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Dim sum at H.L. Peninsula. Photo: H.L. Peninsula / Facebook. All other photos by David R. Chan In the past decade, Chinese dining in the United States popularized “Mainlander food,” or ... read more

When my thoughts turn to my favorite Chinese dishes over the decades, my tastes seem to evolve just as Chinese food in America has. The early years I did not eat much Chinese food as a little boy ... read more

Ocean Star Seafood in 2006. Photo by Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times Five years ago, I wrote a Menuism article about why I generally did not eat at Chinese restaurants in the United States that w... read more

With something in the neighborhood of 50,000 Chinese restaurants in the United States, Chinese food is one of the most popular types of ethnic food here. Indeed, Chinese restaurants outnumber the 1... read more