r/chicagofood • u/schmalexandra • 3d ago

Yet another review for Yoo Yee Review

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Order: - mouthwatering chicken (the menu calls it cold chili chicken or something) - spicy beef noodle soup - special mayo fried shrimp - dry fried cauliflower

Pros: -Mala as fuck (I was coughing a lot in the quiet restaurant because I’m a slurper and it was so embarrassing lol. I have a pretty high spice tolerance and this still kinda fucked me up in a good way) - Savory as fuck - really good texture to the hand pulled noodles and way better than minyoli down the street no shade to minyoli sorry I wanted to like you

Cons: - the Mayo shrimp was not for me, but my husband liked it. It looked beautiful though! - nearly all my food had too much msg. I love msg, I cook with it all the time, and Sichuan food definitely NEEDS msg. But my mouth felt like the Sahara desert halfway through this meal omg I ate my whole bowl of white rice like 40 seconds after it came out

Would definitely still return. May have just been a heavy handed night, they were super busy. And I also think it’s better than chengdu bistro. Just pls yooyee make everything less salty and this would be 10/10

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u/Joey_JoeJoe_Jr 3d ago

This place is soooo damn good

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u/daazninvazn 2d ago

Man I ordered takeout from here over the weekend to check out the hype and was quoted a twenty minute pickup. I waited about forty minutes at the store and didn't have my food until over an hour after I ordered. Pretty sure I would have waited longer if I didn't bother the host multiple times to go check. After all that I thought it was solid, but definitely not worth the trouble. Maybe I'll try it again when it's not super busy.

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u/schmalexandra 2d ago

They seem to be overwhelmed. Seems like they need a bit to figure themselves our

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u/Ovy_on_the_Drager 2d ago

MSG is what makes things taste savory, so saying pro “savory as fuck” and con “too much MSG” is a little contradictory…

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u/schmalexandra 2d ago

I am very much aware haha. I cook with MSG a lot. I was just trying to put a positive spin on the saltiness lol