Opera Menu - CHICAGO, IL, 60605 - Ratings, Reviews, The Greater Chicago Area

Opera

(312) 461-0161 · 1301 S WABASH AVE · CHICAGO, IL 60605

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Opera, located in the south loop, is home to renowned Executive Chef Paul Wildermuth. This space overflows with color and feel of wonderland ambiance. For a truly unique and romantic evening request a... read more.

Beginnings

Vegetable Springroll: shitake mushrooms, glass noodles, lemon sweet-sour sauce

$6.00

Pork and Ginger Dumplings: scallion-ginger broth

$7.00

Golden Shrimp: wok smoked chili-Sichuan peppercorn glaze

$10.00

Crisp Eight Immortal Squid: garlic mayonnaise, sweet chili, 5 spice dipping salt

$7.00

Maine Lobster Springroll: mango - lime

$11.00

Beijing Twice-Cooked Ribs: Chinese mustard

$9.00

Mongolian Sticky Ribs: sticky-sweet guilen sauce

$9.00

Crab and Chopstick: jumbo lump cake, Jonah crab chopsticks

$12.00

Lobster and Pork Sui Mai: roasted chili pesto, scallion-ginger sauce

$9.00

Hainanese Mussels: lotus, young bamboo, cilantro, chiu chow chili-coconut broth

$11.00

Fragrant Minced Chicken Soong: plum flavored minced chicken, crisp lettuce wraps

$8.00

Shanghai Shrimp Dumplings: prawn chips, soy, ginger-scallion relish

$9.00

From the Kettle and Garden

Opera Field Green Salad: fresh herbs, crispy noodles, sesame-lime vinaigrette

$6.00

Sichuan Peanut Noodles: crunchy peanuts, herbs, spiced peanut sauce

$6.00

Crispy Chicken E-Fu Noodle Salad: jicama, herbs, Napa cabbage, mustard dressing

$8.00

Emperor’s 5 Flavor Hot and Sour Soup

$6.00

Soup of the Day

Sides

Sichuan Dry-Cooked Green Beans: ground pork, preserved vegetables, sweet soy

$7.00

Steamed Chinese Broccoli and 'White Flower' Mushroom

$9.00

Sugar Snap Peas and Forest Mushroom Stirfry

$9.00

Carolina Rock Shrimp Fried Rice

$12.00

Hunan Pork Chop: slow grilled garlic marinated chop, hunan braised pork shoulder, vegetable ragu, mashed potatoes

$22.00

Mains - From the Sea

Cantonese Crystal Prawns: sweet prawns, sugar snap peas, lotus, crisp water chestnuts, shaoxing wine-soy sauce

$17.00

Black Tiger Prawn Singapore Noodles: prawns, lump crab, Chinese sausage, Madras curry

$24.00

Clear Steamed Georgia Bank Cod: choi sun, soy, shaoxing broth, toasted sesame oil

$19.00

Slow Roasted Scottish Salmon: smoked salmon-chive rangoon, carmelized tangerine sauce

$20.00

Sesame Diver Scallops: seared Maine scallops, crisp bay scallop-herb fried rice, lemon-ginger vinaigrette

$22.00

Opera's House Specialties

Opera Peking Duck Service Three Preparations

$28.00

Opera Filet Mignon: black pepper grilled filet mignon, Chinese broccoli, black mushroom, red wine-xo sauce

$32.00

From the Sky

Chicken Chow Fun: flat rice noodles, chicken breast, gai lan, ginger

$16.00

Crispy Sweet and Sour Pheonix Chicken: vanilla scented pineapple sauce, roasted cashews

$17.00

Fire Cracker Chicken: chicken breast, roasted chilies, herbs, scallion

$18.00

Chicken and Forest Mushroom Stirfry: chicken breast, asparagus, wild mushrooms, shaoxing wine-soy glaze

$18.00

From the Land

Crisp Orange Beef: lotus, scallion, snow peas, sweet orange-sesame glaze

$18.00

Red Cooked Beef Rib: garlic-chive potato cakes, fukian citrus-rock sugar glaze

$21.00

Kung Pao Beef: roasted peanuts, cilantro, scallions, chili-garlic black bean sauce

$19.00

Beef and Asparagus: black pepper crusted NY strip, asparagus, phat noodles, black pepper sauce

$26.00

House Vegan Delights

Morel Mushroom Wontons: asparagus salad, sweet truffle oil-sesame vinaigrette

$9.00

Vegetable Soong: Minced tofu, Sichuan pickled vegetables, crisp lettuce wraps

$8.00

Tofu Salad Two Ways: chilled Chui chow chili and warm black bean-ginger sauce

$9.00

Dan Dan Mein: thick cut phat noodles, water chestnuts, shitake mushrooms, bird chili spiked peanut sauce

$11.00

Mapo Tofu: grandmother's chili spiked tofu, garlic-black bean sauce

$8.00

Hainanese Style Kaipong: twice cooked ginger scented rice, stir fried choy sum, white flower mushrooms, sweet peas, lotus leaf wrapped and steamed

$14.00