"In a region teeming with American Chinese food, this Amherst spot stands out, and for good reason. Two decades after Lili Jia immigrated to the U.S. from Xi’an, she opened her restaurant in 2017 and has been imbuing the Pioneer Valley with the spicy, savory flavors of China’s Shaanxi province ever since. Customer favorites include the hand-pulled biang biang noodles sluiced in fragrant chile oil; plump dumplings filled with cabbage or leeks that bob up and down in savory, sour broth; and hearty rou jia mo stuffed with tender stewed pork." - Nat Belkov