This longtime Dearborn favorite is particularly adored by vegans and vegetarians as it serves meatless versions of Chinese-American favorites like “beef” and broccoli and sesame “chicken.” Place orders by phone for carryout.

For more than 30 years, this Garden City restaurant has been dishing out Mandarin and Sichuan cuisine. House specialties include the Chinese-Korean dish ja-jang mein (jjajangmyeon), noodles stir-fried with chopped onion and shrimp, topped with a Chinese black bean sauce. Customers can place orders for pickup.

Without crossing the border into Windsor, there are only a handful of places in metro Detroit to find soup dumplings. Jeff’s Kitchen serves some of the best examples around, along with other Shanghai-style dishes like blue crab and sizzling beef with vegetables. Customers must make reservations and should expect to place an order over the phone for dine-in service.

This Farmington Hills restaurant is one of a handful of establishments in southeast Michigan offering Chinese hand-pulled noodles. Choose from options like beef noodle soup and stir-fried noodles, tofu skin salad, and seven different styles of fried rice. Call ahead to place orders for carryout. The restaurant also offers delivery through DoorDash.

Shangri-La is a local favorite for Cantonese cuisine. Reflective of her own heritage (born in Thailand to Chinese parents) owner Cholada “Nancy” Chan has developed her restaurant into a catch-all destination for everything from Thai-style Massaman curry to bubble tea, and roasted duck noodle soup.

A family-owned spot in Madison Heights, LC's serves Chinese cuisine with a few Thai dishes thrown into the mix. The deep-fried pepper squid is a house specialty and the mapo tofu is a well-spiced choice for vegetarians. Call ahead to place an order for takeout or get delivery via DoorDash, Seamless, Caviar, Postmates, or Grubhub.

This modern, casual restaurant serves bowls of numbingly spicy Sichuan noodles and rich lamb noodles that are perfect for slurping, and a robot waiter may even bring it to your table. Beyond the soups, the restaurant also serves a handful of sides and dim sum options such as green onion pancakes toasted pork buns. Place orders online for carryout or by phone.

Chen’s Noodle serves Cantonese cuisine from a modest strip-mall storefront. Dig into big bowls of shrimp wonton soup with mild broth, mala spicy beef soup, springy platters of steamed rice noodle rolls in peanut sauce, and Hong Kong-style milk tea. Call ahead to place an order for pickup. Delivery is also available via Doordash.

This Chinese bakery is teeming with sweet and not-so-sweet treats such as red bean buns, egg tarts, pork buns, and melon cakes. Grab a set of tongs and fill up a tray. There’s also a vast selection of bubble teas. Don’t forget to take cash.

Kung Fu Noodle House features a variety of Cantonese, Sichuanese, and Taiwanese dishes. Expect options like beef noodle soup, noodles with soybean paste, and cumin lamb as well as a variety of chili pots, skewered meats, and dumplings. Place orders by phone for carryout or order delivery with DoorDash, Caviar, or Uber Eats.

The longtime bakery tucked in a well-trafficked strip mall of John R Road keeps customers satisfied with fresh and affordable Chinese pastries. Seek this spot out for durian pastries, taro root crispy cakes, and banana leaf-wrapped sticky rice with sausage. Bonus: This spot also serves bubble tea. Fill out a paper slip and place an order at the counter. Just don’t forget your cash.

Many chefs around the region rely on 168 Asian Mart when stocking up on a variety of hard-to-find-in-Detroit ingredients. However, the grocery store also features a respectable food court and bakery, where customers can pick up an array of delightful meals and snacks from Chinese barbecue to cumin lamb noodles to Chinese crepes. Drop in for some shopping and place an order for carryout.

This Chinese hot pot restaurant dishes out thinly sliced pieces of pork, beef, and veggies in flavorful terrines of broth. Lao Pot has a modern feel and a full bar. The restaurant accepts reservations as well as takeout orders by phone.

This Taiwanese restaurant in Auburn Hills serves items like shaved ice and milk tea in addition to meals like hot pot, cold noodles with sesame sauce, and fried chicken bao. Place orders online for takeout.