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Hello!

Thanks for visiting our website! We’ve been blogging since November 2008 and launched the “new” Chicago Food Whores website on Nov. 30, 2009 so many of the pages you see are “fresh”! How do you like our new look?

We’re Vivian & Michelle – and we call ourselves the Chicago Food Whores because we will do “anything” for food! (well, almost!)

We love food SOOO much that we dine out as much as our wallets allow us and we write and take pictures to share with all our readers so we can celebrate Chicago’s food culture together! Chicago is a fantastic city for food with so many great ethnic neighborhoods to explore.

If you’re visiting Chicago and don’t know where to begin, well – you’ve come to the right place. We are continually trying to offer food itineraries for people who a small stomach budget! We know when we travel, we furiously research restaurants and markets as much as we can and we trust other’s blogs too!

Please don’t hesitate to email us with your food or restaurant questions! We have not been able to document every single restaurant we have visited but we can certainly offer our opinions on a place you are curious about. Email: vivian@chicagofoodwhores.com and michelle@chicagofoodwhores.com

We both have very different opinions on food – and our expertise in food is also very different. We’re neither professional writers of food critics, but we have done extensive travelling around the world, visiting markets, eating authentic foods and seeing other cultures.

Michelle perhaps is better versed in American and European cuisine, coming from an ethnically mixed European/Chinese/Philipina background; while Vivian is 100% Chinese with a long career of food exploration thanks to her epicurious parents!

We have been friends for almost 15 years (and we’re not that old!). We met in International school in Hong Kong and went our separate ways for almost a decade. We reunited almost like strangers in the summer of 2005 when Vivian moved to Chicago from Canada and we fell in love with each others love for food and writing crafty reviews. Soon, Vivian realized that documenting our experiences and sharing them would be alot of fun!

We are the Chicago Food Whores – offering passionate tales of two women living in Chicago who are in search of Chicago’s finest, cheapest and most enticing foods. We promise to stimulate your salivary glands with beautiful pictures accompanying our food reviews. Enthusiasm for anything epicurean has always been a part of our lives, having combined travel experience covering over 35 countries around the globe!

15 Comments »

Daniel Marquis said:

Thanks,
See you soon! I’ll start working on the next cheek dish for the winter menu. Plan on changing it up in a month.
Daniel

# 22 December 2009 at 12:03 AM

Jeff said:

Greetings, I just found your site from some other blog. I just started this month and I think we have a lot in common. I really like to find the new spots and determine for myself if they are “hot” or not. I’m no expert, just spending too much money buying food other people make. I look forward to following your posts. Have you thought to post your stuff on Urbanspoon too?

# 31 December 2009 at 4:33 PM

Jessica Lee said:

Awesome blog!

# 6 February 2010 at 12:29 AM

Brad Brennan said:

Hey we met at the China Doll Guest house on April 29th at the PATA event. I was looking for your card and could not find it, but I found the website and I LIKE IT! You need to write about Korean food and I’ll be happy to show you some good food so you can write about it here.

Hope all is well and keep finding new great eats!

Brad

# 20 May 2010 at 1:41 PM

Alyssa said:

Hiya! Random Q – I live in SF and am looking to have someone prepare some meals for my parents who live in Evanston. He needs some heart-healthy stuff and my mother needs whole foods. Can you recommend any personal chefs out there who do prepared meals? Thanks so much.

# 6 October 2010 at 8:26 PM

Vivian (author) said:

Hi Alyssa, sorry I don’t know who to recommend if you’re looking for somone to do this on a regular basis. There is a great heart healthy caterer called Karyn’s in Lincoln Park who would be able to have meals pre-created and boxed up. she specializes in raw, vegan and heart healthy cooked foods. Her food is AMAZING.

# 12 October 2010 at 10:30 AM

Vivian (author) said:

Hi Len
Sorry but I’m not in the business to actually meet restaurant owners – we discreetly eat and blog – so I won’t be able to help you there. thanks for watching Chicago’s Best TV – it was alot of fun to film it!

# 25 October 2010 at 11:50 AM

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# 17 January 2011 at 6:27 PM

Trisha said:

Black garlic, yum! Dublin, OH is the answer to your facebook question!

# 5 February 2011 at 11:31 PM

Vivian (author) said:

Perfect! Please email me with your home address so we can send you the prize! vivian@chicagofoodwhores.com

Thanks!

# 7 February 2011 at 10:18 AM

Jamie said:

We are looking into Chicago as a potential bachelorette party location for a bride who is a HUGE foodie!!! What kind of recommendations would you all make? Are there any food and wine festivals in Chicago during the Spring? Thank you in advance for your feedback!!

# 3 August 2011 at 2:14 PM

Cora said:

Hi Michelle:

Your mom just told me about your blog …. so here I am. Of course
as you know I am from NY but will be telling two of my friends who
live in Chicago and are always on the look for good restaurants for
special occasions…

All the best……congratulations!!

Cora … once from HK too!!

# 19 October 2011 at 12:56 PM

michelle said:

Hola Tita Cora!

Thanks so much for stopping by to read our blog. And thanks for spreading the word! I was just thinking that it would be nice to pay another visit to NYC soon. We’ll have to meet for a meal! I’m sure your grandson is cuter than ever these days!

# 4 November 2011 at 9:30 PM

Amaury said:

Hello,
Just found your blog by accident. So surprised that you have not heard of Chef Amaury in downtown Aurora. We just moved their from near Westfield Shopping Center by the Aurora/Naperville border after 8 years. Google “Chef Amaury” to find more information on our restaurant. We hope you give us a try one of these days.

# 7 November 2011 at 8:52 AM

Vivian (author) said:

Hi Chef Amaury – I have heard of you and I am DYING to come to your weekend food extravaganza. We tried to make a reservation there for a Tuesday night only to find out you do the tasting dinner on Weekends only. Your restaurant came highly recommended by my doctor.

Perhaps next month we’ll find it in our budget to do an extravagant dinner! Just a bit hard these days with our baby#2 on the way. We don’t live far either (Batavia).