Chinese in Miami

10855 Sunset Dr. East Kendall/Pinecrest

305-274-9099

Chinese, Dim Sum, Recommended, Best Of, Menu

The difference between Westernized and typical Chinese cuisine is crystal clear at South Garden Chinese, which serves both. One side of the menu offers Americanized goodies such as crab Rangoon, egg drop soup, and General Tso's chicken. Flip the menu over and do as the Chinese do, with more complex traditional dishes. The crisp fried chicken, steamed catch of the day, and honey-glazed shrimp with walnuts are favorites of the local Chinese community, as is the dim sum menu featuring more than 40 dishes made by a certified dim sum chef. These can be ordered per piece and come in three sizes, stuffed with seafood, beef, pork, chicken, or sweet fillings including mango pudding and coconut soft cakes.

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Sun Wah Chinese Restaurant

2360 W. 68th St., #121 Hialeah

305-822-6111

Chinese, Restaurants, Best Of, Menu

One thing about Chinese cuisine in the City of Progress: You can always count on dishes with a touch of Latin flavor. Sun Wah knows what we are talking about. The family-owned restaurant serves "sunny fried rice," the traditional Chinese dish modified with pineapple chunks for a sweet kicker. It is by far the most popular item on the menu of 75 dishes. Of course, Sun Wah is all about home-style Chinese cooking with Mandarin, Hong Kong, and South Asian influences. Your mouth will water at the sight of the "Sun Wah happy family," a smorgasbord of shrimp, crab meat, chicken, beef, and mixed vegetables sautéed in a brown sauce. The prices are reasonable too. The most expensive item costs $12. Lunch and dinner combo specials are available for $4 to $8. And if you have a hungry brood waiting at home, take advantage of the family combo specials that range from $12.99 to $31.99. They are large enough to feed six to nine people. Sun Wah is conveniently located about a half-mile west of the NW 122nd Street exit off the Palmetto Expressway, just past Palmetto General Hospital, in the Gran Lago Plaza.

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Susie Lai

18305 NE 19th Ave. Aventura/North Miami Beach

305-932-3997

Chinese, Restaurants, Best Of

Jerry Seinfeld once said, "Where there's Chinese food, there's leftovers." That's not necessarily true with all such restaurants around town, but it's exactly what you get with Susie Lai when you're hankering for some Chinese take-out. This place serves enough Szechuan to keep you fat and giggly for at least half a week. Tucked in the corner of a tiny strip mall in North Miami Beach, the quaint restaurant has been a well-kept secret among the loyal patrons who have frequented it for years. Many Chinese restaurants offer overpriced, cold, minute portions of shriveled pork and chicken that look and eat like cardboard. Susie Lai's food is not only affordable but also piping-hot, delicious, and plentiful. Take-out combo dinners, which include an egg roll and a box of pork-fried rice or natural brown rice, start at $7.95. Try the sweet-and-sour pork or chicken combo ($8.75) or the hardy honey-garlic chicken combo ($9.25). The pepper steak has a mildly spicy kick, and the fried rice is never too oily or undercooked. And unlike other places, Susie Lai has prompt service and a friendly staff. Call to order, and your food will be steaming and waiting for you when you walk through the door. Good food. Large portions. Real cheap. That's the staple of any good Chinese restaurant, and Susie Lai has gobs of it.

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Talde Miami Beach

4041 Collins Ave., Miami Beach Mid/North Beach

786-605-4094

Asian, Asian Fusion, Cantonese, Chinese, Filipino, Korean, Noodles, Pan-Asian, Vietnamese, Wings, Recommended, Slideshow

At Talde, the new Asian-American restaurant inside the Confidante Hotel, the chef and his crew — which includes executive chef Jeanine Denetdeel from Talde Brooklyn — dont take themselves too seriously. In fact, they want customers to know it's OK to let loose. To facilitate that, they have the underground-club vibe down pat — from the excessively dim lighting to the walls covered with graffiti by Brooklyn artist Mr. EwokOne to a playlist Chef Talde refers to as "baby-making music." So grab a seat and start with an order of kung pao chicken wings. Talde's version consists of Szechuan peppercorns, chilies, peanuts, cilantro, and a splash of sweet chili sauce. The result? Incredibly crisp, finger-licking wings that are addictive. Also good are the short ribs and the whole roasted branzino. At the bar, there's a lighted sign in Dutch that translates to "Unity makes strength." The saying is borrowed from the Brooklyn flag, and it befits a restaurant with such a cohesive ethos: Serve proudly inauthentic Asian-American cuisine in a convivial and hip setting.Read our full review.

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Tanka

1717 N. Bayshore Dr. Downtown/Overtown

305-374-8888

Chinese, Contemporary, Best Of

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Taste of Bombay

111 NE 3rd Ave. Downtown/Overtown

305-358-0144

Chinese, Indian, Pizza, Recommended

This Indian eatery (which might also serve Thai, Chinese, Philippine, Italian, and/or Japanese food, depending on the season and the chefs' vacation schedules) doesn't serve Bombay's famed regional chaats (snack foods). The menu covers only the usual Northern Indian/Moglai dishes found everywhere, and à la carte prices are no bargain. A daily lunch buffet, though, is one of downtown's better lunch deals. Priced the same as a single vegetarian entrée, the all-you-can-eat spread includes six main dishes (which change daily but are always a mix of vegetable, meat, poultry, and fish) plus vegetable pakoras, salad (the standard Cuban iceberg lettuce/tomato type), clove-studded rice, two chutneys (hot mint and sweet/sour tamarind), dessert, and -- the one item not heated on a steam table -- appealingly flaky, butter-drizzled, warm nan bread. And the 10-buck tab includes a civilized setting: silverware, tablecloths, and cheerful décor that encourages chats, if not chaats.

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Ten Ten Seafood Chinese Dim Sum Restaurant

10101 Sunset Strip Plantation/Sunrise/Tamarac

954-999-5298

Dim Sum, Chinese

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Tony Chan's Water Club

1717 N. Bayshore Dr. Downtown/Overtown

305-374-8888

Chinese, Japanese, Sushi, Recommended, Slideshow

With its sterile, glassed-in views of Biscayne Bay on one side and the kitchen on the other — and nary a hint of Chinese tchotchkes anywhere — the setting of this upscale old-timer (opened in 1991) seems better suited to slick rubber-chicken fundraising dinners than to ethnic eats. But Chan's is one of Miami's best sources for hard-to-find authentic specialties: real Peking duck (served in two courses: crepe-wrapped crisp skin and stir-fried meat with veggies); richly flavored three-cup braised chicken; dynasty squirrel-like fish (Jiangsu-style crisp-skinned fish with spicy sweet-sour sauce, praised by one Qing Dynasty emperor as "the number one dish in the world"); and traditional clay pots of particularly garlicky, ultratender lamb. There's also real sushi, plus standard Chinese choices such as General Tso's chicken, but the specialties are the way to go.

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Tropical Chinese Restaurant

7991 Bird Rd. Westchester/West Miami

305-262-7576

Chinese, Dim Sum, Asian, Recommended, Best Of, Readers' Choice, Essentials

Nearly four decades into its existence, Tropical Chinese is still going strong. The dinner menu is chock full of offerings, from the traditional to the exotic. Appetizers include wok-fried, salt-and-pepper-style calamari and the fun-to-eat "rainbow pancake," featuring four wraps to fill tableside with vermicelli noodles, wood ear mushrooms, shredded carrot, cabbage, scallions, and freshly ground peanuts glazed with plum sauce. What's more, this unassuming spot in a West Miami-Dade strip mall remains a go-to for the best dim sum in the county. More than 30 kinds of are offered, all prepared fresh on site. Pro tip: The barbecue pork buns are a must.

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Wok Town

119 SE First Ave. Downtown/Overtown

305-371-9993

Chinese, Restaurants, Recommended, Menu

To assemble a main course, begin by choosing either chicken, beef, pork, shrimp, or tofu and vegetables. Cubes of red-tinted roast pork highlighted a fried rice that on a recent visit was barely fried and seemingly unseasoned — yet like the rest of Wok's fare, it boasts a lightness and freshness not always inherent in Chinese food. Rectangular cuts of lean, tender beef match well with a gingery sauté of broccoli, carrots, and scallions. Brown or white rice accompanies many main courses, and patrons are privy to free and limitless self-serve jasmine tea — a nice touch. The fare is fast and fresh: Eat in, take out, or have it delivered.Read our full review.

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Wong's Chinese Restaurant

12420 Biscayne Blvd. North Miami

305-891-4313

Chinese, Restaurants, Menu

This family affair boasts a pan-Chinese menu stocked with all-time faves: beef with broccoli, honey chicken, sweet-and-sour pork, and shrimp lo mein, plus chop suey and egg foo yung. If you're more adventuresome, try generous portions of scallops Hunan, curry chicken, or shrimp Szechuan.

Yummy Chinese

1671 Alton Rd., Miami Beach South Beach

305-531-1880

Chinese, Japanese, Sushi, Recommended, Menu

If every eatery were named as honestly as Yummy, there would no longer be any need for restaurant reviews. As the title suggests, this Chinese restaurant/sushi bar offers an amazing array of traditional and slightly offbeat Asian creations guaranteed to please every palate. Just one block from Regal Cinemas South Beach, Yummy serves a vast selection of moderately priced plates that are always fresh, well executed, and appropriately timed. The menu is so extensive you're guaranteed to find something for everyone, from teriyaki to tempura, seafood to sushi, egg rolls to edamame, General Tso's chicken to the greatest ginger dressing on the Beach. Whether you're ordering eat-in or take-out, this is the kind of place that never messes up your order, never makes you wait, and never leaves you feeling robbed.

Zitz Sum

396 Alhambra Circle, Ste. 155 Coral Gables/S. Miami

786-409-6920

Dim Sum, Chinese, Best Of, Essentials

Zitz Sum chef/owner Pablo Zitzmann's mash-up of Asian, Mexican, Latin American, and Italian influences earned him a Michelin Bib Gourmand designation in 2022. Previously famed in Miami for his now-closed restaurant No Name Chinese, the chef brings together all these flavors in dishes like lobster and shrimp har gow (dumplings) and pork-belly potstickers with a green-apple amazu sauce. The menu is succinct but Zitzmann is known to change things up, so if your favorite dumpling isn't listed, take it as a cue to explore something new, secure in the knowledge that everything is unique — and delicious.

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