Ryan and Ann Bernhardt’s East Nashville location may not check all the marks on a Chinese food purist’s bingo card, but their inventive Southern take on the cuisine is most definitely worth noting — and ordering. Standouts include cheesy broccoli fried rice, chiu-chow tater tots and stir-fried hangar steak from local farm Southern Natural. The menu changes frequently, so be sure to pop on over to their website and check out their offerings before placing an order.

*TKO is currently open only for curbside takeout and delivery.

Germantown’s fast-casual ode to comfort Chinese cuisine offers a variety of options for those craving warm, steamy baskets of bao. Along with their addictively fluffy buns, Steam Boys also

serves up handmade dumplings stuffed with pork or shrimp, hearty noodle soups, bao and dumpling bowls, and liters of Thai milk boba tea to go. A second location in Hermitage offers a

similar menu.

* Currently open for dine in and takeout

This Brooklyn transplant dishes up blisteringly spicy bowls of Chongqing noodles, also referred to as “xiao mian” in Chinese, which translates to “little noodles” in English. In Chongqing, xiao

mian are popular wheat-based, numbingly spicy noodles served either with or without soup, using Sichuan pepper, plus a wide variety of meats and vegetables — the perfect antidote to a

chilly fall evening. Meet Noodles Nashville menu offers 16 varieties of noodle bowls along with special snacks like sesame seed balls, dumplings and takoyaki.

China Spring has been providing locals with all of the typical U.S. Chinese restaurant staples in reliably generous portions since 1999. Cantonese-style lo mein, moo shu, fried rice, egg rolls and egg drop soup are all options on the menu and are offered with a variety of fillings that range from beef, pork and chicken to shrimp and lobster. The General Tso platter and bourbon chicken are popular go-tos.