"Quick, someone jerry-rig an award for best new youtiao. Once the thing is finished, hand it to Phoenix Palace, where the fried dough sticks are littered with olives and served with a sweet lap cheong jam on the side. Like sister restaurant Potluck Club, this place is a modern homage to Chinatown, sporting a vintage jukebox, an indoor pavilion, and a marquee entrance worthy of a Hitchcock premier. Plan a group dinner here, and share some inventive Cantonese American food, like calamari-style cuttlefish and lobster sticky rice littered with guanciale." - molly fitzpatrick, bryan kim, neha talreja, willa moore, will hartman, sonal shah