Tugo Tea House

Tammy Peng Edited 4 months ago

Extremely tasty and extremely authentic coming from someone who grew up in Taiwan. Operated by some of the kindest and nicest people I’ve ever met! What a lovely and awesome couple. They really know what they’re doing. I cannot wait for my next visit as I’m writing this. The drive from anywhere you’re coming from is well worth it. I wish I lived in Arlington Heights to get this more often!!! I really liked everything I got: beef noodle soup, beef dumplings, popcorn chicken, braised minced pork bowl, bento boxes, boba, Taiwanese sausage, pickled veggies, etc.

Eric He 11 months ago

This place has been open for 6 years, across street from Hersey High School. It offers authentic Taiwanese food, and it has a lots of unique drinks. I tried the popcorn chicken and pork chop combo, the size is large, food prepared very fresh, the taste is good. the shop is spark clean, very tastefully decorated. The service is very friendly. Very worth a try. I will come back and try other menu items.

D “Juanito” H a year ago

Jessica has owned and operated this authentic Taiwanese street food joint for a little over 5 years. She is from the southern part of Taiwan and the cooking style reflects exactly that. The pop corn chicken and other fried items use gluten free breading, it is made from traditional sweet potato flour or starch. It will give you the same crispy and crunchy texture as flour and cornmeal but with more chew. The flavor is very authentic, but the only way to reheat it is to use an oven or air fryer otherwise the breading will become very mushy and difficult to eat. The pork chop was very tender, same breading, same flavor as the chicken. The size of the pork chop is quite large, flattened out and fried to perfection. The side dishes were perfect, the pickles cabbages, the marinaded egg， the minced meat on the rice, it gives you instant flash back to the night markets in Taiwan. The beef noodle soup, perfect noodle, good portion of the tender beef, but the soup base is not my favorite, while it is bold and strong, it is on the sweet side and it needs a bit more five spice. But this is true to the southern Taiwan cooking style. If you have had good bubble tea, you will realize tha

Magnus Wu a year ago

This place is an absolute gem. Small space with big flavors. Reminds me of the beef noodle soups in Taipei. Having parents of Taiwanese descent, finding this place is a miracle. Will be recommending to everyone we know.

Ricy Hsu a year ago

They have tasty Taiwanese beef noodles and popcorn chickens. The beef is tender and full of flavor. You can taste vegetable and many kinds of herbs in the soup. Their brown sugar milk is fantastic!