MARCH 19 • 2020 | 53
Chow Asian Street Food going
over like gangbusters in Ann Arbor.
the best of everything
Raskin
Time to
Chow Down
T
hrough the years, there have been
restaurants where the chefs who
own the eateries silently hold hid-
den dreams in their minds of another
culinary ambition they would someday
enjoy owning.
That ambition finally
came true for Executive
Chef Thad Gilles, who last
summer opened his new
vision with partner and
brother Ryan … Both also
operate the fine dining
eatery Logan, which is still
open in Ann Arbor.
The new restaurant going over like
gangbusters is called Chow Asian Street
Food in Ann Arbor … on Liberty between
First and Ashley avenues … with service
of freshly made of 100 percent Asian-
driven Indonesian, Korean, China, etc.,
gourmet fast food … like the Asian street
food restaurants in Indonesia where he
studied … Thad returned here to be exec-
utive chef 10 years ago at Zingerman’
s,
then left for New York’
s Lespinasse restau-
rant among others and returned to Ann
Arbor to open Logan with his brother,
where Thad makes many of the Asian
sauces, etc., during the day for Chow and
is Logan’
s executive chef in the evening.
Thad’
s Asian bowls are exceptional
… A huge treat … Eight elegant bowls,
Szechuan Chicken, Chinese noodles,
Chinese buns, soups, dumplings, Korean
rice cake and many other street foods, sal-
ads, drinks, new and different sandwiches,
made-on-premises.
Making Asian sauces in the morning
and elegant choice foods in the evening,
both at Logan, sounds like quite a chore
… Thad loves it … His dream has been
fulfilled in a big way.
Chow seats 55 … and is open seven
days a week, 11 a.m.-10 p.m.
While choice music plays overhead, the
new Chow Asian Street Food restaurant is
giving its customers a rare and most deli-
cious treat … with a selection that is not
often, if ever, seen … mentioning some of
the best interesting, fresh, flavorful, excel-
lently spiced (or not) food that can be
found anywhere.
REARVIEW MIRROR … After finding
a spot on Woodward in Royal Oak years
ago to open a delicatessen, next came the
difficult task of finding a name when Phil
Menkowitz remarked that he was going
to serve everything on an onion roll …
“That’
s it! Why not call it the Onion Roll
Deli!” yelled his wife … So, the 24- or
25-seat delicatessen had its name … but
was never restricted to onion rolls only.
SECOND ANNUAL GREEK NIGHT
by Uptown Parthenon, Crosswinds
Center, Orchard Lake and Lone Pine,
West Bloomfield, is Saturday, March 21
… Fun evening will include belly dancer,
gent on the bouzouki, etc.
OLDIE BUT GOODIE … A U.S. Navy
cruiser arrived in port for shore leave …
The captain was surprised to get a letter
from an upper-class resident … “Dear
Captain, it will be my daughter’
s coming-
of-age party. Please send four well-man-
nered, rich, unmarried officers. No Jews!
We hate Jews!” … That evening she heard
a rap at the door … There in dress uni-
form were four exquisitely mannered
female officers… Her jaw almost hit the
floor as she said, “There must be some
mistake.” … “Madam,” said the first offi-
cer, “Captain Chaim Cohen doesn’
t make
mistakes!”
CONGRATS … To Dr. Scott Sircus on
his birthday.
Danny’
s email address is
dannyraskin2132@gmail.com.
Danny Raskin
Senior Columnist
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