Offal good?

[Its Still Mooing]

I am a Memphis-area chowhounder looking for some suggestions. I will be in town the entire week of Thanksgiving, and I need my fill of exotic foods. Can anyone suggest some places to find tripe, feet, skins, organ meats and things of a more adventuresome nature? Any ethnic genre will suffice. Thanks for the help!

[deesher]

Spring World has a Yunnanese pork tripe with chili that was very good if you like spicy dishes. Spring World is at the east end of the mall in Chinatown at 2109 S. China Place. They also have many other interesting dishes made with odd parts and most of the dishes are quite good. The phone number is 312-326-9966.

[jlawrence01]

Try Asian Bistro in Arlington Heights.

http://lthforum.com/bb/viewtopic.php?...

Asian Bistro
65 W. Golf Rd.
Arlington Heights, IL 60005
847-439-5888
Hours: Sunday-Thursday 11:00am - 9:30pm
Friday-Saturday 11:00am - 10:30pm

[Erik M]

Here is a start:

On Mondays, Tripe and sweetbreads are featured on the menu at Old Town Brasserie. Acclaimed Chef, Roland Liccioni, hopes to appeal to fellow chefs who often have Monday nights off.

http://www.timeout.com/chicago/article/22855/return-to-glory

Old Town Brasserie
209 N. Wells St.
312.943.3000

Tripe Florentine is a permanent menu item at Riccardo Trattoria. Think of it as tripe for people who don't like tripe. Delicious.

http://leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com/thestew/2007/05/riccardo_is_one.html

Riccardo Trattoria
2119 N. Clark St.
773.549.0038

Flacki, or tripe stew, is a permanent menu item at Podhalanka Polish Restaurant in Wicker Park/Uranian Village. It's great stuff.

Podhalanka
1549 W Division St.
773.486.6655

Andrzej Grill, another Polish restaurant in Wicker Park/Ukranian Village, also serves a great version of flacki (tripe stew).

Andrzej Grill
1022 N. Western
773.489.3566

And, Smak-Tak, yet another Polish restaurant (a bit further afield), does too.

http://menukarma.com/menus/menu-for-s...

Smak-Tak
5961 N. Elston
773.763.1123

E.M.

[wak]

Lao Szechuan in Chinatown has a page of "Chinese Specialties" that include pig ear, jellyfish, beef maw (stomach) etc. I recommend the Maw.

If you are around on Sunday, you could take a walk down to the Maxwell St. Market (on Canal St...) and sample the Eyeball Tacos (Toacos de ojo) among other oddities.

For something a little more refined, there are some nice french bistros around that serve traditional French Offal (Kidneys, Sweetbreads, etc) such as La Sardine.