    溜三样
    Elle H.

    We drove all the way to this Northestern Chinese restaurant. The food here is authentic and the service was very friendly. We had a few hometown food which comes in big portion.

    Beef noodle soup
    Daniel Y.

    Northern Taste is a quaint Bridgeport Chinese restaurant located on Halsted St. I remember when this place was more of a hole in the wall until they renovated the place years ago. You'll find some familiar dishes on the menu but like its namesake, there will be more spicy dishes from the Northern region. Fortunately not everything numbs your tongue even the spicy dishes. If you're looking for some Americanized Chinese food, they have some of that here, but why not venture into some other foods? The beef noodle soup is not really spicy and the quantity they give is plentiful. Service is friendly, and prices are also pretty decent. Northern Taste is one of my neighborhood favorites even if the menu isn't that extensive, but what they do offer hits the spot.

    General tso's tofu
    Jessica A.

    The portion sizes were very generous! They give you bottled water for free. The restaurant is spacious and pretty clean. The service is very friendly. General tso's tofu: the fried tofu was crispy perfection in texture. The dish was tasty but a little on the sweeter side. Not spicy. Boiled Beef in Chili Sauce: has a mala taste to it but it's a mild spice. Not too numbing. It was tasty but could be spicier. Scallion Pancake: a nice crispy snack with a subtle scallion taste.

    Deep Fried Fish Fillet with Salt and Pepper
    Will T.

    Highly recommend this location. The orange chicken/general Tso is amazing. The mapo tofu was good. The deep fried fish fillet is crispy and delicious. Each dish comes with a tiny container of rice. Very fair pricing and very delicious food.

    General Tso's Tofu
    Steve A.

    Best Chinese food in Bridgeport. It's not in a trendy neighborhood so it doesn't get too busy here. Northern Taste gets mostly a crowd of Chinese people. At least that's what it seems like. That's a pretty good sign if the food is good enough for them. After getting out from Chinatown, we found there's yet another Chinese place and decided to come eat. It was lunch during a weekend yet it wasn't busy, so we thought maybe this isn't good, but we were luckily wrong about it. This has a pretty good value. It's about $8 for an entree. There's a few that are vegetarian. Both of us got something with tofu, and liked it. I got the General Tso's Tofu. First impression was nothing special because it looked a lot like a typical version of it. The spices were much more pronounced than typical places though. Big portions also made this a good value and it was more than enough. This was some good shit for not a lot. It's pretty big. She had the Stir Fried Japanese Tofu With Vegetables. Good item. This is one of the vegetarian friendly items that also has tofu rather than just like eggplant or something. Good value because of the big portions for some tasty ass food. It's just kind of slow if any complaints about it. There's also not a whole lot that doesn't have meat, but there's some tofu items for vegetarians.

    ROACH in orange chicken
    Jamie T.

    Just moved into this neighborhood and figured I gave this new place a try. Picked up the orders and started eating in the car and to my SURPRISE THERE WAS A COCKROACH in the orange chicken!!!Went inside to complain and to get a refund. The lady there was super rude and was denying it was from their restaurant the whole time. DONT EAT HERE....ROACH OR NO ROACH....the food wasn't good and the service was rude as heck!! never again!!

    Egg rolls were gross
    Sonya M.

    We ordered from Northern Taste for the first time a couple of weeks ago. Turns out that was our last time ordering as well because it was gross. It looked good, but that's where the positivity ends unfortunately. It was greasy and bland. There's no way to sugarcoat it. It was awful. We ordered egg rolls, Mongolian beef, orange chicken and shrimp fried rice. The egg rolls and orange chicken was nasty. We took one bite of the egg rolls and immediately tossed them. The orange chicken wasn't much better, but we tried to eat some of it. The Mongolian beef and fried rice was edible, but flavorless and nothing spectacular. On top of all of that that the food was really greasy. So much so that you could see the grease once the plate was empty. The food was so bad that we didn't bother saving the leftovers.

    19. Stir Fried Eggplant and Minced Pork
    Chris H.

    We ordered takeout from here and really liked it. We ordered: Cumin lamb, which was great. A little spicy, but not much. Pork and peppers, which was good had a light brown gravy Scallion pancake, which we always love. This one didn't come with sauce. Combo fried rice: exactly what you'd expect Eggplant with minced pork, which was very garlicky and great. We would go again.

    noodle

    Not bad overall, but the cold noodles were too tough to chew. Also, the beef pancake had hardly any meat in the takeout order.

    Japanese Tofu, Indian Lettuce with Garlic Sauce, Eggplant and Minced Pork, Cumin Lamb, Fish Fillet Salt and Pepper
    Cici C.

    Northern Taste can be ordered through Chowbus and often have discounts. I like their portion sizes and in general, food tastes fresh and great, but sometimes the flavoring isn't consistent, but that's ok. It is still one of our go-to Chinese food restaurants for delivery. Like this time, the salt and pepper fish fillets didn't have much taste but the Japanese tofu was very flavorful and delicious. Their garlic eggplants have been consistently pretty good. Cumin lab as well. Veggies dishes we get pea tip or Indian leaf lettuce. The rice they provide is on the dryer side, which can be great for fried rice the day after or you could add water to make a porridge as well.

    Stella T.

    Taste really good, especially the noodles, service are good too, kindly and full of smile, make you like a VIP

    Menu
    Lily Z.

    I've been waiting for this place to open ever since I saw the construction license on the window. Growing up, my family always stuck to Cantonese restaurants. It's only this past year that I started trying out more local spots in my neighborhood of Bridgeport and lo' and behold, there are 4 northern Chinese style places! I really do like Homestyle Taste on 32nd street but a girl's gotta try different places! We ordered the deep fried chicken with red chili (I don't think Homestyle taste has the numbing Sichuan peppercorns which this place does. I'm not a fan but it's not a deal breaker. There is a good amount of chicken AND there aren't as many/zero bones!), deep fried fish fillet with sweet sauce (big pieces, not as big of a fan of the sauce but the boy liked it), steamed lamb dumplings (they didn't have lamb skewers so I ordered this instead. The skin isn't bad and it had a good taste to it). I agree with the previous review that the indoor seems relatively spartan, but meh. Who cares when the food is tasty? Service wasn't too bad. She meant well and was friendly. I need to come back to try out their lamb skewers to compare to Homestyle Taste! But overall, pretty happy to have something within walking distance to my house. *Please ignore the black specks in my pictures. I replaced my iPhone camera shortly afterwards.

    Sweet & Sour Ribs
    Michael E.

    Perhaps I came on a off day (Thursday), but the food and services were below decent. I expected a bit more flavor from a establishment showcasing Northern Chinese delicacy, but I was greeted with a very basic Chinese cuisine. The sweet and sour ribs dish had the ideal flavor but lacked a kick to it, and the poultry was not cured so I can still taste the griminess. The hot and sour fillet lack sourness and its spices can be summarized as msg, salt, and pepper. Then, the dish I was looking forward to, beef pancakes, came out short on flavor as well and seems like something I can create if I had gotten some pancakes from the market and stuff it with beef. There were two servers, but we were never checked on and they just continued playing on their phones the whole time. The setting was low light modern vibes with a traditional dining set up and ceramicware, wish there were music to set the mood. The only upside was the price, as it was quite affordable coming in at $42 in total for two people to come out feeling stuffed. Very hard to recommend Northern Taste as of this experience, perhaps I will need to come on a busy day to reevaluate.

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    4.3 miNear North Side
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    Went here on a whim last night after reading all the glowing reviews on Yelp. Before that, I…read morechecked out a few eateries on the 4th floor of the Nordstrom building, but nothing really stood out, and honestly, none of them seemed very busy and the one restaurant Lao Sze Chuan was way too expensive, $30+ entrees were average and the place wasn't busy at all. So I decided to try Shang Noodle, which was tucked away on a side street off Grand Ave., just steps from Michigan Ave. It's across from the Nordstrom building, past Labriola's, down some steps and about a block away located on the south side of the street. As soon as I walked in, and I wasn't expecting this but the restaurant was extremely loud and nearly every seat was taken and everybody seemed to be enjoying themself, families, couples and groups. I figured that was a good sign and it signaled to me that the food was probably good! At first, the host wanted me to sit at the bar, which I politely declined because I don't usually sit at bars, also, I was there to eat, not pick up somebody! I noticed a small table open, pointed it out, and he kindly let me take it. No 'tude either! As far as my server goes, she was efficient, friendly, and very helpful with recommendations since it was my first visit and probably because I didn't look like the other customers who were more familiar with the cuisine. She suggested the pot stickers over the hot and sour soup, and the beef Chow Fun instead of chicken Chow Fun. The pot stickers were a little small, but crispy and very tasty. I also asked for some sweet and sour sauce on the side which I'm glad I did because it paired nicely with the pot stickers instead of that plain vinegar sauce they usually serve you. For my main dish, I ordered the char-grilled beef Chow Fun. The portion size was more than generous, and the char-grilled beef had a great umami flavor. A few of the rice noodles were a bit firm, likely undercooked, but overall though it was quite enjoyable. What I appreciated the most about Shang Noodle was the value. $18 for the beef Chow Fun and $9 for the pot stickers felt reasonable to me, considering it was on the dinner menu, the portion sizes were humongous and the restaurant was located on the Near North Side, which is usually quite pricey. I'll definitely be back, though next time I may try lunch instead, or go with friends of mine.

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