XIAO China Grille and Lounge

The chefs at the American-inspired XIAO China Grille & Lounge lavish chicken and seafood with ginger soy sauce, coconut milk, and orange zest, while raw-fish maestros tempt tongues with elaborate rolls at a new sushi bar. Chopsticks manipulate teriyaki-glazed morsels out of bento boxes and into mouths or annoying companions’ briefcases, and knives slice into marinated, Korean-style barbecue steaks or beef spiced with red chilies. The sushi bar sets taste buds to sea with crab, eel, and shrimp that mingle in more than 35 rolls and six combo assortments. After tipping their hats to the soaring golden Buddha sculpture on their way in, patrons lounge, nosh, and finally reveal their intergalactic origins amid red walls, wood-paneled booths, and poles etched with Chinese characters.