Bao is the only place to get dimsum in (West) Hollywood. Opens late,serves dimsum all day, which makes it better than SGV restaurants thatonly serve dimsum on the weekend. No push carts here; every smallbasket is served fresh after ordering. Tired of lines at Sea Harbor onSundays? Bao Dim Sum wears the distinction of the only dimsum house onOpentable in LA.

Developer Rick Caruso somehow managed to convince Din Tai Feng to open its third Los Angeles branch in Glendale of all places. Assuming everyone understands the MO behind Taiwanese culinary giant Din Tai Feng, the only additional item to be mentioned here is: there is a full bar, which is necessary because reservations are still not accepted.

This is the latest Chinese kebab restaurant in Koreatown. Dong Fang ("The Eastern Way") dishes out DIY lamb skewers just like Feng Mao, but also has a wider stir-fry, non-skewered Chinese menu. BBQ lamb? Check. Potstickers? Check.

Hop Li is a Chinese chain now with 4 branches. Just like Hop Woo, its roots can be found in the San Gabriel Valley. If Hop Woo is to be included in the best-of Westside Chinese list, so should all Hop Li’s.

This is a Hong Kong style BBQ house with roots in San Gabriel Valley. There is no need to question the taste here,just enjoy the roasted canard carved table-side.

Located in between South side of Thai town and the Central Americanfood corridor, Huang House took over where Tasy House and BBQ Unlimited left off. Look for Cantonese char siu pork and whole roasted ducks.

JR Bistro serves up classic Cantonese cafe fares such as spicy salt calamari, chow fun, and vegeables in XO sauce. When in season, lobster can be had for cheap. Just like its SGV brethrens, every meal is served with complimentary soup, but sadly, it isn't open late like ABC/KT/JJ Cafe in SGV.

The Northridge branch is related to the Monterey Park restaurant where Jonathan Gold recommends the dumpling.

Save for the waiter offering a glass of white during lunch, this is the most "authentic" Chinese outside of SGV. Full stop.

MJ Cafe Express is an outlet of MJ Cafe in Rowland Heights. This Taiwanese cafe is the only place to get stinky tofu, spicy popcorn chicken and brick toast to pair with myriad of boba milk teas. While shirako down at Kiriko is exotic and seasonal, stinky tofu is forever.

The management at Moon House previously ran Hop Woo and Mandarin Kitchen, two Westside Chinese standbys. Open since Summer 2013, diners can get steamed char siu bao, cumin lamb, and even a whole Peking duck here.

The Kou family, from Shaanxi, operated a take-out Chinese restaurant with "secret" Shaanxi Chinese menu in USC for years, until the University Village food court was demolished. In Fall of 2014, they opened the second branch of Qin West, the first Shaanxi/Guilin-style restaurant west of the 110 freeway.

Chinese dumplings made with better-than-SGV ingredients. The chef has since decamped, but it doesn’t take a CIA degree to wrap tasty dumplings.

A neighborhood anchor for 25+ years, Wah's offers friendly service often amiss from SGV Chinese restaurants. Never experienced the almond chicken of yore? Golden Hen is your best bet. The meal-end mignardise of almond cookies is a total charmer.

Sea Dragon, opened in 2013, is the only bona fide Chinese-owned joint serving Cantonese food within Ktown proper. Look for crispy chao mien and beef ho fun amongst Americanized Chinese dishes like orange chicken and beef and broccoli.