EJ Sushi Introduces Bento Boxes at Chicago French Market

EJ Sushi is now selling Bento Boxes, a single-portion home-packed meal that is common in Japanese cuisine. A traditional bento holds rice, fish or meat, with pickles, cooked vegetables, usually in a box-shaped container. These containers are made of hand crafted lacquer ware.  EJ Sushi Bento Box contains Ginger Salad or Cucumber Salad and Miso Soup with Teriyaki Beef $10.95 or Teriyaki Chicken $9.95.

 

EJ Sushi is a vendor at the Chicago French Market (131 N. Clinton St., Chicago IL, 60661; 312-575-0306). For more information, click here.

EJ Sushi Presents Samples of Popular Maki Rolls

If you haven’t tried EJ Sushi’s Godzilla Roll ($12.95), Shrimp Tempura Roll ($7.50) or Volcano Roll ($7.95), you can enjoy complimentary samples from the chefs every Saturday during the month of March. EJ will be rotating samples each Saturday so stop by every weekend to try them all.

EJ Sushi Now Offering Party Platters at the Chicago French Market

Looking for the perfect dish to create a lasting impression with your party guests? EJ sushi is now offering party trays and platters to help add some variety to your upcoming events. Whether it’s a Super Bowl party or a business lunch or dinner, EJ Sushi has an assortment of sized trays to help cater the event. The large trays contain 50-115 pieces of assorted rolls and sushi. For smaller shindigs, the 34-80 pieced mixed set might be the perfect option. For pricing information and to place an order, call 312-599-4575.

Calling all night owls

Check out Shochu.

If you're like me and always looking for a place go get great food and drink after the typical restaurant closes, you'll be happy to know that Shochu (3313 N. Clark, 773-348-3313) is open everynight, seven days a week until 2 a.m. in the morning with food being served until 1 a.m.! Saturday night, it's open until 3 a.m. and you can get their tasty small plate menu until 2 a.m. So all of you night owls, head on over and tell them Cindy sent you!

Woo-hoo! A Sneak Peek at Shochu

Stephanie, my Kurman Communications, Inc. partner in crime, and I got a sneak peek of Shochu (3313 N. Clark Street; 773-348-3313) yesterday. Shochu will be a unique, first of its kind small plate restaurant and lounge, named for shochu, the #1 Japanese distilled spirit typically made from rice, barley, sweet potatoes or black sugar. Shochu has taken Japan by storm! It has surpassed sake in sales, and has become the “in vogue” alcoholic beverage in New York and Los Angeles.

Yesterday, Chef Josh Hansen was nice enough to let us lucky girls in to take a look around. For months, I have been excited about this opening. This visit made me even more ecstatic. Josh and Owner Lynne Wallack have really done a fantastic job of designing the interior. Green banquets line the exposed brick walls. Lynne is a big fan of photography, and she plans on filling the walls with Japanese-themed photos.

Josh also led us to the back of Shochu so we could see the patio. It’s huge, yet intimate. It won’t open until mid-May, but when it does, I can envision myself spending quite a few summer nights there, nibbling on maki rolls and sipping one of Lynne’s fabulously named (after Japanese royalty) shochu cocktails. Not to mention the fact that Shochu is about a ten minute walk from my apartment… Yeah, this is going to be a great summer for Shochu. And for me.

P.S. I know I’m not the only one excited about Shochu. Media: If you want a sneak peek as well, give us at Kurman a call.