Hot House

Hot House

Jefferson Street’s Peking House doesn’t shy away from flavors — or the signs of authenticity.

The guy knows his way around a pair of chopsticks. He lands a two-top right in the middle of Peking House, slaps his newspaper down on the table and orders without looking at the menu. Twenty minutes later, he’s hunched over a bowl as big as his head.

I lean over the back of my chair to face him.

“What is that?” I ask, looking at the saucy mixture in his bowl.

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‘Hot House’ appears in the August 2015 issue of Milwaukee Magazine.
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Ann Christenson has covered dining for Milwaukee Magazine since 1997. She was raised on a diet of casseroles that started with a pound of ground beef and a can of Campbell's soup. Feel free to share any casserole recipes with her.