Ping Pong...the restaurant

I went to Ping Pong the other day to meet my cousin Jason and 2 of his friends because he was in town for a conference.  It just so happened to be his birthday as well.  This was my first time successfully going there.  I had tried to go there another time a few years back w/a large party, but the restaurant isn't very large and we decided go next door to eat instead. 

The restaurant was decent.  The food was good.  Its kind of pan-asian.  The menu had some chinese, thai, and general southeast asian specialties on it.  Jason had the Hong Kong chow fun.  I had a dish called butter chicken, more Indian or maybe Malaysian or from Singapore.  It was good, but spicy.  We also had a side of Chinese Broccoli w/oyster sauce.

The ambience of the place is kinda of clubby.  Its definitely has a hipper vibe, plays trance music, and has sleeker furniture and artwork.  Its also BYOB.  If you don't know what that means, its Bring Your Own Beer/Booze.  Its pretty much a Chicago thing as far as I can tell.  Most places will charge a little 'corkage' fee.  Ping Pong was a little weird in that it charged an higher corkage fee than normal, $8, but also served beer and cocktails.  Basically, I think you can only bring wine. 

All in all, I'm glad I tried the place, but it wouldn't be in my top asian restaurants in the city.

http://pingpongrestaurant.com/

Hong Kong Chow Fun

Butter Chicken

Chinese Broccoli

Jason and I