Headed to Milwaukee for a Cubs-Brewers game? Stop off in Morton Grove, just off I-94, for delicious and affordable Korean food at Ttowa Dumpling House. The atmosphere is unpretentious, the service is friendly, and if you are adept at using chopsticks, Anna will compliment you.

The baseball-size dumplings cost between $6 and $8 and typically contain pork, vegetables and kimchi, though a veggie option with tofu is also available. The Korean businessmen I met there recommended the hearty Gaesung Mandu dumplings, which are named after a city in North Korea. Try the Potjjinbbang steamed red bean bun for $6 or bring a date and order the Mandu jungol spicy hot stew with dumplings for two ($20).

Looking for something familiar? Ttowa offers sweet and sour pork or chicken, on a bed of noodles (yangnyum) or roasted beef with Korean barbecue sauce on rice (bulgogi) for $10. Or if you're feeling adventurous, order the sliced squid (ojinghuh bokkeum) or sliced octopus (nakkji bokkeum) with veggies and spice sauce for $10. Dumpling meals are typically served with a corn tea, iceberg salad with homemade ginger dressing and sampler plates of kimchi, dandelion, pickles, grated potatoes and radishes, all of which you can dip in a spicy red pepper sauce.

Look out for items on menu that are labeled with two red peppers, indicating "very spicy." Stop by in the summertime (July and August, especially) for the Haemul kalgooksu or Yulmoo Nangmyun seafood stew noodles and vegetables for $8. And wash it all down with a large Korean beer (Hite & OB) for $6, or something stiffer, Soju, Baekseju, Plum Soju or Korean wine, $10-15.

Average cost: $10-$20

Centerstage Reviewer: Jacob Wheeler