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Top 50 best Chinese restaurants in the U.S.

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Chef Chu's, Los Altos, California

Chef Chu's, Los Altos, California [flickr.com]

Extensive selection, big portions and reasonable prices. Chef Chu's was opened in 1970 by Lawrence C.C. Chu himself. Since then the chef has made countless media appearances and become a best-selling cookbook author.

The Los Altos-based restaurant serves dishes covering all regions of China, but manages to cater to the American palate. Specialties are Peking duck (order four hours ahead) and a scintillating chicken salad with hot-mustard peanuts.

Notable diners include Bill Clinton, Margaret Thatcher, Mikhail Gorbachev, Jimmy Carter and none other than the Biebs, Justin Bieber.

1067 N. San Antonio Road, Los Altos, Calif.; +1 650 948 2696; www.chefchu.com

Class 302, Rowland Heights, California

Class 302, Rowland Heights, California [gastronomyblog.com]

Class 302 is as close as you can get to authentic Taiwan food outside Taiwan. The restaurant is structured like a traditional Chinese classroom. The pork belly rice gets it just right and you know you're in a solid place when you see customers flocking from all over Southern California just to get their tongues on the highly touted shaved snow (shaved ice). Cash only.

1015 S. Nogales St., No. 125, Rowland Heights, Calif.; +1 626 965 5809; www.class302.com