"You’ll have to trek up to College Park to find food from Shanxi province, but this mouth-puckering cuisine is worth leaving DC for. Start with the black vinegar peanuts—toasted with skins on and drenched in a sweet, salty, and sour sauce. The sour soup dumplings, stuffed with spinach and punchy with black vinegar, feel both familiar and revelatory, while the Shanxi pork rib noodles feature hand-pulled noodles so thick they could double as jump ropes and pork ribs so tender they fall apart if you look at them wrong." - Allison Robicelli
"Cumin lamb burgers, spicy potato noodles, and cold skin noodles are among the popular dishes at this College Park restaurant that specializes in dishes from the Shanxi province. It’s open for dine-in, delivery, and takeout for lunch (11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.) and dinner (5 to 8:30 p.m.) from Tuesday through Sunday." - Tierney Plumb
"Missy Frederick aspires to become a regular at Northwest Chinese." - Adele Chapin
"Cumin lamb burgers, spicy potato noodles, and cold skin noodles are among the popular dishes at this College Park restaurant that specializes in dishes from the Shanxi province. It’s open for dine-in, delivery, and takeout for lunch (11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.) and dinner (5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.) from Wednesday through Sunday." - Tierney Plumb, Missy Frederick, Eater Staff
"A compact but phenomenal spot near the University of Maryland that specializes in Shanxi cuisine, featuring handmade noodles served either stir-fried with chile oil or in a lamb-and-wood-ear mushroom soup, and portable favorites like rou jia mo (stuffed flat buns) for the road." - ByAmiel Stanek