The Rice Table

This is only my second Yelp review but I use it extensively.  

I was visiting Chicago this past weekend to see my best friend from college become a Dutch citizen (his mother's Dutch).  In order to help celebrate this very special moment in his life, I made a reservation at Vincent, which I had been to before and really enjoyed.

The day of the reservation, one of the staff from Vincent called to let me know that on the first Sunday of the month they hold a rijsttafel and wondered if I would still like to keep my reservation.  I said absolutely, always having wanted to try this aspect of Dutch/Indonesian cuisine and I thought my friend would be thrilled.

Well, we both were~!

I've traveled fairly extensively throughout SE Asia and am a member of the James Beard House in New York City, so I don't mess around when it comes to food.

Not only was everything incredibly fresh and well-spiced but also delicious.  I had the absolute best rendition of beef satay that I've ever encountered--which to me was thrilling.  Better still,  one of the owners of The Rice Table really went out of her way to explain each of the myriad dishes and to make sure we understood the tradition behind a rijsttafel, including the all you-can-eat aspect and the expectation that the guests should linger over the food and stay as long as they'd like.  She checked in on us a few times and could not have been more hospitable.

In short, a really great place and very much worth the price (I believe it was $55 per person).

I highly recommend.

T

The pork sandwich is the best thing at the Pitchfork fest! It was from that experience that I decided to check out a pop up dinner at sip. The food was great and the prices very reasonable. I can't wait to check out the new pop up dinners at Vincent in Andersonville. Don't sleep on this place!

They do their pop-up at Vincent now and it's very good. Lots of food, well-spiced, and authentic.