Emperor's Choice

  • Chinese, Seafood
  • Chinatown
2238 S. Wentworth Ave. (Cermak Rd.)Chicago, IL 60616
  • 312-225-8800

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# of Reviews:
100
Chinese Rank:
10 of 23
Chinatown Rank:
121 of 270
Members Been Here:
4
Member Favorites:
2

MENU

Appetizers
Bar- B-q Baby Back Ribs  $6.25
Cantonese Butterfly Shrimp (6)  $6.50
Crab Rangoon (6)  $5.25
Pot Stickers (6 )  $4.95
Baked Clams (6)  $6.50
Baked Clams and Prawns (4 Each)  $10.50
Emperor's Egg Rolls (2)  $3.25
Mandarin Shrimp Toast (2)  $4.95
Marinated Jelly Fish  $5.50
Bar- B- Que Pork  $5.25
Baked Prawns (6) In The Shell  $7.25
Stuffed Crab Claw (1)  $3.75
Soup
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Hot and Sour Soup*  $5.50
Won Ton Soup  $5.50
Chicnese Vegetable Soup  $4.50
Seaweed Soup  $5.00
Egg Drop Soup  $4.50
Shredded Duck Meat with bambo shoots $5.50
Minced Beef with egg flower $5.50
Eight Treasure Winter Melon  $5.50
Winter Milon with crab meat $5.50
Eight Treasure Dry Scallop  $6.25
Shark's Fin with crab meat $33.00
Seafood Bean Cake  $5.50
Corn with mince chicken $5.50
Watercress with pork $5.50
Specialties of The House
Emperor's Steak* choice porterhouse steak broiled as you like it on a bed of seasoned vegetables and topped with our special sauce $21.95
Empress Beef* marinated beef, sauteed with our special sauce and a touch of sweet and sour $12.00
Emperors Kung Bo (Spicy)* shrimp, beef,chicken & peanuts in spicy sauce $12.00
Vegetables
Black Mushrooms with oyster sauce $9.95
Lettuce with oyster sacue $5.50
Braised Bean Cake with vegetables $7.75
Vegetable Kow  $7.25
Chop Suey or Chow Mein
Shrimp  $9.95
Beef  $8.95
Pork  $8.95
Vegetable  $7.95
Chicken  $8.95
Emperor's Choice shrimp, beef, & chicken $10.95
Price: $3.00 extra caontonese noodles or rice noodle
Fried Rice
Shrimp  $8.25
Beef  $7.95
Chicken  $7.95
Vegetables  $7.95
Pork  $7.95
Emperor's Choice shrimp, beef, & chicken $8.25
Egg Foo Young
Shrimp  $8.25
Beef  $7.95
Chicken  $7.95
Pork  $7.95
Indicates hot spicy (can be altered to your taste) chopsticks may be purchased to take home
Emperor's Favorites
General's Chicken (spicy)  $9.95
Beef with orange peel (spicy) $10.25
Sesame Chicken  $10.25
Singapore Noodles (spicy)  $9.25
Shanghai Noodles (spicy)  $8.95
String Beans with minced pork spicy $8.50
Eggplant with minced pork spicy $8.50
1. Young Ginger w/duck & pineapple $12.95
2. Shitaki Mushrooms w/ pea pod spout $14.95
3. Mushroom Delight  $10.95
4. Four Season Basket  $12.95
5. Sole In a Basket  $23.95
6. String Beans w/minced pork (spicy) $8.50
7. Braised Vegetables Emein  $8.25
8. Shrimp with walnuts $11.95
9. Braised Short Ribs In Black Bean Sauce  $9.95
10. Shrimp with Milk  $11.95
11. Prawns (in Shell) Steamed w/ garlic $11.95
12. Asparagus with Scallop  $12.95
13. Stuffed Scallop w/vegetable $12.95
14. Sesame Chicken  $10.25
15. General Chicken spicy $9.95
16. Beef with orange peel spicy $10.25
17. Lobster w/ szechuan peppercorn $25.95
18. Pork Loin w/lemon grass $8.95
19. Spicy Salt & Pepper Seafood  $12.95
20. Lobster or Dungeness Crab Peking Style spicy $23.95
21. Clams with green chives $10.95
22. Stir Fried Lotus w/seafood $10.95
23. Steamed White Fish w/black bean sauce $11.95
24. Shrimp & Chicken w/vegetables $10.95
25. Salt and Pepper Pork Loin w/bone $8.25
26. Frog Legs w/black bean sauce $11.95
27. Singapore Noodles spicy $9.25
28. Shanghi Noodles spicy $8.95
From The Land
Beef 
  • * Shredded Beef $10.25
  • Mongolian Beef $10.25
  • * Kung Bao Beef $10.25
  • * Sa Da beef $10.25
  • Beef $10.25
  • with black mushroom & bamboo shoots $10.25
  • * Beef $10.25
  • Beef $10.25
  • with tomato pepper $10.25
  • with oyster sauce $10.25
  • with broccoli $10.25
  • with black pepper sacue $12.00
  • Beef and Green Onion $10.25
Pork 
  • Spareribs, Peking Style $8.25
  • Moo Shu Pork $9.25
  • * Human Shredded Pork $8.75
  • * Twice Cooked Pork $8.75
  • Sweet & Sour Pork $8.50
  • * Ma Po Bean Curd $8.50
Poultry 
  • Emperor's Shredded Chicken $10.95
  • Crispy Skin Chicken $10.25
  • Salt Baked Chicken $10.25
  • Steamed Chicken $9.50
  • * Kung Bo Chicken $8.75
  • Chicken $8.75
  • Chicken Kow $9.50
  • Chicken $9.50
  • Lemon Chicken $8.75
  • * Hunan Chicken $8.75
  • Chicken $8.75
  • Chicken Almond Ding $8.75
  • Sweet and Sour Chicken $8.75
Duck 
  • Peking Duck One Day Notice $39.00
  • Cantonese Roast Duck $10.95
  • Eight Treasure Duck $17.95
  • Taro Root Duck $10.95
  • Five Spice Crispy Duck $10.95
From The Sea
* Soft Shell Crab w/ spicy salt & pepper (spicy) $16.95
* Dungeness Crab Peking Style (spicy) In The Shell $23.95
Maine Lobster Baked with ginger & onion inthe shell $23.95
Maine Lobster Steamed In The Shell  $23.95
Maine Lobster cantonese style (in the shell) $23.95
Steamed Maine Lobster village style in the shell $23.95
* Lobster with black pepper (in the shell) $23.95
Shrimp with cashews $10.95
* Spicy Salt and Pepper Prawn in the shell $10.95
* Hunan Shrimp  $10.95
* Prawns in the shell with emperor's sauce $10.95
Stir Fry Scallops with vegetables $10.95
Shrimp with snow peas $10.95
* Kung Po Shrimp  $10.95
Shrimp with lobster style sauce
  • with black bean sauce $11.95
 $11.95
Sweet and Sour Shrimp  $10.95
Deep Fried Oysters  $12.95
Seafood Combo In a Bird's Nest  $12.95
* Hunan Scallops  $10.95
Cuttle Fish with black bean sauce $9.50
Steamed Fresh Oyster with black bean sauce (seasonal) $12.95
Stir Fry Calms In The Shell (seasonal)  $12.95
Fillet of Fish Stir Fry with vegetaables $11.95
Pan Fry Prawns In The Shell  $10.95
Steamed Catch of The Day Market Price 
* Hunan Shrimp & Scallops (spicy)  $10.95
Dinner for Two
Price: $42.00
Soup of The or Hot and Sour Soup 
Poached Shrimp 
Peapod sprouts with crabmeat sauce
Lobster Perking Style (spicy) 
Dinner for Four
Price: $75.00
Soup of The Day or Hot and Sour Soup 
Poached Shrimp 
Lobster Baked with ginger and onion
Emperor's Shredded Chicken 
Peapod Sprouts with crabmeat sauce
Fillet of Pike with vegetables
Dinner for Six
Price: $108.00
Soup of the Day or Hot and Sour Soup 
Clams In Balck Bean Sauce 
Poached Shrimp 
Seafood Cambo with vegetables
Lobster Baked with ginger and onion
Crispy Skin Chicken 
Empress Beef 
Steamed Fish of The Day 
Dinner for Two
Price: $68.00
Seafood Shark's Fin Soup 
Crispy Duck 
Peapod Sprouts with diced seafood
Lobster or Dungeness Crab with vermicelli noodles in a wine sauce
Dinner for Four
Price: $128.00
Seafood Shark's Fin Soup 
Crispy Duck 
Peapod Sprouts with diced seafood
Lobster or Dungeness Crab with vermicelli noodles in a wine sauce
Empress Beef 
Steamed Live Bass 
Dinner for Six
Price: $168.00
Seafood Shark's Fin Soup 
Crispy Duck 
Peapod Sprouts with diced seafood
Lobster or Dungeness Crab with vermicelli noodles in a wine sauce
Empress Beef 
Steamed Live Bass 
Clams In Black Bean Sauce 
Soft Shell Crabs with spicy salt and pepper
1. Serpent Soup individual bowl $9.25
2. Shark's Fin Soup individual bowl $15.00
3. Dumplings Stuffed with shirmp and crabmeat $12.95
4. Chilean Sea Bass pan fried $19.95
5. Sauteed Jumbo Prawns In Chef's Sauce spicy & in shell $14.95
6. Fried Intestines  $8.95
7. Seafood with szechuan peppercorns spicy $12.95
8. Braised Dudk with taoro semi boneless $12.95
9. Ostrich with leeks $13.95
10. Mandarin Ostrich (spicy)  $13.95
11. Poached Shrimp in shell $11.95
12. Shitaki Mushrooms Stuffed with scallops spicy $12.95
13. Pork Bellies with preserved greens $7.95
14. Anchovies, Diced Chicken with tofu $8.95
15. Sea Cucumber, Fish Lips and Black Mushroom  $12.95
16. Peasant's Abalone with black mushroom $12.95
17. Eggplant with minced pork (spicy) $8.50
18. Seafood with beancurd $10.95
19. Beef Brisket  $8.95
20. Shrimp Stuffed Tofu  $9.95
* indicates hot and spicy (can be attered to your taste)
MENU DISCLAIMER
Menu items and prices are subject to change.