Chef’s Special is a very good Chinese restaurant from the team behind Giant.

Lao Peng You is a busy BYOB spot in Ukrainian Village with great handmade noodles and dumplings.

Great Sea is a Chinese restaurant in Albany Park with excellent chicken wings.

D Cuisine is a Chinese restaurant in Lincoln Park that serves great dim sum all day.

Qing Xiang Yuan is a restaurant in Chinatown that specializes in broth-filled dumplings.

Joy Yee’s is a restaurant in Chinatown with tasty boba tea.

Moon Palace is a quiet BYOB restaurant in Chinatown. Order the soup dumplings.

Hing Kee is a restaurant in Chinatown that has great handmade soup dumplings.

Daguan Noodle is a hot-pot-style restaurant where you pick your ingredients, but they cook it for you tableside.

Slurp Slurp is a Chinatown spot with great shaved noodle dishes.

Yummy Yummy Noodles is a casual spot in Chinatown with great noodle soup.

MCCB is a BYOB spot in Chinatown with a long Szechuan menu.

Snack Planet is a stall in the Richland Center food court in Chinatown with an extensive menu of very good food.

Xi’an Cuisine is a casual restaurant in Chinatown with great hand-pulled noodles.

Dongpo Impression is a casual BYOB restaurant in Chinatown.

Sze Chuan Cuisine is an upscale restaurant in Chinatown that has good hot pot.