Sushi By Chef Soon: Best in Chicago!!!

Chef Soon at the Sushi Bar

If you live in the suburbs of Chicago, in the city, or just visiting, you have to take a trip to Sushi by Chef Soon. The Sushi Bar is located inside a Korean BBQ restaurant in Lisle, IL, and in my opinion, they by far serve the best sushi in town.  Even if you’re not a fan of sushi, Chef Soon will change your mind!  Since I have the privilege of traveling for work, I have had the opportunity to enjoy some great sushi (cooked and raw).  But, nothing comes close to what Chef Soon is doing here in the Chicagoland area.  Through a recommendation, my wife and I went there twice already, and on both occasions our palates were blown away with new flavors that come out of the sushi bar.  All of their fish and other ingredients are very fresh (sometimes specialty fish is imported).  The wait staff is nice too and provides excellent customer service. 

White Sox Roll

Chef Soon’s menu is quite extensive, offering up some of your more traditional sushi, like the California roll, to some of his own creative specialty maki  or sushi rolls, like the White Sox roll (one of my favorites, to the right).  What makes Sushi by Chef Soon so unique is that the maki is served with their house made soy sauce and other sauces used to make each sushi piece so succulent.  Simply delicious!  

Usually, when you go out to lunch or dinner for sushi, especially in a big city like Chicago, you would expect to pay a “pretty penny.”  But, not here!  Pricing is really reasonable, you will be stuffed and you won’t feel broke when you leave this restaurant.  For two people, drinks included, you will probably spend approximately 50 – 60 dollars, depending how hungry you are.

Here is what Chef Soon prepared for me during my visits: 

King Kong Roll

• Spicy Octopus Roll
• The Ecstasy – No description needed here – just try it – one of the local favorites, including mine.
• Dragon Roll - Eel over shrimp tempura and topped with chili tobiko
• Smoky Bear - Seared smoked salmon over shrimp tempura and cream cheese served with unagi sauce
• King Kong (to the right above) - Deep fried roll with spicy tuna, snowcrab meat, shrimp tempura, cucumber and avocado, drizzled with spicy masago mayo and unagi sauce
• White Sox  - Seared super white tuna over spicy tuna and shrimp tempura topped with black tobiko, drizzled with citrus olive garlic sauce

Check out Sushi by Chef Soon  located on 1600 Maple Ave, Lisle, IL and be sure to visit their website at: sushibychefsoon.com.

If this is your first time, try sitting at the sushi bar and meet Chef Soon yourself.

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