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    International Mall

    3.8 (140 reviews)
    InexpensiveChinese, Taiwanese
    Closed 9:00 am - 9:00 pm

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    Good for kids
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    Nick P.

    Large parking lot that is usually empty or plenty of spaces. It's next door to Park to Shop. There are technically 4 restaurants, you may see 5 but 2 of them are connected. The Serbian restaurant is almost always dead, not a lot of customers. It's a shame because Serbian food is pretty tasty. On the weekends, they have Taiwanese breakfast at Chinese Cafe. Usually a long line. Good mix of Chinese and Taiwanese food. I would like to see them add more of the popular Taiwanese dishes. Prices are usually cheap to moderate. Good size portions.

    Sliced beef
    Dan W.

    Another shining beacon on my tour of every Taiwanese spot in the Chicago and surrounding area. It's a food court with a central dining area. There really is only one shop to order from--you'll see two storefronts, but they're connected. It's usually bustling and you will likely have to stand in line for a little while, but it's worth it. Most people come here for the breakfast, and it's sublime. Taiwanese breakfast usually consists of youtiao, or fried cruller, dipped in hot soy milk. The youtiao here is a deep fried donut of monstrous proportions, probably enough for two or three. You can choose whether you want the soy milk to be sweet or salty (being an American, I think I always tend towards the sweet. Also, the youtiao itself is actually rather mild in flavor and gets a boost of sweetness from the soy milk). I highly recommend the marinated sliced beef. It's a Taiwanese classic. Marinated and braised beef shank, sliced thinly and served cold as a side dish, appetizer, or snack. It has flavors if soy, five spice, and star anise. So, so good.

    Interior seating
    Francis R.

    I'm sure pre-pandemic times this was quite the spot for casual lunches & meals. While exploring/driving around the western suburbs of Chicago, we pit stopped at the International Mall for some takeout. The parking lot is plentiful. The food court is spacious with plenty of seating for large groups. While the tables were not blocked off, it was nice to see everyone seems to be abiding by the to-go only rules currently in place. For food we ended up grabbing take out from Good Children and the dumpling spot at the end of food court. All in all not bad for the price. I really enjoyed the beef chow fun, Japanese style tofu, and roasted duck from Good Children. While the dumplings we ordered seemed to be handmade, I could've lived without them as they were overly doughy for my preference. Anyways, that's all I got on this spot. 'Til next time, cheers!

    You tiao and salty soy milk
    Jonathan C.

    Old-school food court in the International Mall. Chinese Cafe and Yu-ton Dumplings are the usual go-to spots (you order from both restaurants at Chinese Cafe). They've been around for 20+ years, while the restaurants to the left have rotated. I moved out of the state and visited for the first time in about a decade. Needless to stay, the ambience hasn't changed one bit (nor has the menu). Definitely recommend coming on weekends to be able to get the "you tiao" (think of a crispy and airier donut) and the sweet or salty soy milk. Their recipe really hasn't changed since my childhood. Although it may be part nostalgia, it probably is one of the best placed to get the "you tiao" in the area. "Cash Only"

    This dumpling place is related to the Chinese Cafe
    Brenda K.

    It's a go to place for some authentic Taiwanese breakfast food! The fried twisted cruller is what they are famous for and it's gigantic, two people can definitely share it! That's what we drove 45 mins for! We order other stuff too like dumplings, noodles and spicy won ton! The dumpling skins were kind of thick! The noodles were really tasty and the spicy won ton was my favorite besides the fried cruller! Oh, almost forgot, we got the sweet and salty bean milk! I like the sweet bean milk better than the salty one! These were all ordered at the Chinese Cafe! There were other stalls at this international mall but were not as busy as the Chinese Cafe!

    You tiao
    Alvin T.

    Old school spot. This review is for Nan Bei He (南北和). Order the You Tiao and Soya Milk. It is the best in westmont. However, eat the youtiao asap, it taste bad cold. Food wise, you need to know what to order. The beef noodle with handmade noodles is the item to order. Other people like the riceball, but I am not a fan of it.

    List of Tenants
    Alice K.

    This hidden food mall offers unique food. If you are in the area and want to try something different, give this place a try. It is no frills and is very inexpensive.

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    Henry T.

    This is the worst asian market I've ever been to. I'm not exaggerating either. More than half the shelves are empty. There are boxes along some shelves which trick you into thinking theres something to buy. Its empty and you have cashiers just sitting around. I dont know what's wrong with this place...

    Giant youtiao/Taiwanese cruller, piping hot!
    Elizabeth L.

    Worth the hype! Where else can you get fresh, hot Taiwanese breakfast in the Chicago burbs?? Outstanding Taiwanese cruller / youtiao, tasty rice roll / fan tuan, fresh pork leek dumplings with housemade skins, fresh soy milk available unsweetened, sweetened or salty. Mouthwatering yet?! Would've gotten the chive pancake or spicy beef noodle soup (beef tendon if you know!!) but the two of us were happily stuffed with our handsome order already. Ample seating in this classic no-frills Chinese mall food court, feels like Asia when all the Asian families and grandparents roll in on the weekend. Takeout available - some families take giant carton orders to-go, so you know it's legit. Service is pretty fast, no long wait even at 11am on a Saturday. Worth the drive out here!

    Florence G.

    This food hall does not have the best ambience, service or even cleanliness, but there are really really good food found here. The food here are great in value, generous in portion and authentic in taste. Chinese cafe has a $7.25 lunch deal which is a great deal. It comes with a delicious crispy fried egg roll and a drink. We had their spy milk and it was fresh sweet and healthy! Their fried rice was made to perfection, springy and flavorful. We ordered the salt and pepper chicken and this is a traditional Taiwanese fried chicken that was rich in flavor. Chengdu Eatery is another fine restaurant here, wielding the taste of Northern China, with Sichuan pepper as the focal point of the flavors. This is not a cuisine for everyone as it has a deep spice kick and numbs your tastebuds. For those that enjoys a kick, its aromatic and wonderfully tasty.

    Taiwanese breakfast menu (weekend & certain holidays)
    Ariel H.

    I see mixed reviews on here but I don't care I have to sing praises about this little place. The mall is actually comprised of 4-5 booths owned by (seemingly) different people. Two were Korean and pan-Asian, and the others were primarily Taiwanese. It's hard to get authentic Taiwanese food in the city, so we knew we had to try this place when we heard about it. There was a huge line for one of the booths when we walked in. We were unsure which one served the famous breakfast, but of course it's the most popular booth (it's labeled with a very clever name: "Chinese Cafe"). Line was intimidating but it moved fast - by the way bring cash!! They don't take credit. They have the best youtiao - it comes out fresh and hot, a perfect balance of crunchy on the outside and soft inside. We also got the xian dou jiang, fantuan, chive pocket. Maybe I was hungry, maybe it's just been so long since I've tasted Taiwanese breakfast but everything was delicious. It's been owned and operated by a local taiwanese family for decades, and they clearly have good/close ties with the community. It's definitely a trek from the city, but if you are ever around the area it's a must try!

    Simon G.

    A gem in the suburb! But one does need to have a right frame of mind when coming here. It is about food, not ambience, service, efficiency, etc. Once you get pass the lackluster surrounding, you are going to enjoy what this place has to offer, and boy oh boy are the food and choices going to satisfy you! In particular, Chinese Cafe is the star of this mall and the weekend menu that is the crowd drawer, one of the limited places to find Taiwanese breakfast! We came in at Saturday noon and queued for half an hour. After making our orders, the food came our quick, about 7 minutes wait. After half an hour's queue, we definitely went all out and ordered almost everything we could! Totally stuffed, overate but totally satisfied! The You Tiao (deep fried crullers) was amazing! Puffy, crispy, soft on the inside, deep flavors, and a huge one. But don't try to share this. Big though it is, you wanna have one to yourself! People come for this and leave with a few plastic bags full of it! The Chive Box is another delicious item on their menu. The exterior dumpling like skin is pan fried, soft and crispy. The interior is chives with glass noodles. A light and delicious item! The stinky tofu is unfortunately not stinky at all. But it is really delicious. The sauce and the veggies on top really stands out, giving layers of taste to the tofu. A refreshing dish! The salted chicken is not a breakfast item but this is a star in Taiwanese cuisine. Pity it is not as authentic in the sense that it should be dry and not topped with sauce, the way I like it, However, it did not dampen the taste and experience of this dish. The flavors were there, with a kick of salt and pepper on the chicken. The salted soy bean milk was interesting. I never had it before and it tasted kinda like a soup more than soya milk. It has you tiao inside with egg as well. The beef flapjack was the disappointment of the meal. The flapjack is just not made well, it is dry and hard. There's not much to remember about the beef, it was bland. We also ordered a Tan Tan Mian from another stall, ChengDu Eatery. This noodle is really Q (springy as it should be) and the flavors were great. The other noodles from here looks awesome too, with red hot chilli oil on top, typical of noodles from ChengDu, something that we don't normally make at home or are used too. But it's something we definitely want to come back to try out!

    Packed panoramic of the weekend crowd.
    Alex J.

    Come on the weekends. Make a beeline for the ever-growing line to Chinese Café, which also doubles as a register for Yu Ton Dumpling House run by the same crew. Drool over the countless orders of hot, house-made soy bean milk and crispy sticks of golden-fried dough as you inch towards the counter. Grab your fill of 甜豆漿 (tian dou jiang, or sweet bean milk) paired with 油条 (youtiao, or deep-fried breadsticks) or 鹹豆漿 (xian dou jiang, or salty bean milk), which comes topped with youtiao. There are plenty other options on the special weekend menu ranging from savory crepes and cakes to soups and porridges. The majority of these have mixed opinions from the Yelp community, from delight and nostalgia to complete disappointment. Feel free to grab a few options to try for yourself and see what you think, but for a first weekend visit, I would consider soy milk and fried breadsticks mandatory. Look around at the endless breakfast spreads on the tables around you while in the queue, and you'll see why. They'll be immensely busy, as you'll clearly see, and service will likely be gruff, especially if you don't know the language - order, pay, get a number stub, wait. Orders won't be called in English, so if you don't know what to listen for, keep those eyes glued on the counter as orders pour out of the kitchen. Drop in on the vegetable market that they convert their next-door Yu Ton Dumpling House counter into for fresh-picked Asian greens and squashes while waiting if you'd like. I did also grab an order of seafood porridge and was dismayed for the same reason I was underwhelmed by their triple seafood noodle soup a few days prior - the quality of the taste was that of a typical Chinese fast-food joint. Since the name wasn't triple seafood, I was expecting a seafood porridge that was deliberately made, reminiscent of the richly-flavored seafood medley and even straight fish porridges I'd grown up spoiled by. No such luck. This was the consistency of your order of hot and sour soup at the local Panda Express, swapping rice soup for broth and egg ribbons for mushroom slivers. I got sick of it very quickly. What's more, this comprised entirely of shrimp lacking in flavor and imitation crab sticks that were so clearly full of filler components, I finished the rice soup as leftovers later on out of a sense of responsibility to my food rather than any desire to taste it again (I didn't) - leaving nearly all of the imitation crab and the rubbery shrimp behind at the bottom of the container. In the triple seafood noodle soup, there was at least chewy, real-tasting squid in the mix to make it more tolerable. Ah, well. The frothy, steaming-hot soy milk and tender-crisp breadsticks definitely made up for the waste - they truly are the stars of the show. They also offer a pork porridge option, which is the same bland porridge of fast-food consistency laced with ribbons of egg and topped with shredded dry-fried pork. Whereas the Vietnamese version of this protein - known as chà bông - is salty, the Chinese version is sweet and salty. While I love sweetness in meat dishes, I never took a liking to what I felt was an overwhelming sweetness in the Chinese chà bông. Who knows, maybe you might. Though I still think the quality of the porridge isn't worth sacrificing the tummy space, taste buds, and money that could go to more 豆漿 and 油条. Just saying.

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    We went to this spot to try since my fiance used to go when he was a child with his family…read more Needless to say we were pleasantly surprised. The service was quick even though there was a long line. It is in a food court so it is very casual! We got: Soy milk: 4/5 standard hot soy milk Yiaotiao: 5/5 a tad pricy but well worth it for its size and freshness Salt and pepper Porkchop: 5/5 amazing flavor and it was just perfectly done. Pork stew over rice: 4/5 I loved the pickles! I actually ended up waiting in line again to buy a side of pickles. I would for sure recommend this spot if you are in town.

    Located in the 'has-seen-better-days' International Mall, Chinese Cafe (along with its neighboring…read moreyu-ton dumplings) serves very flavorful, freshly wok prepared (albeit oily) Chinese food in a very casual, food court setting with inexpensive prices. It's a decent size food court, but many of the stalls were closed. Chinese Cafe was open, and became a bit busier after us. Most of the customers were non-Asian, but have read that the food court becomes quite busy with ethnic Chinese during the weekend. I was greeted in Cantonese, and even when I responded back in English, our conversation continued in that way. It ended up being fruitful, with an initial order of two lunch plates. I later came back to order a soup from the neighboring dumpling house, both being served by the same front of house. L13. Double cooked pork. L14. Mongolian Beef. ($9.25 each). Comes with choice of fried rice or white rice, egg roll, and can of soda (Coke Zero in our case). The high heat wok cooking really makes a big difference, with the smokiness in both the meats and vegetables that I really love. Can't get that at Panda Express. All the vegetables were sliced/diced with care: really loved the sliced onion in the mongolian beef, actually more than the beef itself. And the sliced pork loin was the perfect amount, with a really fragrant brown sauce that my wife enjoyed. Beef Noodle Soup ($11.95) - a good dish, with a large amount of springy noodles in a decent dark broth. It had plenty of large beef shank chunks, decently tender. It's a good rendition of beef noodle soup, especially at this price. You self bus (which is fine if only disposable items, but not so good when having to return soup bowls that stack up due to not being cleared). The food court definitely has symptoms of being not busy: not clean bathrooms and tables, and a general malaise of nobody really 'caring'. But we found the food to be good and of great value.

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    Itsa Quickie™: I'm a sucker for Chinese noodles and…read moredumplings. Been looking at this place for quite a while. Small but clean, no-nonsense. EZ parking. A bit of a drive from Stately Breakwind Manor, hence the non-visit up to now. My dumb ass. Beef with Scallion Dumplings and Cold Szechuan Noodles. Both great. I'll bet the rest of the menu is this good. I'll be back!

    Chef June's Dumplings is such a quaint little spot and made for a really relaxed, enjoyable meal…read more It wasn't busy when we went, which gave it a calm, low key vibe where you can actually sit and take your time. We started with the triple delight pan fried dumplings and these were definitely a highlight. The bottoms had that perfect golden crisp while the tops stayed soft and chewy. Each one was juicy and flavorful, and you could tell they were made fresh. The chicken mini juicy buns were also really good. The wrappers were soft and delicate with a nice burst of broth inside, making them super comforting and easy to keep going back for. The pork belly gua bao was another standout. The bun was soft and fluffy, and the pork belly was tender and savory with a nice balance from the toppings. It was simple but really well executed. For noodles, we had the beef shank noodle soup with both beef shank and braised beef, and this dish was packed with protein. The meat was tender and flavorful, and the broth had a rich, savory depth that made it feel really hearty without being too heavy. We also tried the biang biang noodles. On their own, they were a little mild in flavor, but once we added some of the seasonings from the table like chili oil and sauces, it really brought the dish to life. I actually appreciated that you can customize it to your taste since they give you plenty of options. We got bubble tea as well, which was just okay. The flavor was good, but the boba itself wasn't as chewy as I usually like. Overall, everything felt fresh, portions were generous, and the pricing was very reasonable for what you get. The cozy atmosphere and variety on the menu make it a great spot to come back to and try more. Definitely a solid go to if you're in the area and craving dumplings and noodles.

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