Jeff’s Kitchen serves some of the best examples of soup dumplings around, along with other Shanghai-style dishes like blue crab and sizzling beef with vegetables.

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 highly regarded white-tablecloth establishment, Hong Hua is a good place to fill up on Peking duck. It’s prepared in two styles: crispy with honey-glazed skin, Chinese crepes, scallions, and hoisin sauce or boneless and stir-fried with vegetables. Customers also love the honey-glazed, sliced barbecue pork.

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.

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.

The menu at this tiny spot is short, but it’s quality over quantity here. As the name suggests, dumplings are the star of the show at this carryout restaurant. They’re simple, yet flavorful, and are housemade with pork, shrimp, chicken, or vegetarian. 

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 bus 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.

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.

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.

Grab a savory meat snack at this Chinese barbecue shop in Madison Heights. All the staples are available including roasted duck and bright red barbecued pork. Be advised: This spot is just for takeout and requires 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.

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.

This Sterling Heights essential specializes in Sichuan dishes with peppercorns that leave your mouth tingling. It’s also one of the few spots featuring vegan- and vegetarian-friendly fare. While classics like General Tso's chicken are rightfully tempting and delicious, return patrons will tell you to skip straight to the fried squirrel-shaped fish and peppery Sichuan dishes like lamb and vegetables tossed in a spicy bean sauce.