Lao Sze Chuan

2172 S Archer Ave, Chicago IL 60616 laoszechuan.com (312) 386-7378

Cuisines and Dishes at Lao Sze Chuan:

Chinese
Asian

Menu for Lao Sze Chuan

Hot Appetizers

Shanghai Sparing Rolls(2) $2.50
Pork Pot Stickers (6) $4.95
Crab Rangoon (40) $4.45
Beef Satay (4) $5.45
Jumbo Shrimp (6) $6.45
Steamed Ribs W/ Mashed Rice $5.45
Chili Platter $5.45
String Beans Spicy Black Bean Sauce $5.45

Cold Appetizers

Bob Bon Chicken $5.45
Jion Ma Chicken $5.45
(w/ bone).
Never Forget Chicken $5.45
(w/ bone).
Spicy Chengdu Chicken $6.45
(w/ bone).
Sliced Tender Pork $5.45
w/ garlic sauce (fat).
Sour Pickle W/ Ground Pork $5.45
Dry Beef Szechuan Style $6.45
Five Powder Beef $5.45
Spicy Beef Tendon $6.45
Szechuan Spicy Rabbit $6.45
(w/ bone).
Spicy Sour Squid $5.45
Ginger Calamari $5.45
Jelly Fish Shanghai Style $6.45
Vegetarian Chicken Shanghai Style $5.45
Szechuan Pickle $5.45
Spinach W/ Ginger Sauce $5.45
Dry Bean Curd $5.45
w/ crisp peanut in spicy sauce.
Three Colours Home Style $5.45
Spicy Cabbage Szechuan Style $3.95

Soup

Hot And Sour Soup $1.95
Egg Drop Soup $1.95
Shrimp Sizzling Rice Soup $5.45
Chicken Sizzling Rice Soup $5.45
House Special Hot And Sour Soup $2.95
Spinach Tofu Soup $5.45
Mixed Vegetables Soup $5.45
Chinese Pickle & Pork Soup $5.45
West Lake Beef Soup $6.45
Pan Fried Eggs With Tomato Soup $5.45
Sour Pickle Squid Soup $6.95
Sour Pickle & Sole Fish Fillet Soup $6.95
Sour Pickle & Lamb Soup $6.95
Clams & Tofu Soup $6.95
Clams And POrk Soup $6.95
Seafood Hot & Sour Soup $6.95
Seafood Tofu Soup $6.95
Spicy Sour Pickle & Seafood Soup $6.95

Noodle Soup & Fried Rice

Stew Beef Trim Flankie Noodle Soup $6.95
Noodle W/ Preserved Vegetables & Pork $6.95
Noodle Peking Style $6.95
Seafood Noodles Soup $8.45
Prev Veg Pork Noodle Soup $8.45
Fried Rice $8.45
(choice of beef, chicken, pork shrimp or vegetable).
House Special Spicy Fried Rice Veg $9.45
Fried Noodle $8.45
(choice of beef, chicken, pork, shrimp or vegetable).
Fried Rice Noodle $8.45
(choice of beef, chicken, pork shrimp or vegetable).
Fried Rice Cake $8.45
(choice of beef, chicken, pork shrimp or vegetable).
House Special Fried Noodles $9.45
Combination Pan Fried Noodle $10.45
Yangzhou Fried Rice $10.45
(shrimp and chinese ham).

Very Chinese Special

Sliced Beef & maw Szechuan style $5.45
Pig Ear Szechuan Style $5.45
Pork Stomach In Garlic Sauce $5.45
House Special Spicy Kidneys $5.45
Sour Pickle Pork Stomach Soup $5.95
Sour Pickle & Pork Kidneys Soup $5.95
Pork Blood Cakes Hot & Sour Soup $6.95
Steamed Pork $10.45
fat) with sweet pickle.
Stew Pork $10.45
(fat) w/ sour pickle.
Stir-Fried Beef Maw $10.45
Pork Stomach Home Style $10.45
Pork Stomach W/ Sour Pickle $10.45
Pork Stomach W/ Mushrooms $10.45
Stir Fried Pork Atomach W/ Dry Bean Curd $10.45
Stir Fried Kidneys $10.45
Stri Fried Liver $10.45
Pork Liver Kidney And Intestine $10.45
Stir Fried Kidneys Home Style $10.45
Kung Pao Kidneys $10.45
Spicy Pork Kidneys $10.45
Doublc Cooked Spicy Pork Intestine (Dry) $10.45
Pork Intestine In Ppot Intestine (Dry) $10.45
Pork Intestine In Ppot Home Style $11.45
Stew Beef Trim Flankie In Pot $11.45
Stew Beef Trim Flankie W/ Beer In Pot $11.45
Tofu & Pork Blood Cake Home Style $10.45
Beef Maw & Pork Blood Cake Home Style $12.45
Rice Noodles Soup W/ Pork Intestine $6.45
Egg Noodles Soup W/ Pork Intestine $6.45
Hot & Sour Rice Noodles Soup $6.45
Sour Piclde Intestin $10.45
Baby Octopus With Sour Pickle Chili $14.45
Sea Cucumber With Sour Pickle Chili $17.45
Sole Fish Filet With Sour Pickle Chili $14.45
Codfish With Sour Pickle Chili $21.45
Fresh Frog With Sour Pickle Chili $22.45
Boiled Fresh Frog In Spicy Szechuan Sauce $22.45
Fresh Frog With Garlic $22.45
Double Fried Fresh Frog $22.45
Stir-Fry Fresh Frog $22.45
House Special Fresh Frog Soup W/ Tofu $22.45
Stir Fried Bamboo Shoots W/ Pork $11.45
Happy Lamb $14.45
Ex-Spicy Fish Fillet In Flamming Work $14.45
House Special Diced Whole Fish Soup $22.45
Ex-Spicy Diced Whole Fish Hotpot Style $22.45
House Special Dry Chili Duck Touguc $15.45
Duck Tougue Peking Style $15.45
Beef Book Trip Canton Style $11.45
Beef Book Trip Black Bean Sauce $11.45

House Special - Spicy Options

Chef's Special Dry Chili Chicken $11.45
Ma Po Tofu $9.45
Boiled Beef In Spicy Szechuan Sauce $12.45
Twice Cooked Pork (eat) $10.45
Sole Fish Fillet Chili Bean Sauce $13.45
Sole Fish $13.45
w/ sour pickle cabbage in spicy sauce.
Lamb W/ Pure Cumin Powder $13.45
Yu Shiang Pork $10.45
Ton'y Chicken With Three Chili $11.45

House Special - Non Spicy Options

Szechuan String Beans $9.45
Garlic Peapod Leafs $11.45
Mongolian Beef Tenderloin $11.45
Steamed Pork $10.45
(fat) with sweet pickle.
Garlic Spinach $9.45
Crispy Shrimp In Mayonnaise Sauce $15.45
Three Cups Chicken $12.45
(w/ bone and, sweet).
Sliced Pork, Dry Bean Curd/ Chives $10.45
Sole Fish Fillet Black Bean Sauce $13.45
Szechuan Smoked Tea Duck $13.45
(w/ bone).

Seafood

Famous Empress Crab With Dry Chili
Famoue Empress Lobster With Dry Chili
Famous Empire Crab With Fresh Chili
Famous Empire Lobster With Fresh Chili
Tony's Dungeness Crab With Sour Pickle Chili
Tony's Dungeness Lobster With Sour Pickle Chili
Lobster
(ginger & scallions, chili sauce, bar-b-q spicy & salted, peking sauce, basil).
Dunginess Crab
(ginger & scallions, chili sauce, bar-b-q, spicy & salted, basil).
Tilapia $17.45
(steam, chili sauce, sour pickle).
Codfish $21.45
(steam, chili sauce, sour pickle).
Whole Fish Chong Ging Style $18.45
Whole Fish $18.45
w/ tofu in spicy house special sauce.
House Special $18.45
steamed whole fish with red sour chili.
Chef's Special $18.45
steamed whole tilapia.
House Special $18.45
steamed fish with lotus leafs.
Dry Small Fish Yinbin Style $13.45
Salt & Pepper Small Fish $13.45
House Special $18.45
whole fresh fish soup w/ mushrooms.
Tony's Special Whole Tilapia $18.45
Steamed Freshest Talapia Yinbin Style $18.45
Extremely Spicy Diced Fish Chongqing Style $18.45
(with bone).
Lalala Extremely Spicy Diced Fish Lesan Style $18.45
(with stone).
Sole Fish Fillet W/ Pickle Cabbage $13.45
Sole Fish Fillet With Chives $13.45
House Special Spicy Sole Fish Fillet $13.45
Fish Fillet W. Green Bean Jelly $13.45
Sole Fish Fillet Chili Bean Sauce $13.45
Fish Chili Chongqi Style $14.45
Sole Fish Fillet $13.45
w/ sour pickle cabbage in spicy sauce.
Stie Fried Sole Fish Fillet $13.45
w/ straw mushroom in oyster sauce.
Orange Sole Fish Fillet $13.45
Sole Fish Fillet $13.45
w/ sour pickle home style
Extremely Spicy Sole Fish Fillet Lai Feng Style $13.45
Sole Fish Fillet Black Bean Sauce $13.45
Boiled Sole Fish Fillet In Spicy Sze Chuan Sauce $14.45
House Special Sole Fish Fillet Soup W/ Tofu $13.45
Chef's Special Sole Fish Fillet W/ Tofu $13.45
Seafood Combination In Hot Pot $18.45
SP Seafood Tofu In Chengdu $15.45
Stir-Fried baby Octopus $14.45
Baby Octopus Home Style $14.45
House Special Chili Baby Octopus $14.45
Sauteed baby Octopus W/ Baby Bai Cai $14.45
Spicy Yellow Eel In Hot Pot $14.45
(w/ bone).
Double Cooked Chili Yellow Eel $14.45
(dry, w/ bone).
Stewed Yellow Eel $14.45
w/ whole garlic (w/ bone).
House Special Eal Home Style In Hot Platter $14.45
(w/ bone).
Spicy Eel Szechuan Style $14.45
(dry w/ bone).
Stir-Fried Squid $13.45
Salt & Pepper Squid $13.45
Kung Pao Squid $13.45
Home Style Calamari $13.45
Calamari With Sour Pickle $13.45
Sea Cucumber $17.45
w/ sour pickle home style.
Sea Cucumber With Scallion $17.45
Sauteed Sea Cucumber $17.45
Sca Cucumber Home Style $17.45
Dragon And Phoenix $15.45
(prawn, chicken).
Seafood Platter $15.45
(shrimp, scallop, sole fish fillet).
Spicy Clams $14.45
Clams With Basil In Wine Sauce $14.45
Clams With Black Bean Sauce $14.45
House Special Clam Soup $14.45
Chef Special Stir-Fried Three Delight $14.45
Salt & Pepper Three Delight $14.45
(shrimp, scallop, squid).
Stir-Fried Three Delight $14.45
(shrimp, scallop, squid).
Chef's Special Three Delight W/ Sizzling Rice $15.45
(shrimp, scallop, squid).
Three In a Net $15.45
(shrimp, chicken, beef).
Seafood Combination W/ Tofu In Casserole $14.45
Sauteed Shrimp $13.45
Kung Pao Shrimp $13.45
Moo Shu Shrimp $13.45
Yu Shiang Shrimp $13.45
Cashew Shrimp $13.45
Shrimp With Vegetables $13.45
Broccoli Shrimp $13.45
Shrimp Lobster Sauce $13.45
Gold And Jade (Shrimp) $14.45
Tai Pak Prawns $15.45
Szechuan Prawns $15.45
(w/ shell).
Salt & Pepper Prawns $15.45
(w/ shell).
Sweet And Sour Prawns $15.45
House Special Dry Chili Prawns $15.45
(w/ shell).
Governor's Prawns $15.45
Crispy Shrimp In Lemon Sauce $15.45
Scallop In Velvet Sauce $15.45
Garlic Scallop $15.45
Kung Pao Scallop $15.45
Salt & Pepper Scallop $15.45

Pork, Beef, Lamb, Chicken, Duck, Rabbit

Twice Coocked Pork (Fat) $10.45
Double Coocked Dry Chili Pork $11.45
Double Fried Sliced Pork $11.45
w/ cilantro jaizhou style (dry)
Sauteed Pork W/ Wood-Ear $10.45
Chef's Special Pork $11.45
w/ sizzling rice (sweet & sour).
Yu Shiang Pork $10.45
Shredded Pork W/ Potherb $10.45
Shredded Pork W/ Pickle $10.45
Sliced Pork, Dry Bean W/ Chives $10.45
Chili Pork $10.45
Boiled POrk In Spicy Szechuan Sauce $11.45
Rice Noodle W/ Ground Pork $10.45
Pork In Peking Sauce $10.45
Sweet & Sour Pork $10.45
Moo Shu Pork $10.45
Pork Hock Home Style $11.45
(fat, w/ bone).
Pork Hock W/ Sour Pickle $11.45
(fat, w/ bone).
Famous Dong-Po $11.45
steamed pork elbow (fat, bone).
Stewed Pork Hock Shanghai Style $11.45
(fat, bone).
Ribs W/ Pure Cumin Powder $11.45
Salt & Pepper Ribs $10.45
Sweet & Sour Ribs $10.45
House Special Dry Ribs $11.45
Dong-Po Pork W/ Tofu $10.45
(fat).
Spicy Pan Fried Slice Pork $10.45
Szechuan Preserved Pork $11.45
Chef's Special Diced Beef W/ Tofu $12.45
Mongolian Beef Tenderloin $11.45
Boiled Beef In Spicy Szechuan Sauce $12.45
Stir-Fried Slice Beef Tenderloin $11.45
(dry).
Szechuan Beef Tenderloin $11.45
Beef Tenderloin BBQ Sauce $11.45
MU Shu Beef $11.45
Orange Beef Tenderloin $12.45
Kong Pao Beef $11.45
Beef W/ Oyster Sauce $11.45
Black Pepper Beef Tenderloin $11.45
Peapod Beef Tenderloin $11.45
Hunan Beef Tenderloin $11.45
Broccoli Beef Tenderloin $11.45
Beef Vegetable $11.45
Green Pepper Beef Tenderloin $11.45
Chef Dry Chilli Beef $12.45
House Special Beef Home Style In Hot Platter $14.45
Stewed Beef Tendon Home Style $12.45
Stewed Beef Tendon W/ Sour Pickle $12.45
Stewed Beef Tendon W/ Green Onions $12.45
Stewed Beef Tendon Oyster Sauce $12.45
Yu Shiang Beef Tendon $12.45
Sliced Beef Dry Bean Curd W/ Leeks $11.45
Beef Hot Chili $11.45
Spicy Beef Satay In Hot Platter $14.45
Spicy Lamb Satay In Hot Platter $14.45
Salt & Pepper Lamb $13.45
Mongolian Lamb $13.45
Lamb $13.45
w/ pure cumin powder xin jiang style.
House Special Lamb Soup W/ Tofu $13.45
Three Cups Chicken $12.45
(w/ bone and skin, sweet)
Lalala Spcy Chicken Pot $12.45
Empress Chicken $10.45
Sweet And Chicken $10.45
Peapod Chicken $10.45
Cashew Chicken $10.45
American Broicoli Chicken $10.45
Chicken With Vegetables $10.45
Curry Chicken $10.45
Governor's Chicken $11.45
Orange Chicken $11.45
Sesame Chicken (Sweet) $11.45
Chef's Special Dry Chili Chicken $11.45
Sichuan Chicken $10.45
Tony;s Chicken W/ Three Chili $11.45
Garlic Chicken $10.45
Kong Pao Chicken $10.45
Double Fried Chicken $10.45
(w/ bone & skin).
Hunan Chicken $10.45
Mongolian Chicken $10.45
Nine-Story Pagoda Chicken $11.45
(basil chicken).
GInger Chicken $10.45
(w/ bone).
Mu Shu Chicken $10.45
Diced Chicken $10.45
w/ straw mushroom (w/ bone).
Stew Duck In Onion Sauce $12.45
(w/ bone).
Steamed Duck Nan Jing Style $12.45
Duck $12.45
w/ sour pickle home style (w/ bone).
Chef's Special Crispy Duck $12.45
(w/ bone).
Szechuan Smoked Tea Duck $13.45
(w/ bone).
Houce Special Duck $18.45
in beer sauce in hot pot (with bone).
Famous Peking Duck $28.45
Dry Chili Rabbit $13.45
Stew Rabbit W/ Mushrooms $13.45
(w. bone).
Stew Rabbit House Style $13.45
(w/ bone).
Stewed Rabbit W/ Beans $13.45
(w/ bone).
House Specail Rabbit In Hot Pot $14.45
(w/ bone).

Vegetables

Szechuan Mixed Vegetables $9.45
Mu Shu Vegetables $9.45
Hunan Mixed Vegetables $9.45
Stir-Fried Snow Peas $10.45
Szechuan String Beans $9.45
Chef's Special Dry Chili String Bean $9.45
Salt & Pepper String Beans $9.45
String Beans With Sour Pickle $9.45
American Broccoli In Garlic Sauce $9.45
Stir-Fried American Broccoli $9.45
Bean Curd Home Style $10.45
Ma Po Tofu $9.45
Sauteed Tofu $9.45
Stewed Tofu Oyster Sauce $9.45
Stewed Tofu W/ Sour Pickle $9.45
Three Color Sliced Dried Bean Curd $9.45
Napa In Wine Sauce W/ Dry Shrimp $9.45
Garlic Spinach $9.45
Stir-Fried Spinach $9.45
Chili Spianch $9.45
Watercress $11.45
(choice of garlic, stir-fried, chili, boiled).
Stir-Fried Peapod Leafs $11.45
Chinese Broccoli W/ Oyster Sauce $11.45
Garlic Peapod Leafs $11.45
Garlic Chinese Broccoli $11.45
House Special Potherd $10.45
Tong Cai $11.45
(stir-fried, with garlic or spicy tofu).
Stir-Fried Potherb W/ Ground Pork $10.45
Romaine Lettuce $11.45
(choice of garlic, stir-fried, chili, canton style).
Sauteed Baby Baicai $9.45
Stir-Fried Bean, Sprout $9.45
Spicy Baby Baicai W/ Fresh Chili $9.45
Baby Baicai $10.45
w/ sour pickle countryside style.
Baby Baicai W/ Black Mushroom $10.45
Stir-Fried Chinese Okra $11.45
Stir-Fried Chinese Okra With Pork $11.45
Stir-Fried Chinese Okra $11.45
with dry baby shrimp.
Stir-Fried Chinese Okra With Shrimp $12.45
Sauteed Sliced Potato $9.45
Stir-Fried Sliced Potato W/ Fresh Chili $9.45
Chili Potato $9.45
Chili Eggplant $9.45
Chinese Eggplant Chongqing Style $10.45
Stewed Eggplant Hometown Style $9.45
Chinese Eggplant In Garlic Sauce $9.45
Chinese Eggplant W/ Dry Baby Shrimp $10.45
Stewed Chinese Eggplant W/ Ground Pork $10.45
Spicy Crispy Chinese Eggplant W/ Ground Pork $10.45
Double Fried Eggplant W/ Freshest Chili $9.45
Bamboo Shoots In Spicy Garlic Sauce $10.45
Stir Fried Young Soy Bean Shanghai Style $10.45
Mushroom Festival Oyster Sauce $11.45

Dim Sum

Steamed Bread Szechuan Style (2) $4.45
Deep Fried Chinese Bread (2) $4.45
Spicy Tender Tofu $4.45
Szechuan Cold Noodles Salad $4.95
Green Bean Jelly Szechuan Style $5.45
Don Don Noodles $4.95
Chengdu Dumpling (6) $4.95
Peking Dumping (6) $4.95
Szechuan Wonton (6) $4.95
Wonton Mandarian Style (6) $4.95
Steamed Dumpling W/ Pork (6) $5.95
House Special Rice Noodles Soup $6.95
Noodle Soup W/ Sour Pickle And Pork $6.95

Hot Pot - Meat

Beef $4.00
Beef Ball $4.00
Beef Honey Comb $4.00
Chicken $4.00
Lamb $5.00
Pork Intestine $4.00
Pork Ball $4.00
Smoked Ham $4.00
Luncheon Meat $4.00
Pork Stomach $4.00
Pork Kidney $4.00
Pork Blood Cake $5.00

Hot Pot - Seafood

Shrimp With Shell $6.00
Shrimp Ball $5.00
Sliced Fish $5.00
Fish Ball $5.00
Squid $5.00
Squid Ball $5.00
Clam $6.00
Scallop $6.00
Lobster
Crab
Sea Cucumber $6.00
Egg (2) $1.00
Mussel $5.00

Hot Pot - Vegetables

Tofu $3.00
Peapod Tips $5.00
Spinach $3.00
Napa $3.00
Mushroom $3.00
Wood Ear $3.00
Cilantro $3.00
Black Mushroom $4.00
Fried Tofu $4.00
Dried Bean Curd $4.00
Chinese Egg Plant $3.00
String Beans $3.00
Yau Choi $3.00
Bean Sprouts $3.00
Baby Bai Cai $3.00

Hot Pot - Noodle

Vermicelli $3.00
Noodle $3.00
Rice Qualetts $4.00

Desserts

Black Rice Congee $3.00
(for one).
Sweet Tender Tofu $4.50
Crispy Sweet Poptato (6) $4.50
Rice Pudding $4.50
(for two).
Chengdu Glutinous In Wine Sauce (6) $5.00
Chengdu Glutinous Rice Ball (6) $5.00

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Ratings and Reviews for Lao Sze Chuan

May 12 2012

Peater J. via Yelp

I'm currently obsessed with this restaurant. It's one of the best Chinese restaurants I've been to. (I've been to lots of restaurants in China, Macau,...read more
May 12 2012

Duncan S. via Yelp

I normally do not bother writing reviews for places with 500+ reviews, what value could I possibly add? However, this place is very exceptional and worth...read more
May 09 2012

Wilbert O. via Yelp

I believe that a three-star rating is a bit unfair for this place. I was quite dissappointed. The night before, we went here and saw a long queue, and I...read more
Jan 27 2009

josephbbl via Citysearch

Last night we went to Lao Tze Chuan restaurant. We learned they had changed ownership, and wondered what the new management would...read more
Nov 26 2008

via Citysearch

Whenever my family visits Chinatown, we always end up at Lao Sze Shuan. I planned a large hot pot party for some friends, and Tony...read more
Nov 02 2008

aaperez85 via Citysearch

Now let me establish that I love my hotpot! I studied abroad in Beijing for over a year and tried multiple hotpot establishments a...read more

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The Scene
The single, peach-hued dining room focuses little on decor, with simple white paper topping tables, plants hanging from the ceiling and a few floral prints on the wall. A Mandarin-speaking crowd sits on white metal chairs--mostly at tables for four--waiting for vest-wearing servers to bring out hot tea and pickled cabbage appetizers. Music is missing from the scene, but the attention is on the food.

The Food
Locals order without looking at the menu, but for newbies, the task can be daunting. A lengthy list of Szechuan dishes, coded for spiciness, covers just about every food group. Start with plump pork potstickers or prawns, squid and scallops swimming in a salty-sour broth of snow peas, carrots and sizzling rice. Tender Mongolian lamb arrives piping hot and paired with scallions; a squid-flavored Peking sauce livens eggplant. For the daredevil palette, ask for five-powder rabbit, pig ear or pork stomach.

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