A 50/50 chicken bowl from the new Jade Rabbit in Santa Monica. It comes with both spicy Sichuan chicken and orange mango chicken. (Jenn Harris / Los Angeles Times) What's considered real Chinese food? Is it the nuggets of fried chicken glazed in a sweet ...

From sushi to soup dumplings, Asian food is more popular than ever in the U.S., and these restaurant chains are set to expand dramatically in 2026.

Walk down any street in an American city and you'll spot golden arches, red and white buckets, and drive-thrus packed with cars. Now picture a bustling market in Vietnam where vendors chop fresh herbs and grill meat over charcoal flames.

From left: Brandon Jew, Ben Moore and Anmao Sun are the founders of Mamahuhu, a fast-casual Chinese American restaurant that recently opened in Palo Alto. Behind them, paintings of horses and tigers reflect the restaurant’s name, which literally ...

Cathy Chaplin is a former senior editor at Eater LA, a James Beard Award–nominated journalist, and the author of Food Lovers’ Guide to Los Angeles. Plans to open a Chinese American restaurant have been percolating in the couples’ minds for over a decade.

Saucy egg and tomato stir-fry, a Chinese comfort food classic, feels most ideal over a bed of steamed white rice. Threads of scrambled eggs swim between hunks of softened tomatoes, which contrast the rest of the salty menu with a hint of sweetness.

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Recorded on Wednesday, June 9, 2021 Part of CULINASIA: The Future of Asian Food in America Presented in collaboration with the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center and the Freer Gallery of ...