Asian Restaurants:
- Asian Bistro Asian Restaurants in Arlington Heights, IL
65 W Golf Rd
- Karma Asian Food and Fine Wine Asian Restaurants in Mundelein, IL
510 E. Route 83
- Orchid Asian Stir Fry Asian Restaurants in Vernon Hills, IL
701 N Milwaukee Ave Ste 316
- Bank Lane Bistro Restaurants/Food & Dining in Lake Forest, IL
655 Forest Ave
- Donatella Mediterranean Bistro Mediterranean Restaurants in Evanston, IL
1512 Sherman Ave
- Shallots Bistro Restaurants/Food & Dining in Skokie, IL
7016 Carpenter Rd
Simon Lins Asian Bistro Service List
Dinner Menu
Soups
We lavish the same attention on our soups as on our entrées. Don't miss our house Fall and Winter specialty: Asian Pear and Squash. Outstanding!
Hot & Sour Seafood
Pieces of shrimp and wild mushrooms in a seafood broth, finished with chili paste
$6.00 Wen-Zhou Won Ton
House made won ton in a chicken broth and garnished with purple sea-weed
$5.00 Salmon Miso Tofu
Tender pieces of tofu served in a seafood miso broth garnished with sashimi grade salmon
$4.50
Appetizers
From our Vegetarian Pot Stickers to our chilled, towering Tartar Parfait, Asian Bistro appetizers are a enticing prelude to an exceptional meal. Order several for your table to share. Or create a medley for yourself and make it a meal!
Spring Roll
Crab meat, cucumber, pickled daikon, peanuts, cilantro and fresh mango wrapped in rice paper with a spicy Thai fish sauce Thai
$7.00 Pork Purses
Thai flavored pulled pork mixed with an Asian BBQ brown sauce, goat cheese and Chinese chives, served with a Thai red pepper coulis
$7.00 Satay Trio
Marinated beef, chicken, and shrimp, grilled and garnished with a peanut dipping sauce
$9.00 Red Pepper Crusted Scallops
Pan-seared scallops with a spicy red pepper crust garnished with a mango salsa
$11.00 Tartar Parfait
Delicious pieces of tuna and salmon, layered with fresh daikon, avocado, mayo and a citrus wasabi vinaigrette.
$10.00 Spicy Tempura Prawns
Prawns fried in a spicy tempura batter and accompanied with a sriracha cocktail sauce and a lemon-ginger aioli
$10.00 Vegetarian Pot stickers
An assortment of fresh vegetables wrapped in a dumpling and garnished with a light soy reduction
$7.00 Fried Calamari
Lightly fried calamari served with lemon-ginger aioli and srirachi cocktail sauce
$10.00 Taiwan Chicken Roll
Chinese flavored chicken and black mushrooms and vegetables, wrapped in a crispy tofu skin served with a garlic-cilantro sauce
$7.00
Salads
Market-fresh and bursting with inspired textures and flavor combinations, Asian Bistro salads are a colorful celebration of various cuisines and regions featuring varieties of ingredients. There's nothing better to prepare your palette for the delectable dishes to come.
House Salad
Fresh greens mixed and tossed lightly in our raspberry-orange vinaigrette, and garnished with croutons and mandarin orange.
$6.99 Asian Caesar
Tender pieces of romaine lettuce, tossed with our Asian Caesar dressing,
$8.99 Pear & Smoked Salmon
Petite greens and julienne pears tossed in a raspberry ginger vinaigrette, wrapped is smoked salmon, and accented with balsamic glaze, blue cheese and glazed walnuts
$13.99 Sesame Encrusted Tuna
Pan-seared and rolled in white and black sesame seeds served with a Thai salad
$14.99 Pasta Seafood Pasta
Sea scallops, prawns, and crab meat sautéed and tossed with Pad Thai noodles and Thai Alfredo sauce.
$14.99 Princess Pad Thai Noodles
Served with shallot, garlic, fresh mango, pickled daikon, Chinese green and your choice of Chicken, Pork or Beef .
$14.00 Prawns
$18.00
Entrees
Orange Glazed Filet
Center cut beef filet rested next to wasabi garlic smashed potatoes served with a spicy orange glaze sauce.
$32.00 Sweet Roasted Duck
Honey ginger and soy glazed roasted duck breast served with a sweet potato puree .
$23.00 Crispy duck Simon's style
Half duck, slow roasted with Beijing herb seasoning, served with our house passion fruit sauce, golden-wasabi potato cake and Chinese mustard dijonaisse with asparagus
$24.00 Glazed Salmon
Teriyaki glazed salmon on a bed of yukon gold potato risotto and wilted spinach accented with a drizzling of teriyaki sauce.
$24.00 Thai Seabass
Curry rubbed seabass placed on a bed of coconut risotto and topped with a Thai slaw and red pepper coulis
$26.00 Peppercorn Encrusted Tuna
Tri peppercorn encrusted tuna with wasabi garlic smashed potatoes, wild mushroom ragout and a cherry port reduction.
$27.00 Sake-Lemongrass Scallops
Pan-seared diver scallops served with lime-cilantro rice, stir fried vegetables and finished with a sake-lemon grass sauce.
$24.00
Nigiri and Sashimi
Two pieces per order.
Ama Ebi (Sweet shrimp)
$8.50 Ebi (Shrimp)
$5.50 Hamachi (Yellowtail)
$6.00 Hotategai (fresh scallops)
$8.00 Ika (Squid)
$4.50 Ikura (Salmon roe)
$7.00 Inari (Tofu)
$4.00 Kani(Alaskan king crab)
$8.50 Maguro (Tuna)
$6.00 Masago (Orange flying fish roe)
$5.00 Saba (Mackerel)
$5.00 Sake (Salmon)
$5.00 Smoked Sake (Smoked salmon)
$5.00 Tai (Red snapper)
$5.00 Tako (Octopus)
$4.50 Tamago (Cooked egg)
$4.00 Tobiko (Red flying fish roe)
$5.00 Uni (Sea urchin)
$8.00 Unagi (Fresh water eel)
$6.00 White Tuna
$5.50
Nigiri / Sashimi Platters
10 Piece Nigiri
Tuna, salmon, red smapper, white tuna, shrimp and tamago.
$22.00 15 Piece Nigiri Platter
Tuna, salmon, red snapper, white tuna and shrimp
$31.00 10 Piece Sashimi
Tuna and salmon.
$24.00 16 Piece Sashimi Platter
Tuna, salmon, red snapper, white tuna and mackerel.
$33.00 21 Piece Sashimi Platter
Chefs choice of the daily catch.
$42.00
Chef's Specialties
Mexican Roll
Tuna, salmon, jalapeño pepper, cilantro, fish roe, avocado & spicy mayo.
$8.00 Spicy Scallop Roll
Hot spicy mayo and fish roe.
$9.00 Boston Maki
Fresh tuna, cream cheese, heart of Boston lettuces, masago and spicy mayo.
$8.00 Special Cucumber Roll (No Rice, No Seaweed)
Tuna, salmon, white tuna, and carrots with special vinegar dressing.
$10.00 Caterpillar Roll
Broiled water eel and tempura crunch, outside avocado & red fish roe on top.
$14.00 Tultle Maki
Eel and tempura flakes inside, with ebi, wasabi- mayo and wasabiko outside.
$14.00 Fresh Sakedon
Fresh salmon over sushi rice.
$17.00 Tekkadon
Fresh tuna on bed of sushi rice.
$18.00 Chirashi
Assorted raw fish over sushi rice.
$20.00 Sushi Sashimi Combo
One tuna, white tuna, hamachi and ebi nigiri. 2 pieces each tuna, salmon, red snapper, white tuna sashimi., 3 pc California roll and 3 pc spicy tuna roll.
$28.00 Maki Tekka (Tuna)
Tuna wrapped in nori sushi rice
$5.00 Tuna Deluxe
Fresh tuna, avocado, and cream cheese
$6.00 Tuna Heaven
Spicy tuna temp-crunch with masago
$7.00 Shrimp Tempura
Fried shrimp tempura cucumber, aoli eel sauce
$7.50 Futo Maki
Tamago, cucumber, avocado, canpyo, takawan, and carrot
$6.00 Philadelphia Maki
Smoked salmon, cream cheese, and avocado
$6.00 Spicy Salmon
Salmon, avocado, and spicy sauce
$5.00 Yellowtail
Yellowtail and avocado
$6.00 Negi Hamachi
Chopped yellowtail and scallions
$6.00 Eel
Broiled eel, cucumber, special eel sauce
$7.50 Black Spider
Soft shell crab cucumber, avocado, masago and special eel sauce
$9.00 Vegi roll
Cucumber, avocado and carrots
$5.00 Special Maki Crazy Chicago Maki
Tuna, salmon, white tuna crab meat, masago and avocado with spicy mayo
$9.00 New York Maki
Broiled eel, crab meat, cream cheese, masago and special eel sauce
$9.00 New Milwaukee Maki
Salmon skin, crab meat, avocado, cucumber, tobiko, and Chef's special spicy sauce
$9.00 Special California Maki
Crab meat, avocado, cucumber, masago, and black caviar
$6.50 Flying Rainbow Maki
California roll topped with muguro, sake, hamachi, tai, ebi, and whitefish
$14.00 Dragon Tiger Maki
Tempura shrimp, masago, cucumber with eel and avocado on top
$14.00 Tuna Fresh Mango Maki
This fresh & light roll with summer flavors, is made with tuna, fresh mango, avocado.
$10.00
Sushi Appetizers & Entrees
Tako-Su
Fresh octopus & cucumber in a vinegar dressing.
$7.00 Edamame
Chilled or warmed soybeans
$4.50 Sea Weed Salad
Assorted fresh seaweed tossed in a sweet vinegar sauce
$5.00 Sashimi Appetizer
2 Tuna, 2 salmon, 2 red snapper and 1 super white tuna
$15.00 Sushi Appetizer
Tuna, Salmon, shrimp, and White Tuna nigiri, with 3 pc tuna roll, 3 pc cucumber maki
$13.00 Tempura Appetizer
Deep fried shrimp and vegetables in our house made tempura batter
$10.00 Unagi-Ju
Slices of broiled eel over rice in special sauce served with miso soup
$16.00 Tempura Udon
Shrimp tempura and poached salmon served over hot noodle soup
$14.00 Tempura Soba
Thin hot buckwheat noodle soup with shrimp and vegetable tempura
$14.00
Authentic Chinese Selections
Low Fat - Light - Healthy
Confetti Chicken
Finely hand shredded chicken tenderloin or pork served with Chinese greens, soy bean and red peppers in a light ginger wine sauce.
$14.50 Beijing Chicken or Pork
Famous Beijing dish of shredded pork or chicken in a homemade Beijing sauce, served over green onions..
$14.50 Mongolian Chicken or Beef
Hand-sliced chicken breast or beef tenderloin, tomatoes, and green onions in a sweet teriyaki brown sauce, served over crispy rice noodles.
$14.50 Lin's Chicken (Spicy or Mild)
Finely hand-shredded breast of chicken with ginger and green onion in a spicy flavorful Asian lemon vinaigrette. Served with steamed rice.
$14.50 Simon's Mango Medley
Chicken, beef and prawns, sautéed with mango and tomatoes in a oyster mango puree sauce, served over asparagus.
$18.50 Kung Bao Style (Spicy or Mild) Chicken or Pork
Your choice of sliced chicken, beef tenderloin, pork, or prawns with scorched chili peppers, peanuts, and onions in our homemade Kung Bao reduction sauce.
$14.50 Beef
$16.50 Prawns
$18.50 Authentic Yu Shang Chicken or Pork (Spicy or Mild)
Finely hand-shredded pork or chicken with mango, diced tomato, green onion, and a touch of Szechwan peppercorn sautéed in a garlic, soy bean paste, and homemade sweet rice wine sauce.
$14.50 Hunan Style (Spicy or Mild) Chicken, Pork, or Beef
Your choice of chicken tenderloin, beef tenderloin, pork, or prawns served with green peppers, black mushrooms, tomatoes and onions in our Hunan sauce
$14.50 Prawns
$18.50 Taipei-Szechwan Prawns (Spicy or Mild)
Prawns sautéed with onion, tomato, and soy beans in a fresh homemade tomato, soy bean, and sweet rice wine paste.
$18.50 Shanghai Black Bean Chicken and Prawns
Large shrimp and hand-shredded chicken in a garlic black bean sauce with shanghai baby Choy.
$17.50 Simon Lin's Special Tofu
One of the best tofu dishes in the world (Simon Says)! Crispy tofu sautéed in a light garlic-ginger soy sauce with tomato, onion, black mushroom, and baby bok choy
$14.50 Eggplant Chicken Basil
Sautéed Chinese baby eggplant with fresh garlic basil, topped with hand-sliced chicken breast and smothered with garlic soy sauce.
$14.50 Szechwan String Beans
Fresh string beans stir-fried garlic, dry shrimp, Szechwan preserved vegetable and a touch of Szechwan peppercorns.
$12.50 With chicken or pork
$14.50 Lin's Special Stir-Fried Rice
Combination of Chicken, Beef and Prawns, sautéed'
$14.50 Chicken
$10.50 Beef
$11.50 Prawn
$15.50 Asian Vegetarian Delight
Steamed tofu, peapods, shanghai baby Choy, tomatoes, Chinese greens, and black mushrooms.
$10.50
Desserts
Fusing decadent flavors with fun, our desserts are not to be missed. You simply must save room - Simon says! But if you can't, you'll have one more reason to return for another memorable night at Simon Lin's Asian Bistro.
Tiramisu
A Pacific Rim version on an Italian favorite, the flavor of fresh mandarin orange chocolate are added to recreate this dessert
Cheesecake
A delicious combination of ginger and lemon stand out in this dessert favorite
Rice pudding
This traditional dessert is accented with oranges, coconut, caramel, and dark rum
Chocolate lover's cake
Layer upon layer of dark moist chocolate cake and silky smooth chocolate fudge served with vanilla gelato
Pacific Rim Sorbets
One scoop of each of the following sorbets; peach, raspberry, lemon, and mango
Wasabi-Chocolate Mousse
In ginger-créme anglaise sprinkled with toasted almond
