Our favorite restaurant in town, by a long mile. Reasonable prices for massive portions, with friendly and attentive service in a pleasant and comfortable environment located in a nicer part of town. And the food! Oh man, the food! It's so excellent. Deliriously delicious on so many levels. We've had about a dozen different dishes there, each and every one sweeping us off our feet: sweet-and-sour chicken, bell pepper stir fry, crab rangoon, beef pho, fried rice, spring rolls, lemongrass chicken, egg noodle stir fry... the list goes on. My head's spinning just thinking about it all.

But their crown jewels? The Thanh Linh Iced Tea and Vietnamese Iced Coffee. We'd stop in on a consistent basis just for those. Their iced coffee effortlessly surpasses anything else offered by the nearby Starbucks (no surprise there) and even local coffee joints like Midnight Espresso (best overall coffee in town; hit them up!) and Thirty-Thirty (close runner-up). Very sweet, very tasty, very addictive. You've been warned. It's that damn good.

All in all, Thanh Linh is, hands down, your best bet for Asian cuisine in the entire Peoria area. Hell, it's probably the best in all of central Illinois. Having recently moved out of state, we highly doubt we can find another restaurant to fill the void left by our precious Thanh Linh. Go there, take all the leftovers home (and there will be leftovers, trust me), leave a good tip (because the service is excellent and also, c'mon, don't be a jerk), and I can ~guarantee~ you, you'll be itching to return the next day.