Mama Chang

This boisterous dining room with big booths and a chili-stoked menu is our go-to for both Peter Chang classics (seafood dumplings, cuminy fried flounder, Peking duck) and homier fare that pays tribute to the female cooks in the chef’s family. Hunan chicken chow mein is not goopily retro but a bowl of springy noodles in a fiery soy glaze, and there’s a fabulous hot pot with ten vegetables and proteins.