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Chinese and Japanese Dining in Champaign, Illinois

Ariana R. Cherry-Shearer
Champaign has plenty of things to do for its tourists and visitors in central Illinois. With a selection of museums, theaters, and college football and basketball for the sports fan, it makes the city a central location of many to meet. If you are in Champaign, and you have a craving for Chinese or Japanese cuisine, there are a variety of restaurants where you can satisfy your taste buds.

One selection for Chinese dining is the Super Wok. It is found at 1737 West Kirby Avenue. The restaurant is known for its warm atmosphere and fresh ingredients when creating their dishes. When you view Super Wok's website online, there are coupons available for you to print and take along to your next visit. You can begin your dining experience with appetizers such as a shrimp, pork or vegetable egg roll, steamed vegetable dumplings, fried wontons or crab rangoon. Once you have snacked on a few appetizers, choose from chef specialties such as sesame chicken, orange chicken, or seafood delight. There are also other dishes that you can order with meats such as beef, chicken, pork, and seafood. You may also order vegetable dishes as well. Those who have special diet needs can order from the diet menu too. If you have questions about the Super Wok, you can contact them by telephone at 217-398-0111 or visit their website online.

If it is a Japanese menu that you are in search for in Champaign, check out Kamakura, that is located at 715 South Neil Street. Kamakura has been one of Champaign's only authentic Japanese restaurants for over twenty six years. It offers Japanese style dishes, sushi and teppanyaki. When you order your selections at Kamakura, you can be delighted and entertained as the Teppan chef cooks your order straight from your table. When you are dining in at Kamakura, you can begin your meal with appetizers such as tuna and salmon sashimi, Teriyaki mushrooms or a seaweed salad. If you are a vegetarian visiting the restaurant, you can order from selections such as vegetable tempura or yakisoba. Dinner entrees include shrimp tempura dinner, sukiyaki, salmon teriyaki, and curry and rice. For sushi lovers, there are selections such as Hirame (flounder), Tobiko (flying fish egg), Amaebi (sweet raw shrimp), Tako (octopus) and Maguro (tuna). You can also order sushi with avacodo. salmon roll with cream cheese or the most common style-California roll. Kamakura is open seven days a week. Lunch is served Mondays through Fridays from 11:30 am to 2pm and on weekends it is served from noon till 4 pm. Dinner starts being served at at 5 pm on Mondays through Fridays. Weekends, dinner begins at noon until 10pm. Sundays dinner is served until 9 pm.

One other option of the many Chinese restaurants in Champaign, is Rainbow Gardens, which is located at 1402 South Neil Street. It has been open since 1999. Its most common styles of Chinese dining is Mandarin, Cantonese, and Szechuan. There is also a wine list consisting of wines from France, Germany, Italy, Chile and California. For smaller versions of the Rainbow Garden's dinner menu, come on in at lunch to order selections such as sweet and sour chicken, cashew chicken, beef with oyster sauce, barbecued pork with green beans, or shrimp with vegetables. You can also order vegetable and tofu dishes such as Buddha's delight, Szechwan vegetables or stir fried mixed vegetables. Appetizers at dinner time include pot stickers, steamed dumplings or Chinese scallion pancakes. The dinner menu also offers healthy options such as jumbo shrimp with vegetables, white chicken meat with vegetables or mixed fresh vegetables. All of the healthy option selections are steamed and served with a single order of brown rice. House Specials include fish with pickled peppers, shredded pork in garlic sauce and Kung paw triple delight.

So when you are in town in Champaign, Illinois and you need to satisfy that need for a Chinese or Japanese cuisine, the above restaurants can provide you with a welcoming dining experience. You can fiest on your common favorites or dine on mouth watering sushi selections. Order a glass of wine and your favorite Chinese dish that can either begin or end your day in Champaign, Illinois.

Published by Ariana R. Cherry-Shearer

Ariana Cherry-Shearer began writing for the Web in 2006. Her first love is poetry & she has published 2 collections.She has written for: Examiner, Demand Media, Need an Article and Textbroker. Ariana writes...  View profile

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