Monkey King Jianbing
About
Monkey King Jianbing is a small restaurant on Dempster Street in Skokie that specializes in jianbing, the griddled egg crepes sold as breakfast street food in northern China. Fillings include fried chicken, fried shrimp, crab sticks with ham, and a minced pork and beef hot dog version wrapped with vegetable spring rolls. Noodles, rice dishes and dumplings fill out the menu.
What to know
- The original vegetarian jianbing was $7.99 in March 2026, per Axios Chicago.
- Orders can be placed for pickup, dine-in or delivery.
- Axios Chicago likened the crepe to a breakfast burrito eaten with plastic gloves.
- The shop is about a block west of Metekhi on Dempster.
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