Tong’s Tiki Hut is a place my parents used to take my sister and me when we were kids. So it’s kind of a nostalgic memory I have of weird family dinners in a tiki hut. I suppose this is why I now gravitate towards odd diners with crazy decor. The food is your average Illinois chinese fare, but the drinks come in Buddha-shaped glasses, coconuts, etc. with little parasols – totally tiki. I dunno what inspired this tiki craze, and I’m not sure why this restaurant survives in its strip mall location, but rock on!