Forget everything you have even seen on sitcoms about dine-and-dash noodles and lazy takeaways. The best Chinese restaurants in Dubai have been quietly giving the classic Oriental cuisine a fine-dining makeover befitting royalty. Lions, dragons and time-honored motifs roar to life at these culinary havens, ready to transport you through time and space to China. And then there is the food itself: an immersive peek at the nuanced regional diversities that comprise the cuisine’s rich legacy. Word to the wise? Check your diet at the door.

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